What operating Systems are you using?

[Grumfoss]

I thought I'd start this thread as I have heard loads of people complaining about the various problems that they have been experiencing. I'm not 100% sure but the problems could be operating system related.

For me I am running XP (SP3)

My only errors have been.
1)1 off CTD caused by merging armies.
2)Save games disappearing after the last Hotfix.
3) A few other issues that are not game breaking.

What operating system are you running and what issues have you had. Lets see if we can't track the problem down.

Pevergreen - XP (sp 2 & 3) & Vista (SP1) - No crashes
Susanna - Windows 7 beta 64 -No Crashes
Feanaro - XP (SP3) - Sound issues no crashes.
Terraforce - Vista 32 bit - No crashes.
Phog of War - Vista 32 bit - Problems after hotfix CTD after turn 5
Monsieur Alphonse - XP (SP3) - CTD's after merging armies and loading and old game - no other CTD's
Turbosatan - XP (SP3) - 1 CTD due to Alt-tabbing
Hosakawa tito - Vista 64 - no problems.
Shinseikhaan - Vista Home premium 32 bit - 2 CTD's (reasons not specified)
Skott - XP (SP3) - Naval battles CTD
Northnovas - Vista 64 SP1 - No problems
crazyviking03 - Vista 64 - one CTD crash on RTI (new: repeatable crashes after naval battles only on fresh restart)
Graphic - Vista 32 - no crashes
Abrarey - Vista 64 - no Crashes
Dradem - Visat 32 - no crashes
Lord of the isles - XP (Pro - 32) - Campaign problems resulting in CTD
Daevyll - Vista 64 Ultimate - 1 CTD in 2 weeks
Bornslippy - Vista 64 (SP1) - Many CTD's ( many of these are repeatable)
TiberiusBeskar - Vista Ultimate 64bit (SP1) - No crashes after latest Hotfix
Forward Observer - Vista Premium (64bit) - No crashes after graphic card roll back.
Ehelrad unred - Vista Ulimate (32bit sp1) - one crash trying to load a save game.
Lugh - XP Home (SP3) - 1 CTD ending battle
Monk - Vista (32bit) - Crashes when trying to merge troops.
Chilling - Vista Home Premium (32bit) - Never had a crash
abrarey - Vista Home premium (64bit) - No crashes until last hotfix.
Hooahguy -XP
Surakner - XP (SP3) - crash every 3-5 turns after last hotfix

[pevergreen]

Have run under both XP SP 3, XP SP 2 and Vista SP 1. No CTD's on any, ever.

[Grumfoss]

Have run under both XP SP 3, XP SP 2 and Vista SP 1. No CTD's on any, ever.

Was your Vista 32 or 64 bit?

[Susanna]

Windows 7 Beta, 64 Bit version

So far no crashes at all.

Susanna/Calapine

[Feanaro]

XP SP3. No issues, other than some sound still not working and not being able to see my saved games in the save window. They show up fine in the loading window.

[Terraforce]

Vista 32 bit. No crashes at all.

[Phog_of_War]

Vista 32 bit.

CTD after the hotfix on turn 5 for any new campaign I start. But my 94 turn Ausrian campaign runs just fine....for now.
Occational STD when merging units.
Other minor issues.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

XP SP3

Two CTD's while trying to do exceptional things.

One CTD while trying to merge two fleets which were more then twenty army units transporting.
One CTD after loading a campaign, loading an other and trying to reload the original campaign.

No CTD's while playing and doing normal things.

I defragged my hard drives and cleaned my register before installing Steam and ETW.

TW games are notorious for having problems with registers that aren't in tip top condition.

[Turbosatan]

XP SP3, on a system that -- on paper -- shouldn't run it. But does.

One crash, pre-patch (which was my fault, I was messing about with another program & alt/tabbing) & one post-patch that I've not been able to repeat.

As this game has eaten vast chunks of my life over the last two weeks, I'd say that's not bad.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Vista 64 bit, no CTD's or other problems at all.

[seireikhaan]

Vista home premium, 32 bit. Two CTD's, nothing at all problematic.

[Skott]

XP Pro SP3 Here. Since recent hotfix save games disappear. I have had some CTD. Usually happens after a Naval battle and when I go to click on the ship icon that adds the captured ship to my fleet thats when the CTD happens. If I auto the naval battle however it wont CTD. Odd how it only does it when I click on the capture ship icon.

[Northnovas]

Vista 64 SP1, no issues.Played latest fix everything appears to be working.

[crazyviking03]

Vista 64, only CTD I ever have is when I attempt RtI. Everytime i capture Fort Duquesne, game crashes. Havent gathered the will to try again since this weeks patching.

[Graphic]

Vista 32. No crashes since March 10 patch.

[abrarey]

Vista 64, no cdt so far

[vladiator]

Vista 64 bit, no CTD's or other problems at all.

How did you prepare the system before installing the game? E.g. deleted Norton Symantic programme, and other programmes that supposedly conflict with Stream?

I am asking because I am planning to install 64-bit vista instead of 32-bit vista.

[Dradem]

vista 32 bit
only one crash but that was the CTD for a general that was still in the campagain afterduying bug.
for the rest no CTD's what so ever.

[Lord of the Isles]

XP Pro x32 (SP3)

7 attempts at grand campaign, all ending in repeatable white screen CTDs (the 'Empire.exe has encountered a problem' kind, never had the insufficient video memory one). Trying an 8th time currently.

No sound problems with second most recent hotfix, so have decided not to install newest hotfix in case it nerfs something else.

[Daevyll]

Vista 64 ultimate with SP1

After last OS update only 1 crash in 2 weeks of playing 3-4 hours almost every evening.

[Bornslippy]

Vista 64Bit SP1
Many crashes, some of which are repeatable

[Beskar]

Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1 - End of turn CTD in a couple of saved games in the pre-patched ETW games, the ones since have had no problems.

[Forward Observer]

Vista Premium SP1 64 bit--constant CTD's until graphic card driver roll back--now only two in about
70 turns--one upon exiting a land battle and one upon exiting a naval engagement. Only the naval CTD was repeatable, but auto resolving got around it.

I've also had two lock ups which were also during naval engagements--both while firing a broadsides.

[Ethelred Unread]

Windows Vista Ultimate (32bit) SP 1.

Only one crash loading a save game - used the last autosave instead and was fine.

[lugh]

XP Home, SP 3: 1 CTD, I pressed the "End Battle" button after decimating Stockholms defenders. :(

[crazyviking03]

I can now report a constant, repeatable CTD after winning naval battles. Auto calc is fine, but I have fought 6 battles today, and 4 CTD after I won. Strangely, after restarting and fighting the battle AGAIN, no crash happend the 2nd time around, or during other naval battles I fought after the restart. It seems to be only after a fresh start of the game, very odd.

This is with my Vista 64

[Hosakawa Tito]

How did you prepare the system before installing the game? E.g. deleted Norton Symantic programme, and other programmes that supposedly conflict with Stream?

I am asking because I am planning to install 64-bit vista instead of 32-bit vista.

I didn't even disable Norton during game installation and have had no problems.

[Monk]

Vista 32 bit.

The only crashes i've experienced thus far are the crashes that involve merging troops. Other than that the game runs great (knock on wood).

[chilling]

Vista Home Premium 64bit. Never had a crash.

[abrarey]

Vista Premium Home Ed. 64Bit.
no crashes until the last update they post.