Empire.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close

[Lord General]

I have owned this game since March last year. I re-installed it recently and when I pass the first screen which has the Empire Total War logo I get a black screen and the above message. I have seen previous questions about this before and some have said that it is a scripting problem. I installed a mod before I uninstalled the game last time but deleted my saved games. the mod and the ETW folder in Steam when I uninstalled the game but this has made no difference. I have attempted to find the script file in Steam>common folders>Empire Total War but nothing in there and no creative assembly file either. Nothing in do***ents and settings. ANy ideas what is wrong?

[Billy Ruffian]

If you're running Windows 7 or Vista the scripts folder is in Appdata, but may be hidden.

[Lord General]

If you're running Windows 7 or Vista the scripts folder is in Appdata, but may be hidden.

Sorry - should have clarified. I am running Windows XP sp2.

Intel Core Duo 3ghz
2GB RAM
Nvidia 9600GT 512mb

[Lord General]

Problem solved. I updated the drivers, deleted the registry files, re-installed the game without any change. I then downloaded the latest mod manager for ETW. When I looked at this it said there were a number of conflicts and I think it was due to a mod that I used which altered some of the data files which are now incompatible with the patched up version of ETW. I started the game using the mod manager and it works perfectly.

[supersonic]

Hi there, i got the same issues, after reinstalling this game in few times i ran to the end i can do.
I also tried many things i saw in a few forums, at least nothing could help, i bought a new PC, to enjoy this game like it should be.

I tried to re-install this ETW, with registry entries and any file with any folder of this game, a tried also the verifying way of steam support told me to do, i installed this game like 4 times, 4 times of downloading over 16gb.

I also tried to play this game on very low graphic settings without AA and somesh... it didn't help too.

The game crashes during a battle in a time when big armies coming to collide or when oppenend army going for full offensive, in campaign happened this when the game become costlier. in yr 1715 like that, it crashes when i click on next round or when other factions makes their move.

Lord General said, he solved his problem bys deleting registry entries, and re-installing the game, i did the same and more like 4 time.

I'm not using any mods, my pc should be up-to-date, i just purchased my pc 1 week ago, and my ATI drivers are up2date too.

My DxDiag Report:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/23/2010, 19:11:39
Machine name: MATRIX-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Language: German (Regional Setting: German)
System Manufacturer: MEDIONPC
System Model: MS-7658
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3064MB RAM
Page File: 1457MB used, 4666MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5570
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68D9)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68D9&SUBSYS_906A1B0A&REV_00
Display Memory: 3308 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2037 MB
Shared Memory: 1271 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: PnP-Monitor (Standard)
Monitor Model: L22W-5
Monitor Id: FUS0735
Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (60.262Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: atiu9pag.dll,aticfx32.dll,aticfx32.dll,atiumdag.dl l,atidxx32.dll,atiumdva.cap
Driver File Version: 8.14.0001.6105 (English)
Driver Version: 8.723.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/7/2010 02:22:30, 20480 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2B99-11CF-636F-6BB0A1C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x68D9
SubSys ID: 0x906A1B0A
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem3.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTx86.6.1:ati2mtag_Evergreen:8.72 3.0.0ci\ven_1002&dev_68d9
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled


That should be enough of information, i hope some1 could help me, i'm a big fan of TW games espacially of ETW, i go silly when i get stuck again.

Greetz

[Billy Ruffian]

Is it the VRAM thing? http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=238484

[supersonic]

ok i got it, going to test it, thx at this time bro

[supersonic]

**** billy, i think i've fixed it now, ty for the link bro nice help at the right time!