Patched through 1.6, now crashes at end of mission

[Wheeler Dealer]

I played all the HoMM 5 Campaigns years ago without patching.

I decided it would be fun to replay and I have finished the first campaign and the first two missions of the second campaign without patching.

I installed all patches through 1.6 after completing the second Cultist Mission.

Now, whenever I lose Agrael and again when I win the scenario the game crashes. The crash occurs before the Campaign.sav file is updated so the only way I can continue to Mission 4 is with the Agrael from years ago.

The only thing I can think of is to uninstall and reinstall. Then apply one patch at a time until the problem reappears. Then do the whole thing over stopping just short of the faulty patch.

What a beating!

My OS is Vista.

I really did search to see if this has already been discussed, I apologize if I missed it.

Thanks for any help!

[markkur]

I started with TotE, so I don't know but I've a question for you. I know Vista has similarities with 7, do you have "User Accounts"?

This is a reach and a long one at that, but recently I dialed-up my security settings and when I did...all maps and gamesaves reverted to some other time. When I dialed the silly crap back, everything went to back to normal and then those other saves became invisible. This stuff is really nutz, I just love MS.

Conflicts with gamesaves and maps (dates)could easily cause crashes, since crashes can happen with reloads at any time.

[Wheeler Dealer]

That doesn't ring any bells but I'll look into it, thanks.

I have discovered that if I start the Warlock Campaign and let the hero lose the game doesn't crash but simply goes back to the main menu.

I think I'll try playing the first mission of a campaign that doesn't use Agrael and see if it will save the end of the campaign.

[Wheeler Dealer]

Well I feel stupid. All I had to do was start the scenario over. I'm sure the instructions told me that!

I just thought everything looked good so I continued the scenario in progress. Everything worked great until the end!