error getting aod2 to work

[gracie]

downloaded aod2 yesterday, cant play it though, mod loads up fine and all maps and new factions are selectable but when i confirm my choices and it trys to load it crashes and i get civ4col has ran into and error and has to close message

im using xp home edition, civ4col vanilla still works


sorry i posted this in teh aofd thread accidentally aswell

please helpo the mod looks so good

 

[gracie]

it crashes on the first loading segment (initialising)