Problem with eb1.0

**Stone and Blood** · 11-22-2007, 00:07

http://rapidshare.com/files/71364554..._third.7z.html
Here is the link of the third time i use filemon O.o

And you're right, there were three "preferences" files, i changed them all.
Here are the preferences:
SAFE_REFRESH:TRUE
USE_TRIPLE_BUFFER:TRUE
USE_WIDESCREEN:FALSE
SUBTITLES:FALSE
MORALE:TRUE
FATIGUE:TRUE
LIMITED_AMMO:TRUE
SUPPLY:TRUE
FOG_OF_WAR:TRUE
RESTRICT_CAMERA:TRUE
DEFAULT_BATTLE_CAMERA:RTS
SMOKE:TRUE
DESYNC:TRUE
SPLASHES:TRUE
GLINTS:FALSE
REFLECTIONS:FALSE
SHADOWS:TRUE
VEGETATION:FALSE
DETAILED_UNIT_SHADOWS:TRUE
GLOSS_MAPPING:FALSE
STENCIL_SHADOWS:TRUE
MULTI_TEXTURE:TRUE
AUTO_SAVE:TRUE
SHOW_BANNERS:TRUE
UNIT_SIZE:40
MASTER_VOL:100
SPEECH_VOL:100
SFX_VOL:100
MUSIC_VOL:70
CAMERA_ROTATE:50
CAMERA_MOVE:50
CAMERA_FOV:75.000000
ENABLE_AUDIO:TRUE
ENABLE_MUSIC:TRUE
DISABLE_BACKGROUND_FMV:FALSE
DISABLE_ARROW_MARKERS:FALSE
AUDIO_3D_PROVIDER:Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio
CLOUD_TRANSITIONS:TRUE
GRASS_DISTANCE:20
AA_QUALITY:AA_LOW
STRATEGY_RESOLUTION:1024x768
STRATEGY_32_BIT:TRUE
BATTLE_RESOLUTION:1024x768
BATTLE_32_BIT:TRUE
UNIT_DETAIL:NORMAL
BUILDING_DETAIL:NORMAL
TGA_CAPTURE_WIDTH:1024
TGA_CAPTURE_ASPECT:1.333333
TGA_CAPTURE_INPUT_SCALE:1
TGA_CAPTURE_RESERVE_SPACE:FALSE
LABEL_CHARACTERS:FALSE
LABEL_SETTLEMENTS:TRUE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MIN_ZOOM:30
CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MAX_ZOOM:30
FIRST_TIME_PLAY:TRUE
ADVISOR_VERBOSITY:3
MUTE_ADVISOR:FALSE
BLIND_ADVISOR:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_CAMERA:FOLLOW_AI_FACTIONS
CAMPAIGN_MAP_SPEED_UP:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_GAME_SPEED:15
DISABLE_EVENTS:0
MICROMANAGE_ALL_SETTLEMENTS:FALSE
ADVANCED_STATS_ALWAYS:FALSE
UNIT_USE_SHADERS:FALSE
TERRAIN_QUALITY:HIGH
EFFECT_QUALITY:HIGH
VEGETATION_QUALITY:HIGH
KEYSET:0
UNLIMITED_MEN_ON_BATTLEFIELD:FALSE

I went to options at the game's menu and decreased all the graphics to the minimal.

I changed the graphic of the units and buldings to low at preferences. But i still have CTD when i start campaing or custom.

I uninstalled the EB0.81aV2, are you sure i can install it again in another folder and it wont influence the 1.0?

**bovi** · 11-22-2007, 18:54

Installing 0.81aV2 could affect the 1.0 installation, I'm not sure how that installer works. Better make a backup copy of the whole RTW folder before you do so. But before that, make a backup copy of all preferences.txt files and try these settings (paste it into all of them). It's got lower settings than what you posted, I think I've cut it down to the lowest possible settings at all.

SAFE_REFRESH:FALSE
USE_TRIPLE_BUFFER:FALSE
USE_WIDESCREEN:FALSE
SUBTITLES:FALSE
MORALE:TRUE
FATIGUE:TRUE
LIMITED_AMMO:TRUE
SUPPLY:TRUE
FOG_OF_WAR:TRUE
RESTRICT_CAMERA:TRUE
DEFAULT_BATTLE_CAMERA:DEFAULT
EVENT_CUTSCENES:TRUE
SMOKE:FALSE
DESYNC:FALSE
SPLASHES:FALSE
GLINTS:FALSE
REFLECTIONS:FALSE
SHADOWS:FALSE
VEGETATION:FALSE
DETAILED_UNIT_SHADOWS:FALSE
GLOSS_MAPPING:FALSE
STENCIL_SHADOWS:FALSE
MULTI_TEXTURE:FALSE
AUTO_SAVE:FALSE
SHOW_BANNERS:TRUE
UNIT_EXPERIENCE_UPGRADE_EFFECT:TRUE
UNIT_SIZE:20
MASTER_VOL:100
SPEECH_VOL:100
SFX_VOL:100
MUSIC_VOL:70
CAMERA_ROTATE:50
CAMERA_MOVE:50
CAMERA_FOV:75.000000
ENABLE_AUDIO:FALSE
ENABLE_MUSIC:FALSE
ENABLE_UNIT_SPEECH:TRUE
DISABLE_BACKGROUND_FMV:FALSE
DISABLE_ARROW_MARKERS:FALSE
AUDIO_3D_PROVIDER:DirectSound3D Software Emulation
CLOUD_TRANSITIONS:FALSE
GRASS_DISTANCE:0
AA_QUALITY:AA_OFF
STRATEGY_RESOLUTION:1024x768
STRATEGY_MAX_RESOLUTION:2048x1536
STRATEGY_32_BIT:FALSE
BATTLE_RESOLUTION:800x600
BATTLE_MAX_RESOLUTION:2048x1536
BATTLE_32_BIT:FALSE
UNIT_DETAIL:LOW
BUILDING_DETAIL:LOW
TGA_CAPTURE_WIDTH:1024
TGA_CAPTURE_ASPECT:1.333333
TGA_CAPTURE_INPUT_SCALE:1
TGA_CAPTURE_RESERVE_SPACE:FALSE
LABEL_CHARACTERS:FALSE
LABEL_SETTLEMENTS:FALSE
MINIMAL_UI:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MIN_ZOOM:30
CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MAX_ZOOM:30
FIRST_TIME_PLAY:FALSE
ADVISOR_VERBOSITY:3
MUTE_ADVISOR:FALSE
BLIND_ADVISOR:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_CAMERA:FOLLOW_AI_FACTIONS
CAMPAIGN_MAP_SPEED_UP:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_GAME_SPEED:99
DISABLE_EVENTS:0
MICROMANAGE_ALL_SETTLEMENTS:FALSE
ADVANCED_STATS_ALWAYS:FALSE
UNIT_USE_SHADERS:FALSE
TERRAIN_QUALITY:MEDIUM
EFFECT_QUALITY:LOWEST
VEGETATION_QUALITY:LOW
KEYSET:0
UNLIMITED_MEN_ON_BATTLEFIELD:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_CAMERA_SMOOTHING:TRUE
CHAT_MSG_DURATION:10
USE_QUICKCHAT:FALSE
GS_PIDS:FALSE
GS_PIDS_FULL:FALSE
GS_PIDS_CUR:FALSE
ALWAYS_LOGFILE:FALSE
TIMESTAMP_LOGFILE:TRUE
32BIT_UI:FALSE
GS_LOG_RESULTS:FALSE
CHAT_COLOURS:name=ffffa0,private=ff7707,game=94aadc,public=fff777,system=ffffff,lobby=fff777,setup=9 4aadc,playing=ff0707
EDIT_SETTLEMENT_NAMES:FALSE

**Stone and Blood** · 11-22-2007, 22:06

I changed all the three preference files that exists in my computer as you asked, but i still have the CTD when start campaing or custom battle.
Here is another log. Not so heavy as the others, so we should have canceled some errors, i hope.
http://rapidshare.com/files/71567783...rthLog.7z.html
And could you recomend me a good graphic card, if mine is not?

Thanks for your patience... We can do it >.<

**bovi** · 11-22-2007, 23:59

I prefer ATI myself, as NVidias drivers have been unstable for me at many times. Upgrading your graphics card alone probably won't make much of a difference with performance, as your CPU and RAM is also lacking. As we've turned off all the bells and whistles, I don't think upgrading it will make EB work either.

Comparing against my own starting a campaign, your game quits after reading everything to do with diplomats and before reading anything concerning spies. I notice you still have spaces in your folder structure. Please try to rename the C:\Europa Barbarorum 1.0 folder to C:\EB10, if you didn't before. I don't expect it to work, but it can't harm to try.

Also, you should probably install 0.81aV2 again, and compare the preferences there (if it works, of course!) with what you have now. Try to copy the preferences from there too. At the very least we can eliminate that from the list of suspects.

**Stone and Blood** · 11-23-2007, 00:19

I renamed it, now is C:\EB10

Another strange thing that hapens. I start the game and apears the screen with europa barbarorum, Total War, Creative Assembly, etc... But when the game starts loading, all the screen become Black and all i can see is the green bar growing at the lower part of the screen, loading. Then apears the menu screen. Then i start the campaing and all turns black again, and all i can see is the green bar. When the loading finishes, all turns back and the lovely CTD shows himself.

I can't install the 0.81aV2 again. When i open the instaler, it says that an error ocurred because a superios version of Europa Barbarorum is installed. But anyway, as you changed the preferences to the lowest possible, how could the 0.81aV2 preference make something?

**bovi** · 11-24-2007, 01:53

You can use 7-zip to install it. You did similarly already with 1.0. I don't think the preferences file will help, but then we at least can eliminate that as a possible reason for the problems. And I want to know that 0.81aV2 works.