GWX Career Crashing

CaptainPecato · 08-17-13, 11:38 AM

Hi everybody,

Been lurking these forums for a while now and I have to say this is probably the most helpful community I've ever seen on the Internet or real life.

That said, I have an issue I'm hoping you can help me with. I've installed GWX 3 Gold and everything runs fine until I try to load a new career or saved career. The problem is very inconsistent, sometimes it will load the new mission (or saved file) but most of the time it will crash at the end of the mission loading screen. However, I can load single missions just fine, both new and saved files load perfectly.

I've tried to disable all mods through JSGME but it doesn't seem to help. I have made sure that no campaign mods were conflicting as well. For the record I have the steam version of SH3 updated to version 1.4b. I am baffled.

System Specs:
ASUS G75
i7
8GB RAM
GeForce GTX 660M - 2GB

Thanks in advance!

Sailor Steve · 08-17-13, 11:50 AM

WELCOME ABOARD!

I've never encountered anything like that, so I don't know what the problem could be. There have been other people reporting the same or similar problems, so it's not just you.

Hang tight. Someone with experience in that area will be along soon.

Wreford-Brown · 08-17-13, 12:41 PM

Hi CaptainPecato,

My system specs are similar to yours and I'm running a number of mods without any problems. Have you tried applying the 4GB patch to allow your system to fully exploit what it's capable of doing with SH3?

CaptainPecato · 08-17-13, 01:25 PM

No, I've not tried the 4GB patch because I'm actually happy with the way the game looks (when the career missions actually work).

There's no harm in trying it though. Do you think it could be part of the problem? But if it is part of the problem, then why the heck does it not consistently crash? The inconsistency is what's driving me crazy. I'm thinking it's some sort of conflict between the mods that's not showing up on JSGME.

The only thing I have not tried is downloading GWX again. Perhaps I got a bad download?

And I forgot to mention that I'm running Win8.

Wreford-Brown · 08-17-13, 01:39 PM

I'm also on Win8 and am having no problems. It shouldn't be the sole cause of your issues, but the 4GB patch can't cause any harm and with any luck it'll solve the problem.

Almost forgot to say 'welcome to Subsim'. Always great to greet a new Kaleun.

Sailor Steve · 08-17-13, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainPecato

No, I've not tried the 4GB patch because I'm actually happy with the way the game looks (when the career missions actually work).

The 4GB patch doesn't change anything about the game. It just allows the game to access 4GB of memory at the same time (normally it only uses 2GB).

Quote:

But if it is part of the problem, then why the heck does it not consistently crash? The inconsistency is what's driving me crazy. I'm thinking it's some sort of conflict between the mods that's not showing up on JSGME.

It's possible that it's trying to access different amounts of memory at different times. I'm not sure, since I'm still stuck with 32-bit XP, but based on what I've heard that could be the problem. Of course it might be something else entirely, but installing it certainly won't hurt anything.

CaptainPecato · 08-17-13, 02:43 PM

Update:

Running the 4GB patch and I got a new career mission to load; everything else is looking okay too.

I'm going to try it again later and see if the problem comes back. I'm hoping this wasn't just one of the times the game decided to load the mission properly.

I will keep you posted...

08-17-13, 11:38 AM	#1
CaptainPecato Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	GWX Career Crashing Hi everybody, Been lurking these forums for a while now and I have to say this is probably the most helpful community I've ever seen on the Internet or real life. That said, I have an issue I'm hoping you can help me with. I've installed GWX 3 Gold and everything runs fine until I try to load a new career or saved career. The problem is very inconsistent, sometimes it will load the new mission (or saved file) but most of the time it will crash at the end of the mission loading screen. However, I can load single missions just fine, both new and saved files load perfectly. I've tried to disable all mods through JSGME but it doesn't seem to help. I have made sure that no campaign mods were conflicting as well. For the record I have the steam version of SH3 updated to version 1.4b. I am baffled. System Specs: ASUS G75 i7 8GB RAM GeForce GTX 660M - 2GB Thanks in advance!

08-17-13, 11:50 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! I've never encountered anything like that, so I don't know what the problem could be. There have been other people reporting the same or similar problems, so it's not just you. Hang tight. Someone with experience in that area will be along soon. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-17-13, 12:41 PM	#3
Wreford-Brown Sea Lord Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In sight of Stonehenge Posts: 1,750 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 26	Hi CaptainPecato, My system specs are similar to yours and I'm running a number of mods without any problems. Have you tried applying the 4GB patch to allow your system to fully exploit what it's capable of doing with SH3? __________________ All my mods are available at MediaFire: SH3 Mods Other modders SH3 mods SH4 Mods ...you can't please all of the people all of the time...

08-17-13, 01:39 PM	#5
Wreford-Brown Sea Lord Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In sight of Stonehenge Posts: 1,750 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 26	I'm also on Win8 and am having no problems. It shouldn't be the sole cause of your issues, but the 4GB patch can't cause any harm and with any luck it'll solve the problem. Almost forgot to say 'welcome to Subsim'. Always great to greet a new Kaleun. __________________ All my mods are available at MediaFire: SH3 Mods Other modders SH3 mods SH4 Mods ...you can't please all of the people all of the time...

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08-17-13, 01:25 PM	#4
CaptainPecato Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	No, I've not tried the 4GB patch because I'm actually happy with the way the game looks (when the career missions actually work). There's no harm in trying it though. Do you think it could be part of the problem? But if it is part of the problem, then why the heck does it not consistently crash? The inconsistency is what's driving me crazy. I'm thinking it's some sort of conflict between the mods that's not showing up on JSGME. The only thing I have not tried is downloading GWX again. Perhaps I got a bad download? And I forgot to mention that I'm running Win8.

08-17-13, 02:43 PM	#7
CaptainPecato Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Update: Running the 4GB patch and I got a new career mission to load; everything else is looking okay too. I'm going to try it again later and see if the problem comes back. I'm hoping this wasn't just one of the times the game decided to load the mission properly. I will keep you posted...