Game keeps crashing

**HBI** · May 01, 2006, 10:03 PM

Hi all, got to say i love playing this mod. Its everything that i originally wanted from Rome: Total War. The mod's been working fine up till now, im at Summer 49 B.C. and it just keeps on crashing when i hit to go to the next turn. Is this because of the civil war trigger not working right or something? Any advice?

**Stuie** · May 01, 2006, 10:19 PM

Some details would be helpful:

Which campaign are you playing?
What version are you using?
Some details about your computer would help - operating system, etc.
Finally - if you could post a save game I'll take a look at it.

**HBI** · May 01, 2006, 10:31 PM

Sorry, playing the Caesar campaign i think the TFT version is 1.9b. I have a laptop that uses Windows XP and its always been fine to play RTW on, though recently ive been screwing around with mods (installing and uninstalling the game alot) and crashes have been happening. But its never happened with this mod before and only at summer 49 B.C.
thanks for the help

**Stuie** · May 02, 2006, 10:37 AM

Nothing is jumping out at me as to why this CTD is occurring. If you start from another save (like the autosave or a save from an earlier turn) can you get past this turn?

**HBI** · May 02, 2006, 01:12 PM

Nope, tried that, it makes 0 sense. Though last night i decided i would play the campaign through anyway and after i defeated the Helveti i didnt get a triumphal arch. It could just be my computer being an ass though, so thanks for your help!

**HBI** · May 02, 2006, 09:10 PM

Well ive uninstalled and then reinstalled the game and its still not working with that save, ive basicly given up. Thanks anyway!

**Stalins Ghost** · May 07, 2006, 03:21 PM

OK I have thought of a reason for the bug, since I've hit it myself.

While speaking to Nero on IRC, he suggested I may have hit 50 provinces- which upon checking I realised I hadnt (hell I only had Gaul and Britannia under my control :wink

. We also discussed victory conditions. This struck a note with me- considering the victory conditions have changed in TFT. I have Triumphal Arches from beating the Helvetii, Gaul and Britannia- thus meeting one of the victory conditions. Could this have any bearing on the cause for a CTD?- considering the it crashes when I click end turn after acquiring my arch in Britannia.

Unfortunatly show_err wasnt shedding any light on things either.

**HBI** · May 07, 2006, 05:10 PM

I just had the same bug hit me... AGAIN! Four years later though this time. GAWD! What's happening here?!

**Stuie** · May 09, 2006, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by HBI

I just had the same bug hit me... AGAIN! Four years later though this time. GAWD! What's happening here?!

Honestly - I wish I knew. I've had some players that go all the way through Caesar with no issues, and some that seem to get persistent CTDs.

I'll go through the files again and see if I can find anything....

Edit: Ok -

1. I've pulled out all the trait triggers and it still CTDs.
2. Didn't start the script - and it still CTDs.
3. Tried using kill_faction to eliminate all the other factions - still CTDs.
4. Completely rebuilt the "names" files - still testing this. <-- BINGO! I'll have a fix within a couple days.

**Stuie** · May 13, 2006, 01:07 PM

We are testing a fix that should resolve the CTD issues reported here and in other threads. There were multiple problems with the name files that caused these crashes.

There's a public beta available over on our rtr.org forums (http://forums.rometotalrealism.org/i...howtopic=19863) or you can wait until we're done testing it.

NOTE that v1.92 will NOT be compatible with any saves from any earlier versions due to the name files having been completely rebuilt from scratch.