Lutefisk Mafia
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Installed the two files Kael suggested in the other thread -- still no luck.
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Lutefisk Mafia
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Just out of curiosity, Arctem, try starting a new arboria dual size map game and see what happens. The map will be total garbage, but I'd be interested to see if it still crashes after turn 1.
But at least you got to see the game, right?
Vehem
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The GFC issue? There's a fix listed for that one...
Lutefisk Mafia
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I tried methodically documenting which combinations of start up work and which don't.
I found something interesting.
If I am totally out of Civ, just on the desktop view, I can do the following and it works:
1. Pop out the Civ4 BTS CDROM.
2. Immediately pop it back in.
3. when the autorun dialog pop up appears, click on the "run autorun.exe" link.
4. In the autorun pop up hit "Play."
5. When vanilla BTS starts up, from the main menu click on "advanced."
6. Then click on "load a mod."
7. Select "adventure" and hit "go."
Loads right up, no problem. I have done this 6 times in a row now.
Is that weird or what?
I found something interesting.
If I am totally out of Civ, just on the desktop view, I can do the following and it works:
1. Pop out the Civ4 BTS CDROM.
2. Immediately pop it back in.
3. when the autorun dialog pop up appears, click on the "run autorun.exe" link.
4. In the autorun pop up hit "Play."
5. When vanilla BTS starts up, from the main menu click on "advanced."
6. Then click on "load a mod."
7. Select "adventure" and hit "go."
Loads right up, no problem. I have done this 6 times in a row now.
Is that weird or what?
When I loaded up the random map, it worked fine (and actually looked awesome, except for the random doors). I then loaded up the demo-save again, and it magically worked! At least until I got in a fight with a group of spiders and it crashed... I have no idea if the fight caused the crash or not.
Anyway, one thing I did notice in my short play time: you might want to reduce the cost of an adventurer upgrading to warrior/adept/etc. to 0, since adventurers aren't powerful enough to be able to easily grab the gold needed for the upgrade. Later upgrades could have a cost, since by then you should be able to pay for it, or are at least capable of earning the money (or will be able to in the final game, didn't notice too many chests in the demo).
edit: I have XP, by the way (at least until I get my new computer
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Psychic_Llamas
Wizard in the Making
i have vista, woodelf has vista, and apparently lutefisk has vista and were currently the ones with these errors... hmmm
ill try popping the disk out like lutefisk says, odd how thta works
ill try popping the disk out like lutefisk says, odd how thta works
Lutefisk Mafia
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So I took some time to transfer everything to my older (and, alas, slower) computer that has XP 32 installed instead of Vista 64.
Everything. Civ 4 plus patch. BTS plus patch. All of the Adventure mod folder (managed to zip it and get it all on one CDROM). Put in the fixes suggested above by Vehem.
End result?
It loads slower than *ell, but it works fine. No load errors!
I will continue to fact check this, but it is looking suspiciously like a Vista issue.
So I am seriously considering downgrading to XP 32 on my current rig. Seriously.
Everything. Civ 4 plus patch. BTS plus patch. All of the Adventure mod folder (managed to zip it and get it all on one CDROM). Put in the fixes suggested above by Vehem.
End result?
It loads slower than *ell, but it works fine. No load errors!
I will continue to fact check this, but it is looking suspiciously like a Vista issue.
So I am seriously considering downgrading to XP 32 on my current rig. Seriously.
Yeah, mine has a horrible load time as well in XP32 (it can take a minute or two for the game loading screen to pop up, which takes another minute before moving on to the saved game loading screen, which is usually about 30 seconds). I'm guessing that the issue is more the 64-bit part rather than Vista itself (though we all know how many issues it has), since I've heard repeatedly that it has problems running software made for a 32-bit OS. If anyone has Vista32, try it on that, and see whether or not my theory holds up.
All these Vista issues make me nervous about my new comp... Maybe I should dual-boot Vista and XP. XP for Civ, Vista for everything else.
Lutefisk Mafia
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The load time is fixable. Right now the mod defaults to not caching any files or xml at all. Also, most of the art is unPAKed. Once there is a stable version that is playable, I'll rePAK the PAK file and restore memory mapping for PAKs and some caching. That will speed up those load times significantly. 
On another note, I too would be interested if people with Vista 32 are having problems.
On another note, I too would be interested if people with Vista 32 are having problems.
Psychic_Llamas
Wizard in the Making
well nothing i try works, not even popping the disk out. so i guess ill have to wait and see if we can solve this Vista issue...
Farmer Bobathan
Sanity is for the weak
I'm having a problem with the demo map, as soon as it starts to load my game crashes.
Psychic_Llamas
Wizard in the Making
Michelle Castle said:
well i found this little tid bit in google, and thought "great! i can try run it in XP and it will work!"
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no such luck
maybe someone else will have better luck?
Lutefisk Mafia
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FB, are you using Vista or XP? 32 bit or 64? We are trying to isolate the problems.
If the demo game that crashes, try starting a new game. The map will look totally crazy, but give it a try and see if you can go through a number of turns without crashing.
xienwolf
Deity
It occurs to me that if one were to re-write the creation mapscript ever so slightly, it would produce quite lovely dungeon maps. Just get the part about the mountain ranges to form valleys changed to instead place walls, and the part for ensuring an opening exists to connect valleys to instead place a door.
Lutefisk Mafia
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Patch "a" with the suggested mini-fixes mentioned earlier in this thread is here:
http://www.atomicgamer.com/file.php?id=69364
Unzip into the "Adventure" sub-folder of the BTS Mods directory.
http://www.atomicgamer.com/file.php?id=69364
Unzip into the "Adventure" sub-folder of the BTS Mods directory.
BeefontheBone
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I reckon I'd call that an upgrade, personally
- apart from the 64-bit to 32, anyway I guess.
Lutefisk Mafia
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But -- it would be really nice to get this to work on Vista. Otherwise, there isn't much point in pursuing the mod further, is there?
Oh well, perhaps the FfH2 team can pick through the corpse of my attempted mod and glean something useful. Meh.
[feels sorry for self]
Oh well, perhaps the FfH2 team can pick through the corpse of my attempted mod and glean something useful. Meh.
[feels sorry for self]
xienwolf
Deity
I didn't want to dangle hope since I might not succeed, but you could try using the WoC/FfH merge as a base. I know they have fixed numerous Vista issues, and this might be one of them.
But I am not anywhere near done with the merge at this point
But I am not anywhere near done with the merge at this point
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