RTW: CTD when I cap a city

[scott2978]

I'm not sure what info would help figure this out. Ever since I first started playing RTW, even before any mods were applied, I've always had issues with the game CTD when cities are captured. The first 100 or so turns are fine, but after that the game seems to steadily become less tolerant of capturing cities, until I can't capture any at all without the game crashing. Is there a fix for this?

Let me know if you need more info.

[Erich von Manstein]

You'll probably have more luck in the technical forum. Moved.

[irishron]

Could we have your computer specs, please? Sounds like you're runnig out of memory and if you're trying to play a hundred turns at once and fight every battle, the memory leaks will kill you. Are you up to version 1.5 for RTW?

[scott2978]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core 4200+ 2.21 GHz
2GB DDR (not sure of the speed)
NVidea GEForce 7300GT
Running XP Home SP2

I'm playing Total War Eras version of RTW... which is 1.5 I believe.

The problem only really happens after a lot of turns, and I'm not playing them all at once. I save and play 20 or so turns a day for several weeks before it starts, and once it does it gets worse and worse.

Note that if I start a new game, it doesn't happen. Only on games that have been going on a long time.

Happens whether I play the battle or autofight.

It happens whether I'm playing stock RTW or a mod. It also happens when I play Alexander and METW. I've tried clean installs, same thing.

It happens on my other computer with completely different specs. Same CD, same symptoms.

I take it this doesn't happen to everyone?

[irishron]

If anyone knows please chime in.

I have virtually the same setup. I have been playing Solvo Populus of which is a minimod of Terrae Expugnandae on BI 1.6 and Mundus Magnus map. 200 regions. I am over 100 regions controlled and no problems.