Constant Crash with Medieval 2 Total War

[davisphive]

I get to specific point during the game and it crashes 100% of the time.
It happens when I try to display a massive amount of units on the screen at once, (though during a different point in the game I was able to view over 1000 at a time...didn't crash just incredible slow down.)

Throws me this error message:

The Instruction at “0x135a64a8” referenced memory at “0xec5d015a”. The memory could not be “written”.

I'm running the game on the following specs
AMD 3200+ (Venice)
1GB DDR 400 RAM
Nvidia 6800GT 256MB PCI

at this point I'm thinking that my RAM is bad...but everything works fine so long as I don't play the game upto that point. I turn all of the settings down to their lowest and it still crashes. Any help would be awesome.

 

[yorkkev28]

PSU make and wattage?

Slowdown and crashing with mulitple units on screen can be one of many. i experienced the same kinda probs with B & W 2. I put it down to my graphics card not getting enough power.

 

[davisphive]

JPAC 550ATX ATX 550Watts Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CB, CE, TUV, FCC

Model
Brand JPAC
Model 550ATX
SPEC
Type ATX
Maximum Power 550Watts
Fans 2
Main Connector 20 + 4Pin
Dual +12V No
PCI-E Connectors No
SLI Support No
Modular Cabling Support No
Over Voltage Protection Yes
Input Voltage 115/230 V
Input Frequency Range 50/60 Hz
Input Current 10A @ 115V, 5A @ 230V
Output +3.3@30A,+5V@50A,+12@20A,-12V@1A,[email protected],

Not sure what you needed so I just copied everything from the invoice...hope this helps

 

[Karanislove]

Run Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool to check the RAM errors~!

 

[dannbrownn]

In this months PC Gamer (UK) there is a small section saying that this has been happening to a lot of people and that there is a patch out with bug fixes, it doesn't say where the patch(es?) can be found though!