Tom-J

I'm thinking there may be another issue, possibly just with my install. Last night I played another repeat round of the first engagement in the campaign as the Germans. I got whupped, but advanced to the second engagement. I have the option to "ignore mission fail" deselected so this should not happen, right? Also, even though I played this campaign engagement before and won handily as the German on the default difficulty level, since the upgrade the battles seem very much more one-sided towards the defending Russian forces at this same difficulty level. It's like I'm attacking with a troop of girl-scouts. I am considering uninstalling the current game and reinstalling the original download, then performing the downloader upgrade and game upgrade in the correct sequence to see if this corrects these issues. Any thoughts/comments?

When I originally installed the full version of the game the updater came up and showed no updates available (as expected on Day 1) and I played the first battle of the campaign game. The next day I started the game and the updater found an update. I mistakenly allowed that update to proceed before checking the link to the browser, although it did seem to install correctly. When I checked the browser link I found I was supposed to have updated the updater first. I then did that, and when I tried to start the game, it couldn't find the link to the updater (which is the first step in every game startup). I explored my directories and files to find what had happened, and discovered the updater link connects to a file named "update.exe", while the updater had removed the old file and replaced it with a new file labeled "updater.exe". I renamed this executable to "update.exe' and everything worked fine. Although I will say it took some guessing as to what directory to locate the upgrade to the update process. It turns out that the default (game) directory location was correct, but I almost outsmarted myself when I considered unzipping it into the Updater directory. I hope I am making myself clear...

I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x 64 bit, on an HP Pavilion model e9280t Desktop computer with an Intel i7 CPU, 12 GB RAM and a NVidia GeForce GTX 260 video card displaying 1920 x 1080 at 60 hz. I ran into a number of problems with the demo, and found that not only did I need to install the latest NVidia drivers, but also Microsoft's hotfix KB976972 {apparently there is an issue with computers running more than 4 GB RAM and Windows 7 x64 Bit}. This resolved most issues except for my antivirus which caused crashes since I had neglected to set it to be aware of full screen applications (games) prior to issuing its annoying popup reminders. You might find after making the video and O/S updates that you need to uninstall and reinstall the demo in order for the game to play properly. I have downloaded the full game and at this time it is working great for me (despite the spelling error in the new updater) and my own lousy generalship. Let me know if this works for you.

Well, I noticed some unusual behavior, so I uninstalled the Demo, and reinstalled it with the OS and driver mods in place. Everything seems to work now, with no crashes with the exception of the "random" battle feature. No matter how I set up my preferences, I am always playing the German troops with a small contingent defending on the Russian side of the river facing a small hoard of Russian troops. This isn't very random.... Something must still be "broken" but I don't know where to look for it.

Yes, I'm running the NVidia GeForce GTX260 video card. Thanks for the suggestion; this makes a lot of sense. I can't get to it right away, but certainly will test your recommendations and report back later this week.

Yeah, I tried another game and it crashed again with the same message.... I sent an inquiry back to Hewlett Packard, but right now it looks like I won't be able to get through an entire scenario without experiencing "Run time Error #3 (Trap)"....

Since my last note, I downloaded/installed Microsoft's hotfix KB976972 {apparently there is an issue with computers running more than 4 GB RAM and Windows 7 x64 Bit} and began a new game. I experienced a different kind of crash this time, my Avast antivirus popped up to tell me the database had updated. The game minimized and I saw two information boxes, each saying "Runtime error #3 (trap)". I was able to reopen the game and continue. One of the three earlier "disappearances" coincided with this same type of event. Now at least I can recover and resume play. I changed the settings on the antivirus to look for full screen applications (games) prior to issuing one of these annoying popup reminders. I'll report later on whether this seems to end the game shutdowns.

I have been playing the demo and on 3 separate occasions I have clicked on a tank to select it and the entire game disappears from the screen, not minimized, just vanishes. I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x 64 bit, on an HP Pavilion model e9280t Desktop computer with an Intel i7 CPU, 12 GB RAM and a NVidia GeForce GTX 260 video card displaying 1920 x 1080 at 60 hz. After the second vanishing I downloaded and installed the latest drivers for the video card, apparently without effect. Any thoughts?