[BTS] Crash to Desktop after first turn in BTS

[pastrylikewolf]

I recently reinstalled BTS on OSX Snow Leopard from Steam. I have in the past been able to play the game without problems. I've thus been perplexed by the fact that I am now experiencing the same crash every time I try to play the game. Vanilla Civ4 and Warlords work fine, but BTS crashes to desktop after the first turn of any game, just before it would display the dialog to choose a technology to research (The offending function is ostensibly CvInfoBase::getTextKeyWide(), called from CvDLLButtonPopup::launchChooseTechPopup(CvPopup*, CvPopupInfo&) ). I tried reinstalling Civ4, Warlords, and BTS, but I get the same result. I verified the game cache on BTS and it seemed to check out all right. I haven't found any crashes quite like this one elsewhere on the site, so I am posting this to see if someone else can better diagnose it, or point me in the way of a thread that relates to the problem. I'm not quite sure if this is a graphics driver issue or something else given its absolute consistency and repeatability.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

For reference, my system specs are:
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0C, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB

Below are the parts of the crash report that seemed relevant, minus info on threads that did not crash and on binary images. I can supply those if they help.

Process: Civilization IV Beyond the Sword [10707]
Path: /Users/tja/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/sid meier's civilization iv beyond the sword/Beyond the Sword/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword.app/Contents/MacOS/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword
Identifier: com.aspyr.civ4bts
Version: 3.19 (92131)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [161]

Date/Time: 2012-06-14 12:35:31.066 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 6413 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 2
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 207 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: 97791412-132A-4256-8240-FF4CEEFF0FCD

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000010
Crashed Thread: 0 MainThrd Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed: MainThrd Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00198812 CvInfoBase::getTextKeyWide() const + 6
1 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x004e7046 CvDLLButtonPopup::launchChooseTechPopup(CvPopup*, CvPopupInfo&) + 1914
2 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x004e8489 CvDLLButtonPopup::launchButtonPopup(CvPopup*, CvPopupInfo&) + 247
3 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00b892e4 CvButtonPopup::launchButtonPopup() + 34
4 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00b4bf08 CvInterface:rocessPendingPopups() + 228
5 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00b4e432 CvInterface::update() + 838
6 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00b4b989 CvInterface::redraw() + 55
7 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00a91fa3 CvApp::OnIdle() + 1481
8 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x0066ea41 FWinApp::Run() + 31
9 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00b1ee52 WinMain + 50
10 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x000a7f99 sEventLoopEventHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 111
11 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93a58c2f DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1567
12 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93a57ef6 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 411
13 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93a57d55 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 58
14 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93a8ca24 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCa llRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 3006
15 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93a59080 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2672
16 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93a57ef6 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 411
17 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93a7a7f3 SendEventToEventTarget + 52
18 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93c03c17 ToolboxEventDispatcher + 86
19 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93c03d4f RunApplicationEventLoop + 243
20 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x000a8052 InstallEventsAndRunGameLoop() + 166
21 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x000a83ea main + 356
22 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00002642 _start + 216
23 com.aspyr.civ4bts 0x00002569 start + 41

[…]

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x0158ed01 ecx: 0x066635e0 edx: 0x3950836c
edi: 0x0000001b esi: 0x0158ede0 ebp: 0xbfffe458 esp: 0xbfffe458
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00210207 eip: 0x00198812 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x00000010

[…]

Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0C, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS725050A9A362, 465.76 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 5
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 4
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 7
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Microsoft IntelliMouse® Explorer, 0x045e (Microsoft Corporation), 0x001e, 0xfd130000 / 5
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

[olcoil]

I have the same error. It always crashes after first turn. Only for BTS.

Anyone fixed this?

[PsiCorps]

I've just had a new motherboard fitted in my PC, nothing else was changed but I am now unable to start a new game in BtS as it is crashing after the first turn is ended. I can however play an older saved game. I have uninstalled and reinstalled everything and still cannot get beyond turn one on a new game.

Windows XP, Service Pack 3
AMD A6-5400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
3.62 GHz, 2.97 GB of RAM
Physical Address Extension