Medieval 2 -Total War

[p0h]

with the original patched exe I got this error message in the system.log :

20:48:23.472 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE2
20:48:23.482 [system.rpt] [always] ==== system log start, build date: Apr 23 2007 version bld-medieval2-update2-84 (37970) ===
20:48:23.502 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_0.pack
20:48:23.502 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_1.pack
20:48:23.512 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_2.pack
20:48:23.522 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_3.pack
20:48:23.522 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_4.pack
20:48:23.532 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/localized.pack
20:48:26.176 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for ANISELECT
20:48:26.196 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_SABOTAGE
20:48:26.216 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_TRADE
20:48:26.246 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for DRAGGABLE
20:48:26.246 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for DRAGGING
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_MULTIPLE_SELECT
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_ATTACK
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_CHARACTER
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_RESOURCE
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_FORT
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_MOVE_OBJECT
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_WATCHTOWER
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_DEPLOYMENT_AREA
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_TILE
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_SPECIAL_PIECE
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PAINT
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_ADJUST_HEIGHTS
20:48:26.256 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_ADD_UNIT
20:48:26.266 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_SETTLEMENT
20:48:27.868 [system.io] [warning] open: :Ìæ?víI@Ÿ�‰@ is missing
20:48:29.160 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

before the patch had been installed it worked fine...

could you post your system.log.txt here ? it would be great

[crabby654]

Ya i am having the same exact issues. Same errors from the log. I tried with the maxi dvd image didnt work, tried the 1.2 crack and didnt work. I also changed the shortcut to goto the medieval2.exe file directly and the game will open and the screen will be black and ill here the error noise and the curser will stay an hourglass, if i hit escape or enter the game shuts down (while its stuck in the black screen).