Zehir's Hope crashing

[lilian41134]

I installed patch 1.4 Has anyone experienced crashing during the final battle (Zehir's Hope)? After Godric kills one of the summoned creatures, the game closes abrupty and the Windows shows you that pop-up of if you want to send an error report?

[corianteri]

Yes, I have. Also with 1.4. What a great patch it is!

I guess we have to hope that the next patch is going to fix the problem.

[FreshHope]

I have reported the bug to Ubisoft and they are looking into it right now. Meanwhile, what i did was to 'down-patch' it back to v1.3 and complete the final mission, then move on to HoF.

[Angelspit]

I was too lazy to downgrade my game so I bought Hammers instead. What a great sales incentive this bug is!

[urbanmonk]

Guess I won't be putting 1.4 on mine then, since still working on finishing those.

[FreshHope]

It's the deep intrigue storyline i'm after, that's why i down-patch mine to complete it before proceeding to HoF. The effort is well worth it

[Demiurg]

OK, so my game keeps crashing during the beginning of the battle against Biara - more precisely at the precise moment when the summoned dragons are supposed to appear. I also am playing 1.4. Would it help if I downpatched to 1.3? Or are we talking about different battles?

As much as I like the game, I have to say that it's amazingly bugged and unstable and unoptimized, especially considering that it has 6 months worth of patches by now.

PS. Isn't there a mod which enables you to save during battles? If so, I'd really appreciate a link. The first time I fought the Biara mega-battle, the game crashed during the third consecutive battle - and it would be nice to be able to save it after each one.

[FreshHope]

I'm afraid you have to down-patch to 1.3 at the meantime. The crash is almost 100% replicable at my end.

[teukka]

I only hope that Ubisoft will not convert to automobile industry in the nearest future...

...or on the other, it might be really interesting: Buy a car with 1.6 liter engine, patch it all the way to 2.0 liters. Then start downgrading to 1.8 ...because the piece of s&%t you are driving keeps crashing two miles from your girlfriend's front porch

[AngelA]

I'm afraid you have to down-patch to 1.3 at the meantime. The crash is almost 100% replicable at my end.

By downpatch- do you mean that i have to uninstall, reinstall, then patch up to 1.3 only?

The problem with that is i am on dial up (yeah, scary concept, but i am in the middle of nowhere, we didnt have regular phone service here 20 years ago...) i got my son in the city to install and patch my H5- i think the patches are like, 100 megs? that would take days, here, dude.

I am wondering- can i win without gating? or will the other guys gating ruin it anyways?

AngelA

[FreshHope]

I'm sorry to say this AngelA, but besides uninstalling and reinstalling the game, then patch up to v1.3, is the only solution currently. Killing a gated stack, be it your own or enemies' will crash to the desktop. I'm presuming patch 1.5 will fix this problem, as the bug has been proven beyond reasonable doubt

[PhoenixReborn]

The problem with that is i am on dial up (yeah, scary concept, but i am in the middle of nowhere, we didnt have regular phone service here 20 years ago...) i got my son in the city to install and patch my H5- i think the patches are like, 100 megs? that would take days, here, dude.

I am wondering- can i win without gating? or will the other guys gating ruin it anyways?

AngelA

If you are in fact having a problem with the gating/summoning bug, then you could try going to 1.0. Just think, your summoned elementals would stack.

I was going to suggest that (space permitting) you do a second installation in a different place of heroes v and just transfer over the save file...I'm not sure that's a good idea though.

[FreshHope]

Hmm that idea sounds logical, but i'm just concerned if the save files will get confused when launched into the expansions, ie if the new expansion recalls your previous legendary heroes (aka Findan etc), do they know which directory to retrieve.

[AngelA]

Hmm that idea sounds logical, but i'm just concerned if the save files will get confused when launched into the expansions, ie if the new expansion recalls your previous legendary heroes (aka Findan etc), do they know which directory to retrieve.

Well, in my case- i dont have the expansion yet. And at the rate i am going, maybe the new patch will be here before i get far enough to want the new expansion.