I finally got round to patching my RTW install, as it seems that most MODs need at leat V1.3. I began by installing the 1.3 patch from the total war site, and then also decided to get the 1.5 patch as well. When I started the game, it got as far as the screen displaying all of the developer's and publisher's logos before quitting back to the desktop. I looked in the RTW folders and found that the player preferences text file is completely empty. I don't know whether that means anything. Could somebody please help?