CTD in Long Campaign, all the time

[Grotius]

Willhammer, I have the sound bug too, and I'm just playing with my sound directory renamed as NOSOUND. Yeah, it's lousy not having sound, but it beats not playing at all.

The devs are actively at work on a patch. I wouldn't reinstall your OS just because of this. I doubt it will fix it, and there should be a patch soon anyway.

[MadDawg]

ORIGINAL: Wilhammer

It is about time for it - I have been with my new PC for about 4 months now.

Actually, Ive found XP needs reinstalling a lot less often thankfully. I used to have to reinstall ME once ever few months, but you seem to be able to get away with once a year or more with XP. I think that in part this is probably due to the NTFS file system, which seems to be much more robust.

Good luck with whatever you need to do! [:)]

Dawg

[Wilhammer]

Update:

Tried to update Audigy 2 ZS drivers, and found that my current version was, well, current.

Same with DX9.

Did rename SOUND directory to NOSOUND, and now I can play the game.

BTW, I remember one CTD was while trying to click on a Port Symbol in a Base Hex, and all the rest happened while going through anchored ship lists while trying to assemble task forces.

I ran it several hours last night, and no glitches.

This is unfortunate, for now I have obtained a huge and attractive time sponge, that will cause a temporary shut in status for myself, and the occurence of more events on the 'Honey ain't done it yet' list.

Thanks a lot, Matrix!

[Snydeman55]

Has anyone tried reducing sound acceleration?

[Pier5]

I don't think that will help. I have installed the game on my HP widebody notebook at home and it worked without a glitch at all. I installed it on my Dell at work, and got the CTD on the second turn of the 42A campaign (it has SoundBlaster, driver updated from the Dell site). I changed a few things and it only changed the point of CTD. Strangely, the sound seems to work fine. There are quite a few files in the SOUND directory. It must work OK until it tries to call one of several incompatible files, then blows up.

I changed SOUND to NOSOUND and that solved the problem. One could argue that NOSOUND is a good idea at work anyway[:D]

Now if someone can tell me how to get the HP widebody to go to a 4:3 aspect ratio, I'll be good to go.

Pier5

[Snydeman55]

Yeah, well I'm a sound junky. I simply can't bring myself to play if I can't hear the sound of my bombs hitting Jap ships....sorry. Guess I'll wait for the patch.

[Erik Rutins]

Wilhammer,

ORIGINAL: Wilhammer
Did rename SOUND directory to NOSOUND, and now I can play the game.

Glad you hear you're up and running, we're working to fix the sound issue, which while it is not strictly a hardware/driver issue does seem to rear its head on the Audigy series of cards which appear most vulnerable to it. It took several days of hard work for Keith and some other affected customers to get to the bottom of it and we hope to have a patch up by the end of the week to resolve it.

Regards,

- Erik

[RViener]

I'm having the same sound problem on my Dell 8200, XP,2.5Mhz,512 mb memory,Creative SB live. Drivers up to date. With NOSOUND fix no crashes.
Bob Viener

[donkuchi19]

I was having the CTD with my HP Pavilion 7955 with a SoundMax Digital Audio. Renamed sound file and is working now but would really like to have sound on.

[v Manstein]

I do get the same problem like Wilhammer: CTD's after assembling a Task Force or after clicks on symbols and ports.

An extract of my dxdiag with Gforce4 Ti 4200 with AGP 8x

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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/12/2004, 11:32:29
Machine name: NONE
Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 2
Language: English
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-6590
BIOS: Version 1.00
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.5GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 354MB used, 893MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINNT
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0902 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0281&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor: Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 20X (FR8905)
Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5672 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 4274560 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: Nicht zutreffend
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 1895648 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-41C1-11CF-9875-0A2000C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0281
SubSys ID: 0x00000000
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: {212DC722-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{212DC722-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{212DC722-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{212DC722-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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Description: SB Live! Audio [E400]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80401102&REV_07
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0252 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 7/19/2002 11:47:52, 837548 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: Yes
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
---------------------
Description: SB Live! Audio [E400]
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0252 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 7/19/2002 11:47:52, 837548 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

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DirectMusic
-----------
DLS Path: C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
Acceleration: Enabled
Ports: SB Live! DirectMusic Synthesizer [E400], Hardware (Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
SB Live! Audio [E400], Software (Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal
Microsoft MIDI-Mapper [Emuliert], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
SB Live! Sw Synth [E400] [Emuliert], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
SB Live! Synth A [E400] [Emuliert], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
SB Live! Synth B [E400] [Emuliert], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
SB Live! MIDI Port [E400] [Emuliert], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, External
Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emuliert], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
SB Live! MIDI Port [E400] [Emuliert], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Input, No DLS, External
Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal
Registry: OK
Test Result: Not run
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System Devices
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Name: Sitecom PCI Fast 10/100 Ethernet Adapter LN-020
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1317&DEV_0985&SUBSYS_0020182D&REV_11\3&61AAA01&0&30
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\DRIVERS\FastNIC.sys, 2.18.0221.2002 (English), 2/21/2002 19:30:16, 38757 bytes

Name: VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_B168&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&61AAA01&0&08
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\DRIVERS\VIAAGP1.SYS, 5.00.0000.3442 (English), 7/2/2003 05:42:00, 27904 bytes

Name: VIA Standard Host Bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3189&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&61AAA01&0&00
Driver: n/a

Name: VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3177&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&61AAA01&0&88
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys, 5.00.2195.2104 (German), 5/4/2001 13:05:02, 47408 bytes

Name: VIA PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104&SUBSYS_31041106&REV_82\3&61AAA01&0&83
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\usbehci.sys, 5.00.2195.5652 (English), 4/23/2002 04:46:58, 19216 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\usbport.sys, 5.00.2195.5652 (English), 4/23/2002 04:46:48, 135920 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\hccoin.dll, 5.00.2195.5605 (English), 4/18/2002 05:46:32, 6416 bytes

Name: Universal VIA-Hostcontroller (USB)
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3038&SUBSYS_30381106&REV_80\3&61AAA01&0&81
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\usbui.dll, 5.00.2134.0001 (German), 12/8/1999 01:02:10, 60688 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\uhcd.sys, 5.00.2195.2642 (English), 5/4/2001 12:05:02, 32272 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\usbd.sys, 5.00.2195.2642 (English), 5/4/2001 12:05:02, 20624 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys, 5.00.2195.2869 (English), 5/4/2001 12:05:02, 40112 bytes

Name: Universal VIA-Hostcontroller (USB)
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3038&SUBSYS_30381106&REV_80\3&61AAA01&0&80
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\usbui.dll, 5.00.2134.0001 (German), 12/8/1999 01:02:10, 60688 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\uhcd.sys, 5.00.2195.2642 (English), 5/4/2001 12:05:02, 32272 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\usbd.sys, 5.00.2195.2642 (English), 5/4/2001 12:05:02, 20624 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys, 5.00.2195.2869 (English), 5/4/2001 12:05:02, 40112 bytes

Name: VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0571&SUBSYS_05711106&REV_06\3&61AAA01&0&89
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\DRIVERS\viaide.sys, 5.00.2195.0120 (English), 10/18/2001 13:00:00, 6234 bytes

Name: Creative Game Port
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_7002&SUBSYS_00201102&REV_07\3&61AAA01&0&41
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\gameenum.sys, 5.00.2134.0001 (English), 9/25/1999 11:35:58, 9552 bytes

Name: Creative SB Live! Value
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80401102&REV_07\3&61AAA01&0&40
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\stream.sys, 5.03.0000.0900 (English), 12/12/2002 01:14:32, 45696 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\ksuser.dll, 5.03.0000.0900 (English), 12/12/2002 01:14:32, 4096 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\portcls.sys, 5.00.2195.2779 (English), 5/4/2001 13:05:02, 149136 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\wdmaud.drv, 5.00.2195.2669 (English), 5/4/2001 13:05:02, 21776 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\ctac32k.sys, 5.12.0001.0245 (English), 7/19/2002 11:46:28, 127948 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\ctaud2k.sys, 5.12.0001.0252 (English), 7/19/2002 11:47:52, 837548 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\ctoss2k.sys, 5.12.0001.0245 (English), 7/19/2002 11:48:04, 195432 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\ctprxy2k.sys, 5.12.0001.0244 (English), 7/19/2002 11:48:08, 11068 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\ctsfm2k.sys, 5.12.0001.0140 (English), 7/19/2002 11:48:22, 213860 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\emupia2k.sys, 5.12.0001.0244 (English), 7/19/2002 11:48:32, 156604 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\ha10kx2k.sys, 5.12.0001.0250 (English), 7/24/2002 14:52:26, 998004 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\ctdlang.dat, 7/19/2002 12:07:30, 164044 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\ctstatic.dat, 7/19/2002 11:59:32, 179669 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\ctdaught.dat, 7/19/2002 11:56:50, 44055 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\default.ecw, 9/23/1999 00:18:50, 2259067 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\sfman32.dll, 5.12.0001.0130 (English), 8/17/2001 15:35:46, 36864 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\a3d.dll, 80.00.0000.0003 (English), 7/19/2002 11:43:06, 65536 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\ctbasicw.dat, 7/19/2002 12:02:24, 113373 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\SBLive.ico, 10/22/2001 10:10:28, 4398 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\Live.bmp, 10/22/2001 10:10:28, 3126 bytes

Name: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0281&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1\4&B5FB279&0&0008
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\DRIVERS\nv4_mini.sys, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 1895648 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvinstnt.dll, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 131072 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvsvc32.exe, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 110659 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvcod.dll, 1.00.0000.0015 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 32256 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvcodins.dll, 1.00.0000.0015 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 32256 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nv4_disp.dll, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 4274560 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvoglnt.dll, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 4874240 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvcpl.dll, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 3309568 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvmctray.dll, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 46080 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvwddi.dll, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 36864 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvwdmcpl.dll, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 1617920 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\System32\nvnt4cpl.dll, 6.14.0010.5672 (English), 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 241664 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\help\nvcpl.hlp, 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 87403 bytes
Driver: C:\WINNT\help\nvwcplen.hlp, 3/24/2004 10:04:00, 49796 bytes