CTD Issue

[Makedonia]

Greetings fellow EB players,

been a long-time lurker and when having issues with the game I usually have found my answers in either the FAQ or in other threads, but this time I am stumped.

Here is the problem:

Setting: I have taken over all the needed Victory Condition Cities to the west of the Makedonian Homelands and I am now pushing into the massive yellow blob known as Egypt to the east in order to grab the last cities I need, my plan being to conquer Alexandria as the last city for RP related reasons.

That aside, I have a large army besieging Ankyra (belongs to Egypt) at the moment, with two semi-large Elite Egyptian armies close-by. (I have FoW on so when I moved into Siege the city I didn't see that I would be severely outgunned.)

The two Egyptian armies (3 if you count the small army in the city) then attacked me, but my contingent of 4 Argyraspides held the line multiple times against the Egyptian onslaught, leaving my mobile infantry to roll up the sides once the Egyptians became exhausted from throwing themselves at Silver Shields, leading to a Heroic Victory, one of those battles where despite the bad AI you go, "whoah, how did I manage that."

Well, this Heroic Victory led to me being able to take over Ankyra the next turn, followed by a CTD.

This approximately describes the faces I made while I tried to fathom what just happened:

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I have then replayed this near impossible victory 4 times in order to see if it would CTD again, won it twice, lost twice, every time I take over the city it CTD, even if I just occupy it.

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To my question: I don't care if I have to use some cheat, but is there any way to use the console to get rid of the 2 Egyptian Armies I defeated previously, and make Ankyra mine without crashing to CTD. It is forcing me to start another campaign and leave my beloved Makedonia to the side because this CTD deadlock is so frustrating. Any other alternatives that would kind of lead to the same outcome would be much appreciated.

PS: I am playing the game on a mac.

[Durnaug]

Have you applied the sprites fix?

[Rhomphaiaphoros]

Well, this Heroic Victory led to me being able to take over Ankyra the next turn, followed by a CTD.

I have then replayed this near impossible victory 4 times in order to see if it would CTD again, won it twice, lost twice, every time I take over the city it CTD, even if I just occupy it.

You mean the crash occurs right after you have clicked the "occupy" button? Strange indeed, as I have never experienced anything like that myself. Are you sure your EB script isn't broken? Because that is the most likely culprit that comes to mind when I think about the problem you described.

You can, by the way, save your game before you press the "occupy" button, but then again if the battle took place during the AI's turn and not yours, this isn't very helpful (because loading a game that was saved during the AI's turn is the thing that breaks the EB script). Moreover, if your game really crashes every single time you take the settlement in question, loading and trying it again and again probably won't change anything either.

PS: I am playing the game on a mac.

I'm not sure whether or not this has anything to do with the issue. Myself, I'm playing EB on Windows Vista and, as I already said, have never experienced anything like that.

Have you applied the sprites fix?

I doubt it would change anything in his(?) situation as the crash occurs after the battle, and not before it.

- Rhomphaiaphoros

[XSamatan]

Use auto_win defender (open the console) to get your victory, don't activate the script for this turn.

OR

Use Guide: How to use 'move_character' in EB to move the armies away.
If it still crashes after taking the city, try to use the Force Diplomacy Minimod to get the city 'peacefully' or abandon the siege.

XSamatan