[Solved] AI turn CTD - Help!

**Jaujon** · November 22, 2010, 07:15 PM

Hi everybody!

It came up a couple of days ago that I wanted to play RTW again, and I managed somehow to learn about this mod, IBFD, that would make of Barbarian Invasion something interesting.
I installed RTW properly (french version - i have both original versions of the game, not gold - Windows XP SP3), I patched them (1.5 & 1.6) and installed the mod (7.0 + 7.03 patch) and everything went fine.
Then i decided to begin playing with the Franks in VH/VH and after ~25 turns and some epic piece of campaign, during the AI turn, as the faction icons scroll, the game just crashes on a black screen showing an error report dialog box. During the AI turn, the game always crashes when the Sassanid faction icon is highlightened.

I uninstalled the game, erased completely the game folder and reinstalled it, and the same error comes out.
Please, tell me there's some text file to edit to keep on playing this awesome mod!

**Magister Militum Flavius Aetius** · November 22, 2010, 07:18 PM

I would reccomend Re-Downloading IBRR 7.0 and 7.03, that's what usually works in that case

**Jaujon** · November 22, 2010, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Magister Militae Flavius Aetius

I would reccomend Re-Downloading IBRR 7.0 and 7.03, that's what usually works in that case

I just did it right now; I downloaded the files from the "main download" thread filefront servers (I remember I got it from moddb the first time), but it changed absolutely nothing. Anything else in mind?

EDIT: I also tried to execute the NO SCRIPTS option, but still not working.

**Joar** · November 23, 2010, 03:47 AM

What does the error message say?

**Jaujon** · November 23, 2010, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by Joar

What does the error message say?

Nothing useful, just hexa code.

**Magister Militum Flavius Aetius** · November 23, 2010, 06:31 AM

try doing it multiple times, usually works after 5...

**Jaujon** · November 24, 2010, 07:10 PM

I solved the problem!

After so many tries, and some investigations in the M2TW forums, I read something about pressing Esc. key during a rebel turn to prevent a related CTD.
What I did now, is that I tried to press repeatedly the magical Esc. key before the goddammit Sassanid turn. As the game menu popped on the screen just before the Sassanid turn, I decided to save, then re-escaped. But the game crashed when came the turn of that doomed faction.
In a last and desperate move, I ran the game again, loaded the mid-AI turn savegame just-before-the-faction-of-the-fate and the AI turn proceeded without crashing the game. I can keep playing Invasio Barbarorum.

Hail to the King.