Great! Glad you got it working caine, and thank you for letting us know the solution.

Steve

Thanks for the additional information.

Does running CC_TBF.EXE 'As Administrator' one time still resolve the issue?

It can be played multi-player but the multi-player relies on a direct TCP connection with no built-in support for bypassing your firewall / routers (that usually block any attempt to connect two computers across the internet, for security reasons.) If both players understand how to open ports for ...

HEAT ammunition (which is usually that fired by infantry AT weapons) should only be used vs infantry targets that are in hard cover such as a building or bunker. Reducing blast radius and blast rating will reduce the AI's rating of the weapon (i.e. how good the AI thinks it is vs a given target) so ...

No, folder names are not case sensitive.

Yes, for GOG you can create a mod folder under the game install location, place all the modded files into that mod folder, and then create a shortcut (or a custom launch option in GOG) to run CCE.EXE with /d <mod folder name>

Thanks for letting me know. I'm glad you were able to get the game installed and working.

The downloadable installer is stand-alone -- you won't need your CD. Just run the setup after downloading it. You will need to download the stand-alone installer for each game separately.

If you have an original DVD then a newer installer may be needed. If you go to the 'My Page' link at the top of the forum web page you can create/log in to your Matrix account and register your serial number there, which will allow you to download the latest installer for the game.

I have not heard of any issues. Was there a problem with the setup program failing or the game not running after setup was complete?

If the setup succeeded but the game doesn't run, try using Windows Explorer and run the game executable (CCE.EXE) 'As Administrator' one time. This has been said to ...

No, you can't add new columns to nation ranks.

My understanding is that Warrant Officers were both 1) few in number and 2) in non-combat positions that wouldn't normally be seen at the squad level of Close Combat.

Thank you for the information. I'm glad we were able to get the game working on your system. I will pass along the potential fix to others who may run into this issue.

To confirm, you ran CC_TBF.EXE 'As Administrator' and received some error messages. After you did this once, you are now able to run CC_TBF.EXE without error and without using 'As Administrator', is that correct?

If you are willing to do additonal testing, it would be helpful if you could confirm ...

I am back from the holiday break. Here are a few more tests to try:

1) Try running CC_TBF.EXE 'As Administrator.' To do this, start Windows explorer and go to the game install folder, then right click the game EXE and select 'Run as Administrator.'

2) Try re-installing the Microsoft Visual C ...

Ok, thank you. I will continue to look into the cause based on those results. Progress will be slow over the holidays with Slitherine closed until the new year.

When you can, please try replacing the files in your TBF install with the DLLs from the attached zip file. I would like to eliminate the ...

Thank you. When you ran the new CC_TBF.EXE did you see any message windows pop up? This test executable should show you message boxes and does not print to the error log.

When you run it the first thing you see should be a message box saying 'App Entry Point.' If you're not seeing that then either ...

Thanks. I will create a test executable and then PM you with the download location. It will be a few days before I am able to do this though.

Please try renaming the mss32.dll in the game install folder to something else, then replace it with the attached. I think it's unlikely to resolve the issue but it would eliminate the possibility that a different version of the mss32.dll somehow made its way into the installer.

If you're willing ...

Please check for the file PRELOAD.DAT, which should be in the 'Core' folder under the game install folder. PRELOAD.DAT should be dated Feburary 18 2022 with a size of ~1KB.

Assuming the file is present (it should be) please temporarily rename the file to PRELOAD.DAT2 and then try running the game ...

The version info in the error.log file appears to be for the old (.10) update, not the most current (.11) If you have the latest update installed it should read "VER:914 : 1010B"

Perhaps the error.log is not being written to properly (i.e. the .11 update is crashing before it gets to that point ...