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Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:34 am
by CupOHemlock
I have an interesting dilemma. I get the typical crash message at different points during the demo. I turned on auto-save at an interval of 2 minutes as suggested. During the last crash, I restarted and loaded the save. Now I get the critical error sound as soon as I hit the space bar after the saved game is loaded. If I start a new game I will be able to play for a time and then the crash happens again. The only helpful data I can add is that it seems to happen when I select a place for a unit to move, and most often, the brigade commander.

I have done the following:

Added massive permissions for the game in BitDefender (My AV/Firewall)
Temporarily disabled BitDefender completely
Run the game in Admin mode
Set the core affinity to use a single core
Uninstalled and re-installed the game.
Prayed for relief from God and as many pagan deities as I could think of for good measure.

I have the following system specs:
Windows 7 Home Professional 64-bit
i7 930 CPU
6 GB RAM
nVidia 275 with latest drivers

I am a life-long Gettysburg scholar and having this game is a no-brainer, but I need to get past the error before I can plunk down the cash for the full version.

Any assistance will be appreciated and if any more information is helpful I will gladly add it.

Rich

Re: Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:34 am
by ADukes
Did you install any of the beta patches?

Re:Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:46 am
by CupOHemlock
The game says I am up do date. Does that mean the patches are exclusive of this check?

Re:Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:24 am
by norb
There are beta patches, they apply to the demo too. Look at the top of the tech support forum to grab the latest. We'll be releasing another very soon. They also open up another scenario on the demo.

Re:Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:25 am
by CupOHemlock
Thanks for clearing that up.. getting them now!

Re:Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:40 am
by CupOHemlock
The Beta patch 3 eliminated the crash I was having. I will test it more/longer and report back.

Re:Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 4:18 pm
by CupOHemlock
I activated the full version and I have not had any further crashes with the latest beta patch.

Re:Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:49 pm
by RebBugler
CupOHemlock wrote:
I activated the full version and I have not had any further crashes with the latest beta patch.
Great to hear, welcome aboard. Gonna have to trade that Cup of H for a Cup of Coffee, gotta stay alert for those foes coming over the horizon. :)

Re:Demo crash

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:27 pm
by norb
There is a CTD in there, but a fix is coming soon.