This thread is there to help people who have problems running the game. :2thumbsup:
This was totally pevergreen's idea btw, I can't take credit for it. :laugh4:
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This thread is there to help people who have problems running the game. :2thumbsup:
This was totally pevergreen's idea btw, I can't take credit for it. :laugh4:
Will ETW have the same CTD problems that MTW had?
Given that the game uses an entirely different engine, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by jsberry
I have CTD problems when playing MTW. So, will I probably have CTD problems with ETW?
Thanks.
Like I mentioned in the hardware thread, other than the fact it is developed by the same company there are no similarities between the two games. Empire uses a new engine with new code. It will not suffer from the same problems as MTW.Quote:
Originally Posted by jsberry
If you have meet the system requirements you should have no problem playing the game.
EDIT: I'm merging this thread into the Hardware Problems thread.
Try the demo and see, if you have problems this might be the thread to try and solve them in.Quote:
Originally Posted by jsberry
This is good advice :2thumbsup:. If you can run the demo without problems then the game should be fine. If not, tell us here and we will do our best to help you fix it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Babblearossa
What are CTD problems?
It stands for Crash To Desktop, where the game closes itself and boots you back to the desktop without warning. They can be caused for any number of different reasons, depending on the circumstances.Quote:
Originally Posted by a-e
that never ever happened to me, the game never crashed.
Thats good, that means you have no problems.
When I try to launch the game it just gives me an error report.
What's that about?
You mean "the game is currently unavailable"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Maleficus
While scrolling about the campaign map, my screen went blue with some text, said it was dumping memory onto a disk. This is extremely annoying since I just bought 4GB RAM for Empire. There are my specs:
64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
465GB Memory
4GB DDR2 RAM at 800MHz
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS
I always have trouble at first with TW games. MTW didn't work on my old PC, M2TW caused crashes, now when I think I'm fine I get this. :wall:
EDIT: And it happened again. I'm sick of this and I feel like just giving up on PC games.
BSOD. Blue Screen Of Death. Normally a Hardware issue...
Well after playing many hours this game does need a few patches. I have so far 3 CTD and my brother has had several. My other brother has had any yet but then again he has only played for about 1 hour.
Also for some reason the campaing map is laggy for me. And no it isn't because I have a crappy computer. Anyways this game needs some patches for me to fully enjoy it.
With the Demo I experienced some Crashes not COD a full crash Computer just reboots. Now when I bring up Campaign it crashes every times usually within first min. It is unplayable and with a 2 and a half hour install I really do not want re-install
I've had one CTD the first time a naval battle was flagged in a campaign. Hasn't recurred.
Otherwise, generally OK, although one interesting bug in that the screen pans when I move the mouse to the left border, but not when I move it to the right and on to the second monitor...
Running - two 1900x1200 screens on a GTX295 12GB Vista 64bit I7 system :yes:
[edit - and yes this is apparently my first post even though I have been here for over four years!)
I haz a general hardware problem.
So I buy the graphics card Lemur recommended, and I proceed to take out the old gt 7600 geforce I had; without uninstalling it. I realise my mistake and slot it back in, only to discover to my horror that I need to “select a proper boot device”. I figure that means the instalation Cd that came with the original card, but I threw that out years ago. Hoping for the best, I put my new card in anyway, to no avail. Any ideas on how I can get out of this?
Nobody is going to help? :(
You can uninstall any driver from the software screen in windows. After that restart your computer with the new card in it and install the new driver. If you think that the old driver isn't removed properly use programs like IIRC drivercleaner or drivermanager to remove the last parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotan
I have a problem, every time I try to play the game it loads fine and I can fight battles just fine. On the other hand whenever I try to play a campaign; after between 5 minutes and half an hour the screen goes black and vista says that "Empire total war has stopped working".
How do I get to the software screen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse
When I try to load my campaign the game crashes. I tried loading different save games, but they all crash. I tried rebooting my computer, but I still can't get it to work. Anybody else experience this?
Edit: I tried loading one of my earliest save games and it worked. The later saves (around turn 96) still don't work.
What happens when you put your new card in?Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotan
Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotan
Boot it in safe mode - clean out any old driver remnants. Then reboot and Windows should be in 680x800 rez at this point. Then you install your new drivers and you should be all set.
Ok, so I realise that it was due to the hard drive cable falling out whilst putting my new card in (HURR DURR), but I have a new problem. I was able to boot up windows, and uninstall the nvidia driver and disable the motherboard graphics driver, as the instructions told me to do. However, I now have a new problem, as when I boot up with the new card in I have a horribly trippy mess, which is impossible to use, and when I use the motherboard directly, I find that all I get is a black screen upon getting to the login screen (I suspect that the same thing appearsd behind the trippy mess as well.). Any ideas on how to solve this conundrum? A reply as quickly as possible would be very much appreciated, and everyone who helps will get a balloon, and the person who solves this for me will be showered with baloons.
Tried your old card? And what was the new card Lemur recommended?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102802
No, but I've uninstalled the drivers, so I don't see how that would work. But on the other hand, when I boot up, I still see the same nvidia logo flash up on the screen, suggesting that I uninstalled the wrong thing. Hmm. I'll go try now. And if it does work, what should I uninstall, and where would it be?
Windows should be able to recognise and get basic functionality out of any graphics card without specifically installing a driver.
It doesn't. I've still got a big black screen when I get to the login screen. Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve it? I'm guessing that this isn't a graphics card problem, and may have something to do with me disabling the wrong thing. If so, how would I be able to reactivate this thing (Which I am not sure what the name is) without having to login, or bypass the login screen?
No help? :(
*grumble*At least yours was answered instead of ignored.
That's cause mine presents a challenge =p
S: Disabling the wrong thing? What did you do to disable things? (What were you trying to disable?) Are you sure you're seating the cards properly? That used to be a problem with AGP cards. Can you boot into safe mode? Can you see the POST checks? Get into BIOS?
G: Do you have UAC on? Tried running it as administrator? Steam offline?
We were trying to disable the old graphics drivers, in both the old card and the motherboard. We unistalled something from the "nvidia Desktop Manager", which I suspect was not the nvidia driver. And disabled what we think was the motherbaord graphics driver. We went into Add/Remove programs and Device Manager.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
Nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
We don't even know what they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
Yes, we are messing with that now. Any advice on how to get graphics drivers up and running from there?Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
I really appreciate your time and help on this.You don't know what a big favour you are doing!
(Bored at work and happy to help :) )
Just to confirm, you can see Windows (XP or Vista?) starting normally (wavy flag and all) until you get to the login screen? Can you describe the trippy mess?
You see a black screen at login with the motherboard graphics: can you get into the BIOS using your motherboard integrated graphics? You won't be able to touch the drivers from BIOS, I'm just trying to narrow down the possibilities.
On the solutions front, do you have any kind of windows disc or a boot disc? Unrelatedly, do you have access to a graphics card that doesn't use the PCIe port (may or may not help, depending on previous answers)?
True. :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotan
Actually I got in touch with my regular Technician. Apparantly the problem was that the newest video card drivers by Nvidia were actualy worse than the older ones (oh the irony).Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
To all you who have been having my problem with a Nvidia card, on vista 64, dont get the 182 version, download this one instead. It should fix it.:yes:
I've got a weird problem. Playing as the Dutch, three times when I've tried to make trade aggrements with Hannover or Westphalia I've got the Blue Screen of Death and the following message:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
I've got enough disk space. Is that second listing in the tech information a driver?
It's your video card. Try what the post above yours suggests.
never had any problems playing any games except this one. my monitor will just ramdomly shut off and not come back on even though my pc is still running. this has never happened before its so weird.
Cool :2thumbsup: (Not that you're bored I mean)Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
Yes. Also, we attempted to login once we got to the "black screen" after the flag, and we found that we could login to my account. We also tried to install the driver for my new card, but it's nigh-impossible when you have no idea where your cursor is. I'm thinking that this means that Windows doesn't think there is a problem, and is chugging away, whilst not realising that a driver is missing, and that it isn't being displayed on the screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
It's quite weird. It seems to seperate into "columns", and of various garish colours (Pink/Green/White/Octarine) However, it doesn't stop me from physically logging in. It also appears to be "on top" of what was otherwise normally happening, if that makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
Crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
Yes, we're thinking about transferring most of the files onto a new hardrive, and reinstalling windows onto that new backup hardrive.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
I'm not sure, but I doubt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by quadalpha
Again, thanks for the help. I'm going into Manchester today (Mum's birthday), followed by Shakespeare (w00t!) so I won't be able to work on it for most of today.
Again, thanks for being so helpful.:bow:
Hi ive got a couple of graphical problems with empire and im not sure if its my hardware not being up to scratch or a bug that's the problem so I thought I would ask for some advice.
1st like in the demo I cant set anything higher than medium other than unit size and some of the check boxes are disabled too. Now I know my computer cant run things maxed out but I had the Volumetric Effects (fog) working fine in the demo and I cant use them now. Also the water on land maps dose not show its just a black mass which is another thing that worked in the demo but not now.
So is this a hardware problem that I had or is it something I can fix with out an upgrade?
My system is:
Intel Core 2 6600@ 2.40GHz
2GB Memory
GeForce 8600 GTS, Version 182.06
Win Vista 32 bit
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Thanks in advance
Well, your processor and RAM are at minimum spec.
Not sure yet...
No his RAM, CPU and GPU should be fine. I have the same except XP and a 9800 GTX and can run almost ever thing on utlra.
Possible solution: defrag your hard drive and clean your registry.
Humm ill try that thinks.
But you have a better graphics card than i do so that could be my problem.
Hi,
I downloaded from steam and when i try to play i get a blank screen.
i am running vista on a new Dell insperion core 2 quad processor (which i bought just to play ETW)
please help me....
thank you
I have almost the exact same computer as you, I just have double your RAM.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zerg
The game will cross out anything it doesnt think you can run at a playable FPS.
Not really a problem but it is a question which I thought would belong here. What are all the sound settings supposed to be or do? I switched from Windows default to Stero speakers and every time someone would take the music would fade out so I decided to just switch back.
Well, I think it's pretty much certain now that I'm going to have to transfer to a new harddrive and install windows anew on the backup. Any last ideas before I attempt that today?
A quick question... Performance on the campaign map is sort of... sluggish. I get 50+ FPS (according to Fraps), but still, there are significant pauses sometimes, and, well, it doesn't feel fluid. My PC is well above recommended, so that's not a problem, I was just wondering if it's my system, or is it a general problem.
well I have about 50 fps too and it seems indeed a bit sluggish, but no big pauses, more a lack of "perfect fluidity"
@beatoangelico and Mister V
This is probably a bug and is reported by lots of people in the bug thread.
I have all the settings low, and I'm having a problem with frame rate when scrolling on the campaign map. What gives?
AMD Dual Core 2.8 GHz
4GB DDR
NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT
Win XP
Does this go here? Anyway, game keeps crashing during the AI move. Seems to be a problem with a naval unit.
APPCRASH
Application Name: Empire.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 49a5aaec
Fault Module Name: Empire.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 49a5aaec
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 007861b3
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
***Came back to update. It seems to crash when Mexico sends out a fleet in the Atlantic. It crashes then.
Hi i am just writing to see whether you think i will have any problems. My computer specs. are:
Windows XP Home
AMD Athlon 2600+
1.512 GB RAM
128 MB Dedicated INVIDIA
any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Banick
7600? That could definately be it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ed TW
But yes, the lag when you select units does seem to be commonplace.
Got no problems whatsoever. Except with the movies from Gentlemen duelling. Any ideas?
Since I can't edit my last post, an addendum: the movies flicker.
Ah ok thanks... So dose having double the ram help at all? And is there a way to convince the game I know best?Quote:
Originally Posted by pevergreen
Extra ram doesn't help if the game doesn't need it, 2 GB should be enough but you might tryQuote:
Originally Posted by Zerg
quitting any other programs in case one of them was using a ton of ram.
Your problem sounds like it's the video card driver though, I had no luck at all with nvidia 182.06,
182.08 was better and is playable but I'm still having trouble. I'm happy with the ones greyblade
recommended above, I can finally alt-tab to windows desktop w/o crashing! I have a 8800 GTS 320 mb,
these have worked for at least a couple people, but couldn't find these listed in nvidias 'driver archive'.
Here's the links to them at nvidia.
Nvidia 180.48 XP 32bit(typical xp)
Nvidia 180.48 XP 64bit
Nvidia 180.48 Vista 32bit
Nvidia 180.48 Vista 64bit
I finally got my computer back up and running again. Thankfully, I was able to reactivate the drivers from the Windows Recovery Console in the bios. However, I have lost access to my old graphics card, and am currently running off my motherboard. I hope to be able to get my new card working, but that doesn't like it will happen in the near future. Subo out.
Humm thanks
unfortunetly that driver dose not support my 8600GTS. i experemented with some diffrant drivers but dident get much luck, i guess ill have to live with the game not looking as good as its demo did or M2TW for that matter.
It looks hored on land maps with water as thats just a big black streek on the land were the river should be and they looked realy nice in the demo :(
You never said what your old card was, what your new card is, what m/b you have or what operating system you're running ( xp/vista ).Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotan
I searched and saw lemur recommended an asus card, if you got one of those you should go to the asus support forum where they'll be more expert. vip.asus.com
in xp to switch to new videocard, or update drivers even, i do this.
( oh first I download 'driver sweeper' google for it, is at guru3d, free program )
start button -> settings -> control panel -> Add or remove programs
and uninstall drivers there, i have nvidia card so it's listed as 'Nvidia' there.
then reboot, hit F8 key a lot ( right as computer starts, before windows ) and select 'safe mode' to boot to.
run driver sweeper, select ONLY video driver to clean up after.
* at this point i'd switch old card for new if switching cards *
reboot to normal windows ( running at some realllly low resolution )
when hardware wizard thing appears saying it's found new hardware CLICK CANCEL
go to where the new driver installation files are ( downloaded or on cd, whatever ) and
install using those.
I have no idea how to checjk the motherboard, and I have a Sapphire card. I'm running XP. My old card soesn't matter, because it's not like I'm ever going back to that now.
The only graphics driver I have running is on the motherboard; last time I disabled that, I got a black screen that I was unable to see out of.
i think my issue may be a hardware problem so here goes.
after playing for twenty minutes to a half hour my laptop will just shutoff. i've played with the power management settings, to no avail. and whenever i turn my pc back on the battery meter will still read full. i'm at a loss on this one and would appreciate any help i could get.
:help:
Plug it in?
Oh, and take the battery out when you do that as well.
nope, A Very Super Market, that wasn't it either. this blows i can play just enough to get a tease. booo!!!:furious3::help::furious3::help:
your old card might matter if you've incompletely uninstalled the drivers, still, sounds like you might have a defective card, it happens. if you can't even get to windows you should be talking to sapphire experts, I think their semi-official support forum isQuote:
Originally Posted by Subotan
http://www.vgaforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4
Hello,
I've one problem. When i choose campaign or tutorial, during the loading pointer stop about 50 % in loading. Then move back and goes again forward, and again move back. What should i do? Any tips?
I was wondering if I could get alittle help here before I pulled my hair out completely...
I just installed Empire...
Everything seems to run fine... I select my campaign, select a faction... the map loads up...
After approx. 5 minutes of play the game freezes EVERY SINGLE TIME... most times it will turn off my monitor, other times it will reboot my machine, still other times the monitor will go blank, then come right back to the screen it froze on.
-There are no error messages on screen or in any system logs.
-There is no overheating.
This does not happen with any other game I play on this computer...
I have upgraded my video drivers to the newest versions... this did not help.
I changed the game video settings to the lowest possible selections as per the knowledge base,
this did not help...
Has anyone out there experienced this?
Anyone have any advice or suggestions?
My next step... is to maybe reinstall the game?
My Specs...
- Athlon64 3200+ (2.21mhz)
- 1.25 RAM
- Vid Card = RADEON X1650 w/ 512 memory. (ATI driver: using Catalyst 9.2)
SOS. SOS. SOS. SOS. SOS.
Hello!
Although many may complain about their problems with ETW I think mine is quite different:
The game produces a BSOD after the initial copyright screen. It says:
„Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_ EQUAL“
STOP 0x0000001d (0x000000, 0x000002, 0x000001, 0xb5b33b9a) save dump.exe
Chaud.sys – Address B5B33B9A base at B5B28000, Date Stamp 43b4611b
This error is permanent and hasn’t changed after updates of the game and the graphics card.
Hopefully anyone can help!
Thx
System:
Win XP Professional Service Pack 3
Core 2 Duo T7200 2000MHz
Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GS 512MB
Main memory: 2GB RAM
Your specs are very low and you do not have a real video card - you have an "integrated' video card with your mobo. You will not be able to play with that sety-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by banick
First post after looking at this site for years!
I started a game on the minimum video settings (my PC is around about the minimum) and it played quite happily.
I then decided to try and change the settings up one by one to see what my PC could tolerate, but on my first attempt my saved games would not load; they get so far and then the screen goes white and then it crashes to desktop (CTD). Subsequent re-loading of the game and then setting the graphics back to the lowest didn't solve the problem (even after a re-boot).
My last resort to get the game back was to start a new campaign, which then worked just as happily as before.
I have since had the first patch for my game and I am loathe to try and see if I can change the graphics in case I lose my current saved game as before. Any ideas?
System:
Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.16Ghz Dual Core)
2GB RAM
ATI 1950XT Graphics Card with Latest Catalyst Drivers
OS: Windows XP SP3
:help:
I have almost no problems with the game. The only issue I'm finding is the movies are stuttering, they stall and pick up again every couple of seconds. I'd think that the movies are bink video rather than game engine generated cutscenes, so video settings should not apply. Anyone else having this issue?
If it's important, it's a new computer.
E8400 Core 2 Duo processor
4 gigs ram
9800 GT video card
Windows XP with SP 2
Try this fix if the video plays OK and it is just a sound issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quillan
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...40#post2170340
It's a video issue. Imagine you were watching a movie on a DVD player while your 3-year-old was playing with the remote hitting the Pause button over and over. That's what I get. Start-stop-start-stop-run three seconds-stop-start-stop...
Don't think the fix will help you then. Heck I don't even know if it will help me. I will find out when I get home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quillan
Hmmm... This is the hardware solving thread and this is in regard to improving ETW so.... Where would one look to find out about good quality video cards that will run this game sweet..? reviews, recommendations etc..
Terry
btw, I have a nvidia 8600
Why are the high and ultra graphics settings unavailible to me? The boxes are just greyed out and I can't see why...