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Game suddenly shuts down - 11/20/2020 1:38:18 PM

danoco5907

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Hi there, Since I updated to the latest version 1.06.09 beta hotfix and also 1.06.05 last month, I have been playing a long campaign 44 as allies.

I'm up to turn 55 and what I am finding more often now is that suddenly in the middle of a turn, during the bombing runs, the game suddenly just vanishes from the screen and is gone from my current pc screen. I have to open the game again in DWXnd and restart the turn. This seems to happen randomly roughly once every 3-4 turns.

If I have forgotten to save the planning phase before starting, it means re planning all missions which if you have a lot, can be quite tiresome.

Of course I will try to save now before and after every turn but I'm just wondering if anyone has come across this issue and any potential fixes ?

Many thanks

Dan

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RE: Game suddenly shuts down - 11/20/2020 11:07:24 PM

simovitch

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Do you play with clouds on? there was a bug that caused a crash when the clouds were on and moving from the southwest. It will be fixed for the next release.

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RE: Game suddenly shuts down - 11/21/2020 8:28:55 AM

V72

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I had the same problem, I use the game under Windows 7, but switching back to version 1.06 it doesn't happen again, whether the clouds are enabled or not.

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RE: Game suddenly shuts down - 11/21/2020 10:59:23 AM

danoco5907

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Thanks for the replies simovitch & V72.

Simovitch - I tend to toggle on and off the clouds at various stages. For instance when close to a bombing target I switch on. Are you saying the issue occurs only when the wind blows from S/W to N/E ? Does the wind now blow randomly in different directions and if the wind is not blowing S/W to N/E then it won't crash? Played a turn last night and was blowing N/W to S/E ( the way it always used to blow) and had no problems. I may now just leave the clouds off maybe just briefly switch on as approaching target, not that I can do anything if its cloudy over target. Just to confirm am I right in assuming the following :

Cloud direction
N/E > S/W game ok
S/E > N/W game ok
S/W > N/E do not play
N/W > S/E game ok

V72 - I am playing in Windows 10. To switch back to 1.06 do i just run again the 1.06 file and not the 1.06.08 file ? I assume I will lose my saved games by doing this ? if so, I will leave it and play without clouds.

Thanks guys

Dan

PS. Any ideas when next update is coming ?

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RE: Game suddenly shuts down - 11/22/2020 1:26:53 AM

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well clouds only come from NW or SW, and SW might cause a crash if you have them showing graphically. Just turn them off after the reaction phase starts.

I will post a new beta sometime in the next few days. Possibly tomorrow.

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RE: Game suddenly shuts down - 11/22/2020 11:51:46 AM

danoco5907

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Noted thanks

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