Game constantly crashing in large battles...

**Lord Dakier** · January 24, 2015, 02:01 PM

So I've been trying to get into Rome 2 since I rebuilt my computer however I find my game constantly crashing/freezing. Usually it's a case of the screen goes black and only the music continues, I can pause and unpause but physically cannot see it as I am stuck with a black screen. I've been trying to look into this and it seems it happens in vanilla also although it is less consistent which leads me to believe its a resource issue of some kind and with DEI being more demanding I thought I'd start here.

I have included this piece from my DxDiag

Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_r3.140827-1500)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: Z97X-Gaming 3
BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/30/14 21:22:47 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.0GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8076MB RAM
Page File: 5359MB used, 6716MB available
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 970
Display Memory: 7944 MB
Dedicated Memory: 3906 MB
Shared Memory: 4038 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: AOC V22
Monitor Model: F22
Monitor Id: AOC2200
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)

**Krieg_Boy** · January 24, 2015, 02:31 PM

That happens to me when I change settings while running the game. If it does not go black it crashes to desktop.
The problem that I'm having at the moment is, my game crashes to desktop for no reason, but if I disable GEM it goes alright.
And it only gets normal afer a restart or two.

Sugestion: Try to play with vsync on and in window mode. It made the game more stable, specially after large battles.

**Lord Dakier** · January 24, 2015, 02:36 PM

I should also mention that this does only happen in battles. The game has become virtually unplayable which is pretty sad.

**Krieg_Boy** · January 24, 2015, 03:02 PM

Im using 0.96 models sub-mod and in windowed mode. It helped a lot.

**KAM 2150** · January 24, 2015, 03:34 PM

I never had a battle crash so far, only seldom on the turn end, but that is solved by loading a save game.

I know that for example while using GEM and changing graphic options, the screen will go black.

**Lord Dakier** · January 24, 2015, 05:26 PM

No I don't use GEM. I'm simply running just the mod from its steam link and the Cinematic Rush music mod.

I'm playing on all settings maxed out and generally don't have any issues with lag or stuttering unless it's a stupidly large 2v2-3v3 stack siege battle.

**Ritterlichvon86** · January 25, 2015, 04:26 AM

Dakier, the DeI team are not the developers of the game. Your crashes are not related to DeI, as you said yourself it also happens in vanilla, so it is true for both -> means, it is an issue of you having a faulty computer setup. Maybe some outdated drivers, missing c++ redis, or who knows what. Your best bet is to go to

forums.totalwar.com

and ask for their support to help you get your setup right. Uninstall ALL mods you have, verify your game through Steam, and tell CA that you are not using any mods whatsoever -> else they will have a hard time supporting you.

Good luck!

**lumphrey** · January 26, 2015, 07:52 PM

Same problem as OP, same GPU as well. Seems to affect a lot of GTX970 users.

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...creen-randomly

**Lord Dakier** · January 30, 2015, 09:24 AM

I fixed the issue. Something within the core GPU control panel for the Nvidea settings must not be compatible as since I referred them all to use default settings I've yet to have a crash of the same nature. Hope this helps others too.

@Ritterlichvon86 Since when did a forum stop being a place where you can discuss matters with the other members of the same community. If make this thead there chances are no one from here will see it, granted I can't give a damn about those who play vanilla.