Pontus - battle CTD

**Nohbdy** · April 03, 2010, 05:04 PM

so i want to play as pontus, i like the units they hav, it looks like a hard enough campaign to challenge me without crushing me. the problem is, every time i try to assault a settlement, theres a CTD. iv tried assaulting the two nearest rebel settlements with wooden walls. i ignore the one with stone walls till i have a better income because itd be too costly in manpower. i even tried waiting till the rebels had to come out and attack me, but i still CTD'd. can anyone come up with a fix? in the meantime, ill have to choose another campaign.

**florin80** · April 04, 2010, 07:21 AM

And the CTD happens when exactly? What message if any do you get when you arrive back to the desktop?

**Nohbdy** · April 04, 2010, 10:39 AM

it happens as soon as the battle is loaded. the sword fills all the way up, then i crash to desktop. no message, just the crash

**florin80** · April 04, 2010, 11:09 AM

Haven`t heard that one yet. Do other battles work? Custom battles or campaign battles with other factions.

**NovaXPT** · April 06, 2010, 07:51 AM

Hello,

i got the exact same problem.

I am playing Rome and every time i try to attack a rebel city the game CTD. Loadingbar goes full and that its over. Multiple times it also crashed my whole PC (bluescreen). Though it seems the game only crashes after I layed siege for at least one round. If I attack right away it always worked so far. Every other battle against different factions worked.

Info:

RTW Gold Edition
RTR Platinum 1.9 (without mod switch) (no other mods)
WinXP

By the way I tried to use Darth_Dark_Formations_16.2_Super_Pack but that wont work. I read somewhere later this is already included, is it true?

**florin80** · April 06, 2010, 07:59 AM

Darth formations are part of vanilla RTRPE, but I don`t remember which version of them. No idea about your crash, especially the bluescreen part. I can`t see it as related with the game/mod alone. Maybe it`s something to do with your drivers or general system. Try to make a post in the general section here:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=76
There are more people coming there and you have better chances to get more suggestions. Just make sure you underline that the problem seems bigger than a simple mod crash or else the moderators will send it back to the rtr section.

**Nohbdy** · April 06, 2010, 04:33 PM

no problem with custom matches either.
also, i spelled seleucid wrong in the previous post lol...

**florin80** · April 06, 2010, 04:47 PM

This was with vanilla rtw or rtr?

**Nohbdy** · April 06, 2010, 05:53 PM

rtr. it is rtr_platinum_v1.9_full_install
i now CTD when the armenians try to assault my city. it has stone walls, and is one of the original two cities. they assaulted me, not the other way around. again, at the instant the sword fills up i ctd.

EDIT: there is no error message

**florin80** · April 06, 2010, 06:06 PM

Maybe the download got corrupted. I assume that is the regular, non modswitch version of rtrpe that Marcus Camillus posted. Some users reported problems with that download host. Interrupted downloads for example. Maybe try downloading the mod switch version instead and make a fresh install.

**Nohbdy** · April 06, 2010, 06:29 PM

that would make sense, especially with Nova saying that his was fixed when using the RTRP mod switch. thanks for the help m8

**NovaXPT** · April 06, 2010, 09:17 PM

Hi,

the Problem did not get fixed with the ModSwitch Version. The Bluescreen Crash appeared also with the ModSwitch Version. Also as RTR is in an exe File if the download was corrupted the install routine would tell so.

By the way the greek city also had walls. The other greek cities i attacked before not. Dont know if that matters.

**Nohbdy** · April 07, 2010, 10:50 AM

i just took a rebel city no problem w/ the mod switch... ill continue the campaign and see if that changes

**Nohbdy** · April 07, 2010, 10:50 AM

btw, what mods did u turn on?

**NovaXPT** · April 07, 2010, 10:59 AM

At least the bluescreen crashes seem to be a problem of old drivers. I installed 182.5 from Nvidia and it works now.

You mean mods for RTR? I only activated the NameMod. I am wondering about installing the mod for new Formations though. I have expected more from the DARTH_Dark_FORMATIONS_16.0.

**Nohbdy** · April 07, 2010, 07:06 PM

i put on the formations and all the others except for the top few i believe. all of the ones on the bottom set (they are divided into two sets, idk what they r divided by tho) and a couple of the last ones on the first set.
u still having CTD tho?