FfH2 Bug Thread

[BlackArchon]

When I want to start 0.41 setup, it shows me that 'Beyond the Sword version 3.17 is required before Fall from Heaven can be installed.' Of course it is installed, I played my last hundred D) FFH2 games with 0.40z. So what's wrong?

Besides BtS 3.17, there is unofficial patch 0.19 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=279724) installed. Maybe this is the problem?

 

[Kael]

When I want to start 0.41 setup, it shows me that 'Beyond the Sword version 3.17 is required before Fall from Heaven can be installed.' Of course it is installed, I played my last hundred D) FFH2 games with 0.40z. So what's wrong?

Besides BtS 3.17, there is unofficial patch 0.19 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=279724) installed. Maybe this is the problem?

Download the new version of the full mod and it wont have that problem. I suspect you may be running the Steam version of BtS, which doesn't mark that its running thew latest patch int he registry (even though it is).

 

[BlackArchon]

Now I tried the 376,681 KB version and I can install it. The message appears also, but after it, I can continue the installation.

Steam will never find a way to my computer, so no, I'm using regular DVD version of Civ4/BtS.

 

[Mighty Duck]

Edit after I have found a workaround:

Workaround for CTD with Dwarven Smithy:


I had exactly the same problem with building a dwarven smithy like Jaolhe. Every time I tried to complete it in one of my cities the game crashes to desktop. And all city screens in which I have tried to build Dwarven Smithy showed the same errors as described by jaolhe.

The workaround is pretty simple:

- Open the CIV4ArtDefines_Building.xml
- Search for Dwarfen Smithy and change it to:
<Type>ART_DEF_BUILDING_DWARVEN_SMITHY</Type>
<LSystem>LSYSTEM_2x1</LSystem>
<bAnimated>1</bAnimated>
<fScale>1.31</fScale>
<fInterfaceScale>0.47</fInterfaceScale>
<NIF>Art/Structures/Buildings/Forge/Forge.nif</NIF>
<KFM/>
<Button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Buildings/Dwarvensmithy.dds</Button>

Result of this:

The Dwarfen Smithy works like it should but it has the graphics of a Forge in the city. The error in the city screens vanishes. The game doesn't crash anymore because of completing Dwarven Smithy.

I suppose the gaurifoundry.nif is somehow corrupted in the installation file of FfH2.

Could this be?

Hello and thanks for the new version of this great mod!

I found a bug playing 0.41 and attached a savegame that crashes when you end your turn. There is something wrong with one of my cities (Kadar). It seems to be producing dwarven smithy but the city screen is somehow messed up and you can't change production or see any city statistics etc.

When the smithy is completed, and the city screen is out of order, you get a CTD. Hope this helps in your bug fixing efforts!



Edit: Made some more experiments; if I choose another city screen and change to Kadar screen via arrow keys, I can change production to something else and the Kadar city screen comes back to normal. Unfortunately, if I re-select dwarven smithy, the city screen goes messed up again and CTD follows. So maybe it's the dwarven smithy building itself that's somehow bugged?

 

[Doug Piranha]

1) I'm pretty sure I have the latest download, but my leaderheads are still glitched, as in the above screenshots. CivGameCore.DLL is dated May 15, 5:50 PM; Pak0.FPK is dated May 17, 5:58 PM. FallFromHeaven2.exe is 367 MBytes.

2) The Balseraphs apparently built Loki on the very first turn of the game. Is this some sort of AI handicap (I'm on Emperor level), or a glitch?

 

[Superjebus]

I've just captured a size 8 city, and when I select "Return control to the Elohim" the city get's raised. The other 3 options work as intended.

 

[Valkrionn]

Bug with the initial implementation of the "Examine Cities on Conquest" mod... Don't know if it's been fixed by now, but I would assume so.

 

[retro V]

Why isn't there an "Examine cities on defection..." mod? Seems a waste of good game design to have an option of examining conquered cities but not getting the same option for examining cities that flip through culture.

 

[Emptiness]

Edit after I have found a workaround:

Workaround for CTD with Dwarven Smithy:

Patch A will fix the problem with the Dwarven Smithy, according to the notes in the first post of this thread.

 

[Emptiness]

1) I'm pretty sure I have the latest download, but my leaderheads are still glitched, as in the above screenshots. CivGameCore.DLL is dated May 15, 5:50 PM; Pak0.FPK is dated May 17, 5:58 PM. FallFromHeaven2.exe is 367 MBytes.

I'm not sure if it matters, but my Pak0.FPK is dated May 18, 5:40pm, size 339,345 KB. When in doubt delete the "Fall From Heaven 2" folder & installer, redownload the installer, and reinstall.

 

[cyther]

The Grigori Phalanx is missing it's graphics I believe.

 

[apost8]

Edit after I have found a workaround:

Workaround for CTD with Dwarven Smithy:

Thanks for the workaround. It allowed me to continue my game-in-progress.

 

[Hawkwood]

The Grigori Phalanx is missing it's graphics I believe.

When did the Grigori Phalanx get unique art? It's always had the normal Phalanx art when I played as them.

 

[cyther]

It has it's own art now and when it is built I get a red circle and then a CtD.

 

[Emptiness]

The art for the Phalanx is included with 0.41:

Spoiler Grigori Phalanx from 0.41 :

I believe that the "red circle" problem is caused by a loading problem which occurs when a save is loaded while a game is already in play. I used to have that problem occur from time to time, but then changed my behavior and now the problem never occurs for me. Now when I am in a game and want to load a save I first exit to the main menu and then load the saved game.

However, I haven't previously associated that graphical problem with any crashes. When I was encountering it the game in question was always able to be continued, albeit with the unit's graphical problem persisting. It may be that this is a new problem, but I suspect that the two problems are unrelated. There is a crash that can occur when using an older version of the 0.41 installer. I suggest you check that the size of your installer is 376,681 KB. If it is not, or if you no longer have the installer you used, then redownload 0.41, delete the "Fall From Heaven 2" folder, and reinstall. That should fix the crash, unless of course it is being caused by some other (as yet unknown) problem - in which case you should post a copy of the saved game.

If that does resolve your crash it won't correct the bugged unit graphic. The only fix I know for that problem is to reload and continue the game from a save prior to the graphic problem, and then be sure not to load any saves from within a game.

 

[SilentVoice]

0.41
Barbarians can found cities on mana nodes,again.

 

[jlsns]

.41 - one of sheelba's cities was attacked and taken over by the barbarians in a recent turn on my game

 

[Emptiness]

What turn was it (and what game speed)? Also, was the Clan the strongest civ at any point? If a Barbarian trait civ gets too far ahead the peace with the real barbarians ends.

 

[Doug Piranha]

Originally Posted by Doug Piranha
1) I'm pretty sure I have the latest download, but my leaderheads are still glitched, as in the above screenshots. CivGameCore.DLL is dated May 15, 5:50 PM; Pak0.FPK is dated May 17, 5:58 PM. FallFromHeaven2.exe is 367 MBytes.

I'm not sure if it matters, but my Pak0.FPK is dated May 18, 5:40pm, size 339,345 KB. When in doubt delete the "FallFromHeaven 2" folder & installer, redownload the installer, and reinstall.

Good advice, that worked. Thanks.

Here's a screenshot showing "instant Loki" - this is a standard start from -4000BC.

Spoiler :

 

[Lone Wolf]

That's normal at higher levels, AFAIK.