[Beyond the Sword] History In The Making

[Rhodzey]

Just tried your save game Cowboy. Mine crashes straight away.. 2880bc. Does anything significant happen on this date?

Out of curiosity, can someone upload a save game thats AFTER 2880bc. Like 2000bc or something. Im curious to see if I can load a saved game thats beyond that point

 

[Rhodzey]

Thats the thing with HITM. Its NOT too overloaded with stuff which makes it better than ROM. Grave has done a fantastic job at adding great mods and not changing too much of the original CIV4 (like changing all the terrain graphics. Not needed IMO)and there are not really any bugs. Many peeps have got this mod and play it fine. There has got to be a reason we crash at 2880bc. Im guessing its a simple setting somewhere and not bug related.

I will admit. Where as I like all the fancy new combat modes, extra details like how long for a great general bar, and a bar showing how long till next great person etc. etc.. I would be happy with a mod that just has all the extra Tech, Units, Civs and Resources but not seen one.

If I cant solve this Ill see if I can get my Desktop back. Gave it away since I got a laptop lol.

 

[Grave]

Things were going good til 2920bc and boom ctd...will try and post my save game. I did just take a barb village and I do have assimliation on so im not sure that is it...but its all I could find.

Sorry... but I didn't get any bugs with your game. Infact, I played several rounds, discovered Masonry, then built Stonehenge. A few turns later I recieved a Great Prophet and founded Zoroastranism.

No CTDs at all.

(You certainly have some... interesting Civ/Leader combos there!)

Haven't had a ctd since Dl'ing 3.02 patch, but was wondering what "cleaning cache" meant anyway? What will that do and how do I do it?

Some people claim that clearing the cache before installing/running a mod helps them run better. Depending on what OS you have determines where you cache is located. Do a search in the forums, you'll find it.

I am playing the HiTM Mod for the first time today, but after a few rounds the game crashes. My OS is Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit. Could somebody take a look at the attached savegame?

Well, I played your game several turns (discovered Bronze Working). I had no issues/problems/CTDs at all. Works just fine for me.


I'm really sorry for you guys getting CTDs. I just cannot explain it, as I don't have the technical expertise. I've played HiTM on two different systems (my desktop and laptop), both XP 32-bit, and never-ever-ever experienced one CTD with v3.00 and up. I even played the two savegames posted above that claim to get CTDs and I don't get one single bug.

Maybe this mod just isn't for you guys...

 

[Rhodzey]

any chance you could upload a save game thats after year 2880bc grave?

 

[Grave]

any chance you could upload a save game thats after year 2880bc grave?

Yeah, I can do that. It won't be until later this evening, though. I'm on lunch break.


Which one did you want me to do? Cross Cowboy's save game, or Tuvok's?

 

[Rhodzey]

cross cowboy. He looks like he got a decent starting pos lol. thanks. Ill see how far i can get after that

 

[Hyronymus]

Grave, what springs to mind is this: you have absolutely no CTD and we all do. What if you load a savegame that crashes on "us" but not on "you" from a HiTM install that you downloaded? Perhaps some files are missing in the download you offer us while they are in your "development folder".

 

[Rhodzey]

Where as I understand your thinking Hyronymus.

People are downloading same patch etc as us and theres works so it cant be that

 

[Cross Cowboy]

Maybe this mod just isn't for you guys...[/QUOTE]

Alright then...thanks Grave...since nothing can be done, guess thats it then. Appreciate the help you provided. Adios all!

 

[Rhodzey]

hmmmm.... Theres got to be a reason. One simple setting or something. Gonna go through all the cfg files. A game cant just crash caus it feels like it

 

[Rhodzey]

then again... its vista. it does wat ever the hell it wants to when it wants to

 

[Hyronymus]

then again... its vista. it does wat ever the hell it wants to when it wants to

I'm a content Vista user. Just stop comparing it to Windows 3.11, 95, 98 and XP.

Cross, you are an XP user right? That could rule out the fact that it is Vista related.

 

[Cross Cowboy]

No im a Vista user

 

[Zack]

Hey Grave, I have Civ Complete. When I look in the registry, both the Civ Complete and Beyond the Sword folders have the Installdir key... but the HitM won't work. Do you know the cause of this? If you want a pic of the error I can put that up. Please help!

 

[Grave]

Grave, what springs to mind is this: you have absolutely no CTD and we all do. What if you load a savegame that crashes on "us" but not on "you" from a HiTM install that you downloaded? Perhaps some files are missing in the download you offer us while they are in your "development folder".

Not possible. I use the exact same file you all do to install HiTM. Infact, that's how I loaded it up onto my laptop (which I'm playing on now)... with the same EXE file that's available for download. I installed on my laptop the same way you guys do: HiTM v3.00 --> Patch v3.02.

then again... its vista. it does wat ever the hell it wants to when it wants to

This seems to be the pattern... alot of Vista users are having problems. Not so many XP users are having these problems (that I'm aware of).

Hey Grave, I have Civ Complete. When I look in the registry, both the Civ Complete and Beyond the Sword folders have the Installdir key... but the HitM won't work. Do you know the cause of this? If you want a pic of the error I can put that up. Please help!

Look in the FAQ... there is stuff in there about Civ Complete.

 

[Zack]

Look in the FAQ... there is stuff in there about Civ Complete.

I know, but they Installdir registry key is already there, but the mod doesn't work.

 

[Grave]

I know, but they Installdir registry key is already there, but the mod doesn't work.

What do you mean by "doesn't work?"

cross cowboy. He looks like he got a decent starting pos lol. thanks. Ill see how far i can get after that

Here you go.

This is saved in the year 2605BC (I think, can't remember). I discovered a few techs, built Stonehenge and recieved a Great Prophet, and founded Islam.

 

[Brave Jay]

I just deleted hitm 3.01, and re-installed 3.0, and then downloaded and installed 3.02 and followed the directions. i know i did everything right. I played a game and got to 1780 (on quick game speed) and ctd. reloaded the game from the last auto-save and it did it again at the same exact spot. I was playing with 3 civs on a tiny map. as far as i can tell nothing significant occured in between the turns. I, too, have windows vista. I can't help but wonder if barbarian warriors have something to do with it. it seems like it happens right at the time i should be seeing barbarian warriors spawn, but i never see one (I see the bears, wolves, etc.) before the game crashes.


I don't want to believe that this mod "just isn't for me" but maybe version 3 isn't I don't know what to do other than to hope someone more computer savvy than I figures this out and it gets fixed. until then, I'll just keep trolling and hoping. Thanks for all your hard work Grave, I've really enjoyed playing the older versions.

 

[Cross Cowboy]

Well I re-downloaded my save game from Grave and managed to actually play about another 40 turns before ctd haha..I wonder why that would be?

 

[Rhodzey]

Brave Jay. If you play Quick mode and get a CTD. Have you tried playing normal speed and seein if you crash same year as us. 2880bc. Also do you get a CTD with barbarians turned off. I may try this later as Im off out to macdonalds