Mods & crashes

[StarscreamSWE]

Are some mods or combination of mods known for making the game unstable? I don't want to badmouth any of you moders. I think you do an awesome job and really respect your work.

I've been experiencing a lot of more crashes recently and I would like to knew if someone else has or have had this problem with mods. HoI 2 -DD Vanillia used to crash on me as well, but not nearly as often as it does since I moded it.

It get's kind of frustrating when you have been micromanaging your armies for 3 hours and the game shuts down with no appearent reason. Of course I had'nt save my game and 15 days ingame with micromanagment easily translates to several hours lost gametime.

I'm using DAIM+SMEP 5.0+SKIF and love it... except the crashes!!!

 

[CSABadass]

Any mod using moddir for DD or Armageddon is a dicey proposition in my experience.

Modders also aren't responsible for any one of a thousand things a person may have running on their computers that can potentially screw up the installation of HoI, the mod itself, or both.

We modders also tend to use free hosting, and the downloads sometimes corrupt as a result. It's the best we can do until you folks start paying us.

 

[unmerged(68249)]

Are some mods or combination of mods known for making the game unstable? I don't want to badmouth any of you moders. I think you do an awesome job and really respect your work.

I've been experiencing a lot of more crashes recently and I would like to knew if someone else has or have had this problem with mods. HoI 2 -DD Vanillia used to crash on me as well, but not nearly as often as it does since I moded it.

It get's kind of frustrating when you have been micromanaging your armies for 3 hours and the game shuts down with no appearent reason. Of course I had'nt save my game and 15 days ingame with micromanagment easily translates to several hours lost gametime.

I'm using DAIM+SMEP 5.0+SKIF and love it... except the crashes!!!

I have SMEP5.0 final + DAIM + SKIF and my game crashes every time when the "Japanese surrender" event triggers

 

[CSABadass]

It's well worth mentioning that some--if not most--crashes in PI games are caused by playing the game on too-high a speed when a mutli-command event fires, and that this happens in vanilla and modded games with equal probability.

 

[unmerged(68249)]

It's well worth mentioning that some--if not most--crashes in PI games are caused by playing the game on too-high a speed when a mutli-command event fires, and that this happens in vanilla and modded games with equal probability.

I have tried with USA and when the "Japanese surrender" event trigger it's lead to serial of events an one of them gives independence to Philipines, Korea and Japan and whe I press "Give Independence" (or sth. like that) the game crashes to the desktop

 

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event = {
	      random = no
              trigger = { type = temperature value = 30 }
              name = "The summer is getting hot"
              action_a = {
			name = "Get a beer"
			command = { type = beer value = 1 }
}

LOL

 

[CSABadass]

I have tried with USA and when the "Japanese surrender" event trigger it's lead to serial of events an one of them gives independence to Philipines, Korea and Japan and whe I press "Give Independence" (or sth. like that) the game crashes to the desktop

If you have a bunch of events firing at once, I'm almost sure it's game speed that's causing it. Try slowing down before that fires next time--Normal or less.

 

[unmerged(68249)]

If you have a bunch of events firing at once, I'm almost sure it's game speed that's causing it. Try slowing down before that fires next time--Normal or less.

It's not from the high game speed! I have slowed down to Very Slow and when I press "Liberate them" the game crashes!

PS: Many other events (like bitter peaces for UK, USSR etc.) have a lot of events triggering at once but I have no problem with them

 

[Lord Finnish]

If you have a bunch of events firing at once, I'm almost sure it's game speed that's causing it. Try slowing down before that fires next time--Normal or less.

All these years I wondered why my EU2 crashes so often with my older coputer :wacko:

 

[StarscreamSWE]

It's well worth mentioning that some--if not most--crashes in PI games are caused by playing the game on too-high a speed when a mutli-command event fires, and that this happens in vanilla and modded games with equal probability.

Well, yes and no!
In my experience as, you say, they seem to be related to several events firing off at the same time. Also I noticed it that combination the of event pop-up windows and trade pop-up windows causes the game to shut down. Which could be related to speed. Smetimes it will shutdown for no particualar reason. For instance the last crash which had me reinstall the game from my newly recieved HOI - Anthology CD (yehaaa!) happened when on of my allied (under military controll naval forces engaged in battle. I got a pop-up as usual, clicked got-to and the sceen moved over the current area and crashed. mind that it weren't related form the pop-up window.
If I should estimate I believe some 90 % of the crashes were related to events and/or trade offers.

...and that this happens in vanilla and modded games with equal probability.

For me it happens a lot more wit mods. Seems logical as there mods often uses a lot more events. Vanillia hardly never crashes...In my experience that is and then again as I'm n00b I mostly play as Germany.

We modders also tend to use free hosting, and the downloads sometimes corrupt as a result. It's the best we can do until you folks start paying us.

Well... that's just shitty! Is this true?
Couldn't Paradox sponsor or host at least the most popular files? You should think it were in there best interest.

Looking forward to playing the Confederate mod later on.
Seems like good fun and looks great!

 

[CSABadass]

Well... that's just shitty! Is this true?
Couldn't Paradox sponsor or host at least the most popular files? You should think it were in there best interest.

Looking forward to playing the Confederate mod later on.
Seems like good fun and looks great!

Very true, I'm afraid.

Right now, PI won't give mods a thread sticky or a subforum (until they're abandoned, that is). If they won't do something free to help support modders, I very much doubt they'll do something that costs actual money.

And thanks for the kind words about CA--I hope it'll be worthy of your praise!

 

[StarscreamSWE]

Very true, I'm afraid.

Right now, PI won't give mods a thread sticky or a subforum (until they're abandoned, that is). If they won't do something free to help support modders, I very much doubt they'll do something that costs actual money.

Yeah, what's up with that?
I'm kind of new to this site and HoI in general, but that's one first things I noticed. I can't think of any reason why they would not open up dedicated subforum for each recognized mod.

Too bad really!

Take CIV IV for instance... They even imbedded their latest expansion CIV IV - Beyond the Sword with the most popular mods. Such as The Road to War.
http://rtw.apolyton.net/index2.html
That's fan support!