Fix for CTD after naval battles (after latest patch)

**Gomer_Pyle** · March 27, 2009, 03:52 PM

Hi everyone!

I am happy to inform everyone that has not found out yet.

This issue with getting a CTD after battles (naval) may be a result of your soundcard being in conflict with an onboard soundcard in your computer.

If you go into bios setup and look around I am pretty sure you can find one onboard soundcard enabled. Turn it off, save and try again. The reason I havent looked for this before is that I had it turned off. But after a problem i had this week i "put back default bios settings". This turned my onboard soundcard on again.

I had this CTD after battles. Turned mine off and it works now. After 5 battles no CTD. Also my game seems much better for some reason. Also the possible "turn off sound effects" works. But I like playing with sound effects. hehe

Not sure if this helps for everyone. But may be worth a try since it worked for me....

If you got Vista and a X-Fi card you should atleast try this...

**Gomer_Pyle** · March 27, 2009, 05:41 PM

Never mind. After a couple of hours of gameplay this seemed to be just a lucky game for me. Started CTD again after naval battles again now. Well hope some people find a solution.

**husserlTW** · March 28, 2009, 09:29 AM

Disable sfx from game menu before every naval battle you play manually and you'll avoid CTD. There is no problem in the autoresolve battles.

**homefry** · March 28, 2009, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by husserlTW

Disable sfx from game menu before every naval battle you play manually and you'll avoid CTD. There is no problem in the autoresolve battles.

Disable the sound all together before naval battles?

Wow. That sucks!

**husserlTW** · March 28, 2009, 03:03 PM

Only sfx.

**Democratiya** · March 28, 2009, 04:15 PM

onboard sound should be disabled anyway, its usually terrible.

**Paul Stud** · March 28, 2009, 09:15 PM

so let me get this straight... the only way we can run the game correctly if i disable ssao shadows and VE so the sail tearing comes back and blur bug goes away, as well as disable music and sound effects and play with no sound? when something sucks this bad your supposed to be able to get your money back.

**Skyphos** · March 30, 2009, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by Democratiya

onboard sound should be disabled anyway, its usually terrible.

Actually onboard sound on any reputable boards now-a-days are more than adequate.

Also...I shouldnt have to disable sound to play the game. Thats broke. Thats like buying a new car after thinking it looks cool on the lot then hearing the seller say....oh yah...you gotta have the stereo off and the windows down all the time if you expect it to run. Sorry about the rain today...LoL.