You are loading the game from the wrong exe file. Game wasn't patched to 3.1 before installation and/or mod isn't installed in right directory, uninstall and reinstall the mod. The player doesn't receive creatures or resources from new artifacts, skills or specializations. New heroes are not receiving the Town Management ability. Hero is only receiving defense skill with every levelup. Various Custom Game options are grayed out. This is mostly discovered by encountering one of the following issues: GAME LOADS BUT MOD FEATURES ARE NOT WORKING Rare issue on some specific VGAs, you can use Guru3D RTSS application to control the game FPS. Use the uninstaller located in the start menu, if the shortcut cannot be found it is in the game folder. Set the program to run in compatibility mode with Windows XP Service Pack 3. right click on EXE -> properties -> Select "Disable fullscreen optimizations. Rare cases have been reported with steam installation of application load error 5:0000065434, if this happens try any of the following:
Dwarf fortress tileset not found .exe#
exe files contains a lot of reverse engineering to make unique modifications to the game which are falsely flagged as malware. The reason these applications are triggered is the MMH55. exe file as well, although mostly they should give you a warning.
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Furthermore a 3rd party security application (Antivirus/Anti-malware) may be blocking the. It is also possible the exe file is blocked by a windows security feature such as the user doesn't have permission to run the file (run as admin) or exploit protection (windor later) or windows DEP needs to be disabled (Data Execution Protection).
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dll file is missing or says 'empty pointer to creature.' then likely the game wasn't patched to 3.1 before installation and/or mod isn't installed in right directory, uninstall and reinstall the mod. Before reporting sync issues in LAN, please read the article about preventing multiplayer issues first. If you can't solve your issue with these guidelines, then please include in your bugreport the map and gamemode (SP,Hotseat,LAN) you were playing.