Ijtawy + Raiders Attack = CTD

[Meghan]

first let me just say - arrrrrgggghhh

I'm playing Ijtiawy on normal level. I'm about half way done. I've been attacked by raiders a few times but I've hit a point in the game where everytime the raiders attack my game crashes.

I have the patch installed. (FWIW, the crashing only started after I applied the patch.)

I've seen other requests for the Diagdx info so here it is. I'll also get a save file for you if you want.

[Meghan]

here's my save game. Just let everything run for a couple minutes and the Raiders message will pop up. it will crash almost immediately after that.

I'm really jonesing for this game too so hopefully we can find a fix soon. :)

[Hans Schroeder]

Thanks for including the DxDiag file and the save game. I'll load the save on Monday morning, but in the interim I looked at your DxDiag, and it looks like you could upgrade your drivers. Try installing the 61.77 drivers, found here (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_61.77.html), as they should work well with your card and WinXP. Let me know if this fixes it. Thanks.

[Hans Schroeder]

I've passed this crash on to a programmer. We'll see what we can do. Thanks a lot.

[Meghan]

thanks very much for your time! I really appreciate your looking into it.

[Meghan]

so um, hello? I've been holding off playing until I knew what caused this crash. I don't know what I did to cause it so I'm afraid to play or start again.

Any ideas? Should I just restart the campaign?

[Mulluane]

There is a certain amount of *randomness* to the game that very well may allow you to replay it flawlessly.

If replaying that city worries you too much, go back to your last Grand-campaign save which will pull up the WL. Pick another city to continue the campaign and see if that works better for you.

As far as worrying about what you *did* to cause the crash I doubt very seriously you were at fault. IMO, since Hans sent your save on to a programmer, it crashed for him too, on his system. This indicates to me that its a glitch, not a mistake on your part :)

[Hans Schroeder]

The crash was caused by traders getting stuck leaving the map (if you scroll to the southwest side of the island to the south of the one you built on you will see them. When raiders arrive, there is a chance they will come near the traders and rob them, which caused the crash. If we do another patch, the fix would make it into that.

That said, if you replay this scenario in the campaign and build somewhere other than the island, you should be fine. (Mulluane’s suggestion is correct) Thanks for reporting that crash!

[Meghan]

oh I see! What a relief knowing what's going on. Thanks - I can't wait to get started again.

[Hans Schroeder]

Good luck with the rest of the campaign!

[Tontoman]

Hello, posted in this thread which seems similar
http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4562

I've seen the traders get stuck coming into (not leaving) when they spawn in at the same time as raiders. They get robbed and stuck, later other traders spawning in also get stuck on top of these first traders. Never had a CTD with this problem but I lose all my traders with them all getting stuck.

Repeated the problem by going back a save (before the 1st got stuck) and saw it happen again.

If we do another patch, the fix would make it into that.

IF..!!?? :eek: