problem with 1914 scen

[Dabo]

Same problem here the PC is a new rig with an almost clean Xp Pro installation:
CPU:Core 2 Duo E6700
MoBo: Asus Striker Extreme
RAM: 2x1Gb Corsair XMS2 6400C4
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb
HD: Western Digital WD5000YS
LAN: 2 Gigabit built-in adapters (disabled) +1 WiFi Asus167G (connected)
Audio: SoundMax Integrated Digital HD Audio

Only program running is Avast ANtivirus 4.7

If you need the DxDiag let me know it

[*Lava*]

ORIGINAL: tgb

You'd think something like this would have been caught in beta testing[&:]

You'd think... but testing is pretty grueling and tiresome. The folks may have just turned the music off.

Ray (alias Lava)

[sol_invictus]

I just got bit by the dreaded end of year freeze as well. I am running Google desktop, but from what others are saying, it must be a sound problem. Guess I will have to try to remember to turn off sound before the end of the year until it is patched. this is the only bug I have run into. Loving the game![&o]

That was it. Reloaded the save, turned off sound, smoothly proceeded into 1915.

[Erik Rutins]

Allright, well at least we've got the cause pretty well pinned down. Hopefully Frank will be able to duplicate and fix it.

[flintlock]

ORIGINAL: Arinvald

Loving the game!

Not to hijack the thread; although it's good to read that you're enjoying the game after an epic wait--it was kinda fun watching your squirm towards the end.

[sol_invictus]

Your a cruel man. But I am better for the experience.[;)]

[flintlock]

ORIGINAL: Arinvald

...But I am better for the experience.[;)]

No doubt.

You can always exact sweet revenge during a PBEM later too.



Psst, Arinvald--I have a present for you!

[sol_invictus]

Oh I'm planning on it.

[Gatto]

The game freeze every time the first turn arrives to the barrage fase: il the right high corner remains the signal "busy" and so I must leave the game. I've downloaded many times the game and I've turned off all the other applications and antiviruses, but without results: i'm desperate [:(] Thank you, everyone you are that can help me

[TheHellPatrol]

ORIGINAL: Wooglin

I think I am getting the same error.
I get message: "Device is already open"
I click OK and then nothing happens, and I have no buttons to go on.
Top left hand corder is "Jan-Feb 1915 | Impulse 1"
I am sending you the autosave.
First time I played through, I did get the two buttons to continue or end. But not since the first runthrough.

- w

I have the same error as well, Jan-Feb 1915 i get "Device is already open"[:(] and can't continue the game.
Edit: Loaded auto-save with sound off and got my marginal victory as CF[:)].

[IronDuke_slith]

Lava is right, it's the sound file for the end of scenario. as I approached the end of 1914 last time, I turned sound off and sailed through without a hitch.

This is a lot of fun, it's a while since I've had the "one last turn" bug.

Regards,
Ironduke

[TheHellPatrol]

[8D]Yeah, i owe another one to Lava[&o].
One last turn bug indeed...i didn't see it coming[;)][:)].

[jcrohio]

I just got the same error sort of. My music does not seem to work at all. It will play one song and that is it for the entire game. When I got to the end of the 3 turn 1914 game I got exactly the same error as everyone else. When I read this thread and tried it with the music off (even though it does not really work), I got a completely different error.

I can mail a save if you want.

Jack

OK - my mistake - when I went back and read what you guys were really saying and turned off the sound effects (not the music) than I could finish the game. BUT - does any one elses music just play for one song. I am just curiuos as it is certainly no big deal.
Jack

[Samdavisrises]

From what others describe, I believe that I am having the same problem.
At the end of the first complete turn, I hit continue, the computer thinks for a second, and their is a sound like a gun firing (one of my attacks I assume), and the location of the continue button keeps merely saying busy. I have let it go for over 20 minutes. It just can't seem to kick over to the next turn. I have tried turning the sound off, as the others have mentioned, reloading, making a new scenario, and restarting the comp. This also applies on other year scenarios. I just bought the game and muddled through the first turn with the help of the sticky posted guide. Is all of this in vain? Is this a patch issue?