video memory error

[mint man sam]

when ever i play as/or against the ptomatic empire on the battle map with machimoi phanglaigtes in the army in get a ctd and then it say insufficient video memory. just for this 1 unit. i can run rome and medieval 2 on full settings so it must be something to do with this one unit. original rome works fine.

using 5.8_22
started game with 5.8_22
happened with previous xgm's e.g 5.7_22

there a file attached with the error showing.

system specs
ati hd4650 1gb
3gb ram
dual core 2.8ghz
160gb hard drive
windows vista

[DimeBagHo]

I had a look over the files for that unit. It uses the same model as the other phalangite units, and I can't see anything unusual about the skin. It works fine in-game for me, and works fine with photoshop.

You could try re-installing XGM (might help if a file got messed up during the install) or reinstalling your graphics drivers (might help if some cache files got messed up somewhere along the line). If those fail you can always tell the game to use a different skin by editing descr_model_battle.txt. Let me know if you want instructions.

[mint man sam]

thanks, ill re-install xgm and then see what happens ill change the skin to another one if it persists , I think i had the same problem with my old graphics card.

thanks again

[mint man sam]

re-installed rome and xgm, and new driver for graphics card, but problem still persists,
the file name is correct, and the texture is the exact same size as the macedon one and that works fine,
i can not think of anything else. if i sent you my texture for the unit, could you check it works?

thanks

[DimeBagHo]

You can e-mail the texture to me here.

You could also try working around it. To do that:
1. Open [rtw]\xgm\Data\decr_model_battle.txt with notepad.
2. Do a search for "unit_greek_pike_phalanx_egypt.tga"
3. Replace that with "unit_greek_pike_phalanx_macedon.tga"

Your game should now use the Macedon skin for the Machimoi Phalangites.

[mint man sam]

currently i am using the macedon texture, ill send you the texture as well

[DimeBagHo]

I had a look at the copy of the texture that you sent me and it looks fine. As far as I can tell there are no differences between the Ptolemaic skin and the others (apart from how they look obviously). It's quite a mystery.

[mint man sam]

ok ill just use the macedon skin, thanks for help anyway