Fatal Error

[Ruanek]

Generally a few turns into a game (this happens with all versions of the Rhyse and Fall mod and the Fall from Heaven 2 mod, but not in normal games) I get a CtD with this message:

FATAL_ERROR

Memory allocation failure - exiting program.
Reason:bad allocation

I have Vista 32 bit.

The weird thing is all of these mods used to run perfectly well (same computer) but now they all crash a few turns in.

 

[kiwitt]

Have you installed Civ 4 as per my thread in the top of this forum ?

 

[mintegar]

yeah, but if it worked before, why would install folder be a factor now?

grab a memtest86 boot-cd and let it have a quick look at your computers memory.. just to make sure that's still ok..

 

[kiwitt]

Did you install updated or new mods - install folder is an issue then.

 

[Ruanek]

yeah, but if it worked before, why would install folder be a factor now?

grab a memtest86 boot-cd and let it have a quick look at your computers memory.. just to make sure that's still ok..

What's a memtest86 boot-cd?

Did you install updated or new mods - install folder is an issue then.

What exactly would be the issue? I installed the game years ago, though I probably didn't follow a special procedure to do so. I can't reinstall now because I lost my BTS CD.

 

[kiwitt]

"c:\Program files" have different access rights on Vista / Win 7 to when Civ 4 was written for Win XP. see my thread for details.

 

[Furiey]

MAF errors occur when the game runs out of memory and this happens more often in 32 bit Windows.

Have a look at this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=225205
and the thread linked to in the first post: I fixed the MAF error and here's how.

Both concentrate on XP x32 but there is info in there for Vista x32.

Reinstalling will not make any difference.

 

[Ruanek]

"c:\Program files" have different access rights on Vista / Win 7 to when Civ 4 was written for Win XP. see my thread for details.

I meant what could I fix there without reinstalling?

MAF errors occur when the game runs out of memory and this happens more often in 32 bit Windows.

Have a look at this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=225205
and the thread linked to in the first post: I fixed the MAF error and here's how.

Both concentrate on XP x32 but there is info in there for Vista x32.

Reinstalling will not make any difference.

Thanks, I'll try that.

 

[mintegar]

What's a memtest86 boot-cd?

from wikipedia: Memtest86 and Memtest86+ are open source memory test software programs