Quote Originally Posted by Didz View Post
Well doesn't it?

But logically speaking, if the game works fine for some people but not for others...THEN....assuming they are all running exactly the same game software (patched to the same level by Steam)....AND....given the accuracy of an earlier statement that people with identical hardware are having different experiences....the only logical explanation is that some other software on the PC is causing a conflict with the ETW program resulting in it crashing.

I'm not a technical person but I can analyse a line of clues. If I'm running the same software as some else and he's having problems and I'm not, then how can the problem JUST be with the software. As best it might be that the software isn't coping with a particular driver or version of windows very well.

I mean basic difference 'I use Windows XP Home' are the people with the problems using Vista?
Yes but there are other in-game variables that your deduction is not taking into account... nation choice, strategies, cities taken, technologies researched, units produced, units produced in different cities on different years with different technologies and perhaps a different number of craft workshops constructed.... As you can see, the variables compound quickly to the point that we cannot be certain that we are comparing exactly the same thing. This is how bugs escape detection in the first place and why they are tricky to replicate in a complicated game like ETW.