OM crash may 1940

[Chris38]

I usually have some SH4 crashes with OM enabled, when i restore saved games.

The loading screen comes ("Please wait"), and just when it disappears, CTD.

The problem is apparently in the save file. Not a great issue for me, i usually save on the basis of two files, and when one is corrupted, the second is generally OK.

But i have a new problem : I am currently in a patrol, using a saved game : Each saved game created later in the patrol will result in a crash when i try to restore it. And the crash is strange : It does not happen at the end of the loading, but at the very beginning. I click on "OK", in the load screen, and CTD.

I think it's my first save file of a size superior to 3 MB, is it related ?

The datas ;

U-40 - Type IX
2nd Flotilla
Last working save : 1940, april 27th
Any save after this one will crash, whereever i am on the map, with or without other ships in proximity, etc.
Mods activated :
OpsMonsun_v705
OMv705_to_v720
OMv720_Patch4
OMEGU_v300
OMEGU_v300_Patch6
Office Mod
Csengoi's EnemiesOfGermany

No need to say i tries de deactivate some mods (leaving only OM enabled, without OMEGU, for example) : No go.

Anyone already saw SH4 CTD at the beginning of loading a game ?

[lurker_hlb3]

I usually have some SH4 crashes with OM enabled, when i restore saved games.

The loading screen comes ("Please wait"), and just when it disappears, CTD.

The problem is apparently in the save file. Not a great issue for me, i usually save on the basis of two files, and when one is corrupted, the second is generally OK.

But i have a new problem : I am currently in a patrol, using a saved game : Each saved game created later in the patrol will result in a crash when i try to restore it. And the crash is strange : It does not happen at the end of the loading, but at the very beginning. I click on "OK", in the load screen, and CTD.

I think it's my first save file of a size superior to 3 MB, is it related ?

The datas ;

U-40 - Type IX
2nd Flotilla
Last working save : 1940, april 27th
Any save after this one will crash, whereever i am on the map, with or without other ships in proximity, etc.
Mods activated :
OpsMonsun_v705
OMv705_to_v720
OMv720_Patch4
OMEGU_v300
OMEGU_v300_Patch6
Office Mod
Csengoi's EnemiesOfGermany

No need to say i tries de deactivate some mods (leaving only OM enabled, without OMEGU, for example) : No go.

Anyone already saw SH4 CTD at the beginning of loading a game ?

I've never seen a problem like this.

[Fincuan]

I experienced, or more precisely still experience, similar problems. For me the culprit turned out to be the combination of Ati's drivers+crossfire. If I disable and re-enable Crossfire prior to starting SH4 all saves load fine, if not it'll crash immediately after starting to load.

[Nit]

I have such problems as well but only on pc with 256 Mb video-memory.

[Chris38]

Thanks for answers.

My video card is a Nvidia GT-220... No ATI nor memory problem, i think...

Maybe driver related issue ?

What's puzzling me is the fact a corrupted saved game can corrupt subsequent saves...

[edit]

In fact, it's getting worse and worse... It seems even all saved games, even previous ones, present the problem... I didn't change anything on my system...

[edit 2]

It seems to be a video problem... And i wonder if it's not the picture loading when the game loads itself who crashes SH4.

I don't know the method, but the pictures seem not be always the same from period to period... Maybe one of them is corrupted...

[Fincuan]

Yeah if every savegame is crashing there's likely to be more involved than just the game and the mods. Maybe try fiddling with your video-settings via the NVidia control-panel? Disable/enable anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, vertical sync, etc... Sometimes the weirdest things can turn out to be the solution.

[Chris38]

Yes, that's what i did yesterday... No clue for the moment...

[Chris38]

???

[Fincuan]

Probably a bot. Seems like there's a few of them in here that don't only post ads, but also respond to other posts with some gibberish. Reported.