what is suitable computer for IBFD? help please.

**xp2006** · October 14, 2011, 07:33 PM

my is i7 2600k
ram 4g
hd6850
windows 7 64bit
experienced many CTD during the battle and after battle, especially when assault a city.

seems like my journey as emperor of rome end here, sadly. I can play vanilla no problem but just this one.
may be switch to nvidia card like 8800gt would help? some advises here please!

**julianus heraclius** · October 14, 2011, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by xp2006

my is i7 2600k
ram 4g
hd6850
windows 7 64bit
experienced many CTD during the battle and after battle, especially when assault a city.

seems like my journey as emperor of rome end here, sadly. I can play vanilla no problem but just this one.
may be switch to nvidia card like 8800gt would help? some advises here please!

Firstly, which mod are you playing??

**xp2006** · October 14, 2011, 08:22 PM

IB: SAI

this is the mod I am playing, normally ad361 or ad365

I am using the latest amd driver, this could be a problem? really annoying when I won a hard battle then suddenly crash to desk. thanks for reply though. it has been one month. this is the game exactly I wanna play, save rome empire. however my computer seems not gonna help me to achieve the dream. I tried many ways mentioned here, like disable virtual storage something it dose not help anyway.

if driver is the problem, then which version for amd card You recommend?

could anyone list your computer configuration which running IB smoothly so that others could buy or use same hardware or driver.

**julianus heraclius** · October 14, 2011, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by xp2006

IB: SAI

this is the mod I am playing, normally ad361 or ad365

I am using the latest amd driver, this could be a problem? really annoying when I won a hard battle then suddenly crash to desk. thanks for reply though. it has been one month. this is the game exactly I wanna play, save rome empire. however my computer seems not gonna help me to achieve the dream. I tried many ways mentioned here, like disable virtual storage something it dose not help anyway.

if driver is the problem, then which version for amd card You recommend?

could anyone list your computer configuration which running IB smoothly so that others could buy or use same hardware or driver.

OK, this is taken from the SAI mainpage:

- The game crashes after a battle -

And the more troublesome are the random CTD that sometimes appears after an especially long and soldier-filled battle, straight after clicking on the continue button. For those of you that are having "RAM related" CTDs that have 3 or 4 GB of RAM, you're correct, it's not your hardware, but, if you are running a 32 bit version of XP or earlier, there is a problem where applications can't address more than 2GB of RAM. This is what usually causes those crashes after a huge battle.

Here is a link that may assist with this:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=238484&highlight=post+battle+ctd

It would seem that this is a hardware issue, since it only appears in resource straining situations, but our tests can't find anything wrong like overheating. If this happens to you several times, please report it with the maximal information possible in-game and outside (heat of hardware, usage of memory, CPU, GPU; the more, the merrier).

It seems that waiting around 30 seconds before clicking on continue reduce this somewhat. This lets some of the RAM "clear out" so the campaign map can load. Another workaround solution is this: if your computer comes with an activity light, make sure that the light is no longer blinking rapidly before proceeding with what you are about to do after a battle. The rapid blinking light is simply telling you that Rome Total War is still calculating the aftermath of the battle, including troop loss, movement points, characters affected, population change, etc.

- The game crashes while loading a battle -

The cause here can be many. Sometimes these errors are random, not loading one time, but loading when you try again. This is usually a sprite problem. When the problem persists then it may be a cas file problem (the unit model). It is important to get a print of the army you were fighting with and against so that the error can be identified and fixed.

Sometimes, the problem can be related to loading the battlefield vegetation. One solution is to go to your base folder and delete the map.rwm file, then restart the game. Sometimes this solves the problem. The destination path for the map.rwm file is: SAI/data/world/maps/base.

- The game crashes while loading my savegame -

Your savegame is corrupted for some unknown reason. The good thing is that it happens rarely, but that is not really a consolation for you right now. There is no way around this, except loading an earlier savegame or starting a new campaign. Another good thing is that you have those older savegames to revert to. Right? Right. Anything else would be foolish, of course, sorry for doubting you.

- I saved my game right before a battle begins, and the game crashes after the battle -

Yes, that's true. You need to always save on your turn, and never right before a battle, as that provokes CTDs. Reload an earlier savegame and you should be fine. Don't have an earlier savegame? Foolish. Make sure you retain them in your next campaign!

- I have just taken an enemy settlement, and the game crashes when I select its fate -

Apparently this can happen when beseiging a settlement and the beseiged attack you with reinforcements. If the reinforcements have no escape route then this can cause a CTD. If this happens, then it is best to tackle each enemy army seperately.

- I've just played through a huge battle and it crashes as soon as I click to close the battle summary scroll to return to the campaign map -

Again, this seems to relate to a computer memory issue. There is no certain way to fix this, but there are currently four ways that I know of that are reported to minimize or eliminate them.

Leave the battle summary open for 10-15 seconds instead of closing it right away.
Use this thread to alter the working memory of your computer http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=238484&highlight=post+battle+ctd
Do not use the Miles Sound System, but rather DirectSound3D. You choose this by going to the OPTIONS in the game menu, then choose AUDIO OPTIONS and select another SOUND PROVIDER.
Try the suggestion of Theages in this thread.

- The game crashes during battle -

This is unlikely to be a problem with SAI, but rather something with your hardware. Yes, RTW vanilla works fine, but we're taxing your system more.

Download and run Memtest to ensure that your memory is doing alright. If not, you could have to change your memory speed in the BIOS, or replace one or more of your chips.
Try to upgrade your video drivers.
Try to DOWNgrade your video drivers. Some are more stable than others. There is a suggestion for a driver version for ATI cards in the validation thread, which is the one I was using at the time with no problems.
Run Scandisk on your hard drive. You find this by right-clicking the drive in question, then choose Properties and click the Tools tab. Finally click the "Check now" button on "Error checking".

- Unit and Building Cards Appear White -

Some unit cards and building cards may sometime appear white. While annoying, there currently exists no solution to this problem. It would seem that once more, there is just too much of them, and the aging engine can't cope with it.

Many, many thanks to merlinuscdxx and Roma Surrectum II for this.

Hope this helps

**Blatta Optima Maxima** · October 15, 2011, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by xp2006

my is i7 2600k
ram 4g
hd6850
windows 7 64bit
experienced many CTD during the battle and after battle, especially when assault a city.

seems like my journey as emperor of rome end here, sadly. I can play vanilla no problem but just this one.
may be switch to nvidia card like 8800gt would help? some advises here please!

LOL, whatever is wrong, it's not your system. My PCrap can run the mod fine.