As some of you may know, there are two version of Stronghold 2: the Standard version and the Deluxe version. The Standard version patches to v.1.4.1, however, the Deluxe version only patches to 1.31, and it requires a special 1.31 Deluxe patch. The good news is that this patch was included on the DVD disc of late releases of this game (I have a late release which includes a 1.31 patch right on the disc; alternatively, the patch can also be downloaded here:
https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/4050/7/51651/download).
The problem is, I cannot get the game to start when applying the 1.31 patch, and I would very much like to apply the patch as it contains a large amount of bugfixes, balancing fixes, and AI improvements. Any help getting this to work would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Additional info:
-Windows 10 Professional x64 bit edition
-Intel Core i7-8700 CPU
-NVidia GeForce GTX 1660
-64 GB RAM
-1TB SSD