Engine.exe Runtime Error

[Fma42081]

I can play the game fine for hours or even days and then all of a sudden ill goto play it and get a c++ runtime error on the engine.exe file....i hear this prolb is very common can anyone please help me fix this casue having to uninstall & then reinstall over and over agian is really getting old....good thing i keep saving my saved game files...so far i have uninstalled/reinstalled 4 times now... in less then a week...please help!!
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[rupertlittlebear]

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you're probably not gonna like this, but it is a serious suggestion.

1 ) I'm willing to guess that you are doing nothing that you know of to cause this problem.

2 ) I'm willing to believe that it is happening.

3 ) I'm willing to believe that your game saves are not causing this either.

4 ) No Cause + still happening = maybe not the program that is at fault.

So lets get creative to solve this.

1 ) copy your installed directory

2 ) keep this copy around

3 ) remember to make a safety copy of your game saves

4 ) next time the problem occurs, delete your current game directory (after item #3 once again!!)

5 ) rename the copied directory back to the original

6 ) put back your saves

7 ) power off the machine.

8 ) get a hot cocoa and drink it slowly to enjoy

9 ) start up the machine and game once again.

10 ) make a copy of your game directory again!! as you are preparing for the next cycle of this non-caused error.

I had an error like this, my power supply was slowly calcifying.

Also sometimes hardware simply has a bad day.

as an alternative,

you could skip items 1 - 6 and just power off they system and have a nice hot cocoa while it settles down.

 

[Fma42081]

its only this 1 game though here is a website with someone who says somethinga bout it but its tricky

<a href="http://4peeps.com/ivb/index.php?showtopic=3868&st=20" target="_blank">http://4peeps.com/ivb/index.php?showtopic=3868&st=20</a>


he says
"I have found the source for this probem in this file:
\PROGRAM\CONTROLS\init_pc.c, location World map:
"[Q]CI_CreateAndSetControls( "WorldMapControls", "WMapSkipEncounter",
CI_GetKeyCode("VK_B"), 0, true );[/Q]"

Just above this entry VK_LBUTTONVK_CONTROL, VK_TAB, KEY_W, KEY_S,
KEY_SPACE, etc. are being mapped to my preferences . But VK_B or
WMapSkipEncounter? This do not appear in the game nor i used it. So i
comment the entry with // out and now the game runs fine stable.

Another hint: The game contains hints. I've extracted them, look at www.itai-otakus.de/know/pirates2
"

 

[Fma42081]

Bump!

 

[morgan terror]

bump? it's been down for only a few hours! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/piratesing.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="piratesing.gif" /> i think that it's your computer, not the game.

 

[Fma42081]

or it could be from another software program causing the prolb "mcafee" etc isnt there some sort of patch for the game??

 

[morgan terror]

huh?

 

[Fma42081]

Nevermind........ <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="modding.gif" />

 

[morgan terror]

actually, i can't understand what you are saying. from what i can understand it, no, there isn't a patch, and i don't think that there are any programs that could cause the problem. why don't you just follow the advice?

 

[Fma42081]

tryd it didnt work

 

[skull]

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or it could be from another software program causing the prolb "mcafee" etc isnt there some sort of patch for the game??
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it's always advisable to shut down any uneccesary programs runn'n in the background whilst drink'n rum an play'n yer favorite game <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />