CTD Before Battles

**Gotenus** · January 12, 2011, 03:28 AM

Hey guys. Big fan of the mod. I have EB 1.2, all hotfixes in. The only problem is that I get CTD's before battles in any of my campaigns. I'll see the loading screen showing the soldier or whatever, and when the bar is full and the battle is supposed to start, I get a CTD, no error message or anything. I've played custom and historic battles without CTDs. I assume it might be something with the battle map or something, but I know nothing. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks.

**XSamatan** · January 12, 2011, 01:35 PM

Are those crashes pure randomly or are they more common in one part of the campaign map, Spain as an example? Is a specific FM involved in these battles?
Which version number is showed in the main menu of EB?
Are you sure that the sprites-fix for 1.2 was applied to the right location?

Don't save directly before a battle, don't save during AI turns.

**Gotenus** · January 12, 2011, 02:15 PM

They happen all over the campaign map. Doesn't matter what faction. No specific unit or family member is associated with them. I make sure to always activate the background script.

The main menu shows EB 1.2 as it should. I made sure to put the sprites in the right place, but the main thing is that I can do historic and custom battles just fine. So I think it's a problem with the battle campaign map or textures or something. Thanks for your help.

What happens if you save right before a battle? I've also just started campaigns without saving at all, and they have this problem.

**XSamatan** · January 13, 2011, 05:55 AM

Sadly RTW itself has this problem even with the 1.5 patch, and as EB maxes out most aspects of the engine those bugs are seen more often.
A hint could be to not play longer than 90 minutes per session, afterwards start the game new. Saving before a battle seems to increase problems before/after that battle.

BI and the Alexander expansions of RTW come with more stability, check out the mini-mods in the unofficial mod section on our forum.

XSamatan

**Gotenus** · January 13, 2011, 01:37 PM

Well, thanks for your help in any case. I unfortunately don't own Alexander, but I'll try it with BI. Thanks again.

**XSamatan** · January 13, 2011, 06:01 PM

Here you go for BI:
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showth...arian-Invasion

XSamatan

**Gotenus** · January 14, 2011, 01:03 AM

Thanks, I'm working on getting it in right now.

**Gotenus** · January 14, 2011, 03:34 PM

Unfortunately I still have the exact same problem with EB on BI as I do with EB on RTW.

**XSamatan** · January 14, 2011, 06:28 PM

One last hint in my mind is to de-activate cutscenes. Open \EB\preferences\preferences.txt (backup!) and find EVENT_CUTSCENES:
Change the value to FALSE.

As I said, we have to live with some of the engine-related bugs. The points I made can minimize the chance of getting some, but they will sadly never go away. Save often and in different slots, use auto_win to get the results after a battle crashed.
A last option (and sometimes surprisingly effective) is a complete re-installation of RTW and EB (keep you save-games!).

XSamatan