EB v1.0 constant crash to desktop, please help

I recently downlaoded EB v1.0 for the first time, and the game crashes before I can play. It takes a long time to load the main menu, which is fine since based on other posts is normal, but when the main menu screen loads, there is a big white box where the EB logo should be. White boxes also obscure any pictures on the menu, like those that allow you to return to a previous screen or auto detect your performance settings. This happened occasionally with RTW, but I was always able to fix it with a restart. Restarting does not work. I reinstalled RTW, then EB, then applied the permanent v1.0 fixes listed in another post, and no luck. I have one saved game, which was a result of the one time EB loaded successfully and I started a campaign as the Romani just to see what EB looked like. I uploaded that saved game, as per forum instructions, and the information is enclosed. Since that one time EB loaded without a problem, I cannot advance past the main menu screen without crashing to desktop. If I load the saved game or start a new campaign, I always suffer a long load time, with choppy music, followed by the crash during the load screen. Please help.


Romani1.save
File size: 1.54 Mb
File ID: 6968535
axifile.com (I'm sorry I cannot post URLs)
Password: bluedog

Thank you in advance for your help! :beam:

Here's a checklist you can go through to try to make the game work again. I suspect some Vista virtual store crap or file rape corruption that it appears to enjoy.

X Install from scratch
_ Download a map.rwm file
_ Add -nm to the shortcut
_ Delete some interfering files that Vista hides in its bowels
_ Install using 7-zip rather than installer
_ Run the validation tool
X Install the fixes linked in my sig

Correct? Please try the other ways. Since you crash when starting a new campaign, I don't think your savegame will be any use.

Thanks for your quick reply, Bovi. I still haven't had any luck. When I have more time this week I plan to start the whole process over again, just to make sure I haven't missed a step. As a sidenote, I am using RTW Gold Edition (which was mentioned in an earlier forum as being incompatible with your validation tool, and I found similar results; when I ran the batch file the list of broke/missing files was huge...I don't know how helpful that will be) and I am operating on Windows XP service pack 2, not Vista. And when I start RTW, I have no problems.

I will post again after I give the whole thing another shot (hoo boy), but if you have any further advice or suggestions, or if there is anyone else who has experience with this [common?] problem please feel free to let me know. Again, your help is greatly appreciated.

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Originally Posted by Themistocles

I am using RTW Gold Edition (which was mentioned in an earlier forum as being incompatible with your validation tool

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:inquisitive: Noone has reported this.

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Originally Posted by Themistocles

and I found similar results; when I ran the batch file the list of broke/missing files was huge...I don't know how helpful that will be)

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Post it here and I can see what to make of it. Possibly I can even update the validator to cope with it.

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Originally Posted by Themistocles

I will post again after I give the whole thing another shot (hoo boy), but if you have any further advice or suggestions, or if there is anyone else who has experience with this [common?] problem please feel free to let me know. Again, your help is greatly appreciated.

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My advice is to do the stuff mentioned in the checklist. It has helped many so far. Normally just one of them was needed.

X Install from scratch
_ Download a map.rwm file
_ Add -nm to the shortcut
X Delete some interfering files that Vista hides in its bowels
_ Install using 7-zip rather than installer
_ Run the validation tool
X Install the fixes linked in my sig

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Originally Posted by Themistocles
I am using RTW Gold Edition (which was mentioned in an earlier forum as being incompatible with your validation tool
Noone has reported this.

My bad. I was referring to an earlier post where someone has a very similar problem to me but I misread the thread and you have made changes to the validation tool since.

I reinstalled both RTW and EB, once with Windows Installer and once with 7 zip, added -nm to the shortcut, deleted the map.wrm file (but did not d/l one, not sure what to look for), installed the permanent fixes, etc (I think that rounds out your checklist), and it still crashed as I was starting a new campaign each time. I ran the validation tool and these are the results:

You seem to have a corrupt install. There are changes to files, or some are missing.
However, these may be conscious changes you have made, to remod EB. See below for details.
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Missing file: .\data\packs\patch_1.pak
Changed file: .\data\credits.txt (expected checksum 632aad51f3a61c5da34140e4fa28800b, got b0a7954002857cc32e253a5e08b5c194)
Changed file: .\data\descr_items.db (expected checksum 05785f752f89ae7f82ffd4631ddafd2c, got 244bf4dbabea7646706611eaeabe6d56)
Changed file: .\data\export_descr_advice.txt (expected checksum f29c56a6d711e3ebb70b855365500de8, got 97794093b86abe2d5ebab1920b9c3363)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\atvi_spinning_logo_640x480.wmv (expected checksum 7e15895ba7a723535f55e4deb91c085b, got e9ac1729af2fdeffe8365a567cd76b23)
Changed file: .\data\menu\splash.tga (expected checksum a57cc84af0e6c1300577336f17e0bfd6, got d1329cf835f69e6dff4b4cc0cb08d144)
Added file: .\icon.ico

Based on your checklist I'm not sure what to do next. Even though EB is not yet working, I do appreciate your time and effort. Can you look at the validation results and tell me if you know how to fix this?

Thanks again! ~:cheers:

It seems really similar to someone else's validation report. I recall having made an archive with the files that were missing, and I think that was the last I heard of him so assume it worked, but I fail to find the post again. Perhaps you can search this subforum for it, otherwise I can probably make such an archive for you tomorrow night, going to bed now. Please bump this if I haven't posted again in 24 hours.

BTW, you mention the permanent fixes. Please try the temporary ones too. A couple of people had problems with the oasis in 0.8x, I'm sure it's the same for 1.0.

Thanks I'll try and look for that. Assume that I haven't found the files and am still having problems unless I post otherwise. Thanks and have a good night!

OK I'll do all the fixes.

Btw if RB crashes to desktop, the next time I load EB all of the background images in the main menu and faction selection menu are replaced by a pure white screen, even if I reboot. I don't know if you assumed that was the case but I didn't want to leave anything out, in case it was pertinent.

Thanks.

Those white things seem to indicate a problem with your graphics card. Have you updated your drivers lately?

Does vanilla work the way it should?