Any word from Firaxis/2KG ? => CTD problem

[Bauerz]

It seems that very many people incl. myself, is having crash to desktop problems no matter the size or kind of system.

But have anyone heard a word from Firaxis/2Kgames about this problem ? I emailed them some days ago, but haven't recieved an answer (surprise)

I have been waiting for this game since I was born, but I could have waited a few weeks more if Firaxis wanted to release a Beta-testet version

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I've done the Radeon trick, disabled autosave, minimized graphics .....nothing works

 

[Mercade]

Welcome to CivFanatics, Bauerz.

As to the problem you're experiencing, a little patience and the first patch will be out shortly.

 

[jajohns8]

I am eagerly awaiting the patch as well.

The word "buzzkill" barely describes having a Crash To Desktop when you are very close to achieving a domination victory.....and/or in the groove of some serious buttkicking......

 

[Eyemaze]

does it CTD when giving unit commands like worker improvement,pillage,spread religion etc?


That is the only time I have them. I think Sirian(or Sulla) mentions this type of crashign might be due to giving the action commands before the unit has finished the move animation cycle so i am going to expirment with that to seeif it solves my problems

 

[Bauerz]

Thank you Mercade ....looking forward to follow this site, eventhough it was CTD-problems who got me here in the first place

Currently I'm "playing" a huge size map ....yeps; "not a good idea". The crashes takes place without warning or any special actions/animations.

Actually I have been able to return to CivIV sometimes after a CTD and continuing playing the game (like it was minimized and a error-message pops up).

System-config.: AMD 64XP 3200+ s939, 1024mb DualDDR, Radeon 9800pro 128mb

 

[NerfSmuggler]

I read the same thing on Sirian's Cuban Isolationist SG: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3324103&postcount=437

I upgraded to get rid of the black terrain, and now I get CTD ... sometimes A LOT.

I can't recall it ever happening except when manually giving a terrain improvement order to a worker. I had one case where it crashed 3 times in a row trying to get the worker to build road on current tile ... the 4th time I told it to build-to the next space and it ran flawlessly (built road on current tile and then moved and built on next tile)

This was early game, I had maybe 4 units, 2 cities and the 1 worker. I put the workers on auto (any of the 3) or 'build-to' and never saw another CTD the rest of the game (mixed emotions - I should have been sleeping).

-NerfSmuggler
[AMD 64 X2 3800+, 1gb ram, EPoX 9NPA+, Radeon X800 GTO 256mb, Audigy2 ZS]

 

[Eyemaze]

are these crashes on tilted axis maps btw?

Since I stopped using tilted axis the crashes have gone away. Others have had the same results (this is regarding missionary/worker action crashes)

 

[warpstorm]

How big of a pagefile do you have?

 

[Bauerz]

The pagefile is 1536MB (initial 1536 and max. 3072) .....default settings !