Got a repeatable vichy crash.........

[DivineShadow]

Ok i have a save game that will reliably load and crash every time France does the vichy event.

Ive tested it 15 times on vanilla 1.02 and it crashes every single time.....

I did use quite a few cheats while testing this game however none of them should have caused any issues with the vichy system (since no events were changed).

Anyway here you go.....

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=334H3ZSZ

Edit - Stuff like this is the reason i disappear from HOI2 for many months at a time and only return once ive forgotton about all the crashes lol then it happens again and destroys all morale lol. Thats why i like EU3-DW etc since you basically need some kind of miracle to get it to crash.

OH pick Germany when testing....

 

[DukoOsshiiKhan]

You cheated... The game became unplayable. Karma. :laugh:

 

[DivineShadow]

You cheated... The game became unplayable. Karma. :laugh:

Thats what you do in test games when your finding bugs.

 

[MartinBG]

Unfortunately that's been reported many times already.
Luckily there's a simple solution:

Mods\Darkest Hour Full\db\events\france.txt
There are 3 such lines

command = { type = secederegion which = GER value = "Benelux" }

Changing all of them like shown below solves the game hang:

command = { type = secederegion which = GER value = "Benelux" when = 1 }

Alternatively, using your save-game, you can annex Netherlands first as Germany without editing the event.

EDIT:
Another way to work around the issue is to disable (even temporary) the tech team take over option.

Anyway the event issue is fixed long time ago and I just made changes to the engine that should prevent this problem to re-appear in any similar situation.