Rome TW - nasty crash bug

The Mad Hatter · Post by **The Mad Hatter** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:31 pm

It's a fun game but I keep running into a fatal crash during the battles. Not a crash to desktop either - this one takes Windows XP with it. Everything freezes, the sound gets distorted and that's it, reboot time. I thought it might be the sound but new drivers and different settings haven't fixed it. Has anyone else had this problem?

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:34 pm

Generally I've had no problems with RTW but recently two weird bugs happened. One was a total crash requiring a hard reboot, though the music was still fine.

The other was a massive framerate drop in the middle of the battle for no reason I know of. My PC can handle RTW fine so it's certainly not a system specs issue.

These seem to be pretty rare anomalies for me though.

me · Post by me » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:48 pm

Out of curiosity, are you all using radeon cards?

The Mad Hatter · Post by **The Mad Hatter** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:10 pm

me wrote:Out of curiosity, are you all using radeon cards?

Geforce 4200 here.

It just crashed on me again. Sigh...I like the game but it goes back on the shelf until I can figure this out. Crashes to desktop are one thing, but I haven't had to reboot this much since I ditched W98.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:36 pm

My saved game got corrupted and it crashes to desktop anytime I try to load it. Checking the RTW forums, it looks like it's a fairly common bug (or, at the very least, not rare). A patch has been promised for a couple of weeks now. Hopefully, it'll fix the other bugs in the game.

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:20 am

me wrote:Out of curiosity, are you all using radeon cards?

Geforce 6800.

me · Post by me » Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:40 am

Geforce 4200 here.

Geforce 6800

Damn, that blows my theory that it's just crappy radeon drivers.