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Chieftain
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- Oct 6, 2015
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Hi all,
I USED to have TOT working on my Win7/64 bit machine. Earlier today in fact! However, I was having some weird bugs in the Extended Original game so I decided to reinstall.
Before re-installing I nuked my entire (installdir)\Test of Time folder.
Installation seems to go without a hitch, the game starts, and even runs the opening graphics. However, when I try to start a new game and load a custom map, the game loops between the "select game type" and "pre-made world/customize world" menus.
In other words, I select "Extended Original Game" > "Start on a Pre-made World", and it takes me back to choose "Extended Original Game", etc.
If I use a game-generated map, the game seems to start okay, but then I can't save or load games, either with shortcut keys or the graphic menus. Literally nothing happens when I try, not even an error.
I am running the game as an administrator, in Win98/ME compatibility.
After many different cycles of uninstall/reinstall, here are various things I've tried:
Vanilla (unpatched)
1.1 patch
64-bit patch
All-in-one patch (AI aggression, no-cd, no limits, etc.)
ToTPP
Installing without compatibility or admin
Reboot
This bug seems to manifest no matter what.
I am baffled how this can be happening now, when it was working not three hours ago!
Edit: Just had a thought, these actions that are failing all require the Windows file browser (to load/save game or load a custom map). So it looks like ToT is having trouble invoking the file browser for some reason.
I USED to have TOT working on my Win7/64 bit machine. Earlier today in fact! However, I was having some weird bugs in the Extended Original game so I decided to reinstall.
Before re-installing I nuked my entire (installdir)\Test of Time folder.
Installation seems to go without a hitch, the game starts, and even runs the opening graphics. However, when I try to start a new game and load a custom map, the game loops between the "select game type" and "pre-made world/customize world" menus.
In other words, I select "Extended Original Game" > "Start on a Pre-made World", and it takes me back to choose "Extended Original Game", etc.
If I use a game-generated map, the game seems to start okay, but then I can't save or load games, either with shortcut keys or the graphic menus. Literally nothing happens when I try, not even an error.
I am running the game as an administrator, in Win98/ME compatibility.
After many different cycles of uninstall/reinstall, here are various things I've tried:
Vanilla (unpatched)
1.1 patch
64-bit patch
All-in-one patch (AI aggression, no-cd, no limits, etc.)
ToTPP
Installing without compatibility or admin
Reboot
This bug seems to manifest no matter what.
I am baffled how this can be happening now, when it was working not three hours ago!
Edit: Just had a thought, these actions that are failing all require the Windows file browser (to load/save game or load a custom map). So it looks like ToT is having trouble invoking the file browser for some reason.