Visigoth CTD

[xxey118]

Good day!

First off, I downloaded the mod yesterday, and I loved it so far (no problem with the campaign map playing the WRE, so far)

My problem is that my battles would at times, result to a CTD. What I noticed was that it frequently happens when I'm playing against the Visigoths. (they are after all, situated near Rome's doorsteps)

Another thing that made me convinced that this was the case was when I tried playing the Battle of Adrianople (it crashed as soon as it finishes loading). Suspicious, I decided to use custom battles where I chose all units of the Visigoths and one stack of unit from another faction.... and it DID crash. (other historical battles would run smoothly)

Am I the only one experiencing this? I really wanted to play this mod so badly (I got bored playing RtR and BI).

[Joar]

Do you get any error messages after the crash?

There should be no problem with the Visigoths that I can recall.

[xxey118]

yes, the typical "IBFD has stopped working..." type of error. (the usual ctds from other mods)

I don't know.. but the game really crashes either before the battle begins or in the middle of it.

Maybe there's something wrong with the Visigoth files... I tried reinstalling the game, same result. (even with the 7.03 upgrade)

Can I please have those files? Maybe that will do the trick.

[xxey118]

I remember someone saying that it had something to do with the candidati (I tried having those units in a custom battle... worked fine, though)

maybe it has a similar problem

[Joar]

I would suggest that you try and reinstall the IBFD folder.

EDIT: Sorry, I missed your previous post. Could you try and tell us exactly what the message says?

[xxey118]

already did... same result

[Joar]

already did... same result

Yes, I missed that part, sorry. What happends if you play as the Visigoths in a custom battle?

[xxey118]

I tried it just now.... also crashed.

I had no problem playing this game using the RtR and EB mod (with unlimited men in battle set to true).. so I guess this can't be a hardware issue.

[Joar]

I tried it just now.... also crashed.

I had no problem playing this game using the RtR and EB mod (with unlimited men in battle set to true).. so I guess this can't be a hardware issue.

But the other factions are OK?

Well, as far as I can see there must be something wrong with your installation. I'll discuss this with Gäiten and get back to you.

[xxey118]

But the other factions are OK?

Well, as far as I can see there must be something wrong with your installation. I'll discuss this with Gäiten and get back to you.

Yes.. the other factions are okay.
I even finished a siege battle between the WRE and the Gallic Empire (Constantine)... the time limit of that battle was almost used up.

I really don't know, I kept deleting and reinstalling the game, with the same result. I really hope this can be fixed.

[xxey118]

ok, I just noticed something:

- At first, I tried using Visigoths against the Huns (the default faction in custom battles) - it crashed by the time I click the "Start Deployment" option
- But when I used the Huns against the Visigoths - it didn't crash... at first. What I did was I clicked my unit and engaged the Visigoth unit (I only clicked one stack per faction), it worked fine.
.... it only crashed by the time I ZOOMED both units. (I figure this is caused by the Visigoth unit, since it didn't crash when I deployed the Huns)

[xxey118]

to further prove that this has something to do with the Visigoths.. I used the Huns and the Eastern Roman Empire... there was no problem. I zoomed both units and it went well.

in my second battle, I used the Eastern Roman Empire and the Visigoths - the battle ensued while zoomed out... but when I zoomed in, the crash happened.

Weird.

[xxey118]

turns out, it's not only the Visigoths... I have the same problem with the Vandals as well. (so far.. the ones that were fine were Huns, Sassanids, and the two Roman Empires)

I'll check out the others

[xxey118]

Here are the factions that would experience a CTD once units are zoomed in:

Saxons
Picts
Vandals
Visigoths

-- Other factions are fine

Although I didn't test all units (instead, I pick one stack each faction... mostly their spearmen and heavy cavalry, elephants)
With the Visigoths however, all of their units seem to experience the CTD

[Joar]

Well, there's something wrong with your installation, because this is no known bug. I guess that your download somehow got corrupted. Would you mind re-downloading it and see if that helps?

[xxey118]

Well, there's something wrong with your installation, because this is no known bug. I guess that your download somehow got corrupted. Would you mind re-downloading it and see if that helps?

Okay. I'll notify you ASAP. Thank you!

[xxey118]

I downloaded the file and reinstalled it... same results. :|

[xxey118]

I noticed that when I set the graphic options to high (medium min.), the ctd disappears.

The problem is, my laptop is too crappy to have those options set to high.
I had no problems with the RTW and BI (and with the two mods I previously mentioned in my earlier mods) when the options are set to low (with a large unit stack) and unit shaders ticked.

What's strange is that some factions are okay with a low graphics setting... it's with those factions I mentioned (in one of my posts) that crashes.

[Joar]

Ah, OK, I see. Well, I'm glad it worked out.

[xxey118]

yeah, but I got another problem (graphics-related... I guess this mod is too much for my laptop)

thanks for the help though