Thank you for the reply! Sadly, I checked both of those things multiple times and it still crashes whenever I start a new campaign.
<!-- Varcheg, far-flung on peninsula. Probably Sturgian version of Nordic 'Varjag,' sworn companion -->
<Settlement id="town_S1" name="{=Settlements.Settlement.name.town_S1}Varcheg" owner="Faction.clan_sturgia_1" posX="361.256" posY="554.313" culture="Culture.oldempire" prosperity="3100" gate_posX="357.3419" gate_posY="551.6558">
<Components>
<Town id="town_comp_S1" is_castle="false" level="3" background_crop_position="0.0" background_mesh="gui_bg_town_sturgia" wait_mesh="wait_sturgia_town" gate_rotation="0.608" />
</Components>
<Locations complex_template="LocationComplexTemplate.town_complex">
<Location id="center" scene_name="sturgia_town_c" scene_name_1="sturgia_town_c" scene_name_2="sturgia_town_c" scene_name_3="sturgia_town_c" />
<Location id="arena" scene_name="arena_sturgia_a" />
<Location id="tavern" scene_name="sturgia_house_b_interior_tavern" />
<Location id="lordshall" scene_name_1="sturgia_castle_keep_a_l3_interior" scene_name_2="sturgia_castle_keep_a_l3_interior" scene_name_3="sturgia_castle_keep_a_l3_interior" />
<Location id="prison" scene_name="sturgia_dungeon_a" />
<Location id="house_1" scene_name="sturgia_town_house_d1_interior_b_house" />
<Location id="house_2" scene_name="sturgia_town_house_d1_interior_b_house" />
<Location id="house_3" scene_name="sturgia_town_house_d1_interior_b_house" />
</Locations>
<CommonAreas>
<Area type="Backstreet" name="Backstreet" />
<Area type="Clearing" name="Clearing" />
<Area type="Waterfront" name="Waterfront" />
</CommonAreas>
</Settlement>
<Culture id="oldempire"
name="{=kiOst6DH}Old Empire"
is_main_culture="true"
color="FF4E3A55"
color2="FFDE9953"
elite_basic_troop="NPCCharacter.imperial_vigla_recruit"
basic_troop="NPCCharacter.imperial_recruit"
melee_militia_troop="NPCCharacter.imperial_militia_spearman"
ranged_militia_troop="NPCCharacter.imperial_militia_archer"
melee_elite_militia_troop="NPCCharacter.imperial_militia_veteran_spearman"
ranged_elite_militia_troop="NPCCharacter.imperial_militia_veteran_archer"
can_have_settlement="true"
town_edge_number="16"
villager_party_template="PartyTemplate.villager_empire_template"
default_party_template="PartyTemplate.kingdom_hero_party_empire_template"
caravan_party_template="PartyTemplate.caravan_template_empire"
elite_caravan_party_template="PartyTemplate.elite_caravan_template_empire"
militia_party_template="PartyTemplate.militia_empire_template"
rebels_party_template="PartyTemplate.rebels_empire_template"
prosperity_bonus="1"
encounter_background_mesh="encounter_empire"
default_face_key="000fa92e90004202aced5d976886573d5d679585a376fdd605877a7764b8987c00000000000007520000037f0000000f00000037049140010000000000000000"
text="{=X0kKBzsW}The Calradians are the people of the Empire, though by now they have given their name to the entire continent which they dominate. A thousand years ago, they were an undistinguished tribe living in the hill country between the southern sea and the Battanian woods. One tradition set them apart from their neighbors - the Calradoi had no kings. Their citizenry has always taken an intense interest in the art of self-government, the balance between protecting the liberty of individuals and the needs of the state. Perhaps this is why they had a slight edge in the endless wars between one town and another, keeping armies in the field just a little longer, bouncing back just a little more quickly from a defeat. Some of their neighbors federated with them; others were overrun. Eventually the Calradians formed an empire, which evolved into a monarchy in all but name. Their leaders are no longer distinguished civic elders but great landholders scattered across the confident; the striking force of their armies is no longer citizen-infantry but heavily armored cataphracts in the retinues of the wealthy. But they still take their civic traditions very seriously, believing that the Calradian ideal can unite a continent in peace, if only the ”barbarians” beyond their borders would agree to submit to it."
tournament_master="NPCCharacter.tournament_master_empire"
villager="NPCCharacter.villager_empire"
caravan_master="NPCCharacter.caravan_master_empire"
armed_trader="NPCCharacter.armed_trader_empire"
caravan_guard="NPCCharacter.caravan_guard_empire"
veteran_caravan_guard="NPCCharacter.veteran_caravan_guard_empire"
duel_preset="NPCCharacter.empire_duel_preset"
prison_guard="NPCCharacter.prison_guard_empire"
guard="NPCCharacter.guard_empire"
steward="NPCCharacter.steward_empire"
blacksmith="NPCCharacter.blacksmith_empire"
weaponsmith="NPCCharacter.weaponsmith_empire"
townswoman="NPCCharacter.townswoman_empire"
townswoman_infant="NPCCharacter.townswoman_infant_empire"
townswoman_child="NPCCharacter.townswoman_child_empire"
townswoman_teenager="NPCCharacter.townswoman_teenager_empire"
townsman="NPCCharacter.townsman_empire"
townsman_infant="NPCCharacter.townsman_infant_empire"
townsman_child="NPCCharacter.townsman_child_empire"
townsman_teenager="NPCCharacter.townsman_teenager_empire"
ransom_broker="NPCCharacter.ransom_broker_empire"
gangleader_bodyguard="NPCCharacter.gangleader_bodyguard_empire"
merchant_notary="NPCCharacter.merchant_notary_empire"
artisan_notary="NPCCharacter.artisan_notary_empire"
preacher_notary="NPCCharacter.preacher_notary_empire"
rural_notable_notary="NPCCharacter.rural_notable_notary_empire"
shop_worker="NPCCharacter.shop_worker_empire"
tavernkeeper="NPCCharacter.tavernkeeper_empire"
taverngamehost="NPCCharacter.taverngamehost_empire"
musician="NPCCharacter.musician_empire"
tavern_wench="NPCCharacter.tavern_wench_empire"
armorer="NPCCharacter.armorer_empire"
horseMerchant="NPCCharacter.horseMerchant_empire"
merchant="NPCCharacter.merchant_empire"
beggar="NPCCharacter.beggar_empire"
female_beggar="NPCCharacter.female_beggar_empire"
female_dancer="NPCCharacter.female_dancer_empire"
gear_practice_dummy="NPCCharacter.gear_practice_dummy_empire"
weapon_practice_stage_1="NPCCharacter.weapon_practice_stage_1_empire"
weapon_practice_stage_2="NPCCharacter.weapon_practice_stage_2_empire"
weapon_practice_stage_3="NPCCharacter.weapon_practice_stage_3_empire"
gear_dummy="NPCCharacter.gear_dummy_empire">
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Yeah, it seems to be something with setting the settlement's culture, even when starting a new campaign.Yeah, everything is fine but it crashes, but I think I know what causes the problem.
I guess you load a save in which you already had a custom culture and now you changed it (to "oldempire") so in the save file there is the old culture which no longer exists so it crashes.
I tested it, I added your old empire culture to my xmls and loaded a save with 0 custom cultures and everything fine. After that I changed the culture "oldempire" to "asd" and it crashed the next time I loaded a save.
*EDIT*
Oh nevermind, I just saw you said you start a new campaign.
