Game crashes after reinforcement battle - is this the reinforcement bug?

**therother** · 08-02-2006, 00:06

Do you happen to still have a save of the affected game? If so, could you upload it somewhere, e.g. to the Org?

**orwell** · 08-02-2006, 00:58

I never saved once on the campaign, because I would play till something like 5turns before I fought a battle, and now after my recent hdd crash both my cds and eb download are corrupted. Once I get total war eras I'll redownload and try again, though I'll probably just stick to learning coding so I can work with the team, instead of playing a full game.

**Slartibardfast** · 08-08-2006, 04:22

I have five saves leading up to and saved at the crash point under similar circumstances in an Arvernii campaign.

All files are zip compressed and waiting.

Have never uploaded anything before but tell me how and where to and I'll endeavor too do so.

"Ashim shallah, your wish is my command."

**therother** · 08-08-2006, 17:37

Could you (or anyone else with save games relating to this crash) upload them using this link:

https://www.europabarbarorum.com/gameuploader.html

Please zip/rar the file. Max filesize is 5120KB (5MB).

Many thanks!

**Goatus_Boyus** · 10-11-2006, 11:24

Same problem here..crash after a battle,it happens if there is 3 forces involved,the only way around it is auto the battle,cause I know if there is 3 forces involved it will crash after the battle

**LordCarnate** · 10-21-2006, 19:53

Same thing happens to me. Reinforcements battles are a major part of my strategies as i use them to lure strong opponents out of their settlements by attacking a nerby forces and causing the enemy to come out to render assisance. It is infuriating to decimate an oppenent and have your acheivement erased faster than you can say "victory". I plan to upload my game to the org once i get it to a point where i am about to enter a battle that normally crashes afterwards. I hope a solution is found soon as i am becoming fearful for my beloved casse empire.

**Tellos Athenaios** · 10-22-2006, 15:45

What build of EB do you have?

It seems as if 0.7.4 has less or no problems with the reinforcement battles. I for one, playing EB 0.7.4 have never experienced one single reinforcement CTD.

If you're still using EB 0.7.2 then all you can do is either use the work around file, or patch to 0.7.4, and start a new campaign. Note that 0.7.2. saves are not compatible with 0.7.4. You can find the work around file here: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=68114 .

Or maybe it's just the faction you're playing with... maybe you should take the advice of Teleklos on what faction to play when 0.8 is out... maybe you should start playing Greek factions!

Hope this helps you out.

**Kull** · 10-24-2006, 08:08

Originally Posted by LordCarnate

Same thing happens to me. Reinforcements battles are a major part of my strategies as i use them to lure strong opponents out of their settlements by attacking a nerby forces and causing the enemy to come out to render assisance. It is infuriating to decimate an oppenent and have your acheivement erased faster than you can say "victory". I plan to upload my game to the org once i get it to a point where i am about to enter a battle that normally crashes afterwards. I hope a solution is found soon as i am becoming fearful for my beloved casse empire.

First of all, having a strategy that SEEKS OUT reinforcement battles is almost insane, given the existance of this bug. It may be a great idea in theory, but until the bug is licked, you are just asking for trouble if you do this. If you simply MUST use this strategy then you also MUST install the reinforcement CTD bug patch - it nerfs the award of battle victory traits, but it eliminates the CTD altogether.

The other "solution" is a tad less optimal. I performed some very extensive testing, and there IS one thing you can do if you find yourself in a reinforcement battle through no fault of your own: Avoid the Heroic Victory! Better yet, seek to win an average victory, and it's highly unlikely the game will CTD.