Rome-VV crash 3rd June 574

[unmerged(164428)]

Hi there, Im new to these forums, and new to EU-Rome series. (Huge HoI2 Fan!)

Having problems with my game, purchased a few games via steam when paradox had their awesome Birthday special.
Have been thrashing Rome Hard out since then, but have struck a weird crash/bug. (2nd Game this has happened in!)

1st time i was playing as the Numidians, and having disposed of Carthage and most of Eygpt was merrily on my way to dominating the Romans.
Game plays awesome all the way up until 3rd of June 574, and then it just hangs?? I couldnt get around this date at all in the numidian game, regardless of going back to an old autosave, or a save game taken a few years before this date. I make events run i different course, even end up with a different heir, but the game refuses to budge after this date...

Frustrated after my attempt at empire building, i started another game as the Egyptians, and proceeded to dominate the world again, again no problems up until 3rd of June 574, and then get the same hang.
Again old autosaves dont help me, nor does a different direction prior to that date.

I managed to find some sort of log file buried inside my steam directory, which shows messages for the game, and for some reason it is crashing on screen on the 3rd of June 574, but inside this message log there is an action on the 4th of June as follows;

Game[history.cpp:224]: Executing History from -1.1.1 to 2.1.1
Game[history.cpp:224]: Executing History from 2.1.1 to 474.1.1
Game[controlcommands.cpp:79]: Human MrHuman set as primary local
Game[frontend.cpp:643]:

[[ Launching SINGLEPLAYER-game ]]
Start-date: 574.6.1
Country: Egypt


Game[messagehandler.h:205]: 2 June, 574 Horses is now traded for Wood from Scordisci to Maezaei
Game[messagehandler.h:205]: 2 June, 574 Moesia Superior is now granting Macedonia Military Access to their country.
Game[messagehandler.h:205]: 4 June, 574 Palacus Palacid decided to War with Seleucid Empire.


What other files/logs do you need to help?

Running Win7 64Bit on a Core i7-920, ATI 4890, 6gb of Ram, dont get any other crashes except for this one at this date!!
Frustrating as i cant satifsfy my meglomanic cravings for conquering the world

Or have i simply reach the games end date? Is their no end of game message? I dont know, im new to this game, but i want to keep playing
(need to finish this before i start HoI3!!!!) :rofl:

 

[unmerged(164428)]

Found a thread in another section that goes on about having armys with no culture groups assigned? this is a tad confusing, i found a save game file for my autosave, and sure enough i found one of these entries, but im not sure what i need to change to fix it?

problem section i think is as follows;

QMS={
history={
474.1.1={
land_tech=0
naval_tech=0
construction_tech=0
civic_tech=0
religious_tech=0
}
574.5.1={
ruler=593872
}
574.5.2={
capital=127
}
574.5.20={
decision="citizenship_for_sale"
}
}
flags={
}
variables={
}
capital=127
technology={
land_tech={1 0.192}
naval_tech={1 0.166}
construction_tech={1 0.128}
civic_tech={1 0.128}
religious_tech={1 0.128}
}
graphical_culture="greekgfx"
stability=0.000
treasury=0.775
current_income=0.000
estimated_monthly_income=0.757
averaged_income=11.555
war_exhaustion=1.082
land_maintenance=1.000
naval_maintenance=1.000
ledger={
income={
0.899 0.000 12.392 0.000 }
expense={
0.016 0.000 17.500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 }
thismonthincome={
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 }
thismonthexpense={
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 }
lastmonthincometable={
0.757 0.000 0.000 0.000 }
lastmonthexpensetable={
0.008 0.000 17.500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 }
lastyearincome={
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 }
lastyearexpense={
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 }
lastmonthincome=0.757
lastmonthexpense=17.508
}
badboy=0.000
tyranny=0.000
succession=agnatic
land_tech={
id=595448
type=44
}
naval_tech={
id=595451
type=44
}
construction_tech={
id=595446
type=44
}
government=despotic_monarchy
organized_recruitment=yes
civic_duty=yes
manpower=0.000
cavalry="cavalry"
militia="militia"
heavy_infantry="heavy_infantry"
horse_archers="horse_archers"
warelephant="warelephants"
archers="archers"
trireme="trireme"
army={
id={
id=1160
type=41
}
name="ARMY_NAME_noculturegroup"
movement_progress=32.000
path={
126 }
location=127
regiment={
id={
id=1159
type=41
}
name="REGIMENT_NAME_noculturegroup"
home=0
type="militia"
morale=2.100
experience=0.000
strength=1.000
}
base=127
}

 

[AndrewT]

See post #12 in this thread http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=387866 - in essence you delete the NoCultureGroup armies and modify the country to have a Primary Culture and a Religion.

 

[unmerged(164428)]

Thanks for the quick reply,

Ok found and changed what i needed to change, was able to start and it played through now till 3rd of July, and hangs in the same way, i go to the autosave, and search for,
name="ARMY_NAME_noculturegroup"
but this time the autosave doesnt contain any ref to this?
yet its still crashing? Just now the date is 3rd of July as opposed to 3rd june, and now there is no reference in the Autosave to any armies not being assigned a culture group?

Now im more confused than i was before
The fix worked, but only for a month of gametime, and now i cant find anything more to fix in the autosave?
Any other ideas?
Ive read that other thread through now, and can't see any more suggestions relevant to me.

 

[AndrewT]

Just search for noculturegroup, can you see nothing? Aside from that, you might try the unofficial fixes minimod http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386258