[RESOLVED] Problem installing image packages in 1.09.1825.15

[RFalvo69]

I just reinstalled the game on Steam after a few months to check the new Tides of War DLC. As usual, I downloaded the added images and descriptions from WarfareSims website. However, if I add the new image packs for DB3000 and CWDB the game crashes before entering a scenario (if I add only the descriptions, the game starts fine).

To make things quick, yes, I had installed the additional images before, without a hitch. I'm following the usual procedure. I downloaded the latest available (February 2026 release), I unRARed them in the correct places, and I conducted several tests. My PC is the usual one (I have Win11 and 64GB RAM). The game works fine. However, as soon as I add the images, it crashes after the initial briefings, before the scenario (any scenario) can start.

This never happened in the past.

Ideas?

[Nikel]

Perhaps the .webp support is missing from your system?

You may solve it in the link below.


https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pg2d ... n-US&gl=ES

[RFalvo69]

Perhaps the .webp support is missing from your system?

You may solve it in the link below.


https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pg2d ... n-US&gl=ES

That fixed it! Thanks!

I don't know why or when my PC lost the .webp support. One of the endless Win11 updates, I guess...

[thewood1]

If you uninstalled Edge, good chance it was removed. On a new PC, Edge is used as the default for a lot of image files. If you then add chrome and remove edge, good chance the transfer got borked up.

[RFalvo69]

I do use Chrome but I never uninstalled Edge - for the very reasons you just mentioned. Sadly, OSes like Win11 are showing signs of "desperation": "Please, oh, please, use our tools or... or else." And II won't elaborate on the AI mania and how even my loo is about to "use AI." (*)

Both my daughters use MacBook Pros for their (very different) jobs. And they tell me how OSX is becoming more and more an enemy. It is a costant battle against "what it is better for you!" - this usually meaning a disappearing function and a "better way to do the thing!"

(*) OK, I'll give you an example. I bought a 500 pages book in .PDF format. I opened it and immediatly Acrobat's AI appeared like a facehugger from Alien: "This is long! Do you want a summary?"

This is not the story. The story is: I opened the documentation my lawyer sent to me about a small problem. Two pages for approvation. Acrobat's AI appeared like a facehugger from Alien: "This is long! Do you want a summary?" Two pages. And... a AI that doesn't understand that it is looking at a legal document?? This is not AI, this is desperation by Adobe...