Rising Sun crashes consistently

[stransky43]

Hi all...

Whenever I play the Rising Sun scenario, "The Main Event", and take the Japanese side (American is computer with fog-of-war), it always crashes toward the end of the American 4th turn. No optional rules are being used and I have tried this on several computers. It happens with versions 2.0 and 2.02.

I have spent many, many hours playing other scenarios in Rising Sun, East Front and West Front with no issues at all.

I had hoped that the 2.03 update would take care of this, but just installed it and it hasn't. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Jason Petho]

Can you send me your files just before the crash?

[stransky43]

What files do you need? Just the battle.btl or something else?

Thanks!

[Jason Petho]

Just the btl should be enough for a starting point.

[stransky43]

When I try to drag and drop the battle.btl file to the message window, I get the message "Invalid file extension: battle.btl"

Is there another file I could attach?

[Jason Petho]

Try zipping the file? See if that works?

[stransky43]

That works! Here you go.

[Jason Petho]

That's great, thank you!

I will take a look tonight

[Jason Petho]

Well, I can replicate the crash for this scenario.

It is interesting that if I make both sides manual, I can end the turn without issue for a handful of turns.

This leads me to believe why the scenario is designed to be played from the Allied side, as I think what is happening is that there is congestion on the beach that the AI can't cope with and gets stuck in a loop and crashes.

[stransky43]

Thanks for confirming Jason.

You've given me a hint however, as I think you might be right about the AI struggling with the beach congestion. I am going to play both sides for a turn or so, just to get the beaches cleared of troops and transports. And then switch back to Allied AI control and see what happens.

Thanks!

[Jason Petho]

You're welcome!

I hope that helps!

[stransky43]

I tried playing the both the Japanese and Allies manually for the 4th and 5th turns. This allowed me to clear out the beaches fully. I am now back to Allied AI and it is working perfectly.

Thanks for the tip, it worked!

[Jason Petho]

You're most welcome!

I'm glad it worked!