C++ Runtime Error

[Alexander]

Hi everyone,

Installed the game a few days ago - absolutely loving it!

Frustrated as heck though, because I'm getting frequent C++ runtime errors. It closes the game with a message saying the application has requested a runtime termination. I can get the exact wording if needed.

Also, a few minutes ago, I got a cannot load spells common.lua error which does not cause the game to crash but makes it unplayable because troops behave strangely.

Now it's not a 'major' problem as such, at the moment I just abuse the quicksave button, and thankfully the game is intelligent enough to use 3 different slots, but occasionally a savegame will become corrupt forcing me to backtrack a little.

I have a sneaky suspicion that the problem may be my PC as I've not found any record of other people suffering the same issue - but I would dearly love some advice if anyone has anything to offer.

I'm using a brand new clean installation of XP x64, and my specs are:

Intel Core 2 @ 3.0 GHz
3 GB Corsair 800 MHz RAM
XFX GeForce 8800 GT

I've also re-installed service pack 2, and updated my .NET framework to 3.

Any help would be greatly appreciated