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Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359460] Thu, 09 April 2020 20:09 Go to next message
Vell is currently offline Vell
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Hey guys! Recently bought JA2 on steam and decided to try out the 1.13 mod (excited about the increased difficulty and features!). Everything runs well except for the fact that when I have my mercs and militia at the Drassen Mine, when the enemy invaded, I am not able to "Go ro Sector" to manually fight the battle, I can only retreat or auto resolve. Every time I try to "Go to Sector", the game freezes at the loading screen once the loading bar is fully extended.

I tried applying the windows compatibility fix to no avail. Everything else seems to be fine so far. Please help!

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359467 is a reply to message #359460] Fri, 10 April 2020 11:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wanne (aka RoWa21) is currently offline wanne (aka RoWa21)

 
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Can you upload a savegame before entering the sector.

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359469 is a reply to message #359460] Fri, 10 April 2020 15:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Vell is currently offline Vell
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Hey Rowa! Just attached a Save Game file before the enemy invaded. Same issue happening when I try to "Go to Sector"

Update: I can't seem to attach any files, looks like the Maximum File Size allowable for me is 0KB

[Updated on: Fri, 10 April 2020 15:25]

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359487 is a reply to message #359469] Sat, 11 April 2020 21:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wanne (aka RoWa21) is currently offline wanne (aka RoWa21)

 
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zip the file and then upload it anywhere and post the link here

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359572 is a reply to message #359460] Wed, 15 April 2020 21:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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@Vell

Use Wine 1.1.3.8 version.

[Updated on: Wed, 15 April 2020 21:03]




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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359594 is a reply to message #359487] Thu, 16 April 2020 23:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Vell is currently offline Vell
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https ://www.dropbox.com/s/nchc34mg84ah87j/SaveGame01.zip?dl=0

Rowa, have a look at my Save file. In a couple of minute (ingame time) there will be an enemy invasion and the glitch seems to occur again. The odd thing is that it does not happen all the time, just occassionally.

@Gopas Seems like more work to use Wine to run the game, the game seems run just fine for me... Except for this odd glitch that happens every so often. Thanks for the heads up about Wine though!

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359605 is a reply to message #359594] Fri, 17 April 2020 13:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have the same issue in the latest build from 1st april 2020
at 19:40 the chizena counter attack arrives.

i cannot attach links because i dont have 5 posts. but if you just add the https usual prefix it should work

save game here.
drive.google.com/open?id=1wmxSwzHFHfuGDhaCLpAH7uo_w7eAqpwU

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359637 is a reply to message #359460] Sun, 19 April 2020 04:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Same problem here, frozen on the red loading bar after hitting GO TO SECTOR

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359692 is a reply to message #359460] Wed, 22 April 2020 20:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Registered to report I'm experiencing the exact same bug in the exact same location.

After the counterattack arrives in the Drassen mine sector, pressing GO TO SECTOR to begin the battle consistently locks up the game on the loading screen.

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #359822 is a reply to message #359460] Tue, 28 April 2020 23:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Suslik is currently offline Suslik

 
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im experiencing the same bug.
played the 1. april sci and wildfire 6.07

i have 3 sectors in drassen and it happened in all three on different occasions. either bandits attack the airport or bar it freezes, or the army invades the mine and it freezes. no matter which directions theyre coming from.



now im using the ja2.exe from the 1. march version 8766 from depris onedrive and it seems to work, ill post again once im experiencing some crashes

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #360085 is a reply to message #359822] Mon, 18 May 2020 22:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
HoundDogZA is currently offline HoundDogZA
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I have this exact problem on the 8796 version from 2 May 2020. When I'm attacked in Drassen with a Merc present it freezes on loading screen or black screen. angry

EDIT: I can reproduce the issue as follows:

1. If I have merc present in sector with no militia when attacked, and select yes for reinforcements from adjacent sector, it does not crash.
2. If I have merc present in sector with militia present when attacked, and select yes for reinforcements, it crashes so far 100% of the time.
3. If I have merc present in sector with militia present when attacked, even without reinforcements or select no for reinforcements, it crashes so far 100% of the time.

So the reinforcements don't seem to matter, it's whether there is militia onsite with my merc when attacked that seems to cause the black loading screen. Even if there's just 1 militia onsite it still crashes. But it's fine if I start out with 0 militia and call them in as reinforcements, then it doesn't crash.

[Updated on: Wed, 20 May 2020 21:50]

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #360137 is a reply to message #360085] Sun, 24 May 2020 10:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm also having the same issue early game in Drassen.
v1.13 build 8796 with Wildfire maps 6.07 and latest AIMNAS.
95% of the time I will get a black screen and then a softlock right after the load bar finishes after clicking on 'Go to sector' during a defense with mercs + militia.

After playing around with it, I found that I can get around the black screen by repeatedly clicking the 'Go to sector' button (continue clicking it even after it disappears). If you do it right, it ends up doing the zoom-in animation twice. Hope that helps some of you.

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #360155 is a reply to message #360137] Tue, 26 May 2020 02:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wien1938 is currently offline Wien1938

 
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I've got the same problem (so far) around Drassen. The counterattack comes in and the game locks up on "Go to sector".

Update:

Reinstalled with clean game. Now if enemy arrive in the sector, "Go to sector" causes the game to lock up and become completely unresponsive.

Update 2:

Reverted to 8766 ja2.exe and the game no longer locks up.

Update 3:
Wiped and reinstalled from scratch - game no longer locked up on enemy attack...until today! (2 days later).
Found a workaround:
If you left-click on "Go to sector", the screen locks up and the game is non-responsive. But if you press "E" on your keyboard, the game BYPASSES the loading screen and goes straight to the map!

[Updated on: Fri, 29 May 2020 06:53]

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #360195 is a reply to message #360155] Sat, 30 May 2020 04:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dew is currently offline Dew
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Wien1938 wrote on Tue, 26 May 2020 02:55
I've got the same problem (so far) around Drassen. The counterattack comes in and the game locks up on "Go to sector".

Update:

Reinstalled with clean game. Now if enemy arrive in the sector, "Go to sector" causes the game to lock up and become completely unresponsive.

Update 2:

Reverted to 8766 ja2.exe and the game no longer locks up.

Update 3:
Wiped and reinstalled from scratch - game no longer locked up on enemy attack...until today! (2 days later).
Found a workaround:
If you left-click on "Go to sector", the screen locks up and the game is non-responsive. But if you press "E" on your keyboard, the game BYPASSES the loading screen and goes straight to the map!
This works like a charm for me. Thank you happy

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #360211 is a reply to message #360195] Sat, 30 May 2020 19:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wien1938 is currently offline Wien1938

 
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Dew wrote on Sat, 30 May 2020 02:16
Wien1938 wrote on Tue, 26 May 2020 02:55
I've got the same problem (so far) around Drassen. The counterattack comes in and the game locks up on "Go to sector".

Update:

Reinstalled with clean game. Now if enemy arrive in the sector, "Go to sector" causes the game to lock up and become completely unresponsive.

Update 2:

Reverted to 8766 ja2.exe and the game no longer locks up.

Update 3:
Wiped and reinstalled from scratch - game no longer locked up on enemy attack...until today! (2 days later).
Found a workaround:
If you left-click on "Go to sector", the screen locks up and the game is non-responsive. But if you press "E" on your keyboard, the game BYPASSES the loading screen and goes straight to the map!
This works like a charm for me. Thank you happy
You're welcome. I notice that it drops you onto the tactical map one turn BEFORE the enemy appear. Very odd - poor Asdow, Seven and Flugente have not been able to replicate from my save games. I'll keep playing the campaign and see if it's just something in Drassen or if it's more wide-spread.

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Re: Frozen loading screen during enemy invasion[message #361100 is a reply to message #360211] Thu, 03 September 2020 09:06 Go to previous message
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-UPDATE 9/7/2020-
I looked into the Source Code for AddPlacementToWorld and found where the LiveMessage would be written where pSoldier is set to the result of TacticalCreateSoldier( &tempDetailedPlacement, &ubID)
One oddity after I resolved this using the older EXE was that the sector remained hostile and showed three red "squares" on the laptop map even after finishing the battle. I skipped time and believe I fought 3 more defensive battles before I realized something was definitely off.
So I moved my Mercs out of the sector manually because it wouldn't let me from the laptop due to the sector being hostile.
When I moved them back into the airport sector it was guarded by a bunch of troops, a combat Jeep in the same default location that the first one spawned when I took the airport, and a bunch of my militia I ordered from the PMC too. They all began fighting and I joined in, cleared the sector, and all has been well.

I'm still quite new to this but I suspect something about the PMCs I ordered influenced this. As they should have been there during the three defensive battles. My mercs were already in sector when the PMCs were due to arrive so I suspect they never got added to the map. I suspect but cannot yet prove that the issue is due to trying to create soldiers in a spot already occupied. Either by my mercs, or my PMCs, or the enemies that were "already in sector" but not actually there that only spawned when I left and came back. This could also be why the freeze happened 9/10 times and not consistently as spawn locations aren't 100% guaranteed and there must have been some random choice for where to spawn the invading force that didn't overlap with existing enemies/mercs/PMCs.
Just my 2 cents for now.

Also my Win7 attempt involved copying the game files over to the VM hard drive, during which it failed to move many temp files from the profiles folder. I believe these have something to do with where and what enemies spawn and could be why it worked fine on my VM.

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I also ran into this issue in Drassen, both the Airport and the Mine. Notes to follow:

-INSTALL INFO-
Latest SCI at the time SCI_JA2v1.13_Revision_8796_on_GameDir_2531.7z over a fresh JA 2 1.12
Windows 10 fix applied. (Was able to reproduce this bug with just the registry fix, and also the .dll files)
Applied AIMNAS-Core downloaded from Git Hub 8/31/2020

Main modifications to XML were to turn on Role Icons, allow more IMP points, increase carry weight by adjusting it to 0.5 Str per 0.5 kgs, allow climbing with backpacks.

-BUG INFO-
Occurs on most invasions of Drassen. In one instance it was locking up as soon as I clicked "Go to Sector" for an attack on the airport but after re-loading that save a dozens of times the AI made a decision not to attack and some time later attacked the Mine. In this instance "Go to Sector" starts the loading screen and it freezes at a full red bar.
Checking the logs I get the following info from LiveLog.txt

*** Wed Sep 02 22:37:43 2020 ***
[ FASOU-6Q4SY-PLEAY-DPSNY-1V4J6 ]

[102.306] : Failed to create soldier using TacticalCreateSoldier within AddPlacementToWorld

Using the 8796 or 8776 exes freeze and the log above reads the same in both cases.

Using the 8766 exe works fine and the map loads and I can continue to play.

-ODD NOTES-
In the process of double, triple, and quadruple checking this I was able to get it to load SOMETIMES in 8796. I had finished loading it in 8766 to prove it worked to myself, so I wanted to crash it again so the logs would be accurate when I reviewed them before writing this. I switched to 8796 again and it worked... So I closed the game and loaded it again. And it worked again. So I loaded a different save, waited 2 or so days in game for a different attack and kaboom it crashes with the same error as above.

It's something like 9/10 times it freezes.

-OS Involvement?-
As a side note I just ran this on my Windows 7 Virtual Machine, I was able to load the save game twice and cause the attack twice without any issues. It's quite slow on a VM so I didn't give it more attempts as of yet but will likely try that again later.

-SAVEGAME AND SETTINGS FILES-
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ExbFItAc84zRJerlNUzXJp7mzOFumZ-r?usp=sharing

[Updated on: Mon, 07 September 2020 10:44]

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