CTD during loading of XML

[Grantor]

I took a break from FFH2 over the summer (lots of travel, yay!) but now that Autumn is about to start, I thought I would load the latest patch and see what trophies I still needed to complete.

After loading patch G, I cannot run FFH2. Civ4 crashes when the loading of the XML starts, so I never get to any part of the game at all. This is when I launch from the shortcut that loads the mod directly. When I launch BtS first, then load the Mod, I get a crash during the loading of that mod.

I tried deleting my FFH2 mod folder and starting fresh, in case I had made some changes to the files last spring that I don't recall. But patch G is giving me the same result.

Only change I can think of is that I upgraded my Radeon drivers this summer, but I wouldn't think this would affect the loading of the mod.

What I have not tried yet: Loading just the unpatched mod (which is version D, I believe) and media pack and running that without patch G.

ideas?

 

[Emptiness]

You need to install the Civ4 BtS v3.19 patch to use FfH2 0.41g.

 

[Grantor]

I do have that patch installed. That's how I was able to play FFH2 .41c last spring.

 

[Emptiness]

A crash during XML loading would not be caused by video drivers. (Or, to be precise, if your video drivers were somehow causing a crash during XML loading then the crash would occur when loading BtS as well.)

The v3.19 patch was released on June 10th. While this is still still technically spring I thought you meant you last played FfH2 before that patch was released. The crash you are experiencing sounds like what would happen when trying to load FfH2 0.41g w/o the v3.19 patch, so you should probably double-check to make sure it is installed.

You might also consider redownloading the FfH2 installer, media pack and patch, just in case there is a problem with the ones you have now.