New patch

coobe · #1 May 29th, 2008, 08:11 AM

i completely reinstalled the game and patched from 1.0 to the new patch. now it works fine

fantasma · #2 May 29th, 2008, 09:22 AM

I just installed it on gentoo and it runs just fine.
Try to remove the key file, sometimes it gets corrupted although it looks good.

Calahan · #3 May 29th, 2008, 09:39 AM

I'm having problems with the new 3.17 patch.

I can create a new game no problem, but as soon as the map screen appears, the program closes to desktop. Tried it several times with different eras and maps, but with the same result each time. Also have the same problem if I try to load up any current games.

Tried re-installing from the CD, and everything works fine until I apply the 3.17 patch, when I get the above problem again.

Have patched on this system succesfully from 3.04 upto and including 3.15, never once having a problem.

Current Specs

ADM Athlon 2500
512Mb Ram
ATi Radeon 9600 64Mb
Windows XP SP3

Any suggestions would be appreciated. My only guess is that upgrading the Windows XP Service Pack from 2 to 3, which I did a few weeks back, has buggered something up somwehere along the lines.

Zeldor · #4 May 29th, 2008, 09:42 AM

Isn't SP3 still beta? I know it causes huge problems in many many games. [but if it's official automatic update I probably have it too].

Calahan · #5 May 29th, 2008, 09:50 AM

I downloaded Windows XP SP3 via their auto update thing, so I assume it's the finished deal.

Really hope it's not an XP SP3 issue, as uninstalling / rolling back that will be an absolute nightmare :-(

I could just continue playing Dom 3.15, but I don't know if that would lock me out of all my MP games :-( :-( :-(

llamabeast · #6 May 29th, 2008, 10:10 AM

Running fine for me on Ubuntu 8.04.

Baalz · #7 May 29th, 2008, 10:41 AM

Running XP sp2, I had some trouble. Installed the patch, it crashed to desktop (no error dialog) every time I selected "create new game" & "create a pretender god". I was able to play existing games fine. I rebooted, no help. I thought maybe a mod might be causing a problem so I went to preferences->mod preferences, where it crashed again in the same fashion without showing me the screen. At this point however (I've not actually changed any preferences) everything seems to work fine. Whatever was causing the problem seems to have jiggled loose...can't reproduce the crash now though it happened probably a dozen times in a row consistently when I first installed the patch.

Edi · #8 May 29th, 2008, 11:18 AM

Calahan, contact Shrapnel tech support.

As far as your computer specs, SP3 was according to some sources causing problems specifically with machines that had AMD processors and/or ATI graphics cards. See here. If the problem does not solve itself with anything from there, Shrapnel tech support will work with you to see what they can do.

QXel · #9 May 29th, 2008, 11:39 AM

Hello Edi,

I just take a look at your link. It is unfortunate obviously, but usual with Microsoft patches ...

To give courage to Calahan, I have en AMD-based computer with an ATI video card, and I have no current indetified problems with the SP3.

As I say, I'll check the Dom patch this evening.

If it's seem to be the SP3, then I will return back to SP2 to test, but perhaps not today.

See you.

QXel

Calahan · #10 May 29th, 2008, 11:56 AM

Thanks for the link Edi.

Heard there were various issues around ivolving XP SP3, but since it hadn't given me any problems, I didn't look too deeply into any of them.

Will try and fiddle around with it this weekend to see if I can get 3.17 to work properly. If more people report problems with it, then the error should come to light. If it's just a problem with my computer, then I'll get onto customer support as you suggest.