PATCH - Game Locks My Computer

[Dereck]

After installing the patch this game causes my computer to totally freeze and I have to reboot.

Two situations:

#1:

Had scenario going and then hit the 'x' to exit the game immediately. Game stopped responding and when I entered the windows task manager I saw MULTIPLE WITP-AE applications going even though I only had one window open. I could never stop the game.

#2:

Had scenario #1 going and during the calculating air superiority phase it locked up again. Same result as above.

I have Windows XP Service Pack 2, with according to the General Systems Properties:

Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz, 2.52 GHz 1.00 GB of ram

[Erik Rutins]

Haven't seen this on any of our XP systems.

What command-line switches are you using, if any? Do you have any other programs running in the background?

[Dereck]

Command line switch: -w

I didn't have anything running on my computer that I didn't have running with the original War in the Pacific game. I could always hit the 'X' in the upper right corner of the window and exit immediately.

With AE it seems to cause my computer to completely lock up.

[Erik Rutins]

Was this the case before the latest update as well? Does this also happen when running Full Screen? Post a DxDiag for us please.

[Dereck]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Was this the case before the latest update as well? Does this also happen when running Full Screen? Post a DxDiag for us please.

1. I actually only had the first day of the Dec 8th scenario going so I could look around on the map. Never tried running a turn until the patch.

2. No idea about Full Screen - I always have it windowed.

3. Not sure how to get a DxDiag so I'd need instructions.

After having one turn from scenario #1 complete I think it just took a long time to calculate the Air Superiority. But the problem with trying to exit the game by pressing the 'X' on the window may be the real problem.

[michaelm75au]

I always exit the game using the normal game exit buttons, not by closing Window's window.
Doing it as designed ensures everything is shutdown cleanly.

[Dereck]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

I always exit the game using the normal game exit buttons, not by closing Window's window.
Doing it as designed ensures everything is shutdown cleanly.

I wanted to end right then during the middle of a turn to stop what was going on. It worked just fine with the original WITP and should with the new one too.

I didn't want to wait 10-15 minutes for something to finish that I wasn't interested in in the first place. Even though I had it running windowed I can't do much of anything else while a turn resolves so my computer is effectively dedicated to the turn resolution.

[Dereck]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Was this the case before the latest update as well? Does this also happen when running Full Screen? Post a DxDiag for us please.

Requested DxDiag

[Erik Rutins]

If you need to stop it right away, it's best to Ctrl-Alt-Delete and kill the WITP AE process. That will work every time.

Your video and audio drivers are from 2002, I would highly recommend updating those as a start. Also, try the different commmand line switches to see if any of those help it close more cleanly on your system.

[eloso]

alt + F4 should work to kill it too.