Kursk crashes

[Heat1]

I just got the ToW Kursk and I was ready to enjoy but...

I crashes to desktop all the times when I hit "START BATTLE" button.

I tried Affinity, administrator, re-install, anything. No luck

I have Win7, 64-bit, i7 920, 2x4870 crossfireX

I hate when this happens to a new game. And I bought it just because I have 3 days free from work. Damn!

Any ideas?

[Sneaksie]

Hmm, i would try to disable Crossfire first and see if this helps. On the other hand, does your CPU have Hyper-Threading feature? If yes, can you disable it?

[Heat1]

OK, that's it. It does not like Crossfire

[Tom3333]

I have a similar problem. TOW 2 Kursk crashes every time I try to apply settings or to start the tutorial. I have a Dell Precision M6500 laptop with Win 7 Ultimate 64bit, i7 X920 processor, 12 Gbyte RAM and a Nvidia Quadra FX 3800M graphic adapter. Any help would be much appreciated

[Sneaksie]

If it crashes when you try to save settings, make sure you're running the game using 'Run as Administrator' context menu command.

[Tom3333]

Thanks for your reply sneaksie. It does also crash when I hit the start button in tutorial. I looked at the log file (see below) and it seems to have problems with the game.ini.

Btw. I am running version 1.3.2 of the game.

[Jun 9, 2010 1:37:22 PM] ------------ BEGIN log session -------------
Sound: Native library (build 1.1, target - P IV) loaded.
Main3D >>> renderer type: DIRECT3D9
Available Texture Memory: 1181Mb
WWThreadPool.create(): Thread pool is created. Threads count = 0
Load gui skin from: Data/Settings/gui.ini
=========================== CampaignRecList.updateList() begins ===========================
=========================== CampaignRecList.updateList() ends ===========================
Time overflow (0): speed 0.05
Initializing DirectSound playback device...
Primary buffer created.
Playback format is set : sampling rate = 44100, num channels = 2.
Not enought hardware buffers (0), hardware disabled
Buffer caps : Transfer rate = 0, CPU overhead = 0.
Default speaker config is : 1310724.
Direct sound audio device initialized successfully :
DX Version : 7
Hardware - disabled [buffers : 0]
Extensions - enabled :
EAX ver. 1 [ ] - disabled
EAX ver. 2 [ ] - disabled
EAX ver. 3 [ ] - disabled
I3D ver. 2 [ ] - disabled
ZoomFX [ ] - disabled
MacroFX [ ] - disabled
SIMD render [X]
num channels 32

Initializing animator...
Animator was initialized in 15868 milliseconds (15 seconds)
Loaded user music tracks: [Ingame: 0] [Non-Game: 0]



================== DESTROY GAME =====================



IniFile load failed: I/O error: users/game.ini



================== DESTROY GAME IS DONE=====================



WWThreadPool.destroy(): Thread pool is destroyed
[Jun 9, 2010 1:38:15 PM] -------------- END log session -------------

[Tom3333]

Hi Sneaksie. I tried the game in admin mode and it seems to works fine. Thanks for your help.

[andymitch1969]

I recently downloaded this from an online store, Game, in the UK. It ran once and now all it does ist start up. I get the update screen, and then start the game. The screen goes black as if to start then minimises to the task bar and is status not responding.

Quote:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/4/2011, 12:04:42
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Model: MS-7309
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4096MB RAM
Page File: 2079MB used, 6109MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

------------
DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 260
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_05E2&SUBSYS_070010DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 2669 MB
Dedicated Memory: 877 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: SyncMaster
Monitor Id: SAM05CD
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,n vwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0011.9621 (English)
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9621
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 1/12/2010 04:03:33, 11862120 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-46A2-11CF-FB56-0B271FC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x05E2
SubSys ID: 0x070010DE
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem13.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section0 03:8.17.11.9621ci\ven_10de&dev_05e2
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C
Many thanks in advance. I have scoured the internet looking for solutions. To no avail.

[Sneaksie]

Try to delete 'users' folder (its inside the game folder) or move it somewhere. Then eneable your game settings one by one to determine which one is causing trouble.

[Freaker]

AndyMitch1969: I had a similar problem, on an Intel CoreDuo 8400 and a GTX 260 graphics card, using a resolution 1900 * 1200 - like you. The game would start, but after a certain amount of time ( a few minutes into the scenario) the system locked up, requiring a hard reset.

I solved my problem by going to a lower resolution. I managed to complete a scenario. In addition, the system was far more responsive.