Crash to Desktop

[tcollipi]

I have had all three games (WF, EF RS) all crash to the desk top. I checked to ensure that the games were saving to the correct directory. I got the annoying message that a problem was encountered and did I want to notify Microsoft. If I responded to it the program terminated. If I didn't then I could continue to play but I had to move the error window to the corner of the screen.

I have a Windows XP Service pack 2 machine, with an AMT Athlon 64 dual core process (3800+) 2.00 GHz, and 1.0 GB RAM.

(I do have an old copy of WF still loaded - could that be the problem?)

[FrattonFreak]

I believe you need to save the game at the root directyory of th egame install folder

[Jason Petho]

ORIGINAL: tcollipi

I have had all three games (WF, EF RS) all crash to the desk top. I checked to ensure that the games were saving to the correct directory. I got the annoying message that a problem was encountered and did I want to notify Microsoft. If I responded to it the program terminated. If I didn't then I could continue to play but I had to move the error window to the corner of the screen.

I have a Windows XP Service pack 2 machine, with an AMT Athlon 64 dual core process (3800+) 2.00 GHz, and 1.0 GB RAM.

(I do have an old copy of WF still loaded - could that be the problem?)

What are you doing when the game crashes?

Jason Petho

[tcollipi]

Nothing special.  In fact it just did it again, minutes ago on WF.  I had saved the battle file I was playing and as I was exiting the program (from the file drop down menu the file crashed again (I go the microsoft error warning). 
 
In this instance I changed the location of the save game file to the root directory of the program itself.   

[CJMello63]

Should be in WF folder. Older TS games won't be an issue. Is it SCN's that are up to date, came with MCS that is?

[MartNick]

Could be a graphics issue. The original Talonsoft games were not designed to run with the high end graphic cards of today. I run my copy of CS with DirectDraw, Direct 3D and AGP Textures disabled. Solved lots of lock-ups and crashes.

Start/Run

Type dxdiag, click on display tab and disable DirectX features

Remember to re-enable for more graphic intensive games.

Hope this helps.

[CJMello63]

Hell, I remember DirectX 6c caused a stir.