CTD after every battle

[bandicoot]

I've solved my graphics problem (disabled ATI Catalyst), but am now running into ctd problem after every battle.

I'm playing Rome (259 BC) on EB 1.2 VH/VH and get the ctd after both sieges and open field battles right after closing the Battle Results screen.

Auto-resolve works without a ctd, but while this may be a workaround it is not a solution.

I've skimmed through about 50 posts on this subject and see a lot of discussion but no clear solutions other than the standard sprite fix (which applies to pre-battle ctds anyway I believe).

Help!!!

[Mediolanicus]

Wait up to 30 seconds or until the music is finishes before clicking continue.

Post-battle CTD's are an RTW thingy. They can also be caused if your PC is not fast enough to play RTW AFAIK.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

After every single battle, after every second battle, or just common post-battle CTDs?

[bandicoot]

Good question.

Here's the history ... I recently got a new computer with 64-bit Vista (ugh) and the ATI Radeon HD 4870x2 graphics card, but when I installed up to EB 1.2 including the known fixes I had two graphics problems that made the game unplayable:
(1) on the strat map, cities, units, and any othe features other than basic topography were flickering;
(2) on the battle map, units and buildings were all flickering.

I tinkered with ATI Catalyst control until the only thing flickering were buildings and the mini-map on the battle map. It made it very annoying and hard to play for any length of time but I was able to finish battles without crashes.

Not sure if this is connected, but I tinkered some more and eventually discovered by disabling Catalyst AI it stopped the map flickering.

I have followed the advice by Mediolanicus and it seems to have worked for the couple of battles I have had since then, but now I had my first ctd BEFORE a battle.

Very annoying to say the least especially since my graphics card should allegedly kick butt.

The only other thing I have noticed different from my previous working install on my old computer is that both before a battle and after a battle the screen goes completely black for a couple of seconds before going to the load screen.

Anyway, a keg of my finest to anyone that has any ideas.

Thanks!

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Are the drivers for your video-card completely up to date? Sometimes the drivers that come with new hardware are a bit buggy and require an immediate patching / update in drivers after installed.

[bandicoot]

Yep, I have the very latest driver update installed.

I have managed to reduce the ctds by waiting after a battle for about 30 seconds or so (until after the music fades) but that has only decreased the ctds and not eliminated them. I have even had them before a battle started (but only once).

The whole thing seems pretty unstable and tenuous ... every time I play I feel like I'm trying to walk across the English channel on about an inch of ice.