moddeling woes

[Thorn Is]

Im sure this has been probably asked before
but im having trouble finding it
my units are getting both the jesus-syndrom and different joints are vanishing at different positions
im using milkshap 1.8.1
Im positive i dont have any unassigned joints...

[KnightErrant]

Must check Alletun's Tome of Knowledge:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=93627

He gives these three causes in the FAQ section:

(1) One or more of your groups have no comments.

(2) All vertices assigned to one bone. Check the
"draw vertices with bone colors" check box on the joints tab
to see your assignments.

(3) Unassigned vertices. Click the "select unassigned" button
on the joints tab to see any vertices that aren't assigned.

Since you're sure about your assignments, check the group comments.

[Thorn Is]

checked all three of those things
still problem
im getting both the jesus syndrom and invisible sections

[Thorn Is]

is there anyway a problem in the battle_models files can create that....?

[KnightErrant]

I can't say that it is impossible, but usually any mistake
in the modeldb file is a guarenteed crash on loading, unfortunately
without any useful info in the system logs.

Noncrash things are the "silver men" syndrome, meaning the game
can't find textures. But from your pics that doesn't seem to be it.

Sorry, exhausted my arsenal for this one.

[Thorn Is]

ok good news
bad news
good news - my models now show up
stupid me forgot the
[io]
file_first = True in the .cfg file
now bad news - my game crashes as soon as i hit begin deployment




it doesnt matter what unit or anything
game crashes now no matter what mod i use

19:32:00.984 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE2
19:32:01.000 [system.rpt] [always] ==== system log start, build date: Apr 23 2007 version bld-medieval2-update2-84 (37970) ===
19:32:01.109 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_0.pack
19:32:01.171 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_1.pack
19:32:01.250 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_2.pack
19:32:01.312 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_3.pack
19:32:01.359 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_4.pack
19:32:01.390 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/localized.pack
19:33:22.156 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

EDIT
and in Vanilla
i think im going to have to reinstall the whole thing

EDIT
even after a fresh install it doesnt work
even in vanilla with no mods or anything
it seems my game is broken or something
:-(
Im going to have to take this to CA`s forum