Medieval: Total War XL

[VikingHorde]

Hi guys,

Firstly, thanks to VikingHorde for this awesome mod. It's got me playing during the early hours of the morning and it's made MTW fun again. Kudos.

Has anyone ever had problems getting a black screen when you enter a battle? I'm playing a French campaign at the moment, and the Almohads just launched an attack with over 3000 troops in Aquitaine. I Have about 1500 in that province defending it.

However, when the game loads to the battle, all I get is a black screen. A mouse trail is left on the screen, and the F1 windows when you display them. Needless to say I can't actually fight the battle.

In the same scenario, I pulled most of the troops out, leaving only a few hundred troops. The Almohads decrease their invasion force accordingly, down to about 1000 or so. Frustratingly, the battle then loads fine.

So could it be because of the sizes of forces involved?

Conincidently, this very same problem happened in Palestine earlier in the campaign. I was forced to auto-calculate that battle. This is not an option with my situation in Aquitaine.

I have it saved just before the battle, and have restarted MTW and the computer countless times, but to no avail.

I am running an AMD Athlon XP @ 2GHz, 512MB of Corsair RAM, and ATI Radeon 9700 Pro with the latest 5.8 Catalyst. I have MTW:VI, patched 2.01, a fresh install with XL Mod. No other mods were installed.

Can anyone help me? Or does anyone have similar problems? I was enjoying this game too, now I may have to abandon it, and if the problem is persistant, I will probably have to stop playing XL (this has never happened with any other mod).

Thanks in advance.

Sounds odd, I have never had that problem before. I never save the just before a battle, so maybe loading the turn without saving (before battle) would help. There was a guy at the .com who had a problem with loading a battle (he also saved before the battle). Another thing you can do is try reinstalling MTW and see if it helps. The game or savefiles can get corrupted, but save your savefiles before uninstalling. Another thing is checking the computer for viruses, just in case.

[Kaiser Sosa]

I just DLed the XL mod. Its great! I was just wondering where can i get a list of the new units anddescriptions? Thanks.

[VikingHorde]

I just DLed the XL mod. Its great! I was just wondering where can i get a list of the new units anddescriptions? Thanks.

There is a exel file in the MTW folder with all units and buildings needed to build them.

[Joshwa]

Hey Viking, is the 2.1 patch ready yet? And also I know you may be a bit tired of hearing it, but that is one kickass mod you have made there!

[VikingHorde]

Hey Viking, is the 2.1 patch ready yet? And also I know you may be a bit tired of hearing it, but that is one kickass mod you have made there!

Thanks . The patch will be uploaded to tosa's server later today. I'm currently at work so I need to get home first .

[Emerentius]

VH
I guess today is not the 12th but the 15th?
or you work long days, don't your girlfriend complain?

[Ace of Spades]

Yeah! We're waitin', VH!!