I have posted before that my game crashes on start of new game with a custom xml faction. To no avail I cannot figure this out and/or receive a response on what I am doing wrong. I have applied the new beta fix and validated steam files and scoured the debug file to the best of my understanding to the point that my eyes have bled my brains out (which is not much...ha ha). Somebody please help. I do not have Retribution or Star Control, but everything up to Intrigue. I love this game with all its bugs. So here is my entire /GC3Crusade/ folder:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=16OEjM_TWXTfizuwOO53gqnnpAhwX74Nc
The Faction I use is the Aesir.