Bug/Ctd Reports 1.5b - Read First Post for known issues!

[Fox Sterlingworth]

I have not modded my version of RS in any way.

But I'm getting an instant CTD when I hit "Continue Campaign."

[Fox Sterlingworth]

Okay, I see release thread has been changed. I guess I will have to finish that campaign on 1.5a.

[Brusilov]

I started a new Pontus Campaign. It's now impossible to travel from Trapezius to Sinope along the coast. Was this intended to get Pontus to expand northwards?

[Thorn777]

When playing Armenia, I emediatly got CTD in the first battle, so I dindt play them any longer. When attacking (free people) Heraclea, with GC, got CTD.
I wonder if this has something to do with this "easterners accent", that causes CTD´s around the Kaukasus, in many other mods also.

[Brusilov]

When playing Armenia, I emediatly got CTD in the first battle, so I dindt play them any longer. When attacking (free people) Heraclea, with GC, got CTD.
I wonder if this has something to do with this "easterners accent", that causes CTD´s around the Kaukasus, in many other mods also.

Can you include details of who and where you were fighting the battle where you got the CTD playing as Armenia?

[Thorn777]

Can you include details of who and where you were fighting the battle where you got the CTD playing as Armenia?

With Armenia, I attacked "free peolple" Kotais, with about my hole army, in round 3, including cataphract-cav.
When attacking "free people" Heraclea with GC, the "free people´s" army whas eastern-like, they also had some cataphract-cav. They have 3 stacks around Heraclea, and I attacked them all, from different angels, but only CTD. Maybe letting a round pass, will do. Have not tried that, but Im kinda pessimistic about that.

Also I must say, that I´m playing the German RTW version. I heard about that version causes trouble with the "eastern speech accents". At least in Broken Crescent mod for MTW2, it is the same kind of ctd problem for German versions.

[Brusilov]

When playing Armenia, I emediatly got CTD in the first battle, so I dindt play them any longer. When attacking (free people) Heraclea, with GC, got CTD.
I wonder if this has something to do with this "easterners accent", that causes CTD´s around the Kaukasus, in many other mods also.

I started a new campaign with RS 1.5b with Pontus and Armenia. I've managed to fight several battles with each and have encountered no CTDs.

[Father Jack]

I have also got a CTD when i tried to enter battle. I was playing as Pergamum and I was fighting a group of rebels outside Nicomedia (i think?). Im afraid i cant remember any other details. Its a new campaign using the BI.exe

[dvk901]

Please include in these reports whether you are playing a new campaign or trying to play a saved game.

[Blackshamrock.]

I've just started a new canpain with rome, it seems to be fine no cdts yet. Juts one qustion how do you use the Force deplomeasea mod?, Thats bilt in to the new patch.

[Squid]

Same way you used the one from the previous, I dont know off the top of my head, but if you look in the force diplomacy thread it will tell you.

[Brusilov]

I've just started a new canpain with rome, it seems to be fine no cdts yet. Juts one qustion how do you use the Force deplomeasea mod?, Thats bilt in to the new patch.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=149264

You need to acquaint yourself with the contents of this forum - then you'd find such posts (and be back playing the game sooner).

[Blackshamrock.]

Thanks Burisolv

[cherryfunk]

I'm not sure if these are problems with 1.5b or with my own install, can someone check off FOW during a winter turn and see if they have these problems with the map?

1. There are odd patches of snow where there shouldn't be, as in the screenshot below of Italy. Also, many of the rivers no longer reach the sea, as if someone had added terrain in ground_heights but forgotten to increase the river length in map_features:




2. There are also strange 'non-winter paths' all over the map, like these in Hungary -- as if someone drew on the climates.tga with a 1-pixel brush, for no apparent reason:




3. There are a couple of 'broken' pink textures in North Africa:





I'm hoping these oddities are the result of something I did to my own files, can someone with a clean 1.5b install check for me?

[Brusilov]

I'm not sure if these are problems with 1.5b or with my own install, can someone check off FOW during a winter turn and see if they have these problems with the map?

1. There are odd patches of snow where there shouldn't be, as in the screenshot below of Italy. Also, many of the rivers no longer reach the sea, as if someone had added terrain in ground_heights but forgotten to increase the river length in map_features:

2. There are also strange 'non-winter paths' all over the map, like these in Hungary -- as if someone drew on the climates.tga with a 1-pixel brush, for no apparent reason:

3. There are a couple of 'broken' pink textures in North Africa:

I'm hoping these oddities are the result of something I did to my own files, can someone with a clean 1.5b install check for me?

I just had a check. These don't appear in my install. In Italy the snow only appears on the mountain ridge and nowhere else.

I did delete the map.rwm file that came with the game. I was trying to see if that was causing the CTD with existing campaigns - it wasn't.

[Legio XV Apollinaris]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

found something.. nothing special but..

faction romans_brutii

settlement
{
    level city
    region Campania

    year_founded 0
    population 6850
    plan_set default_set
    faction_creator romans_brutii
    building
    {
        type hinterland_information infobuilding
    }
    building
    {
        type core_building governors_palace
    }
    building
    {
        type barracks militia_barracks
    }
    building
    {
        type equestrian stables
    }
    building
    {
        type core_building governors_palace
    }
    building
    {
        type defenses wooden_wall
    }
    building
    {
        type hinterland_roads paved_roads
    }
    building
    {
        type market market
    }
    building
    {
        type hinterland_mines mines
    }
    building
    {
        type hinterland_farms farms
    }
    building
    {
        type port_buildings port
    }
}

checked all the other settlements in descr_strat.txt too, but this seems luckily the only one!

EDIT by Squid: Fixed in second release of 1.5b patch.

[Beetlecat]

I'm not sure if these are problems with 1.5b or with my own install, can someone check off FOW during a winter turn and see if they have these problems with the map?

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I'm hoping these oddities are the result of something I did to my own files, can someone with a clean 1.5b install check for me?

I'm confirming that the snow cover looks pretty normal in my install - however there are weird patches around settlements in places like ireland, and some far northern lands that have localized melts mid-winter. Maybe a delete of the generated map file might clear that up. -- I'll take a screenshot if not. Mine is an install over 1.5a - so not exactly what you were asking.

The river endings are a bit odd, but in looking around the map, i did appreciate how awesomely complete the Danube is.

Also - I recently loaded up a couple other mods based on the Invasio Barborum mod, and was surprised how cartoonish the terrain looked. RS is spoiling me.

[Fox Sterlingworth]

I'm getting the same snow cover as cherryfunk, at least in Italy.

[Squid]

@Fox, Cherry - The snow cover I think is from the internal release of dvks based on Gottard's work with his program, those changed some files so I'm guessing that's the problem, since a couple of people who aren't on the team have now said they don't have the problem, as for the winter thaw, I have no idea. I think the rivers are my fault and will have to have a look at the map_features.tga as it got tweaked a bit in the patch.

[Dune5712]

EDIT By SQUID: Moved Post Here in the Technical Subforum, this is not a general RTW bug forum.