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Game keeps shutting down - 12/22/2005 3:54:52 PM

chris23

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When a tank or a pillbox get shoot at the game crashes and I get thrown back to the desktop!

Any ideas? I run it on Windows XP.

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RE: Game keeps shutting down - 12/23/2005 7:03:43 PM

Wild Bill

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Do a very simple thing. Go to the save directory, delete the steel.prf file. Don't worry, it reconstitutes itself when you start up again.

If that does not work, I recommend removing the game using Control Panel, Add-Delete Programs, and the reinstalling it. Could be a corrupted file somewhere.

Do them in that order. Many times the steel.prf file can be the culprit of sudden crashes.

WB

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RE: Game keeps shutting down - 12/23/2005 11:26:08 PM

Alby

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quote:

ORIGINAL: chris23

When a tank or a pillbox get shoot at the game crashes and I get thrown back to the desktop! Any ideas? I run it on Windows XP.

also if the unit you are using has apcr ammo, but no apcr penetration listed in the weapons tables then that can cause a crash

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RE: Game keeps shutting down - 12/23/2005 11:48:51 PM

KG Erwin

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Alby

quote:

ORIGINAL: chris23

When a tank or a pillbox get shoot at the game crashes and I get thrown back to the desktop! Any ideas? I run it on Windows XP.

also if the unit you are using has apcr ammo, but no apcr penetration listed in the weapons tables then that can cause a crash

That's a good catch, Alby. While most problems with SPWaW are hardware-related, this was a database glitch that can be easily fixed.

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