i downloaded a map from the mpas ppl already made on this site. when i get in it it lags really bad and comes with an error message abut something about virus or something like that. plz help me with this information.well i found the eroor its rtight here.


You have encounted a serious virus error. Serious error can be caused by many thigs including viruses overhead hardware that does not meet the ninimum specification for the game. Pleace visit the forum at www.generals.ea.com for suggested courses of action or caonsult your manual for technical support contact information.

...Does this map you downloaded have a name?

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8v battle drome 2 and battle island. but i think that it may do them for all the edited maps. but 8v battle drome is a really bad one. idk if it has to many objetc ors idk.

Yeah, I suppose it's possible that your computer just isn't up to the task. What are your specs?

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wat do u mean specs?

Computer Specifications, such as CPU speed and RAM amount.

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where do i find it?

right click on My Computer > propereties > General tab (default) > and below see how much amount of GHz and MB RAM you have

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3.00 ghz and 512 mb of ram

Assuming you use Windows XP, click start, run, and then type "dxdiag". You should get all of the information you need on your computer's specs.

ok i already listed them.

We'll need abit more info than that though.

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ok tell me what u need.

well i assume someone already knows ; this error has nothing to do with PC beacuse game reports it when game engine fails , in ZH 1.0 version this error was very anoying 2/3 times per day (well if you played so long) in 1.4 v ZH game engine was really updated , maybe 1 crash/error in 1 month , the fact is it's caused by normal gameplay events(sometimes offical ZH 1.4)but having a mod or playing an unoffical map you'll have to expect this error ; i remember playing (contra 005) Lan 1v1 and i sneaked with black lotus to back of opponents base and i tryed to capture his HQ(command center) instantly when black lotus captured HQ game crashed and bad old error appeared.
Remember , no viruses no overheated hardware just an crazy internal game error , thats why the patches are also for.

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but i dont have zh i got generals. and its onyl happenind with those maps i posted nto any of the other player made maps. and when i click to playsome maps in my game it has the word MISSING in fron of it.

Ok. in normal generals i didn't saw that error but you are still using unoffical maps , its not about generals or ZH , if you're using unoffical maps , it's not fully tested and it's been done maybe by a single person, so again you'll have to expect this error , no matter what generals you have , neither the normal or expansion edition.

EDIT: post some details about that MISSING , where is't that written ....?

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I just forgot to ask the number one question that should've been ask as the very first reply:
Jobohobo, can please post what is written in "ReleaseCrashInfo.txt" found in "C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Username]\My Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Data"? It points to the direct problem of the crash and some of the people here can find it and perhaps assist you in fixing it.

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Only that , error appears in the middle of game or clicking on the map (lol) or starting game ??
In the middle of the game releaseCrashInfo usualy only reports this: game engine failed:Update (something like that)

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My guess is that the map doesn't work, I'll download it and see if the author forgot to test it before release. Edit: Both the maps look fine functional wise in world builder, but the 8V map just screamed lag fest. I'm guessing that your computer can't handle the load of the 2 maps with 8 people (and probably just 2 would be bad on 8v) And is overheating. I can't think of any suggestions other then playing different maps, or getting a new computer/upgrading your old one.

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it syasy missing when i clck skirmish, slect map, and unnoficial maps. some of them say missing lkiek the hunters.

and this is what it says in the release thingy.

Release Crash at Sun Jul 29 05:05:47 2007
; Reason Uncaught Exception in GameEngine::update

Last error:
Exception is access violation
WinMain at 4017d0
Error code: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
Description: The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access.
Access address:00000014 was read from.

Stack Dump:
(-1) : 0x0055BF7C
(-1) : 0x0055CFFB
(-1) : 0x00559C61
(-1) : 0x45561000

Details:
Register dump...
Eip:0055BF7C Esp:0012F894 Ebp:0012F8B4
Eax:0000014F Ebx:0000014F Ecx:082AAE0C
Edx:00000000 Esi:08DFC1C8 Edi:0715CB44
EFlags:00010202
CS:001b SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003b GS:0000
EIP bytes dump...

Bytes at CS:EIP (0055BF7C) : 8B 42 14 2B C3 33 DB 66 8B 59 18 8B 4A 18 2B CB 8B D1 0F AF D1 8B C8 0F AF C8 03 D1 89 55 24 DB


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