EB map bug?

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Hmmmm... I wish that that were the solution. I saw this offered many times as a fix for so many problems so I tried it (turning off the shadows), only to find that I never had them turned on. But, thanks for the suggestion.

You have understood my point very well; when scrolling down the campaign map a point is reached (suspiciously about the southern boundary of the RTW map) and the game, and my PC, crash.

[XSamatan]

Are your graphical drivers updated? This could cause some sort of CTD.
Are any mini-mods installed that affect campaign map or descr_strat? Did you change anything related by your own?
Please run also validateinstall.bat found in your RTW folder and post your results here.

XSamatan

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Thanks for the help, and I may try these things anyway ... however my immediate problem (not being able to continue the campaign) has been solved thanks to my ten year old son; he simply suggested that, instead of scrolling the map I click onto the area I wish to move to. Problem solved

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Okay.., now this is getting weird. Ran validateinstall and got this;

First, the validation will prompt you to download a checklist.
Then, it will check your installation against that list.

If the program immediately exits, you may not have Java installed.
You can get that for free from http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

If you are running Vista and installed EB under Program files, you may
get a blank results file. On Vista, you need to install EB outside of
Program files.

Press any key to continue . . .

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: europabarbarorum/Vali
dateInstall
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: europabarbarorum.ValidateInstall
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
Could not find the main class: europabarbarorum/ValidateInstall. Program will e
xit.
Validation is complete. There should now be a new file called
"ebValidationResults.txt" in this directory. Open it by pressing any key.

Press any key to continue . . .

No prompt for any checklists, and a blank ebvalidationResults.txt !?

I'm not running Vista, just a simple Windows XP, 2002 Professional SP2. I have RTW installed at C:Rome - Total War, and EB installed in that folder.

[XSamatan]

Do you have Java installed? If yes, try this altered validation:ftp://europabarbarorum.org/Validation/validation.zip

XSamatan

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Yes, I have Java installed, even checked for any upgrades that my PC might have missed.... Used the altered validation and got the same result; a blank validation result and no checklist..... And, though I can click on the area, if I click too far it still CTD. Very frustrating.

[XSamatan]

Sadly sometimes the validation tool doesn't work with specific builds.
My last idea would be to backup your settings+saved games and install completely new, this thread may help you: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=80270
This often brings a miracle...

XSamatan