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Posted by: jobohobo - Sunday, July 29, 2007 1:31:38 PM
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.

Posted by: jobohobo - Sunday, July 29, 2007 1:31:38 PM

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.

Posted by: CommieDog - Sunday, July 29, 2007 1:52:09 PM
...Does this map you downloaded have a name?

Posted by: jobohobo - Sunday, July 29, 2007 2:03:54 PM
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.

Posted by: CommieDog - Sunday, July 29, 2007 10:15:32 PM
Yeah, I suppose it's possible that your computer just isn't up to the task. What are your specs?

Posted by: jobohobo - Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:24:52 PM
wat do u mean specs?

Posted by: krit - Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:38:01 PM
Computer Specifications, such as CPU speed and RAM amount.

Posted by: jobohobo - Monday, July 30, 2007 12:10:37 AM
where do i find it?

Posted by: Stewox - Monday, July 30, 2007 3:23:20 PM
right click on My Computer > propereties > General tab (default) > and below see how much amount of GHz and MB RAM you have

Posted by: jobohobo - Monday, July 30, 2007 9:25:10 PM
3.00 ghz and 512 mb of ram

Posted by: CG Apollos - Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:55:56 PM
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.

Posted by: jobohobo - Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:23:41 PM
ok i already listed them.

Posted by: krit - Wednesday, August 1, 2007 2:24:11 AM
We'll need abit more info than that though.

Posted by: jobohobo - Wednesday, August 1, 2007 3:35:46 AM
ok tell me what u need.

Posted by: Stewox - Wednesday, August 1, 2007 3:17:59 PM
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.

Posted by: Stewox - Wednesday, August 1, 2007 3:17:59 PM

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.

Posted by: jobohobo - Wednesday, August 1, 2007 6:21:03 PM
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.

Posted by: Stewox - Thursday, August 2, 2007 4:27:12 AM
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 ....?

Posted by: Stewox - Thursday, August 2, 2007 4:27:12 AM

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 ....?

Posted by: krit - Thursday, August 2, 2007 5:03:24 AM
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.

Posted by: Stewox - Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:10:49 AM
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)

Posted by: fleetatks - Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:27:12 AM
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.

Posted by: fleetatks - Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:27:12 AM

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.

Posted by: jobohobo - Thursday, August 2, 2007 3:57:32 PM
[quote=Stewox] 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 ....? [/quote] 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 Current stack

Posted by: jobohobo - Thursday, August 2, 2007 3:57:32 PM

[quote=Stewox] 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 ....? [/quote] 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 Current stack

Posted by: Stewox - Thursday, August 2, 2007 4:08:07 PM
So when you select one of unofficial maps ? , their names dont show and it says MISSING , but it says anything else than Missing , also on which point the game crashes what you did , clicked on the unoffiial map or you started the game with that Missing map selected ?? is this correct , and its all about unoffical maps , try offical also i dont know what in the world is Ikiek and whats with the hunters , try to write slowly , clearly

Posted by: Stewox - Thursday, August 2, 2007 4:08:07 PM

So when you select one of unofficial maps ? , their names dont show and it says MISSING , but it says anything else than Missing , also on which point the game crashes what you did , clicked on the unoffiial map or you started the game with that Missing map selected ?? is this correct , and its all about unoffical maps , try offical also i dont know what in the world is Ikiek and whats with the hunters , try to write slowly , clearly

Posted by: Sniperelite8243 - Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:38:06 PM
how much memory u got? i got that error on my other pc till i bought more memory. it got me very annoyed to.

Posted by: jobohobo - Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:55:45 PM
some of the unnofficial maps says MISSING: "map name" but i can still play them. it crashes when i play 8v battle drome. i try to get the oil rigs but it goes slow. like 10 minutes into the game it crashes.

Posted by: Stewox - Friday, August 3, 2007 1:44:44 AM
Then this means there is something wrong in the map , like previously mentioned , and you can't do anything about it , only if you (but its a dumb idea) test the map and edit it correctly or do your own map , but its needs some good knowledge , unoffical maps are always with errors , sometimes more sometimes less , the best you can do it's ; Dont play this map , the map is the problem About missing names i dont know , i dont deal with maps that much.

Posted by: Stewox - Friday, August 3, 2007 1:44:44 AM

Then this means there is something wrong in the map , like previously mentioned , and you can't do anything about it , only if you (but its a dumb idea) test the map and edit it correctly or do your own map , but its needs some good knowledge , unoffical maps are always with errors , sometimes more sometimes less , the best you can do it's ; Dont play this map , the map is the problem About missing names i dont know , i dont deal with maps that much.

Posted by: fleetatks - Friday, August 3, 2007 5:10:19 AM
[quote=jobohobo] some of the unnofficial maps says MISSING: "map name" but i can still play them. it crashes when i play 8v battle drome. i try to get the oil rigs but it goes slow. like 10 minutes into the game it crashes. [/quote] The reason some maps say "Missing:" before them is because they put a name in edit->map settings->(map name:) which tells it that it's an official map. The lag and the crash is due to the overwelming number of things going on at once (7 computer players/people all buildings, oil derriks making money, units moving, ect..) And the reason it crashes is because it eventually reaches its limit.

Posted by: fleetatks - Friday, August 3, 2007 5:10:19 AM

[quote=jobohobo] some of the unnofficial maps says MISSING: "map name" but i can still play them. it crashes when i play 8v battle drome. i try to get the oil rigs but it goes slow. like 10 minutes into the game it crashes. [/quote] The reason some maps say "Missing:" before them is because they put a name in edit->map settings->(map name:) which tells it that it's an official map. The lag and the crash is due to the overwelming number of things going on at once (7 computer players/people all buildings, oil derriks making money, units moving, ect..) And the reason it crashes is because it eventually reaches its limit.

Posted by: jobohobo - Friday, August 3, 2007 5:48:45 PM
ya i figured it was all the things. ina amp when i built like 50 comanches i lagged out and got that same message again.

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