[Version 3.x] Campaign Issues

[husserlTW]

Post here only campaign related issues with version 3.x, please.
For reporting general bugs, use the General Bug report thread

[Shirby]

Not sure if it belongs into here or to other problems.
I keep crashing in most of the battles fought in the campaign.
The last time it crashed after the Union fired a volley at my reforming/moving voluntary troops.
Once the volley was nearly finished (it already killed some of my men) it froze for 1 second and "Empire total war stopped working" comes up.
It happens strangely often, hopefully you can help me!

[DaVinci]

Not sure if it belongs into here or to other problems.
I keep crashing in most of the battles fought in the campaign.
The last time it crashed after the Union fired a volley at my reforming/moving voluntary troops.
Once the volley was nearly finished (it already killed some of my men) it froze for 1 second and "Empire total war stopped working" comes up.
It happens strangely often, hopefully you can help me!

I get those ctd's, too, in certain battle situations, and gradually have lowered video settings for current ACW to limit those crashes.
I recommend to lower the video settings, and especially consider the check-boxes below the normal graph settings, as they are all there to take performance from your machine, except vert sync.

As Shok mentioned recently, the performance will be improved with upcoming patches.

[Shirby]

Okay, thanks a lot!

[DaVinci]

Also, some may not know it, ETW (ACW) can be played Steam-offline: Just start Steam, offline as preparation before launching ACW. Next thing is of course to stop other programs from running while playing, ie. at least disable all tasklist programs.

[Horatio Hornblower]

Nothing has really changed, except Quebec that is Haiti...but GB is still brown (on map), I can load previous games and I'm still not able to recruit any general.

[Dragonsfire]

I got a ctd during a battle, there was no freezing or anything. Just an instant ctd

[angus young]

Well

I played North (RTI). They propose me somes generals... I recruited them... I made a save, stop playing, and relaunch ACW... and now, i can t recruit any general... always propositions but they don't appear in the recruitment slot... I tryed a new campain the same thing happened...

[tap11]

The game crashes after every turn or two after June of 1861. At least I can now fight battles with the Union attacking me and the game will not necessarily freeze or crash. So far the mod is far less stable than 2.6 even though I could never make it through 1864 with that version.

[angus young]

Well

I played North (RTI). They propose me somes generals... I recruited them... I made a save, stop playing, and relaunch ACW... and now, i can t recruit any general... always propositions but they don't appear in the recruitment slot... I tryed a new campain the same thing happened...

And it s the same with the south...

[tap11]

And it s the same with the south...

I also have trouble recruiting generals now.

[Genosse]

I believe 3.2 installed successfully, kept the old 3.0 music. Started a campaign as CSA, couldn't recruit Lee when his announcement showed up - had no general troubles in 3.0

Also, general question, is there still a recommended unit size of medium or something? I couldn't tell any difference in graphical detail between ultra and medium in 3.0, and my comp is far from a powerhouse.

[usam]

First thanks for the great mod i really like it.

I only played warpath campaign 3.2 (empire and mod fresh installed) and run into following problems:

- not able to recruited generals but the first one on each side although they are announced.
- Game always crashed changing from 8 to 9 turn playing both sides.

[PrussianGuard]

First thanks for the great mod i really like it.

I only played warpath campaign 3.2 (empire and mod fresh installed) and run into following problems:

- not able to recruited generals but the first one on each side although they are announced.
- Game always crashed changing from 8 to 9 turn playing both sides.

Same here

[husserlTW]

Well

I played North (RTI). They propose me somes generals... I recruited them... I made a save, stop playing, and relaunch ACW... and now, i can t recruit any general... always propositions but they don't appear in the recruitment slot... I tryed a new campain the same thing happened...

This should not be happened. But... since it does, you can fix it like this: Open the save game with Esf Editor, follow the highlighted path (see in spoiler) and delete all UNIT_RESTRICTIONS under UNIT_RESTRICTIONS directory (it should be left empty).

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

First thanks for the great mod i really like it.

I only played warpath campaign 3.2 (empire and mod fresh installed) and run into following problems:

- not able to recruited generals but the first one on each side although they are announced.
- Game always crashed changing from 8 to 9 turn playing both sides.

Did you try the autosave after the CTD? Can you zip it and send it so I have a look?

[PrussianGuard]

i had the same effect so i hope it will help you. the two savegames i have

[husserlTW]

I see the problem with generals but no CTD here. I used both saves and made it easily to 12th turn:

Confederate States Winter 1861.empire_save (sorry for destroying the Richmond army!!)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

auto_save.empire_save

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[usam]

This should not be happened. But... since it does, you can fix it like this: Open the save game with Esf Editor, follow the highlighted path (see in spoiler) and delete all UNIT_RESTRICTIONS under UNIT_RESTRICTIONS directory (it should be left empty).

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Did you try the autosave after the CTD? Can you zip it and send it so I have a look?

I`m not at home in the moment. I`ll attach the files today evening. Thanks

[Horatio Hornblower]

This should not be happened. But... since it does, you can fix it like this: Open the save game with Esf Editor, follow the highlighted path (see in spoiler) and delete all UNIT_RESTRICTIONS under UNIT_RESTRICTIONS directory (it should be left empty).

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

It works!!
D'you think I could recover my "lost" generals? I mean Jackson, Mosby and Stuart...

[PrussianGuard]

(My brave boys.... )

i loaded my savegame and recevied a crash after one turn.....may it possible that it has something to do with the settings im playing with ?