Game Crash after burning down a city

[jkp1187]

This is from a succession game I am playing with a friend.

FWIW, I got my game from Direct2Drive; he bought his at Target and installed via CD. (If it matters.)

Situation is: attack and capture the Egyptian city to the east of Memphis (I forget the name). Once captured, burn it to the ground. There will be a pop-up indicating that 'militia fighters' have formed and gone to the Egyptian capital in response to those nasty Dutch. Once this happens, cycle through the rest of the units, then end the turn. The game immediately crashed out to desktop.

For him, this happened right when he burned the city. I played through the turn, capturing the city (without going to the next turn), then e-mailed it to him -- he could not even open the file. WHen he advised me of this, I tried to open my file, and found that I could not.

Help!

 

[ainwood]

What order do you attack the city in? I tried this, and the event processed OK (militia into the hills).

 

[jkp1187]

What order do you attack the city in? I tried this, and the event processed OK (militia into the hills).

I think I did Artly - Inf - Cavalry. The game didn't crash for me until I cycled through the units and tried to advance to the next turn, just so you know.

 

[jkp1187]

This is the save game I made after burning the city. Neither I nor my friend could open this file -- game crashes out to desktop when we try.

 

[jkp1187]

bump -- just want to make sure this had been noted....