elemental 1.09e CTD on ANY map NOT stock [Fixed]

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just wanted to test the memory leak issue again on 1.09eplaying my standard map/races/sov, but hit  a FAR MORE annoying issue

the steps to reproduce are as follows

1 start elemental

2 start a new game

3 on world settings screen click load, on the map selection window choose ANY non-stock map, click load receive a CTD

during testing I had assumed it might be mods, customised races, even customised units/sovs, deleted ALL of the folders relating to all of them, but the CTD still happens at the loading of custom maps from the mygames maps folder .

I did NINE tests trying to identify the cause of the problem zip files were created for each of the crashes.

by the way WHAT THE ******(*******^&%^&^$#$%$^$%$%^$^ IS the QC group/person doing????????????????????????????????????????

they can not seem to notice such a major issue as unable to load custom maps.

if I had not decided to test the campaign first I would have found this issue within 10 minutes of finishing the downloading of the latest update

crash 1

crash 2

crash 3

crash 4

crash 5

crash 6

crash 7

crash 8

crash 9

 

I am unable to do any further testing/playing in elemental until this issue is fixed

and it is the SECOND major issue involving custom maps since release

harpo

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Yeah, this was discovered and fixed soon after the build went out...restaging as we speak.

Needless to say, Q/A has a very deliberate, direct focus when testing a build (if we had them test EVERYTHING, we wouldn't be able to put out builds at the speed we do). Apparently 'Test Loading Modded Maps' should have been a RC test instead of a weekly test (was working fine Tuesday), so we appologize for the hiccup.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Minor problem and fixed in a day, hard to bitch about that.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Still embarissing on our end any time a hotfix is needed  :( 

If you've heard stories about Q/A testers having to re-play through an entire game as the gold RC is tested, every time the littlest code-change is made, know that those stories are painfully, 100% true, as are stories of those of Q/A testers throwing controllers, consoles, chairs, etc out the window in frustrated rages.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting BoogieBac, reply 1
Yeah, this was discovered and fixed soon after the build went out...restaging as we speak.
End of BoogieBac's quote

 

Fixed?  I am having the same problem.  I have tried to run Impulse to get the "hotfix" update.  I get no update options.  Would love to play on custom maps again.  Every time I try to load my custom (newly created under v1.09e), I get an immediate CTD. 

Added information - I am using a map made with Elementerra.  Could that be a problem with the new patch?  (Though it still does not resolve the no update/ hot fix issue).

 

Edit:  I am also unable to get any pre-made Stardock maps to load in the Cartographer's Workshop.

 

Thank you for any help.

 

Tyr

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Sorry, fixed internally...we're testing the staged version right now.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Staged fix is into the game.  I have been able to sort of load a custom map.  Any custom map (of which I spent hours making) reverts to a fully random map.  When using the load map option, all I get is a random map, instead of the created map I chose to select.

 

Please add this to the QC fix.