My Turn For CTD

[Sailor Steve]

I had to start my campaign over - yet again. It loads and starts just fine, but when I'm almost out of Wilhelmshave I get this:



Any ideas?

[schlechter pfennig]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I had to start my campaign over - yet again. It loads and starts just fine, but when I'm almost out of Wilhelmshave I get this:



Any ideas?

That doesn't look like the standard CTD I get when I get them. That almost looks like you have a RAM problem. is this a sudden error? Have you changed any hardware or software? Has anything changed since the last time you were able to successfully run SHIII?

[Sailor Steve]

I've been swapping mods out and testing using the Navigation Training course. I haven't played a career in about three days, and haven't started one over (i.e. driven out of the harbor, where this happened) in about a week.

[schlechter pfennig]

It sounds as if you might have a DEP (Data Execution Prevention) problem.

[Sailor Steve]

And what's that when it's at home?

[schlechter pfennig]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

And what's that when it's at home?

This is straight from Microsoft:

"Data Execution Prevention (DEP) helps prevent damage from viruses and other security threats that attack by running (executing) malicious code from memory locations that only Windows and other programs should use. This type of threat causes damage by taking over one or more memory locations in use by a program. Then it spreads and harms other programs, files, and even your e-mail contacts.
Unlike a firewall or antivirus program, DEP does not help prevent harmful programs from being installed on your computer. Instead, it monitors your programs to determine if they use system memory safely. To do this, DEP software works alone or with compatible microprocessors to mark some memory locations as "non-executable". If a program tries to run code—malicious or not—from a protected location, DEP closes the program and notifies you."

Try this (which is again from Microsoft):

You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.

1. To open System Properties, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.
2. Click the Advanced tab and, under Performance, click Settings.
3. Click the Data Execution Prevention tab.
4. In the Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select list, do one of the following:
   • To turn off DEP for a program, select the check box next to the program name and click OK. (If the name of the program doesn't appear in the list, click Add, navigate to your Program Files folder, select the program's executable file which will have an .exe file extension, and click OK). – or –
   • To turn on DEP for a program, clear the check box next to the program name, and then click OK.

I hope this helps. If not, I'll do more research.