[Empire Total War Support Forum]

Unstable game

feeds@yuku.com (Cloverdog) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:17:43 GMT

So ever since the games been out the game still crashs every so often, alot of the problems with the last patch have been fixed but still ever since empire has been released every half hr or so on a massive battlefield the game stops and boom crashs. the same happens to my roomate on his computer do you guys know why the game is so unstable i can barely even play it. luckly i like medieval enough that that keeps me ocupied when i feel like i wanna chuck unstable empire at the wall.

Battle bug - Limbered artillery invulnerable to gunfire

feeds@yuku.com (Graphic) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:56:15 GMT

Like the title says. I've been noticing something fishy for a while and now that I fired on a limbered unit of artillery at point blank range with light infantry and killed no one, I think its confirmed

MP GC -- Screen Grays out at Beginning of Turn

feeds@yuku.com (Calbrenar) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:55:09 GMT

We tried a little the other night and had no issues for a couple turns. Today with Austria vs Sweden (Host Austria, Long Campaign, Ultra units), when we got to the beginning of the 2nd turn my screen was grayed out and i had the timer. Friend was fine. I had a pop up with a building built but could not click anything to close it. No keypresses worked inside of E:TW except Steam Overlay and windows escape keys.

Second game at beginning of second turn both my screen and my...

Campaign map mash-up

feeds@yuku.com (Fordo Reddings) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:07:41 GMT

Can somebody please explain to me why my campaign might look like this?

Since the 1.3 Patch, I've always had common CTDs in the campaign and only campaign... but now it's starting to do this all of the time. This happens on even the lowest settings, script file deleted, and game cache verified.

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Blurred Text due to use of grey shading (potentially at all resolutions)

feeds@yuku.com (preciousgollum) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:19:08 GMT

I, like many more, have been having the problem of blurred text for quite some time and it is hampering my enjoyment of this game.

The overall problem is that the text is anti-aliased/shaded to a degree (although not by any user option) where grey pixels are inserted around the edges. This technique was commonly used on text aimed for use on television (aka 640x480 resolutions) to make it easier to read (particularly used by software for older video games consoles).

This...

please help...

feeds@yuku.com (turkgun) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:35:34 GMT

i have windows xp sp3 and i play etw but when i open my computer always steam is updating
http://img121.imageshack.us/i/updatingadlsorun.png/ how i can stop this?

Multiplayer server list shows up empty all the time

feeds@yuku.com (Tongtong) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:30:33 GMT

Well when i go on multiplayer no matter what i put in for it to search it doesn't come up with any games, if i go on quick battle it finds nothing. the annoying thing is it used to work before i installed the multiplayer campaign beta.
and i now can only see the games that my one of my steam friends has hosted.

Elite Units of America DLC Problem

feeds@yuku.com (Troublehalf) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:06:59 GMT

Tried searching for this, and it probably very easy to spot, but for some reason, in Campaign + Any other battle form, textures are missing. 1. All guns and swords have disappeared from the units. Very funny watching Dragoons charge with no weapons. 2. Can no longer "Drag Formation" with right click. 3. All towns and cities are missing so are the Flag poles. So are buildings.

Dunno why it has done it, and as far as I know it is America DLC thats caused it, but it might be...

Empire Total War - constant crashing

feeds@yuku.com (Master Shrive) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:31:35 GMT

Hi all. I've had issues with ETW ever since release. I stopped playing until the latest 1.5 patch, but even that has not fixed my issues. The game seems to crash at random times and it does not seem to matter whether I'm in a battle, on the campaign map or even just in the menu. Indeed, the last couple of days I have just left the game running without doing anything else and when I've returned to the computer Windows has disaplayed the message "ETW has stopped working... etc...

CTD after loading troops on ships

feeds@yuku.com (jost) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:30:14 GMT

This is reproducible. I have a save playing British in 1706 trying to load troops on a fleet in Portsmouth. After loading, I try to click someone I didn't load on the ships and I get a CTD.

Broken disc

feeds@yuku.com (Higgerz) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:09:49 GMT

Hi guys, just posting a quick question so hopefully someone can help me. My disc 1 has got a split from the centre of the disc and as such the disc can no longer be read. I've got someone that is prepared to send me his disc 1 as he no longer plays the game. My question is would his disc 1 work with my disc 2 and my activation code or will I need him to send both discs and activation code?

Thanks for any help.

NTFS File System requirement

feeds@yuku.com (Skyblaze) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:04:44 GMT

Is there anyway I can bypass the NTFS file system requirement to play this game? I am on a mac with windows on a partition in a FAT32 format.

What's the best graphics card for ETW?

feeds@yuku.com (Mekon) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:52:32 GMT

I've recently been trying to get ETW to run at ultra settings, but when I do it screws up the game apparently. Here are my specs:

OS: Windows Vista Home premium Service Pack 2
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260
Memory: 4094 RAM
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU

I would figure since my graphics card (GTX 260) is one of the later ones, it would be able to run at ultra settings without a problem, but I guess not.
What system specs is best for a game like ETW? If...

Please somebody help me!!!! NVIDEA DRIVER??????

feeds@yuku.com (25018347) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:42:49 GMT

Hi all,

I know very little about the technical side of computer hardware, but I LOVE the total war series............that is until I recieved 9 months of headaches with Empire.
After all the updates and various driver changes, i finally had the game working well on 32bit Vista. Then yesterday, I performed a clean install of Windows 7 64bit, and now the game has awful lag. Even when i move the pointer across the campaign map, it stutters, or doesnt stop when i stop...

Could use a hand

feeds@yuku.com (dbdmack) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:04:48 GMT

I'm a casual campaign player. I'm into a long campaign now, 1873. I figured that the AI is taking a bit with more characters now, but it freezes up and moving is pretty tough. I've browsed other topics in here and didn't see any fixes. I have a very good computer, so I know it is not memory or system capability. I've turned the graphics down to low and completed saved games but the one I am on.

Is there something I am missing or not aware of as a fix? Thanks.

HELP PLEASE

feeds@yuku.com (Shaiton) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:46:43 GMT

failed to join game:no response from host!!!! why on empire total war when me and my friend on steam try to host a game and connect to each others game it says "failed to join game:no response from host why" can we not connect!!???? this happenes only on empire total war and not on any othe pc game i own. im almost positive it has nothing to do with either of our internet security setups. so can someone please tell me why!? and how i can fix this? thanks

BETA campaign bugs

feeds@yuku.com (skullman86) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:36:55 GMT

My campaigns so far...

Campaign #1 France
1. I attacked Algiers on my first turn, took it one turn later, clicked the check mark on the victory screen (green ring around it) and it locked up; I could move my mouse around, but I was unable to select anything.Exited game

Campaign #2 - I hosted

1. I set the game at 2 minute turns and do not follow AI moves
-Neither of us had a timer for the first turn; his timer was...

Backdoor.win32.hupigon.RAA@18528953 ?

feeds@yuku.com (Modestus) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:33:03 GMT

Comodo picked this up today

Backdoor.win32.hupigon.RAA@18528953 in the steam files I am assuming its misinterpreting a steam action but for safety its quarantined any ideas.

So much time has passed and still this game crashes for no reason...

feeds@yuku.com (Tomb100) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:28:37 GMT

I bought this game when it first came out - i pre-ordered it. For the first few months it was un-playable. The graphics slowed the whole thing down, the ai was ridiculous (cavalry would try and enter buildings and so on), and it crashed almost every other turn.

Things have improved but it still crashes, gets choppy on the campaign map scrolling and the ai makes stupid moves.

Lately I have been playing the dutch, and when in america it has started crashing when i click...

Strange grey blobs!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (jayster84) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:28:29 GMT

Some units from afar look like big grey blobs!!! Does anyone else have this issue???? Thanks