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[Sanguinius]

After I added this "quick fix" I can't start a grand campaign, it just goes back to the start screen.

[Sanguinius]

So any advice on what to do about the problem?

[Gigantus]

So any advice on what to do about the problem?

Check the sticky in the error report forum and then show us your log in a thread there. Crash to menu should be easy to fix.

Siege battle CTD: Hopefully we will have a solution to the siege CTDs some players are experiencing in the coming patch.

[Gongsunzan]

Maybe just reinstall the mod. I was beimg plagued with crashes all i did was reinstall and worked find

[Gigantus]

A high percentage of crashes after an update is the installation into the wrong folder and a reinstalling certainly helps to rule out that cause.

[Sanguinius]

I don't think you get what I mean, it's not crashing, when I start a grand campaign it just returns to the selection screen, it's not crashing, it's just not starting up a grand campaign.

[Jin-]

I don't think you get what I mean, it's not crashing, when I start a grand campaign it just returns to the selection screen, it's not crashing, it's just not starting up a grand campaign.

He knows what you mean, i'm sure he wanted you to check this thread?
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...m-with-Patch-4

[Gigantus]

I don't think you get what I mean, it's not crashing, when I start a grand campaign it just returns to the selection screen, it's not crashing, it's just not starting up a grand campaign.

Check the sticky in the error report forum and then show us your log in a thread there. Crash to menu should be easy to fix.

It's called a CTM and in 90% of cases is an easy fix - as long as I get a trace log.

[Gigantus]

Quick Fix issued

There have been several reports of crashes when starting a battle. We have traced it down to invalid entries for the battle models assigned to some of the named characters in descr_strat.
As we have roughly 160 of these entries in descr_strat I have removed them all pending tests and corrections. Today's quick fix (20130805 - RotK - descr_strat.zip) contains this descr_strat without those battle models - it is not save game compatible!

We do hope to have this problem sorted within the next 48 hours and will issue a full patch that will include all quick fixes.

[The Khanate]

Quick Fix issued

There have been several reports of crashes when starting a battle. We have traced it down to invalid entries for the battle models assigned to some of the named characters in descr_strat.
As we have roughly 160 of these entries in descr_strat I have removed them all pending tests and corrections. Today's quick fix (20130805 - RotK -
descr_strat.zip) contains this descr_strat without those battle models - it is not save game compatible!

We do hope to have this problem sorted within the next 48 hours and will issue a full patch that will include all quick fixes.

Excellent work. Does this mean that this could be the solution to my issue? And do I have to download the other quickfix as well for this to work?

[Gigantus]

If you had numerous battle\siege crashes then this will be most likely your solution. It's not a solution to the 'See Charlie' battle error.

Quick Fixes have ALL to be installed in numerical order.

[The Blade That Was Broken]

Quick Fix issued

There have been several reports of crashes when starting a battle. We have traced it down to invalid entries for the battle models assigned to some of the named characters in descr_strat.
As we have roughly 160 of these entries in descr_strat I have removed them all pending tests and corrections. Today's quick fix (20130805 - RotK - descr_strat.zip) contains this descr_strat without those battle models - it is not save game compatible!

We do hope to have this problem sorted within the next 48 hours and will issue a full patch that will include all quick fixes.

Does this mean that all General Bodyguard units have been REMOVED and will not work in battle?

[Gigantus]

A lot of named characters had a custom battle model assigned to them in descr_strat. Like Liu Bei in the line below:

character    J-0201-LiuBei, named character, male, leader, age 33, x 143, y 114, portrait A132, label LiuBei1, battle_model liubei_general

That model is the leading officer you see in a unit, not the body guard soldiers.

Unfortunately there were some models listed that were not valid or not present, like the one for Mi Zhu:

character    J-0209-MiZhu, named character, male,  age 33, x 143, y 107, portrait A446;, battle_model WenGuan

This caused a crash whenever he was involved in a battle. You may notice the semi-colon in front of the battle model entry here - this prevents that entry from being processed until we find a permanent solution.

Short answer to your question: all body guard units are still present, only some officer models have been set to default instead of custom.

[The Blade That Was Broken]

A lot of named characters had a custom battle model assigned to them in descr_strat. Like Liu Bei in the line below:

character    J-0201-LiuBei, named character, male, leader, age 33, x 143, y 114, portrait A132, label LiuBei1, battle_model liubei_general

That model is the leading officer you see in a unit, not the body guard soldiers.

Unfortunately there were some models listed that were not valid or not present, like the one for Mi Zhu:

character    J-0209-MiZhu, named character, male,  age 33, x 143, y 107, portrait A446;, battle_model WenGuan

This caused a crash whenever he was involved in a battle. You may notice the semi-colon in front of the battle model entry here - this prevents that entry from being processed until we find a permanent solution.

Short answer to your question: all body guard units are still present, only some officer models have been set to default instead of custom.

It didn't work, but I think I found the problem.

character    J-0209-MiZhu, named character, male,  age 33, x 143, y 107, portrait A446;, battle_model WenGuan

The semi-colon you applied apparently did not stop the game from loading it, I went in and deleted it to this:

character    J-0209-MiZhu, named character, male,  age 33, x 143, y 107, portrait A446

Works now, can successfully load in

[The Blade That Was Broken]

Went in and fixed majority, will post when I get back.

[The Blade That Was Broken]

Fixed all of the general models, now they should be all using the default general bodyguard units (No custom bodyguard units).

Replace the descr_strat in imperial_campaign. Like its previous one, it probably will not be save game compatible

Patch - Fixed General CTD.zip

[Seether]

As an FYI, a battle_model is not a custom bodyguard unit, it is the custom officer model for the bodyguard unit. A battle_model entry will give the bodyguard unit of that character a custom officer model (ie: officer looks like Xu Chu, or Cao Cao, or Zhao Yun, etc.). It does not affect the regular soldiers that compose the bodyguard unit, only the officer.

[Gongsunzan]

Could u guys post a sticky with what your character trait abreviations stand for. Im havin trouble addin my own general with the correct traits.

[The Blade That Was Broken]

I know, I'll just refer it as custom general unit then in the future to avoid confusion

[Gigantus]

That's not what was causing continued crashes even after disabling the missing battle models - check here.