Crash...crash...crashcrashcrash. Help?
I'm a brand new user and am receiving constant crashes from the software on two different machines, so much so that it is unusable.
Machine 1 is a very powerful Vista x32 desktop, Machine 2 is a gaming-grade Vista x64 laptop. Both machines have NVidia graphics chipsets.
I installed the downloadable CC3 and patch 7 using Run As Administrator, and I also changed the shortcut to run the application as administrator. On the laptop I uninstalled from Program Files (x86) and installed to C:\CC3 as a troubleshooting step.
The crashing is somewhat random but it seems to happen most often when attempting to select symbols. I receive the generic APPCRASH message in vista and the application closes. I can open most of the tutorial maps, but when I attempt to, say, select the mountain symbol set from the toolbar it will crash. I can create new maps and draw a few continents, but again when I try to select symbols it will crash. Sometimes I can create a new map, draw a landmass and put a bunch of mountains down, but it doesn't seem to last long before a crash occurs.
Some of the example maps will open, but will present error pop-ups about not being able to perform an operation (like "9") and *then* crash.
Any thoughts?
Machine 1 is a very powerful Vista x32 desktop, Machine 2 is a gaming-grade Vista x64 laptop. Both machines have NVidia graphics chipsets.
I installed the downloadable CC3 and patch 7 using Run As Administrator, and I also changed the shortcut to run the application as administrator. On the laptop I uninstalled from Program Files (x86) and installed to C:\CC3 as a troubleshooting step.
The crashing is somewhat random but it seems to happen most often when attempting to select symbols. I receive the generic APPCRASH message in vista and the application closes. I can open most of the tutorial maps, but when I attempt to, say, select the mountain symbol set from the toolbar it will crash. I can create new maps and draw a few continents, but again when I try to select symbols it will crash. Sometimes I can create a new map, draw a landmass and put a bunch of mountains down, but it doesn't seem to last long before a crash occurs.
Some of the example maps will open, but will present error pop-ups about not being able to perform an operation (like "9") and *then* crash.
Any thoughts?
Comments
tried running in compat and not in compat.. and worse is if you crash it about 5 times it suddenly becomes stable.. or some times if you load a map in stable etc.. it's not something that can easily be 'reproduced' each and every time but it's enough to put a damper in your mapping.