CTD when playing Romans

[mcsquared]

I played the Romans till 209 BC. Game ployed will till then but CTD at that date. I tried to get past that date by NOT clicking on the advisor as well as playing by the script but to no avail.

[LordElrond]

Does it CTD on the end of your turn or is it during one of the ai turns? Also, if it is an ai turn and the faction the is causing the CTD is hellenic there might be a fix. If its your turn thats causing the CTD try cancelling buildings or units that are being produced. Or move armies elsewhere or not at all.

[mcsquared]

It CTD during one of the other factions turns.

[Malrubius]

Give these instructions a try:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...41&postcount=4

Step 1: Try doing stuff differently and see if that avoids the problem. Try reloading, not enabling the background script, and going through the problem turn with the background script disabled, then enable it after the problem turn is done. If anything specific works, please tell us here.

[snip]

If you would like to personally help EB, keep reading. Nothing beyond this point will help you keep your save; it may well be hopeless. But you can help us diagnose the problem to help if from recurring in future versions. If you just want to keep playing, post your report as per above and just start a new game.


Step 3a: Pick a bugged save game from this thread (it could be one you posted) and download it to your EB saves folder. Now open the EB directory and go to data\scripts\show_me\EBBS_SCRIPT.txt.

Near the very beginning, you will find:

;VII) Allied rebel cities
;VIII) Reforms


; Note for self

Replace this with:

;VII) Allied rebel cities
;VIII) Reforms

console_command toggle_fow ; omit this line if you play with fog of war off
console_command toggle_perfect_spy
console_command control [FACTION]

; Note for self

[FACTION] corresponds to the faction whose turn the game crashes on. If, for instance, the game crashes as soon as the Eleutheroi turn starts, the line should read "console_command control slave". The list of internal faction names is as follows:

Romani = seleucid
Yuezhi = pontus
Arverni = scythia
Makedonia = macedon
Ptolemaioi = numidia
Arche Seleukideia = romans_julii
Qarthadastim = egypt
Pahlava = parthia
Pontos = carthage
Aedui = gauls
Sweboz = germans
Casse = britons
Hayasdan = romans_scipii
Getia = dacia
Koinon Hellenon = greek_cities
Baktria = romans_brutii
Sauromatae = armenia
Iberia = spain
Epeiros = thrace
Eleutheroi = slave

Now start up EB and load your saved game. Your turn should immediately end, and the game should progress until you get to the faction that's causing the problem. If it crashes before you get there, you picked the wrong faction—go back to ebbs_script.txt and change the faction to the one before the one you chose and reload the save. Once you get the right faction, you should be in control of the troublemaker.

Now start fiddling. Move around your armies, do stuff. Eventually, something or other you do should cause the game to crash. If not, well, you tried. Either way, give yourself a pat on the back and remove the three added lines from ebbs_script.txt so you can play normally.

Now come back here and make your report. Do all the details: say which save you examined, exactly what steps you took. This will help us figure out what went wrong.