EB v1.0 constant crash to desktop, please help

[Themistocles]

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Originally Posted by Themistocles
I am using RTW Gold Edition (which was mentioned in an earlier forum as being incompatible with your validation tool
Noone has reported this.

My bad. I was referring to an earlier post where someone has a very similar problem to me but I misread the thread and you have made changes to the validation tool since.

I reinstalled both RTW and EB, once with Windows Installer and once with 7 zip, added -nm to the shortcut, deleted the map.wrm file (but did not d/l one, not sure what to look for), installed the permanent fixes, etc (I think that rounds out your checklist), and it still crashed as I was starting a new campaign each time. I ran the validation tool and these are the results:

You seem to have a corrupt install. There are changes to files, or some are missing.
However, these may be conscious changes you have made, to remod EB. See below for details.
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Missing file: .\data\packs\patch_1.pak
Changed file: .\data\credits.txt (expected checksum 632aad51f3a61c5da34140e4fa28800b, got b0a7954002857cc32e253a5e08b5c194)
Changed file: .\data\descr_items.db (expected checksum 05785f752f89ae7f82ffd4631ddafd2c, got 244bf4dbabea7646706611eaeabe6d56)
Changed file: .\data\export_descr_advice.txt (expected checksum f29c56a6d711e3ebb70b855365500de8, got 97794093b86abe2d5ebab1920b9c3363)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\atvi_spinning_logo_640x480.wmv (expected checksum 7e15895ba7a723535f55e4deb91c085b, got e9ac1729af2fdeffe8365a567cd76b23)
Changed file: .\data\menu\splash.tga (expected checksum a57cc84af0e6c1300577336f17e0bfd6, got d1329cf835f69e6dff4b4cc0cb08d144)
Added file: .\icon.ico

Based on your checklist I'm not sure what to do next. Even though EB is not yet working, I do appreciate your time and effort. Can you look at the validation results and tell me if you know how to fix this?

Thanks again!

[bovi]

It seems really similar to someone else's validation report. I recall having made an archive with the files that were missing, and I think that was the last I heard of him so assume it worked, but I fail to find the post again. Perhaps you can search this subforum for it, otherwise I can probably make such an archive for you tomorrow night, going to bed now. Please bump this if I haven't posted again in 24 hours.

BTW, you mention the permanent fixes. Please try the temporary ones too. A couple of people had problems with the oasis in 0.8x, I'm sure it's the same for 1.0.

[Themistocles]

Thanks I'll try and look for that. Assume that I haven't found the files and am still having problems unless I post otherwise. Thanks and have a good night!

OK I'll do all the fixes.

Btw if RB crashes to desktop, the next time I load EB all of the background images in the main menu and faction selection menu are replaced by a pure white screen, even if I reboot. I don't know if you assumed that was the case but I didn't want to leave anything out, in case it was pertinent.

Thanks.

[bovi]

Those white things seem to indicate a problem with your graphics card. Have you updated your drivers lately?

Does vanilla work the way it should?