Peace Phoenix

Join Date 01/2004

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[0.805][Beta3][STUCK] Stuck while loading game

I have a problem with the following savegame http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5057853/beta3_load_stuck/load_stuck.EleSav

Each time I try to load it, I got the loading screen with create world message. And then, it vanished and I get the menu background movie instead of the cloth map.

the debug.err file http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5057853/beta3_load_stuck/debug.err states that the XML loading has being completed

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Frogboy

Join Date 03/2001

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This is caused by the multicore threading we put in beta 3. For now, wait about 10 to 15 seconds before hitting the load game.

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This is caused by the multicore threading we put in beta 3. For now, wait about 10 to 15 seconds before hitting the load game.

Yeah that makes sense, sometimes it starts chugging along like it's getting doughnuts dumped on it. And other times it runs pretty smooth right off the bat.

But I am learning the part about waiting for it to finishing chugging down the doughnuts before trying to load.

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Frogboy.. are you sure that the issue is related to multicore threading?

If I use WinLauncherXP 2.0.5 Beta or another tool to start Elemental with only a single CPU Affinity it still crashes? Or, is the multicore pthreads (or equiv) still kicking off before checking if it is executing on a multicore system?

I have tried waiting 10-15 seconds and even that does not always work with or without affinity tweaks.

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Ya waiting never works for me. If I want to pay I gotta start a whole new game, never can load a game. Which really sucks cause I also get quite a few CTD especially when I build more than one city.

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I get plenty of CTD's as well.. and this has lead me to what feels like 100's of restarts. I usually get CTD right after fighting a battle or zooming.

However, with the load issue. I am always able to get the game loaded. I just need to do CTRL-ALT-DELETE --> task manager --> kill Elemental.exe. Then start it back up, listen to the cool Zelda (nintendo ver from 86) / Ultima III (commadore) music intro knockoff and then hit the load again. For whatever reason.. I have never had 2 loading hangs in a row. I also experienced the problem on two different computers and in all cases the behavior is the same. It makes me wonder if a file is being voided out when I crash the EXE in task manager, which forces a clean-up and then allows the load to proceed.

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Waiting works for me about 10% of the time. I usually get a crash after attempting to load game or I get stuck with that cutscene. I've waited a full minute, etc. Sometime I alt-tab and read some news and then come back before I load the game after opening the load screen. It seems to be the luck of the draw for me whether it'll crash or get stuck in that cut scene, independent of waiting at the load screen. As a reference, I've "played" 91 times according to Impulse, and I have over 50 crash dumps.

Pretty tired of seeing this cut scene on repeat:

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