Game stops BreakDown

[tigerduck]

Salut,

I play CIV since a loooooooong time many years ago and surely also CTP2.
It wasnt so funny and I stopped cause so many Bugs errors and so on are in this game that its nearly a waste to play it...

I read about the Apolyton Mod and I tried again - WONDERFUL ! PERFECT ! THANKS FOR THIS SUCH A LOT !



But...now....I have MY perfect game running...and it breaks down always. Security saving is in every case a good idea playing CTP2 but ....

I reload a game now - no matter which round - and I can play sometimes one round but most of the time it just crashes. No Error by XP no window telling me whatever - it just closes.


I read about the /reloadslic trick....no was not working...

I read about the 28.06.04 source code project released for playtesting - downloaded it but as it seems in the txt file this is only for non Apolyton Mod and just PURE CTP2 installations?!

So please what can I do what shpuld I try to make it running again ?

Thanks in advance for help !

PS:My Words are backed with LAWYERS !

[Solver]

The Source Code build is much better than the original, and it does now support mods, including Apolyton Pack. The build you downloaded is old, check this link for the latest one:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...59#post3316959

I'm not sure if you'd be able to load your saved game with it (I think, however, you will), but you definitely will want that installed .

[tigerduck]

I did and what I get now is at start:
Runtime error 53

For Mod and Normal Game....

What do I have to do ?

[Solver]

Error 53? Can't recall if that was reported for the source build... Does it say which file it can't find? Error 53 typically occurs in Windows applications that can't find, say, a DLL crucial to their operation.

[tigerduck]

ok i made a mistake by copying

[J Bytheway]

It's best to post about problems with the playtest in the playtest thread, where the coders will notice .

Edit: But I see in this case it wasn't necessary .

[tigerduck]

My Units are red now...possible to change ?
And-error picture of austrians maria theresa not found..

I test more...but it seems to be stabil now...THANKS A LOT

[Solver]

No... when you load a savegame from an old version with the new builds, your color changes. For new games, though, you'll be able to choose any color you want.

For that error... have you downloaded all the files in the post I linked to and unzipped the picture files properly?

[tigerduck]

Yes downloaded and added checked 3 times and did again....

Game now broke down again after 3 rounds...

With these changes is it still the Apolyton Mod now ?

AND the messages in german are - not working!
Just part of sentences appear....

[Solver]

To fix the message problem, do a reloadslic.

You still need to use Modswapper to run mods with the source build if you want the changes.

Now I'm sure John would have some other answers .

[tigerduck]

Ok I will try...if I am not back in 5 minutes its working *S* !

[tigerduck]

Reloadslic worked but game still crashes...during calculation of rounds....

[Solver]

Just for testing... start a new game and play a few turns, see if it's stable. I wouldn't be surprised if the crash is only because you're loading a savegame from the original, a lot has changed in the system by now.

[tigerduck]

...and by right click on city and choosing buildmanager...



CTP2 was always stable till my nation grewed a bit...the larger it became the more crashes...so I need a day to test it ;-)

But I will...rain all day makes a lot possible...

[Solver]

Well, in the different playtest builds,we have had different bugs. One build crashed if you emptied the build queue of a city, for examole. That latest build does, though, so far seem pretty stable to me and others.

[Unspeakable Horror]

Werid, I have encountered no problems so far with the latest build, perhaps it´s because of what solver said, reloading an older version savegame.

[Martin Gühmann]

tigerduck, you should post the crash.txt generated by the ctp2.exe in the playtest thread, so that we have a chance to track down the problems.

-Martin

[tigerduck]

I started new game and deleted old one *grrrrrrrr*...

Now I have problem: Targa Load error : constantine.tga is missing
did i wrong or is pic missing ?

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by tigerduck
I started new game and deleted old one *grrrrrrrr*...

Now I have problem: Targa Load error : constantine.tga is missing
did i wrong or is pic missing ?

The problem is that the original game never used these images so noone took the effeorts to remove them from the according text files. However to solve this problem open the APOL_civ_str.txt in your ..\ctp2_data\german\gamedata\ folder with any text editor of your choice e.g. notepad and find the passage about the emissary photos in that file. Once you find these photos you just need to comment them out. To do this you put in front of each line a: #

Maybe this might cause some other problems but we will see and fix it later if necessary.

-Martin

[tigerduck]

Merci-comment them out means - sie rausschmeissen ?
So in front of each pic I detect missing I make an "#" ?

Crash.txt is generated where ?
I was using search cause game broke again in bulding manager mode but there is no crash.txt generated.

How can I find to post it ?

MERCI !

[J Bytheway]

Re crash.txt, see:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...53#post2994953

[tigerduck]

I am very happy about the help !

I continue playing and you can be sure....crash.txt is coming soon.....

*Now I use archery but my lawyers will come soon*

[Solver]

I think that if you extract the picture archives from the post here: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...59#post3316959 , the photos would work....

[tigerduck]

I used this pictures I extracted 2 times to make sure but its not working - constantine.tga is missing can you check if its inside ?

[Solver]

I had the same problem at some point. In fact, the constantine.tga is in one of the zfs files.... but you're better off doing as Martin said, comment out those lines if you are having problems.

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by tigerduck
I used this pictures I extracted 2 times to make sure but its not working - constantine.tga is missing can you check if its inside ?

The picture belongs into your ..\ctp2_data\default\graphics\pictures\ folder if it is not there, there game cannot find it.

Originally posted by tigerduck
Merci-comment them out means - sie rausschmeissen ?

Actual it should be raus-schmei-ßen instead of raus-schme-is-sen. Well it is so tempting to play with some reforms. But being serious to comment out means auskommentieren, however the result is the same as the stuff would have been deleted or it would have been rausgeschissen.

-Martin

[tigerduck]

KLUGSCHEISSEN :-)

[tigerduck]

and...the story continues:

Apol_civilisation.txt Line 1403
Could not find Byzantine_diplomat_photo in string database

Line 1403 Error
Expected number of civilisations not found

Civ App Error:UNable to limit the databases

I guess...the error now is cause I did what M Gühmann wrote : I made the # to kick out the missing picture civs but...of course I would like to continue playing.....

[tigerduck]

Ok - erased the # and its working and I posted a new crash.txt in the playest thread !

[Martin Gühmann]

Well that's finally the last part that has to be done. All the pictures that the game now request should be in , but the the quoted file names should be replaced, for instance:

BYZANTINE_DIPLOMAT_PHOTO "constantine.tga"

should be

BYZANTINE_DIPLOMAT_PHOTO "updp050.tga"

-Martin