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Love the Mod - love the tool panel additions! Love the flags, etc... But it is causing the game to crash at least once per session, especially on larger scenarios.. Have a 2gb graphics card and an Intel Core 5 3.0ghz processor.. Thoughts? Would love to keep using this Mod!!

I'm assuming this is Bugles and Flags XVIII mod, I had a similar issue with it crashing. Have you noticed if it's in connection with you ordering a unit to road march? Every so often when ordering a unit to go by road it would freeze and crash for me. I eventually linked it to the music that would play when you click the road march button. The game randomly chooses from 8 tracks of "music" to play when the unit starts marching, and I think there must be an issue with one of the music tracks that causes the game to crash. You can test this out by starting a game with the Bugles and Flag mod, ordering a unit to move and then mashing the road march button until it crashes. Shouldn't take more then 10 seconds of constant clicking before it randomly selects the bad music track and crashes the game.

If that's your issue, the problem is easy to solve: go to Mods > Bugles and Flags > Logistics > SFX.csv. Delete the 8 lines referencing "MARCH SOUNDS" (1-Mar thru 8-Mar) and save the file. That will restore the default music back into the game and stop the crashing.

Obviously this is not an approved way to fix the mod and I'm not entirely sure what I'm missing out on by deleting the tracks, but it fixed the issue for me - no more unexplained crashes.

If the road marching isn't your issue, then it's probably a memory issue - too much graphics for your computer to handle. That, I'm not sure about though.

Yes indeed Bugles&Flags XVIII.... Thanks for the tip, will try that out... I do seem to think that it IS happening when a road march order is given???? I will investigate!

Never heard of the discussed Road March issue, but if the stated fix works, so be it because it's no biggie, the mod simply lowers the marching music volume levels.

tula1959
If you have another crash, please post your Work/sowgb.log file here so I can check out other possible issues...Thanks

Cardboard Box
Excellent help message! Much Appreciated!
Didn't or don't know about the March Music issue, but your "too much graphics for your computer to handle" is spot on. Bugles & Flags pushes the game to its limits graphics wise...Maybe too much with the latest versions. Still, my old HP computer handles them, so I figure they're safe to release, despite my cooling fans sometimes covering up the battle sounds...But I won't ever release a version that crashes.

So I tried the road march order idea - just with a brigade sandbox - no crashes associated - no crashes at any time.
Is a 2gb graphics card not up to the demands of this Mod perhaps when in a corps size play???.... but ok with smaller scenarios??

Is a 2gb graphics card not up to the demands of this Mod perhaps when in a corps size play???.... but ok with smaller scenarios??

Shouldn't, my card only has 1GB.

Follow up report - No further crashes! Just finished Hooker's I Corps attack Antietam - no incidents! Was also NOT able to bring about a crash with the road march orders idea discussed above. So I have no clue what caused that rash of crashes I reported last week...

Spoke too soon! Not long after my last post I started XII Corps Antietam - one of the first orders issued was for a battery of artillery to move - when I hit the use roads command crashed immediately!!! So maybe there is indeed something up with that as a cause as mentioned above!!??? Forgot to save the log file on it... but at least I was paying attention this time as to the trigger LOL Will keep an eye out for same again and save the log file if so!

Too soon again LOL Restarted the same scenario - this time got through two road move orders to artillery batteries, and the next order was to division commander to "advance division 100yds" - that order crashed it!!!
Hmmmm…. does that order use the same sound effects as the road march??? The plot thickens!!!???

Thanks again for reporting about this mod and which battles you're having crashes with. The Antietam scenarios were my greatest concern with the last flag update because of their bulk...Lots of extra flags per play. Still, although more taxing on my system, some big lags, I was able to get through the largest Antietam scenarios with no crashes...Including the VII Corps scenario you're having issues with.

To avoid the stress on your system try this...Rename the OOB_Antietam.csv file in the OOBs folder. This will cancel it out so that only a minimal set of flags will display. This will take a graphics load off your system and help us determine if it is indeed a system stress issue that is causing the CTDs.

Above all, please keep me apprised of what's happening, good or bad, it's imperative that B&F adds to folks playing experience, not frustrates.