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Recently I've chronicled some of the problems I've been having, but things reached their nadir tonight. I have been trying to play a solitaire game, without success. My mods selected initiatly were B&F XIX, Peninsula Campaign of 1862, and NGCM Maps 1. When the game comes up, I hit "map" and the game crashes. I then when through all sorts of combinations with different maps, different OOBs, it just didn't matter, every time I went to hit "map" the game crashed.

I went back to B&F XII, but no luck.  Whatever mods I had selected, every game crashed immediately when I tried to look at the mini-map.
What could be causing this problem?
My wit's end is in sight.
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So, when you disable the mod 'NGCM Maps 1' the game still crashes when you select the mini map command?
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Reb, yes, I tried several different map mods and they all crashed (Lynchburg, Manassas, etc.) Never seen anything like it.
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Ah, this must be the culprit. Here the part of the last log:
11:00:01 ERROR LOADING MAP_ICONS.TGA
I had deleted the map_icons.tga in order to try and enlarge the icons on the mini-map.
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Back to my computer after my wife had knee replacement four days ago. After I tried a solitaire game using the NGCM Random Maps 1, B&F XIX, and Peninsula Campaign 1862. The game lasted about 10 minutes before it crashed. The log indicated that maps were the problem: ID NOT Found for orchards and farm.

So, I changed maps to the Manassas Map. This time the game crashed after about five minutes, and I can see nothing on the log that went wrong. I have attached the log.

I have used the Peninsula Campaign 1862 for years, ever since it was published. Ever since I got my new computer every game has crashed, some after more than one hour of play.
I don't know what else to do. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
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I don't think your new computer or Win10 is causing your crashes.  I bought a new computer with Win10 last year and it plays the game better than ever.  What I do think is that you have map mods interfering with each other and thus the crashes.  It's a known fact that map mods are generally the main culprit when the game crashes or behaves abnormally.  I suggest you only enable one map mod at a time when you play a game.  It may be inconvenient, but you only can play on one map at a time anyway, so it may be worth trying out if it solves the issues that you're having.
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Thank you, Reb, for your prompt reply. When my problems began I disabled every map mod except the one being used. For example, with these last two crashes the only mods I had enabled were a single map mod (Manassas in the last one), Peninsula Campaign 1862, and B&F XIX. When I changed OOB, Gettysburg for instance, the game still crashed.

Am I at the point where I need to reinstall the game? I was hoping for a solution other than that. Don't know what else I can do.
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Yes, I concur, reinstall the game.  Since you inadvertently deleted the Map_icons.tga file from the base game (when you should have deleted that file from the B&F mod), you may have inadvertently changed something else previously.  Just as a stern reminder, never mess with the base game files, that's what mods are for.
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Reb, I reinstalled the game today. Two games attempted, two games crashed (one lasted 3 min, the other 10 min), using the same maps and OOB I've used for years. I was using B&F XIX.
Trying different combinations later today.
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If you avoided using any of the GCM maps like I advised, then maybe there's an app on your computer that's causing a conflict.  Try turning off your anti-virus when running a game if all else fails.
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