Error starting EB...Not the regular one, either...

[BeingOfPureChaos]

Well, I've downloaded Patch 1.2, EB 0.72, and EB 0.74, in that order. However, when trying to start the game I get the following error:

"Script error in data/descr_sm_settlements.txt, at line 304, column 1

Expected culture type, found nomad"

This doesn't seem to be the regular 'I-can't-start-EB' bug. What's wrong here and what can I do about it?

[Simmons]

Sounds like your playing EB on RTW Gold have you read this thread

Playing EB with RTW Gold

The only reason I mention this is because one of the steps in the above thread is replacing descr_sm_settlements.txt with one you can d/l.

[Cheexsta]

It's unlikely to be a RTW Gold problem, which normally spits out an incoherent error when EB is installed over it.

It's probably either a corrupt download or just something went wrong in the installation. Try reinstalling EB0.72 and checking to see if that works. If it works, install the 0.74 patch. If either fails to work, then re-download it.