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Build 13 Final repeated crashes

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kentlyons

Landlubber
Hi,
First, I'm a new guy and am not sure where to post this, so sorry in advance if I did it wrong.
Second, I've read a lot of posts and couldn't find an answer to this problem, but clearly I might have missed something, so sorry in advance again.

My problem is that POTC crashes (Engine.exe has encountered an error and needs to close,...) when the game is in 3D sailing mode and I select the icon to anchor and enter a port. I can reload the game at the previous port and then I can successfully arrive at the next port, but if I travel to a third port the game almost invariably crashes again (occurs about 80 to 90% of the time). Less frequently the game crashes at other times goining in or out of 3D sailing mode. Currently I get around this by saving quite often, but the game would be more enjoyable if I didn't have to reload the game every30 minutes. Here is what I know about the problem:
1) I just got POTC as a gift, installed it, then installed Build 13 final - as far as I could tell everything went fine
2) I changed Mapspeed from 0.6 to 1.0
3) I never carry > 90% of cargo capacity, often much less
4) I only carry 0 or 1 passengers
5) Sound card - Creative SB X-Fi (with the latest drivers). I have tried running with sound on, in 'safe' mode, and with sound off - no noticeable effect on the problem
6) Graphics card - GeForce 7900 (with the latest drivers) running 1024x768 resolution (I have not tried a lower resolution, maybe I'll do that next, but it would be a shame if that is the problem)
7) CPU - AMD Athlon 3500+ 2.2 Ghz with 1GB RAM
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="8)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" /> Many GB of disk storage are left
9) I read about generating some sort of log file, but the link to the explanation of how to do that did not seem to work so I haven't done it

The game appears to have great potential, especially after all the work you guys have done, but I may have to give up on it because the continual crashes really suck the life out of it. I would appreaciate any suggestions on how to fix the problem.

Thanks.
 
Hi,
I don't know why your getting crashes. Build 13.3 /final are very stable versions.

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I read about generating some sort of log file, but the link to the explanation of how to do that did not seem to work so I haven't done it<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

In engine ini. use these settings:-

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1--> numoftips = 0
tracefilesoff = 0

[script]
debuginfo = 1
codefiles = 0
runtimelog = 1
;tracefiles = 0<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

Then you'll get error ,compile and system files.

<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
damski.
 
Does this also happen in the original game before installing Build 13?
 
Actually, something similar happened to me several times when i was playing B13 Final....but the game was crashing only when i killed someone in an island. I had to save every time i moved to another section of an island or when i was going to sail.

I never discovered the real problem with that, but the game really was crashing a lot, but then, for an unknown reason, it stopped crashing and i did nothing to fix it.
 
Gentlemen, thanks for your comments.

I made the modifications to engine.ini that were suggested and the resulting files are attached (I hope).

Regarding the question about this problem occuring in the original game - I only played the original for a couple nights and it was on a different computer so I really can't answer the question properly. However, on the other computer the original game crashed several times, but not at the same rate and regularity as now. It only took me 2 or 3 minutes to crash the program and generate the attached files, and I could have done it faster if I hadn't run into a tornado. The crashes almost always occur in the transition from the 3D sailing mode to other screens - usually it is when I dock.

I can try reloading everything but I'd hoped to avoid that.

I know you guys aren't paid to do this, but any advice you can give is welcome

Thanks
 

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oh, we'll accept payment, don't worry about that. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
I was just reviewing the earlier posts and noticed that one mentions an error file should be generated by the changes I made to the engine.ini file. There was no such file generated in the main directory. I've rechecked the changes I made to engine.ini and they appear correct. Is the file generated in another directory? Or might there be a different problem?

Thanks
 
Hello, I got a similar problem in the original game (french) and once before in AoP. I loaded my last save and just before the game crashes I saved again, launch the save and all is good. I don't know why... but it works. Changes you've done in engine.ini aren't in fault (I think)because I've the same in the game and it's works well.
 
Error.log is only generated when there's an actual error to report.
Apparently there isn't.
I can detect nothing in the log files that should cause a crash. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":modding" border="0" alt="modding.gif" />
 
First, thanks to those who have helped me.

Second, sorry it took so long to post this, but the delay was necessary. FYI - I finally gave up and tried to reload everything, and I found my computer couldn't read the POTC CD. After many tries, I gave up and ordered a new CD. That loaded fine, and I applied the Mod 13 Final update. Although I have not run the game a lot, it does appear to be much more stable. Thus, I'm concluding something must have been corrupt in the inital load of the game.

Thanks again for your help
 
So something was wrong with the CD or something like that? Ouch. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/piratesing.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shock" border="0" alt="piratesing.gif" />
Glad to hear it does work now. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doff.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":doff" border="0" alt="doff.gif" />
 
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