Crash to desktop

[Prodigal]

How big is the battle? Have you tried lowering the graphic settings? Had this once, but with a horde attack on a city, & the PC got overloaded

[The Storyteller]

Just two full stacks, one of mine vs one of theirs. I tried turning the resolution down to the lowest level, and turned off everything like shadows and anti aliasing and stuff. Still the same problem. It's almost as if the game is set to crash at a specific time, like in pre patch MTW.

It's really frustrating, because I know I can win this battle... and I really don't want to throw away all the progress I've made just because of a bug!

[Prodigal]

Strange, save the game, then back off the bridge, maybe fighting them in a different location may sort it, at least you wouldn't have to start again. Also check their troop types, & note them incase it happens again, could be a bug with troops that swim...

[The Storyteller]

True... A last minute change in plans would be better than restarting. There were no troops in the water when this happened. I do notice it always happens around the time the enemy starts routing. Don't know whether the routing is causing it (doubt it, because sometimes I get to rout them across the bridge and sometimes I don't) or whether I just happen to be routing them around the same time each time. Thanks for the advice anyway.