Fix for resolution problems.

[Baron von Manteuffel]

Windows Vista 64 bit
Model FX6800
Quad core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67 GHz
ATI Radeon™ HD 4850
RAM 3 GB DDR3
750 GB SATA Hardrive

[drone]

Have you tried running MTW in WinXP or Win2K emulation mode?

[Baron von Manteuffel]

I have tried WinXP mode and it didn't help at all. I just tried the Windows 2000 mode and again, fought a battle with no problem but I was attacked in another provence and "Medieval Total War encountered an error and will now exit". For me, it always happens if I have to fight more than one battle per turn it seems.

[caravel]

This is the system? http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/FX/F...X6800sp2.shtml

It mentions two types of GPU:

Graphics1
(Requires Discrete Graphics) ATI CrossFire™ dual card option
ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 graphics1, featuring:
512 MB video buffer memory
DirectX® 10
Shader Model 4.0

NVIDIA GTS 150 graphics, featuring:
1 GB video buffer memory
DirectX® 10
Shader Model 4.0

The latter is based on the earlier NV50/NV8x/9x (8000/9000) series GPUs which have been known to have problems with the first two TW games.

[Stazi]

I have tried WinXP mode and it didn't help at all. I just tried the Windows 2000 mode and again, fought a battle with no problem but I was attacked in another provence and "Medieval Total War encountered an error and will now exit". For me, it always happens if I have to fight more than one battle per turn it seems.

Vista... hmm... I would change the system first ;) but there are still some tricks you can try.
1. From my own experience resolutions higher than 800x600 may cause problems on some configurations so try set both tactical and strategic map resolutions to 800x600.
2. Run the game in debug mode. Go to properties of mtw shortcut and add D at he end of the path e.g. "D:\MTW\Medieval_TW.EXE" D. It will also make the game work in window but if it help it still better than CTDs, right?
3. Sometimes minimap cause problems too. Go to properties of mtw shortcut and add -ian at he end of the path e.g. "D:\MTW\Medieval_TW.EXE" -ian. You can combine this with previous trick so the path will look like this "D:\MTW\Medieval_TW.EXE" D -ian. After applying this you can toggle minimap by ctrl + I or ctrl + H. Be careful what you press, -ian command adds a lot of new keyboard shortcuts/cheats.

Ok. That's all for now. Let me know if anything of these works for you.