random crashes are very fun!!!

[Coldfire88]

So after playing this huge battle vs a bigger army, one which I have tried 3 times, this time after playing it for half an hour and almost winning the game I get a lovely "fatal error" message and it crashes....

why??? after so much effort??? why does it crash? all the settings are on low what am I supposed to do??? is this a win 7 thing?? why dont you godamn bother to put warnings that this mod will waste huge amounts of your time??

[Ishan]

So after playing this huge battle vs a bigger army, one which I have tried 3 times, this time after playing it for half an hour and almost winning the game I get a lovely "fatal error" message and it crashes....

Have you installed all the bug fixes that have been released for SS?

is this a win 7 thing??

No it's not a Windows 7 related issue it can be if you have not updated your DX9 drivers as Win 7 has DX11 and the game uses DX9 only.
So if this thing crash only in SS then u know it's only happening in SS and so your DX9 drivers are installed fine.
But do check to update them it will improve your gaming experience.

why dont you godamn bother to put warnings that this mod will waste huge amounts of your time??

Playing SS is not mandatory, You don't like it then don't play it. "Even vanilla crashes the infamous elephant artillery crash when the Mongolian sieged(Post battle)."

[Amaranth]

There's no reason to get frustrated, it's a game and it just happens. Plus like Ishan said, you are not forced to play Stainless Steel, though I believe your problem may lay elsewhere, maybe hardware related. My old graphics card used to chrash a lot as well, with a fatal error like yours. However I'm playing SS on my new hardware, and on Win7 pro I had no problems about chrashing, not even once. And I mess up with the game files A LOT to test things that I mod myself. I encounter small issues in-game but no CTDs or Errors whatsoever.

But sometimes at highest visual options huge battles causes a lot stress for the game and maybe possibly on your hardware as well. I always play on high texture quality, but I reduce the amount of some of the extra effects, like antialising, bloom etc. and set the unit size on it's default "normal" and I had no problem in game even though I enter big battles. And note that my PC is not really at today's standarts.

But I can also suggest you to install a clean, non-modded version of SS and try it again, maybe that'll fix things for you.

[bɑne]

why dont you godamn bother to put warnings that this mod will waste huge amounts of your time??

I found that sticker missing from the Kingdoms Gold edition as well.

[newt]

So after playing this huge battle vs a bigger army, one which I have tried 3 times, this time after playing it for half an hour and almost winning the game I get a lovely "fatal error" message and it crashes....

why??? after so much effort??? why does it crash? all the settings are on low what am I supposed to do??? is this a win 7 thing?? why dont you godamn bother to put warnings that this mod will waste huge amounts of your time??

What are your system specs? Fatal Error sounds hardware related.

[Smokey Bacon]

And can't crashes be caused by the BAI?

[Neptune7]

why??? after so much effort??? why does it crash? all the settings are on low what am I supposed to do??? is this a win 7 thing?? why dont you godamn bother to put warnings that this mod will waste huge amounts of your time??

....This happens to me at times too. But you make a good point..I think there should be warnings of that nature that the battles can cause crashes after playing a 30-45 minute battle, and can be very annoying. And yes, it crashed on me playing vanilla at times...DirectX 9 is compatible with DirectX 10, however I don't know about DirectX 11.

[Ishan]

DirectX 9 is compatible with DirectX 10, however I don't know about DirectX 11.

It is also with DX11.
But one needs all the updates to run a game based on DX9 without problems.