SS 6.4 graphics artifacts and "unspecified error" crash

**syrous_pl** · June 25, 2014, 07:57 PM

I'm running SS 6.4 on Win 8.1, ATI 7870, Intel i5 3.4Ghz. Well into the game (around 200) turns I noticed I'd get weird artifacts when I clicked on Settlements, then the game would crash. I stopped clicking on Settlements and I was able to play, but now the game crashes on AI move (Byzantines).
I am wondering if this is due to the large number of cities I own (192 currently). I know the SS map was expanded and maybe at some point you have more cities that Settlements can handle.

I've tried all the posted remedies: deleted the "geography" files, worldmap, disabled UAC, reinstalled clean. The crash does not happen on a new game, only on the late stage of the game.

I'm posting the images of the graphic artifacts, has anyone seen anything like that?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28388905@N05/14322309060/

The details of the faction:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/283889...n/photostream/

I'm running SS 6.4 on Win 8.1, card: ATI 7870, Intel i5 3.4Ghz, 8GB RAM.

DirectX diagnostic shows some errors, not sure what they mean.

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**Andytheplatypus** · June 25, 2014, 08:20 PM

Nice chevelle. That is really weird I have never seen that before. Does it happen consecutively? Have you tried any other mods to see if it happens on those also or is it a SS only issue?

What does the error log say?

**syrous_pl** · June 26, 2014, 09:55 PM

I've reinstalled again and applied fixes. I've tested old savegames and seems that around turn 75 the graphical glitch kicks in. The game is still playable, as I mentioned, if I don't click the Settlements tab. Around turn 200 though it crashes on AI move.
The log file from \mod\SS6.3 was created after I started a "Late" campaign (judging by the "Germanicu5" comment). The older ones had some errors related to not finding "unit_label", but this file does not show any of that error.

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**Losthief** · June 28, 2014, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by syrous_pl

I've reinstalled again and applied fixes. I've tested old savegames and seems that around turn 75 the graphical glitch kicks in. The game is still playable, as I mentioned, if I don't click the Settlements tab. Around turn 200 though it crashes on AI move.
The log file from \mod\SS6.3 was created after I started a "Late" campaign (judging by the "Germanicu5" comment). The older ones had some errors related to not finding "unit_label", but this file does not show any of that error.

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unit labels aren't anything to worry about they don't cause crashes

turn on trace in your log and repost it with a fresh crash please.

Also check to make sure your using dedicated graphics instead of onboard for mtw2 and kingdoms and ss.

**syrous_pl** · June 30, 2014, 08:07 PM

I'm having trouble posting the entire log, probably due to the size (10M).
I've used this command, I hope it was the right one to enable the trace:

[log]
to=mods/SS6.3/system.log.txt
;level=* error
level=* trace

Here are some lines...

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**Losthief** · June 30, 2014, 09:48 PM

right command, next time just zip it and post it to gamefront or whatever. but i didn't see anything in the log, but i think its a ui issue. If you can, copy the ui folder from a fresh 6.4 install (preferably a fresh download too) (found at ss6.3/data/ui) into your data folder and see if its a corrupted/missing file causing the problem, overwrite everything.

**syrous_pl** · July 12, 2014, 01:41 PM

I found a post saying that disabling the traits can fix crashes. I tried to use "disable_vnvs = true" in the console, but it does not work. Seems like the console commands in SS are not the same as MTW2. Does anyone know about that? Or how to disable the traits in config file maybe?
Thanks.

**syrous_pl** · July 12, 2014, 09:22 PM

The files, have this info:
PCW file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<CompatWizardResults ApplicationName="D:\Games\Medieval II Total War\mods\SS6.3\SS_Launcher.exe" ApplicationPath="D:\Games\Medieval II Total War\mods\SS6.3\SS_Launcher.exe" MediaType="Fixed" CompatibilityResult="Failure">
<LAYER NAME="WINXPSP3" />
</CompatWizardResults>

ACG File:

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**syrous_pl** · July 12, 2014, 09:19 PM

Ok, I found this in Windows notifications:

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: PCA2
Problem Signature 01: SS_Launcher.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.1.0.0
Problem Signature 03: M2TW:Kingdoms Mod Launcher
Problem Signature 04: 
Problem Signature 05: gracul @ TWCenter
Problem Signature 06: 100
Problem Signature 07: 0
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033

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PCW6847.tmp
ACG6867.tmp

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