CTD when starting battle/loading saves

[WillWill]

CMSF has just started crashing for me when I either try to start a new battle, or load save games or PBEM files. It gets through the loading screen but then at the mission briefing or password screen (for PBEM) I get dumped back to desktop with the generic "...has encountered a problem and needs to close" error.

It was working yesterday, and all I've changed since is swapping my euro texture mods for desert ones. Could this be causing problems? It doesn't get fixed if I empty my Z folder to try with default textures.

I'm running dual 2.21 Athlon 4400+ processors, 3Gb RAM and a Radeon X800 3D card with Catalyst 8.6. I was running this before, when everything worked.

Anyone else had a similar problem? Any ideas on a fix, or should I just dig out my disc copy and try a fresh install?

[slug88]

Will, I've had issues before with a modified "strings.txt" in my my folder causing crashes. The problem was that the mod was created for an earlier version of the game, and I guess more recent versions have a different format for that particular file. So when you say emptied your Z folder, are you referring to everything contained therein or just your textures? If that's not it I'm at a loss for ideas, unfortunately.

[WillWill]

Thanks slug, I emptied my Z folder, unfortunately. In fact, I just removed it entirely and its still crashing - but I'm off work today, so I'll reinstall. Then I can return your PBEM file!

[WillWill]

OK, reinstalled, all mods, scenarios, saved games etc back where they should be...game works fine, just played a PBEM turn.

Conclusion: Gremlins.