CTD Playing Romani after FH dies

[AMCG]

Can I first say I have been playing EB since the 7 series and I was very impressed with that. I was not expecting the 8 series to be a great improvement but it was and I spent the whole time (I played every day) between that and the release of 1.0 playing one Romani campaign on VH/VH. A very challenging and rewarding experience. I finished just in time to download 1.0. Verion 8 was so good I thought there could not be much room left for improvement. But again I was wrong. The look and feel of the new game is even more immersive and there are so many new features which add to the feeling of being in a real world. I cannot believe how much pains-taking attention to detail has gone into this last version. I am immensely grateful. Very well done!

But I do have a problem.

I have fought this battle three times and auto-resolved twice. I even managed to save once before the CTD. My army is in Emporion and is beseiged - 2 generals, 2 Campagnian Cavalry, 2 Triarii, 2 Principes, 2 Hastati, 2 Iberi Milites, 6 Jaosotae. Beseiging army is: 1 general (Abula Tittikum), 3 Scortamareva, 3 Golberi, 2 Iberi Scutarii, 2 Gestikapoinam. I sally. After the battle a message appears saying my faction leader has died. If I open or close the message a CTD happens. It doesn't always happen straight away - if I ignore the message and save it has let me once but the saved game does not load. Usually it CTDs before I can save. The message says 'slain peforming deeds..." although he was not in Emporion but in Rhegion where no battle took place. Year is 229BC.

Sorry I have just noticed I put FH in the title it should of course be FL.

[bovi]

You'll have to post the savegame, that sounds really odd.

[AMCG]

Savegame is:

http://www.axifile.com/?7751128

[bovi]

Thanks :2thumbsup:.

[AMCG]

I have done a bit nore investigatuing and I now think the problem is not to do with the battle at Emporion at all but with a strange event two turns before this. I have uploaded the game here. http://uploaded.to/?id=fvxl8j. You will see in this game an army outside Rhegion led by Marcus Papirius Crassus it contains 1 Misthophoroi phalangitai, i Misthophoroi Peltastai, 2 Mitnaghim Numidium, 1 Misteret Izrahim Tsorim, 1 Poonim Lebiponim, 2 Dorkim Lubim-Ponnim Mookdamim, 4 Dorkim Garamantim and 1 Kasim Numidim. This army just appeared from nowhere without announcement. I assumed they must have revolted to me but when I tried to move them they vanished. I forgot about this and carried on. I have reloaded this game and now if I move the army into a city or end the turn the game CTDs.

[bovi]

They even vanish when you move the garrison out of Rhegion. It's really weird, and you shouldn't be able to have all those troops either I think, as they turn up as peasants. Freaky.

However, it does not crash if I end turn, at least not after moving the Rhegion army out of the city and back in.

[AMCG]

Thanks for looking at this again. I have tried moving the army out of Rhegium and then back again and I do not get a CTD on that turn. But if I play on three turns when Emporion is attacked again I sally and win the battle again and then it CTDs! I guess this may remain a mystery for some time.

[bovi]

Gah, I didn't try to take it that far :wall:. I think it must be some ghost army from a massive disaster causing it. Starting over (with the fix for it installed) should avoid it happening again, or possibly reverting to an earlier save would work too.