CTD - Black Screen Lockup 1.0.1.1804

[madflava13]

Similar to what others have reported, I recently patched up from the 1803c Beta to the official patch. The game reported the update was successful, but during the execution phase, it locked up on a black screen. I had to restart to get out of it. I did not change any switch settings or game settings prior to running the updated turn. Attached is the preturn save.

EDIT: The lockup occurs during the "Routine Air Operations" phase, specifically during "Setting CAP over objectives" while the screen is centered just east of Christmas Island. Interestingly, my game went through a full "Routine Air Operations" (including the message "Routine Air Operations Complete" and then began a second routine air ops cycle. It was during this second cycle that the game locked up. I've re-run the turn three times now and it's happened each time.

EDIT2: My system (old as it is) is a Dell 8400 Intel Pentium (R) 4 CPU, 3.00 GHz. Running Windows XP Service Pack 3. Had no problems handling WITP or WITP-AE until this most recent patch.

Additionally, below is the update log:

"[08/23/2009 21:23:59] Success Update started: C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\update.exe
[08/23/2009 21:23:59] Notice Update engine version: 3.0.1.0
[08/23/2009 21:23:59] Notice Product: War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition, version %ProductVer%
[08/23/2009 21:23:59] Success Language set: Primary = 9, Secondary = 1
[08/23/2009 21:23:59] Success Include script: _TU20_Global_Functions.lua
[08/23/2009 21:23:59] Success Display screen: Welcome
[08/23/2009 21:24:01] Success Display screen: Download Server Script
[08/23/2009 21:24:39] Success Language set: Primary = 9, Secondary = 1
[08/23/2009 21:24:40] Success Display screen: Update Available
[08/23/2009 21:24:47] Success Display screen: Download Multiple Files (FTP)
[08/23/2009 21:24:49] Error Script: 501, Line 12: attempt to concatenate local `file' (a table value) (-1)
[08/23/2009 21:24:49] Error Script: Download Multiple Files (FTP) > On Preload, Line 12 (3602)
[08/23/2009 21:24:50] Error Script: On Preload, Line 30: attempt to concatenate field `?' (a table value) (-1)
[08/23/2009 21:24:50] Error Script: 501, Line 12: attempt to concatenate local `file' (a table value) (-1)
[08/23/2009 21:24:50] Error Script: Server Script, Line 12 (3602)
[08/23/2009 21:24:50] Success Run client data event: Client Script
[08/23/2009 21:24:50] Notice Exit update process (Return code: 0)
[09/10/2009 19:19:20] Success Update started: C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\update.exe
[09/10/2009 19:19:20] Notice Update engine version: 3.0.1.0
[09/10/2009 19:19:20] Notice Product: War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition, version %ProductVer%
[09/10/2009 19:19:20] Success Language set: Primary = 9, Secondary = 1
[09/10/2009 19:19:20] Success Include script: _TU20_Global_Functions.lua
[09/10/2009 19:19:20] Success Display screen: Welcome
[09/10/2009 19:19:21] Success Display screen: Download Server Script
[09/10/2009 19:19:51] Success Language set: Primary = 9, Secondary = 1
[09/10/2009 19:19:51] Success Display screen: Update Available
[09/10/2009 19:19:53] Success Display screen: Download Multiple Files (FTP)
[09/10/2009 19:19:53] Error Script: 501, Line 13 (1013)
[09/10/2009 19:19:53] Error Script: 501, Line 17 (2822)
[09/10/2009 19:27:44] Error Script: 501, Line 44 (2822)
[09/10/2009 19:27:44] Success Run client data event: Client Script
[09/10/2009 19:27:44] Notice Exit update process (Return code: 0)"

[awadley]

Did you upgrade with a saved game?  If so I think that is the problem.  The update the save and/or database from the beta to the 1.00.84 must have a mis-match.
Alan Wadley

[madflava13]

I did patch up a saved game - I was on 12/27/1941... Shouldn't have had a problem according to the patch documentation.

[awadley]

I started a new game without any changes and it is working without CTD, but it has had some funny graphics displays which were able to go on without a problem.