Medieval 2 Total War Has Encountered An Unspecified Error ~upd~ Full -

You have just fought a grueling 45-minute siege battle. You send the enemy routing. The "Victory" banner flashes. You click "End Battle." The loading bar inches toward the right... and then it stops. Your cursor turns into the spinning blue wheel of death. The screen goes black. Then, the box appears:

The greatest challenge in fixing this error is its lack of information. The game's error log, system.log.txt , typically records this crash with a line: [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit. As one modding community guide puts it, "unspecified means it doesn't know how to define it." You have just fought a grueling 45-minute siege battle

temporarily to ensure it isn't quarantining crucial game scripts. You click "End Battle

One popular mod forum sticky reads: “If you get the unspecified error, verify your game files, delete your map.rwm, sacrifice a goat to Sega, and try again.” The screen goes black