Buford
Recruit
As a new member of this forum, I need to appeal to more experienced (and computer literate) members to help me get TOAW:CoW to run on my machine. It was running normally until Nov. 3, when some sort of gremlin intervened.
I installed TOAW:CoW on my PC in August 2002, and updated it to version 1.04.01 that September. It ran without any problems through 11/2/04, when I played a few turns of a saved scenario (Tannenburg). Then, on 11/3/04, when I tried opening that saved game again, clicking on the "open saved game" button on the start screen produced the dread "this program has attempted to perform an illegal operation" alarm. I've tried several fixes since then, with no success, as I'll detail below.
First, my system specs follow:
System specifications: Dell Dimension XPS T500
CPU: Pentium III 500 MHz
OS: Windows 98
RAM: 512 MB
HD: 12.76 GB (3.92 GB used)
Video card: 3Dforce2 MX/MX-200/MX 400 Series,
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (installed 4/16/02)
Sound: Yamaha DS/XG
MS Internet Explorer v 6.0
DirectX v.9.0c
The first two error messages below are from my first two efforts to get past the start screen on 11/3/04. The third example, from 11/6/04, came after I had deleted all TOAW files I could find and reinstalled the game program (without updating it). The Norton CrashGuard message is indentical to that in example#2.
Example #4 is a Windows alarm message from 11/10/04, after I had used Norton Registry Editor to delete all the Talonsoft folders I could find in the Registry and then reinstalled the game program. Nearly identical to the first fault message from 11/3/04, with some minor variations in the "Registers" indicators.
Finally, example #5 is from 11/17/04, after I had upgraded my DirectX to version 9.0c, reinstalled TOAW:CoW, and upgraded the game to version 1.04, using the patch from this Website. I made three efforts to start the game. Each time, the introductory SmackPlay film produced the same Windows error message. Having gotten past that, the Norton CrashGuard alarm message was produced by one effort to "set game options" and two efforts to "start new game." In any case, I cannot get past the start screen into the game itself. The fault messages all identified the problem generally as an "access violation."
It occurs to me that there may be some problem of incompatibility with my DirectX program. Prior to 11/2/04, I had upgraded DirectX from v.7.0 to 8.0 and then to 9.0 without any apparent problem - until 11/3/04. I'd be very grateful for any better ideas/suggestions anyone might have.
Error messages:
Example #1 – 11/3/04:
OPART CW caused an invalid page fault in
module OPART CW.ICD at 0177:00413831.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=0177 EIP=00413831 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000001 SS=017f ESP=00b1fa34 EBP=00b1fa58
ECX=009f0134 DS=017f ESI=014a0b50 FS=3bef
EDX=014a0b68 ES=017f EDI=014a0b54 GS=3bd6
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 08 ff 51 0c 85 c0 75 67 8b 46 10 85 c0 75 2b
Stack dump:
00000000 014a0b68 014a0b54 00000000 00549959 00549634 00b1fb6c 004d9acb ffffffff 00b1fa74 004b6b15 00549959 014a0ae0 00000019 00000181 00000019
Example #2 – 11/3/04:
OPART CW.ICD caused fault #c0000005 in OPART CW.ICD at address 0177:00413831
To date, CrashGuard has recorded 2 fatal error(s) in this program.
Reported By:
CrashGuard v3.03
Report Date:
11/3/04 6:22:21 PM
Example #3 – 11/6/04, after reinstalling TOAW:CoW:
OPART CW.ICD caused fault #c0000005 in OPART CW.ICD at address 0177:00413831
To date, CrashGuard has recorded 9 fatal error(s) in this program.
Reported By:
CrashGuard v3.03
Report Date: 11/6/04 2:31:39 PM
Example #4:
Report: 11/10/04 c. 7:28 PM
(after editing all Talonsoft folders out of the Registry with Norton Registry Editor
and reinstalling the TOAW-CW program.)
OPART CW caused an invalid page fault in
module OPART CW.ICD at 0177:00413831.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=0177 EIP=00413831 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000001 SS=017f ESP=00b1fa34 EBP=00b1fa58
ECX=009f0134 DS=017f ESI=014a0b30 FS=37b7
EDX=014a0b48 ES=017f EDI=014a0b34 GS=32b6
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 08 ff 51 0c 85 c0 75 67 8b 46 10 85 c0 75 2b
Stack dump:
00000000 014a0b48 014a0b34 00000000 00549959 00549634 00b1fb6c 004d9acb ffffffff 00b1fa74 004b6b15 00549959 014a0ac0 00000019 000002eb 00000019
Example 5 (after upgrading DirectX to version 9.0c and
reinstalling TOAW:CoW and updating it to version 1.04:
SMACKPLW caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:b00dc1d0.
Registers:
EAX=eec22000 CS=0177 EIP=b00dc1d0 EFLGS=00010206
EBX=00000004 SS=017f ESP=0064ef20 EBP=00647f3a
ECX=000010f0 DS=017f ESI=eec17f28 FS=016f
EDX=0064ef18 ES=017f EDI=eec24ae7 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
11/17/04 1:57 PM
OPART CW.EXE caused fault #c0000005 in OPART CW.EXE at address 0177:00414878
To date, CrashGuard has recorded 4 fatal error(s) in this program.
Reported By:
CrashGuard v3.03
Report Date: 11/17/04 1:58:16 PM
I installed TOAW:CoW on my PC in August 2002, and updated it to version 1.04.01 that September. It ran without any problems through 11/2/04, when I played a few turns of a saved scenario (Tannenburg). Then, on 11/3/04, when I tried opening that saved game again, clicking on the "open saved game" button on the start screen produced the dread "this program has attempted to perform an illegal operation" alarm. I've tried several fixes since then, with no success, as I'll detail below.
First, my system specs follow:
System specifications: Dell Dimension XPS T500
CPU: Pentium III 500 MHz
OS: Windows 98
RAM: 512 MB
HD: 12.76 GB (3.92 GB used)
Video card: 3Dforce2 MX/MX-200/MX 400 Series,
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (installed 4/16/02)
Sound: Yamaha DS/XG
MS Internet Explorer v 6.0
DirectX v.9.0c
The first two error messages below are from my first two efforts to get past the start screen on 11/3/04. The third example, from 11/6/04, came after I had deleted all TOAW files I could find and reinstalled the game program (without updating it). The Norton CrashGuard message is indentical to that in example#2.
Example #4 is a Windows alarm message from 11/10/04, after I had used Norton Registry Editor to delete all the Talonsoft folders I could find in the Registry and then reinstalled the game program. Nearly identical to the first fault message from 11/3/04, with some minor variations in the "Registers" indicators.
Finally, example #5 is from 11/17/04, after I had upgraded my DirectX to version 9.0c, reinstalled TOAW:CoW, and upgraded the game to version 1.04, using the patch from this Website. I made three efforts to start the game. Each time, the introductory SmackPlay film produced the same Windows error message. Having gotten past that, the Norton CrashGuard alarm message was produced by one effort to "set game options" and two efforts to "start new game." In any case, I cannot get past the start screen into the game itself. The fault messages all identified the problem generally as an "access violation."
It occurs to me that there may be some problem of incompatibility with my DirectX program. Prior to 11/2/04, I had upgraded DirectX from v.7.0 to 8.0 and then to 9.0 without any apparent problem - until 11/3/04. I'd be very grateful for any better ideas/suggestions anyone might have.
Error messages:
Example #1 – 11/3/04:
OPART CW caused an invalid page fault in
module OPART CW.ICD at 0177:00413831.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=0177 EIP=00413831 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000001 SS=017f ESP=00b1fa34 EBP=00b1fa58
ECX=009f0134 DS=017f ESI=014a0b50 FS=3bef
EDX=014a0b68 ES=017f EDI=014a0b54 GS=3bd6
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 08 ff 51 0c 85 c0 75 67 8b 46 10 85 c0 75 2b
Stack dump:
00000000 014a0b68 014a0b54 00000000 00549959 00549634 00b1fb6c 004d9acb ffffffff 00b1fa74 004b6b15 00549959 014a0ae0 00000019 00000181 00000019
Example #2 – 11/3/04:
OPART CW.ICD caused fault #c0000005 in OPART CW.ICD at address 0177:00413831
To date, CrashGuard has recorded 2 fatal error(s) in this program.
Reported By:
CrashGuard v3.03
Report Date:
11/3/04 6:22:21 PM
Example #3 – 11/6/04, after reinstalling TOAW:CoW:
OPART CW.ICD caused fault #c0000005 in OPART CW.ICD at address 0177:00413831
To date, CrashGuard has recorded 9 fatal error(s) in this program.
Reported By:
CrashGuard v3.03
Report Date: 11/6/04 2:31:39 PM
Example #4:
Report: 11/10/04 c. 7:28 PM
(after editing all Talonsoft folders out of the Registry with Norton Registry Editor
and reinstalling the TOAW-CW program.)
OPART CW caused an invalid page fault in
module OPART CW.ICD at 0177:00413831.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=0177 EIP=00413831 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000001 SS=017f ESP=00b1fa34 EBP=00b1fa58
ECX=009f0134 DS=017f ESI=014a0b30 FS=37b7
EDX=014a0b48 ES=017f EDI=014a0b34 GS=32b6
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 08 ff 51 0c 85 c0 75 67 8b 46 10 85 c0 75 2b
Stack dump:
00000000 014a0b48 014a0b34 00000000 00549959 00549634 00b1fb6c 004d9acb ffffffff 00b1fa74 004b6b15 00549959 014a0ac0 00000019 000002eb 00000019
Example 5 (after upgrading DirectX to version 9.0c and
reinstalling TOAW:CoW and updating it to version 1.04:
SMACKPLW caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:b00dc1d0.
Registers:
EAX=eec22000 CS=0177 EIP=b00dc1d0 EFLGS=00010206
EBX=00000004 SS=017f ESP=0064ef20 EBP=00647f3a
ECX=000010f0 DS=017f ESI=eec17f28 FS=016f
EDX=0064ef18 ES=017f EDI=eec24ae7 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
11/17/04 1:57 PM
OPART CW.EXE caused fault #c0000005 in OPART CW.EXE at address 0177:00414878
To date, CrashGuard has recorded 4 fatal error(s) in this program.
Reported By:
CrashGuard v3.03
Report Date: 11/17/04 1:58:16 PM