Problems with SuperMod v2.0!!!!

[Shottie]

Im crashing all the time! Its at random intervals too, I could be loading up a game, or going into the options, or just sitting at the main screen. I dont know whats wrong, can anyone with the SuperMod help me? Im already talking to the creator but this problem needs a bigger view. Is it my computer or the patch? Please help, I just want to conquer Europe with out CTDs!!!! Thanks.

[Shottie]

Any advice anyone? I need it, Im going through withdraw!

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I've never heard of it crashing all the time. Random crashes yes, but never, ever, to that extent. Has anyone else had problems to this extent?

Do you install it over a clean Medieval/Viking Invasion installation Shottie?

[Shottie]

I installed it a couple days after I installed MTW and Viking Invasion, umm I had some patches installed does that count as not clean? It maybe a blonde moment of mine if that isnt considered a clean install. LOL

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Official patches shouldn't really be a problem. Any other mods?

[Shottie]

Nope, I have no idea what it could be. Did I install it right? I just installed it into the main Total War Folder.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Mmm that sounds okay. Have you always been experiencing these problems? If not, how long did they take to develop?

[Shottie]

Well I just reintalled MTW about 1 week ago after taking a break from it, I didnt really play the clean version very much because I wanted to play the SuperMod but I was having trouble getting to it. I played the SuperMod a little and I tried to play an English game on Super Early, and the game just crashed right before finishing loading. So then I tried an Italian game on Early and everything was find for a half an hour or so, then it crashed. So then I tried a French game on Super Early, everything was working good and I was surprised, then in game I checked my options and when it was loading the main map up again it crashed. Thats when I PM'd you and posted here. Im boggled on what is wrong.

[Shottie]

Do you have ICQ or AIM? So we arent wasting a whole topic for a conversation, I guess haha

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

If you've played Medieval without problems before and its a clean install, I really don't see what the problem could be.

My only suggestion would be to download it again and try re-installing it. Maybe when you downloaded it the file was being tampered it some way. I know its annoying but that's the only thing I can think of. If that doesn't work I'm stumped!

[mikkele]

I've had similar problems playing the SuperMod. I have no fix suggestions however, apart from upgrading your PC :-)

My guess is that it is caused by the fact that the SuperMod is also "super" in size. When playing it, the load times for both campaign and battles are much bigger than vanilla MTW, and I guess that the resource demand on the system is also higher. This can possibly expose programming weaknesses in the basic MTW engine, which does not surface under "normal" circumstances, especially on not-so-new PCs (my PC is a ADM Duron 1.2GHz, 256 MB RAM),

But as stated, it's just a guess.

I'm currently playing MTW XL2, which does appear a bit more stable for me, but it is also a smaller add-on.

[Shottie]

Im running 2.60GHz, 512Ram, GeForce 5200 256Ram. Is my computer the problem, cause Ill update if need be, its not problem. But I decided to try the XL Mod, so Ill which is better.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Mikkelle my computer was really quite old as well, so I've no idea why you guys are having these problems. Can anyone whose had the mod for a while affirm this?

[Shottie]

Clearly from what I played your SuperMod 2.0 is better. So I uninstalled and reintalled everything, and Im re-DLing your Mod, I hope this works. I do have a question, what is this mean?

YOU CAN ONLY GET ONE PERIOD'S DEADPAGE COORDS TO WORK AT A TIME. BEFORE YOU START THE GAME, GO INTO 'TEXTURES/MEN', AND WHATEVER PERIOD YOU WANT TO USE MAKE SURE ITS CALLED JUST 'DEADPAGE COORDS'. WHILST NOT IN USE, MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER TWO PERIODS ARE FRONTED BY THEIR FIRST NAME FOR EASE, LIKE I HAVE DONE WITH HIGH AND LATE.

I dont understand what you mean by this, what do I have to do, this may be my problem from before. Thanks again for ALL of your help!

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Nah that won't crash the game. As I have different units in each period, I need 3 different deadpage coords. Trouble is, only one can be active at once. This is why you have to go into the 'Textures/Men' folder before you start the game and change them as I said. You just worry about trying to get it to work first.

[mikkele]

Well, just as I had stated that XL worked better for me, my XL game did the CTD! Playing the Novgorods, I was attacked by the Danish by 4000+ men (i had ~2500). That scenario repeatedly crashed the game when loading up the battle-screen. I finally had to choose an alternative course of action, that is, I retreated to my stronghold instead of trying to command in person, and then I attacked in the next turn. That worked (i.e. the game did not CTD and I won :-) ).

[Shottie]

Well I installed your Mod, I tried to do an English Campaign on Super Early, and it crashed. Grrr this is getting old LOL I cant figure out whats going wrong.

[Shottie]

I dont know whats going on, your English Campaign just isnt working, but I havnt crashed randomly for about 30 minutes.

[Armchair Athlete]

I have heard some rumours that a Nvidia card causes more crashes than an ATI card when playing MTW. As most of the crashes seem to be happening when going into battle, its certainly a possibility, now I am no techie or anything but this is what I suspect may be the case. I am running an ATI card on a fairly high end machine and although I do not have BKB's latest version of his mod, I have the previous one (super Late) and I have only come across the very occasional CTD. Although if BKB is running a Nvidia card then that theory goes out the window.
There are things you can do in game to make it a bit more stable (and this goes for all versions/mods) like turning off autosave and only quicksaving at the start of the turn (I know its annoying, but it must be done!)

Failing that, there are always the more generic problem fixers, such as uninstalling MTW, running a disk defrag and then reinstalling over the top. This will result in better performance for all games, the difference is really noticeable for high end fps such as Doom 3/HL2 and it may fix some of your problems, especialy if you haven't done it for a while. You can also try downloading the latest video drivers for your card. If you have already tried these, then well I don't know

[Shottie]

I havnt DLed the new video drivers yet, they may be why, BUT my game doesnt really crash during battles, its during the campaign map. I dunno, but I will try DLing the new drivers.

[Deus Ex]

should probably identify whether the problem occurs in normal M:TW and not the modded version - or in the modded version only.

The problem with NVidia drivers (for me) was ALWAYS the transistion to and from campaign mode - I could run quick battles and custome battles and historical battle ok - but when I tried a campaign - the loding of the campaign code was where it CTD - my fix was to roll back my Nvidia drivers - so the latest drivers are not always the best solution - good luck

[Shottie]

This is getting old, it doesnt crash all the time now. I just cant play Super Early English. This is the only thing I want to play besides French Super Early. Why doesnt my English campaingn work!!!

[Shottie]

Ok, Im probably talking to myself BUT I uninstalled the Mod again and re-installed it. Im hoping this works.