Crash between two battles ( during one turn )

[DEB8]

The title tells most of it...

The error screen "title" is SHOG_CPP and the message is :

"SHOG_CPP has stopped working".

[ System : Windows VISTA Home Premium SP 1 ( 32 Bit ) - 2.33 GHz with 4.00 GB Ram on a Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset. ]

The first battle was won by me and the crash occurred during the set up of the second battle ; or, to be more precise, after viewing the Battle Map and my Units ; either when I clicked on the Battle Formations Icon ( bottom leftish ) or when I clicked on a unit in order to reposition it ( as I was defending )...

Is there a way to fix / cure this, so it does not happen again ??

Thanks.

[ReluctantSamurai]

Something totally off the wall here...

I play a lot of the older games myself including S1. As I have an AMD FX-6100 6-core processor, often times I have to specify which processor core I want to run the game with by using the Task Manager. As an example, I play a lot of Heroes of Might & Magic III, and if I run the game with all six cores, it crashes. By specifying that I want Core #1 only to run the game (and this game requires #1 and not any of the others), the game runs smoothly with no troubles.

I haven't played Shoggie in quite some time (new mb & processor since then), I don't know if something like this will solve the problem, but it's certainly worth a try

[Ludens]

I haven't played Shoggie in quite some time (new mb & processor since then), I don't know if something like this will solve the problem, but it's certainly worth a try

It sounds very plausible, though. Let us know if it works out.

[DEB8]

Something totally off the wall here...

I play a lot of the older games myself including S1. As I have an AMD FX-6100 6-core processor, often times I have to specify which processor core I want to run the game with by using the Task Manager. As an example, I play a lot of Heroes of Might & Magic III, and if I run the game with all six cores, it crashes. By specifying that I want Core #1 only to run the game (and this game requires #1 and not any of the others), the game runs smoothly with no troubles.

I haven't played Shoggie in quite some time (new mb & processor since then), I don't know if something like this will solve the problem, but it's certainly worth a try

I don't think I can do this with my Task Manager...

[ I seem to be limited to closing/monitoring processes/applications only. ]

[ReluctantSamurai]

I seem to be limited to closing/monitoring processes/applications only.

You have to start the game first (later you can create a shortcut on your desktop that launches the game using the specified core). Alt-Tab to desktop, open Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del), go to the Processes tab, find Shoggie in the menu, right-click on it, and choose Affinity in the drop-down menu. In my previous example of HOMM III, I untick the 'All Processors' box (Core 0/1/2/3/4/5), and tick Core 1. Exit and return to game.

There are other games I play that require this process, but one game is enough to illustrate. If this works, I can look up how I created the launcher that eliminates having to go to Task Manager (it's been awhile)

[DEB8]

Ah ...!!!

Ok, I'll try that sometime in the forthcoming week, and advise...

Thanks for the info.

[DEB8]

Ok.

I've followed your instructions and can now reduce CPU usage to one core.

I now need to try it out sometime...

[DEB8]

Something totally off the wall here...

I play a lot of the older games myself including S1. As I have an AMD FX-6100 6-core processor, often times I have to specify which processor core I want to run the game with by using the Task Manager. As an example, I play a lot of Heroes of Might & Magic III, and if I run the game with all six cores, it crashes. By specifying that I want Core #1 only to run the game (and this game requires #1 and not any of the others), the game runs smoothly with no troubles.

My PC has 4 cores numbered 0 , 1 , 2 and 3. Should I try core 0 here or core 1 ?

[ OOPS - I really should not have left it so long before trying this out ( I forgot the full instructions ! ). Apparently I should use core 1 !!! Abject apologies for a dumb post... ]