When I click on the Base icon the game crashes.

[Pirate King Demo]

So when I got the mission to build a transmitter, whenever I would go to click on the Base Icon the game crashes? Anyone know how to fix it

[mltnschroeder]

You can enter the base screen by clicking on the menu item in the bar at the top of the screen. Dunno if that is going to circumvent the problem, but technically you don't have to actually click on the base from the planetary map.

For whatever reason, I seem to usually visit the base screen from the personnel screen, and there are never any issues. Maybe try that?

[Pirate King Demo]

Alright, I will try that tomorrow and see if it works. Thanks for your help :)

[Pirate King Demo]

It still does not work either way, but I remember seeing a post about this same problem but nobody ever responded so I guess it is a rare problem.

[mltnschroeder]

Bummer. Can't imagine why if all other aspects of the game work that it would crash on the base screen?

Maybe make sure your screen resolution is set to the same as the game screen resolution (I use 1366x768 for both; options - windowed game mode, 16 bit color, anti-aliasing none, texture/shading/dynamic medium, image postprocessing none)?

Maybe it is a corrupted install? I've had game-start crash issues on Steam w/ .ddl files before, even though the Steam manager said the game was installed properly (for X-COM no less). I downloaded a free demo system repair app and it found issues in ddl files specific to X-COM... among other issues... and 'fixed' them, then afterwards the game ran fine.

[Pirate King Demo]

Ok, I will do that thanks for your help. I swear I am going through the 5 stages of grief trying to fix this:D

[Pirate King Demo]

What do you put your aspect ratio on?

[Stucuk]

Do you get any error message or just a crash to desktop?

[Pirate King Demo]

Just a crash to desktop. The sound lags then cuts out and then it crashes

[Pirate King Demo]

I have done what mltnschroeder said and now it sends me back to the main menu

[mltnschroeder]

Originally posted by TheEngineerFromTeamFortress2:

What do you put your aspect ratio on?

Screen 16:9, Scenery background enabled, 60Hz (though I edited the config to 30Hz, the game changed it back to 60).

Also in the NVidia control panel I have it set to "use my display's built in scaling".

So now with those changes, you say it is not crashing?

Here's my settings info from the Options.cfg file found in the Profile folder:

GKEY 12 "resolution_x" INT 1360
GKEY 12 "resolution_y" INT 768
GKEY 12 "refresh_rate" INT 60
GKEY 12 "true_color" BOOL FALSE
GKEY 12 "aspect_ratio_x" INT 16
GKEY 12 "aspect_ratio_y" INT 9
GKEY 12 "fullscreen" BOOL FALSE
GKEY 12 "gamma" FLOAT 0.5
GKEY 12 "scale_texs" INT 1
GKEY 12 "use_shaders" BOOL TRUE
GKEY 12 "shaders" STRING "medium"
GKEY 12 "disable_ground_bumps" BOOL FALSE
GKEY 12 "image_post_processing" BOOL FALSE
GKEY 12 "dyn_lighting" STRING "dynLight_medium"
GKEY 12 "smart_gamma" FLOAT 0.5
GKEY 12 "antialiasing" INT 0
GKEY 12 "anisotropic_filter" FLOAT 0
GKEY 12 "sw_sound" BOOL FALSE
GKEY 12 "background_animation" BOOL TRUE
KEY "old_va_mode" BOOL FALSE
KEY "dyn_lights" STRING "dynLight_high"
KEY "maximized" BOOL FALSE

[Pirate King Demo]

I honestly don't know what to do. It is so random like every other button and mission work but it is just the Base button/icon that breaks the game.

[mltnschroeder]

You know what the problem sounds like... could it be the game somehow thinks it is running in demo mode?

Are you running it with a patch? I bought my copy on GoG, which auto-installs patch 1.7 along with the game. This guy had the same problem, you could try bumping the thread or pm'ing him over there? https://www.gog.com/forum/ufo_series/ufo_afterlight_crash
Maybe try contacting the community who wrote the patch to see if they know what is going on?

As a last resort, I would suggest downloading and re-installing the whole thing again from scratch. If you have the same problem, at least you'll know it isn't a corrupted game data file.

Sorry I couldn't help any more than that :(

[tvrdikales]

I had the same problem ... Try set "Shaders Quality" to "Low" in options. It works in my case ;)

[Pirate King Demo]

Thank you so much for that tip, I dont know why I did not think about it. After a year it finally works :D

[tvrdikales]

Originally posted by TheEngineerFromTeamFortress2:

Thank you so much for that tip, I dont know why I did not think about it. After a year it finally works :D

You're welcome. Sometimes the game randomly crashes. Is necessary to save game as often as possible :)