bik movie related crash fix?

[caralampio]

I recall that some time ago someone had found a fix for the CTD related to bik win/lose movies like this

00:54:05.013 [bink] [debug] [data/fmv/faction/minor_win.bik]Pause on
00:54:05.013 [bink] [debug] [data/fmv/faction/minor_win.bik]Pause on
00:54:08.606 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

I remember it was something about disabling movies or similar, but I can't find it. Any help appreciated!

[aduellist]

As someone who was involved in the earlier discussions (and hung my hat on the ".bik crash" being the problem), I regret to inform you that we determined that it was a red herring. The problem isn't those messages or a .bik issue. Something else is going on that isn't reporting errors and those are simply the last things reported before the crash.

In one case, at least, it was a bugged character name in a rebel settlement. But that doesn't mean that all cases are bugged names.

Can you be more specific about the CTD you're experiencing? Battle or strat map? Situation, etc?

[caralampio]

I have the problem in TATW, but nobody there seems to know about it (and AFAIK I'm the only one who has had the problem). It's the same as it was in SS- CTD during AI's turn.

Isn't that the fix for these crashes that was found (or claimed to be found) for SS 6.2? I mean disabling cutscenes. I do have in the back of my mind that someone had hit on that fix...

1. Bug Fixes

Fixed more bugs than you can imagine and corrected many typos, greatly enhancing game play and reducing the number of CTD's in strategy map to 0! (in over 30 150+ turn games no CTD at all!)

I have disabled cutscenes in TATW and am now into 40 turns without the crash, but I still don't claim victory. Just wanted to confirm if I'm on the right path.

[aduellist]

Disabling cut scenes can certainly make the game more stable, or at lesat has in my case. I recommend it highly.