I own 1943 Africa and Centauro, it worked once and now it doesnt

[Vargas78]

What happened? I did do a couple of upgrades but that shouldnt affect it right? It's not like i changed the motherboard or processor.

[Vargas78]

Is it because i moved my soundcard and from one pci slot to another and then back again?

I know there are issues with sound some users have reported.

[Sneaksie(RUS)]

What happens? Does the game start? If it crashes, post contents of log.lst file here (it is located in the game folder).

[Vargas78]

The game starts, the videos (which are pretty cool) run. But, as it loads a mission there is a red bar that goes around in a circle. Once it is complete the screen goes black and it exits game and brings me back to desktop.

(I am currently in the process of reinstalling it, as i just tried Kursk and that had the same problem. But Theatre of War 1 still works)

I will post contents of this log.lst file shortly, thanks for quick response.

[Vargas78]

The log.lst file is in a shell format so i am not sure how to post it here. I could maybe email it, a copy of it to you or a support website?

Please keep in touch and inform me on how to proceed

Many thanks!

Boris Vargas

[Sneaksie(RUS)]

You can open this file in Notepad, its a text file, then post its contents after a crash here.

[Vargas78]

[Dec 11, 2013 4:52:41 PM] ------------ BEGIN log session -------------
IniFile load failed: I/O error: users/video.ini
Sound: Native library (build 1.1, target - P IV) loaded.
Main3D >>> renderer type: DIRECT3D9
Available Texture Memory: 191Mb
WWThreadPool.create(): Thread pool is created. Threads count = 0
Load gui skin from: Data/Settings/gui.ini
Not exist section "special" in file Data/GUI/Ingame/Indicators/selectmarker/config.xml
IniFile load failed: I/O error: users/game.ini
=========================== CampaignRecList.updateList() begins ===========================
=========================== CampaignRecList.updateList() ends ===========================
Time overflow (0): speed 0.25466892
ERROR file: File wwrcu not found
Initializing DirectSound playback device...
Primary buffer created.
Playback format is set : sampling rate = 44100, num channels = 2.
Not enought hardware buffers (0), hardware disabled
Buffer caps : Transfer rate = 0, CPU overhead = 0.
Default speaker config is : 1310724.
Direct sound audio device initialized successfully :
DX Version : 7
Hardware - disabled [buffers : 0]
Extensions - enabled :
EAX ver. 1 [] - disabled
EAX ver. 2 [] - disabled
EAX ver. 3 [] - disabled
I3D ver. 2 [] - disabled
ZoomFX [] - disabled
MacroFX [] - disabled
SIMD render [X]
num channels 32

Initializing animator...
Animator was initialized in 2838 milliseconds (2 seconds)
Loaded user music tracks: [Ingame: 0] [Non-Game: 0]
=========================== CampaignRecList.updateList() begins ===========================
=========================== CampaignRecList.updateList() ends ===========================
===================================================================
Last serial num: unknown
Total size in bytes: 0
Number of blocks: 0

VoicesTable.load(): files were scanned in 985 ms
::: setLoading=true
ERROR file: File ww.cmd not found
Selected Decal #0: GROUND, TEX 0, BRIGHTNESS 0
--------------------------- Precache Effects begins ---------------------------
--------------------------- Precache Effects ends ---------------------------
MapsStorage.aiMapAddRoads(): roads where added in 2 ms
LandscapeTrees.recalcTreeVisBlocks() recalculated in 0 ms
PFS recalculate PFSCache failed: initMission for Normal: nodeNum= 33961, availNodeNum=0
PFS recalculate PFSCache failed: initMission for Normal: nodeNum= 33961, availNodeNum=0
--PFSCache created--
================ MissionManager.loadMissionBriefing() missions/tutorial/01_base/briefing.xml ================
================ MissionManager.loadMissionBriefing() ends ================
=== END OF TRIGGER COMPILATION ===
::: setLoading=false



================== START MISSION missions/tutorial/01_base/mission.xml=====================



*** FAILURE *** [SYSTEM] Main loop: Structure handled exception arized, see cppcrash
java.lang.RuntimeException: Structure handled exception arized, see cppcrash
at com.maddox.core.Landscape.cRender0(Unknown Source)
at com.maddox.core.Landscape.render0(Unknown Source)
at com.ic.ww.game.Render3D0.render(Unknown Source)
at com.maddox.core.Renders.doPaint(Unknown Source)
at com.maddox.core.Renders.paint(Unknown Source)
at com.ic.ww.game.MainWin3D.checkFocus(Unknown Source)
at com.ic.ww.game.MainWin3D.loopApp(Unknown Source)
at com.ic.ww.game.Main.exec(Unknown Source)
at com.ic.ww.game.GameWin3D.main(Unknown Source)



================== DESTROY GAME =====================



PFS recalculate missionDestroy for Normal: nodeNum= 34016, availNodeNum=5119
PFS recalculate missionDestroy for Normal: nodeNum= 34016, availNodeNum=17632



================== DESTROY GAME IS DONE=====================



WWThreadPool.destroy(): Thread pool is destroyed
[Dec 11, 2013 4:53:26 PM] -------------- END log session -------------

[Vargas78]

For the reccord, that is based on a clean reinstall as i had been trying different settings before that.

If we are going to find out the problem i think it's best to do it on a clean install that hasnt had anything tweaked, right?

[Vargas78]

Originally posted by Sneaksie(RUS):

You can open this file in Notepad, its a text file, then post its contents after a crash here.

I posted the notepad format of the file. Any news on the following mate?

For the record, when Theatre of War 2 did work I was using an ATI 6850, i then part exchanged/paid for an upgrade an ATI 6870. The 6870 card runs well on everything else, including Theatre of War 1, but Africa and Kursk are no longer working. I havent tried Theatre of War 3 Korea with the new 6870, yet.

[Youdontknowmeatall]

Originally posted by Sneaksie(RUS):

What happens? Does the game start? If it crashes, post contents of log.lst file here (it is located in the game folder).

Hello, i am experiencing EXACTLY the same problems:

- TOW 1 works fine
- TOW 2 Africa, Kursk and TOW 3 Korea do NOT work !!!


It happens in the exactly same manner as for the OP:

!!! As soon as the mission, battle, campaign,... loading screeen is finished the game crashes without further actions to desktop !!!

- Fresh reinstall
- tried it with every possible settings
- tried to repair it
----> nothing works

If you cant fix this, can u pls give us some advice for a workaround ? Thx

[1992H4XR]

Drivers! :) Try the latest. http://support.amd.com/en-us/ I seriously reccomend that you un install your current drivers first sir.

[1992H4XR]

Also running in administrator mode....for everything, i'd go so far as to disable UAC while testing this problem. EDIT: was this game intended for your operating system? try compatibility mode!

[Vargas78]

Originally posted by WeRaInC:

Also running in administrator mode....for everything, i'd go so far as to disable UAC while testing this problem. EDIT: was this game intended for your operating system? try compatibility mode!

I've tried all those things, compatibility for xp, run as admin, disable sound even. None seems to work. Which is strange as when i first bought the game, it ran fine, without me having to change or adapt anything. Until i upgraded my video card (to a very similar one).

I have since even bought a new hard drive, which has only ever known this new video card, and still the problem persists. And it is using the latest ati drivers. As far as i'm aware, all my drivers are up to date. Theatre of War 1 still works, but none of the others do.

[1992H4XR]

Odd, You say you have a new hdd? Is there any possibility your old drivers are still installed anywhere on the os?

[Vargas78]

I dont really know why they would be, i installed win7 onto the new hdd and downloaded the current ati driver, also installed a creative labs driver for the soundcard.

The wierd thing is that in the past the game did work, it stopped when i got the 6870.