Random crash during battles

[nunz]

So it seems that ever since I moved from Large to Ultra unit size (from 1 below max, to max), I'm getting crashes on the battle map. This only seems to occur when there are large amounts of units in the battle (6k vs 6k, usually more than a full stack on each side). I've been testing with Unit Detail set from Extreme to Ultra, and haven't crashed yet but it could happen as, like I said before, it seems random.

I play on max settings except AA disabled (blurry crap, I force AA through NVCP) with a 3770K @ 4.6, 16GB ram, and a TITAN X Maxwell.

Is this a known issue with a fix, or something I should keep testing? I hate knowing that unit detail isn't maxed out LOL, would like to figure out a way to play with Ultra unit size + Extreme unit detail

[Dresden]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ttles-solution

There was another thread too somewhere with other people with battle crashes but I can't seem to find it...

May be of help, not sure. But also sometimes antivirus programs (AVG, etc) can cause this as well. Sounds like the issue came from larger units/higher textures, though.

[nunz]

Interesting! Mine are occurring in regular field battles as well as settlement battles. I don't think I've ever ambushed or been ambushed before, so can't comment on that. I don't have any AV programs installed so that's one thing to cross off, at least.

Will keep testing and let you guys know if Unit Detail to Ultra fixed this. It's strange that it only started a couple of days ago, but if I'm not mistaken that's around the same time I started using Ultra unit size .. even then, strange that I'd have issues with textures considering I have 16GB of ram and 12GB of VRAM.

[Daergar]

Interesting! Mine are occurring in regular field battles as well as settlement battles. I don't think I've ever ambushed or been ambushed before, so can't comment on that. I don't have any AV programs installed so that's one thing to cross off, at least.

Will keep testing and let you guys know if Unit Detail to Ultra fixed this. It's strange that it only started a couple of days ago, but if I'm not mistaken that's around the same time I started using Ultra unit size .. even then, strange that I'd have issues with textures considering I have 16GB of ram and 12GB of VRAM.

I've had crashes in R2, with or without DeI, in the past as well. I've given up trying to figure it out, chalked it up to poor memory management or whatever and simply lowered the core texture detail from ultra to medium, and various other settings as well. This despite having a rig that in theory probably could run two or more copies of R2 simultaneously and not blink.

Not had a single crash or freeze since then though, so I just live with the game looking a little less pretty and embrace the stability. Having the game crash after a 30 minute siege was never fun.

[NeptuneUK]

I've actually experienced quite a few crashes in 1.2 myself... The crashes are actually quite rare though (I just play it an awful lot!)
And the are always on the campaign map when ending a turn. The game always returns to normal on startup again though so it isn't a problem. It's usually the 'the program has tried to execute the runtime in an unusual way' or something to that effect :S


What does your error say? Are the crashes related? Mine tend to happen a turn or two after editing GFX settings I've noticed...