Game is....dead?

[DanMLee88]

I wasn't sure if this belonged to a specific forum, so I am posting this here and on bug reports also.

So I initially had the trouble with ETW instantly crashing upon startup, which was resolved by the method posted here of deleting the creative assembly file in the app/data file.

This is a clean install, no mods, etc. However, now I am getting crashes out of nowhere, and I MEAN NOWHERE.

It's not clicking on certain objects, doing things the certain way during a turn, or even during AI turns. In my own turn the game simply decides randomly to stop working.

Did deleting the said file have this effect on the game? I could not run without it, so if anyone has a tip for getting around this problem (keeping the app/data file and still able to play) or anyway to resolve the random crashes, please let me know ASAP

Oh and this began to happen AFTER the recent 4.30 patch. I did a clean install just for that patch too =(



I am running Windows VistaUltimate 64-bit, 4gb of RAM, 2.83 quad core, 8800 GTS 640mb.

Thanks in advance!

[Brusilov]

If the game simply crashes without you selecting anything in your turn it's probably a problem with your system rather than the game.

Does the game do a CTD or is your system locked up?

[DanMLee88]

CTD. I simply move around the map, clicking not too rapidly and so forth. I have tried many different times doing things differently (clicking faster, switching faster, certain map, certain city, etc), there is no correlation, just pure random CTD whenever the game feels like it.

[Gezoes]

Smells like Vista

[straggler13]

CTD. I simply move around the map, clicking not too rapidly and so forth. I have tried many different times doing things differently (clicking faster, switching faster, certain map, certain city, etc), there is no correlation, just pure random CTD whenever the game feels like it.

I don't believe it is your system. I am having the same problems, and so are all of my friends who play this game. As I have built many PC's and have built my latest one for the sole purpose of playing flawlessly any and all the TW games, at ultra settings and have had no trouble with any of the past games and mods -at least lately. This game crashes with even the minimum settings.

The EW game started out with major problems when released and no one has been able to make the thing run right. It seems few are trying and/or whatever they are trying has made the problems worse.

And I have now given up. I will check it out occasionally, to see if any of the patches have consistently successful results, but for now the party is over and I have lost all patience.