ANCIENT TW - MAPS

[macsen rufus]

OK, I've spent the day playing with photoshop and have a new backdrop map. Here's the result:








I've ZIPped up the maps and posted them to my Google Drive, you can get them here.

To install them, go to Textures/campmap/ALEX and replace the existing files MapTex.tga and MapTex2.tga with these new ones

[western]

Love the new map backgrounds Macsen. They inspired me to get the latest download and here's a funny thing: I'm getting a crash on Successors campaign regardless of which faction I pick, When I end turn one it says thinking for a bit, then CTD before the faction symbols come up. But the really funny thing is it gives me a crash report each time as follows:

Medieval_TW.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module Medieval_TW.exe at 0023:004025FA
EAX=00000000 EBX=06FABBD8 ECX=4E1A0A90 EDX=0000005A ESI=00000057
EDI=4E1A0A90 EBP=0019C07C ESP=0019C018 EIP=004025FA FLG=00010246
CS=0023 DS=002B SS=002B ES=002B FS=0053 GS=002B
0023:004025FA (0x00000000 0x00000944 0x00000000 0x06FABBB0) Medieval_TW.exe
0023:00402972 (0x00000001 0x0000008C 0x000001A9 0x00000028) Medieval_TW.exe
0023:0062EEF0 (0x00000001 0x67154360 0x00000000 0x00000000) Medieval_TW.exe
0023:00646110 (0x000002E1 0x005FCAAC 0x74856760 0x7485F600) Medieval_TW.exe

I didn't remember MTW1 giving crash reports. Other campaigns working fine and I can't spot anything obviously missing. Any ideas??

[macsen rufus]

Hi Western,

Glad to hear you like the new map - after playing on it for a while, I think even I now prefer it

As for the crash, I don't have any definite ideas, and I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently techy to make any sense of the error report. Maybe a quick googling of "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" might shed some light...

But for now, let's see what we do know:

1. It's ONLY Successors campaign
2. It's at the end of turn one BEFORE any king portraits show up
3. It affects ALL factions (assuming you've checked all - this is probably the first thing to confirm)

Things I would check:

1. Custom battles - do these work for all factions in Successors era?
2. At campaign start, can you safely reveal the whole map (either with .matteosartori. or G if you play in the -ian mode)?
3. I doubt it's any different but have you tried it with both versions of the map (I have used the new map in my development copy, but not in my v0.91 install, so I can't rule it out as 'known to work' for me yet)?
4. Can you switch to rebels? (Again, assuming -ian mode, and based on it occurring before any faction starts 'thinking')
5. Could it be Steam-related (I assume you've fixed the resolution as per your issue with the Beta install)?

If you could check those, it should help us narrow down what's happening


Edit to add: it seems to relate to Java, from what I've found on a quick googling - I doubt very much that the fix will be in the Java end of things, though. It's probably something within the scenario that's throwing the exception. Did it leave an error report file on your desktop, and if so, what's its file name?

[western]

Macsen
Thanks for those suggestions. I was getting nowhere so did a reinstall, which fixed it. So I think it's a case of self-inflicted wound. I had previously tried to follow the install instructions about what to delete. This time I deleted nothing before install - and it worked. So I must previously have taken out something that was needed by the Successors scenario, but not the other two. No idea what that could be, but as long as it continues to work, I'm not going to worry!

[dimitrios the samian]

Nice map macsen
I been away for a few days at a rural retreat ..... able to keep up but unable to post as the key function on the old fone has crashed .
Anyway , this new map will make it so much easier on the eye for me .
& I'm glad westerns problem has been solved & not a serious one affecting all installs .

Just curious mac .....
Is it possible to bring the Hellenic overlay from the right side of the map over to the left ?
So it sits above/beside Greece , it would be the icing on the cake for me & help with this disorder I have re:orientation ....
cheers

[macsen rufus]

Good to hear it's cleared up, Western. I've now tried the new map in my 0.91 install without problems, so I'm just as mystified as before.

DtS:

Is it possible to bring the Hellenic overlay from the right side of the map over to the left ?

It is in principle, but would require the LBM overlay to be re-done, too. But there's no real reason to stick to the old layout if the original map is no longer being used - and it would also tie in with the other changes I'm considering as per the reply to Stazi above. So maybe for the v1.0 release there may be some more improvements...