Brandy Station question

[rvc]

I installed Brandy Station without any problems and played it once. My question is why is it when I loaded SOW again and tried to use the Sand Box the game crashed. I tried it again and the same thing happened, I was trying to use the map from Brandy Station but never got there. Am I doing something wrong?

[Jim]

This is something new and nothing you did wrong. Can you play sandbox on any other maps right now? Also please check your log file (SOWGB.log in /Work) and copy out any error messages and post them here. Thanks.

-Jim

[rvc]

When I tried to load Sandbox is when it crashed so I couldn't play any Sandbox scenerios. Here is my log file:

Game Launched
14:42:16 Version:SOWGB
1.6100
14:42:18 Loading Defined Lists
14:42:18 Initializing
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\New Arty Sounds
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Gun Fire Sounds
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Alternate Explosions2b
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Trees_Terrain Graphics Mod
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\FoldedMessage_V4
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\BloodBath_IV
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Antietam Trees_Effects
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Firing_Mod_Ver3
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Bugles and Flags XI
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Graphics
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\HD_ANV_1863_8TS
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\CV Extras Desaturated US Flags
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\RandomMaps5
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Prairie Grove
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Voice Commands
14:42:19 Mod: C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\Mods\Sounds
14:42:19 Ansi:16, TexH:8192, TexW:8192
14:42:19 SowGB Loaded
14:42:19 14:42:19
14:42:36 Error loading texture C:\NORBSOFTDEV\SCOURGE OF WAR - GETTYSBURG\BASE\GRAPHICS\SCREENS\MENU_SANDBOX.DDS
14:42:36 ERROR LOADING MENU_SANDBOX.DDS

[Little Powell]

That "Graphics" mod looks a little odd, try de-activating that first and see if it fixes it. If not, somehow you lost a few screen files which is causing the crash (or that rogue mod).

[rvc]

I deactivated the Graphics Mod and it still crashed when Sandbox was tried. Any other ideas?

[Davinci]

Basically, your game appears to be crashing due to the fact that it cannot find the file that is hi-lighted below.

So, expand your directory like the example below, and see if you have that particular file.

If, you do have the file listed, the problem would \ could only be two other things.....such as...

1) You have a corrupt game

2) One of the Mods is interferring with the default files.

I would dis-able all Mods and see if the problem is still causing a crash.

That's probably the only way of knowing if the game-is-corrupted!

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davinci

[RebBugler]

Like D stated, it's probably a mod conflict. Disable all your mods like he said and since you have so many, add say 5 at a time and test, start with your favorites. Do this until you weed out the culprit.

Jolly's Trees_Terrain Graphics Mod is wonderful, but old patch wise. The GCM equivalent also includes Jolly's work, I would recommend this one as it's completely up to date.

Turn off the Prairie Grove mod when not in use, it is very unique and conflicts with lots of stuff. I'll get a separate map up for this soon that can be enabled all the time, for sandbox play.

[rvc]

Ok I will give it a try, thank you.

[rvc]

I deactivated every mod and I still get a crash when I try to load sandbox.

[Little Powell]

Probably time for a re-install something has corrupted your game, removed graphics files. You can grab all of your products from the Matrix site.

http://www.norbsoftdev.net/forum/techni ... all-issues