With Swat 4 Gold, I keep crashing when trying to load various missions/maps with a "Access Violation caused General protection fault!" error. Any ideas on how to solve it? I know I used to be able to play the game on Win7 x64 before...
Swat 4 Access Violation caused General protection fault!
Wed, 26/09/2012 - 02:57
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Swat 4 Access Violation caused General protection fault!
Take a look at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090414111656AALJyiL
SAS_LtCol_DeCapi
Commanding Officer
GCHQ
22nd [SAS] Elite Virtual Regiment
Run it in xp compatibility mode with admin privs
Lt_Col WIZ, VC, MiD (Ret)
Oddly enough, everything runs fine until I patch the game and install the expansion pack.
I'll do more tweaking tomorrow and see if the compat. install works.
How ironic. It seems the patch for the game is actually causing the problem. All tests seem to indicate that once the Game Engine files are "upgraded", certain maps simply crash during load.
Since I can't install the Expansion without patching the game, and I really don't want to go through the hassle of rolling back drivers to see if it MIGHT fix it, I guess I'll be stuck with the original.
did you allow it to install directx 9?
Lt_Col WIZ, VC, MiD (Ret)
Is it right that you try to patch SWAT 4 from version 1.0 to version 1.1
I really can't remember that I ever have patched the original SWAT 4. Just checked the serverlist - every server is running version 1.0. Deinstall game, then see below instruction. Maybe this helps.
As general info: If you buy the goldpack (SWAT 4 + Expansion TSS), you have to do it this way to get it running:
1. Install SWAT 4
2. Run the game once
3. Install Expansion TSS
"What's the plan?
Track'em, find'em, kill'em!"
The patch is for Swat 4 only. You have to install the patch in order to play TSS. So at the end you will have SWAT 4 ver 1.1 and SWAT 4 TSS ver 1.0. If you start the server browser for SWAT 4 (not TSS) then you will see most servers 1.1 patched.
SAS_Walker
22nd [SAS] Elite Virtual Regiment
Tss is by default, 1.1
Lt_Col WIZ, VC, MiD (Ret)
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Crash Time: 09/28/12 20:43:57
OS: Windows NT 6.1 (Build: 7601)
CPU: AuthenticAMD Unknown processor @ 3216 MHz with 4095MB RAM
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO (623)
UserName: DoctorWho
ComputerName: TARDIS
Application location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Sierra\SWAT 4\Content\System\
SWAT Build Number: 34688
Access Violation caused General protection fault!
History: UGameEngine::Tick <- UpdateWorldGenerateExtraCrashInfo [(GLevel: 'myLevel' PendingLevel: '(NULL)' NetMode: 'NM_Standalone'] <- MainLoop
Going to try rolling back drivers at this point.
Well, solved part of the problem.
Using GameBooster allows the game to work, so it seems some background task or service was mucking things up. I will try to see if I can narrow down which one.
Except, now the internet game servers aren't listed.
Boo.
Also, is there any way to play the original missions inside of the expansion pack so that the new weapons can be used?
The easiest way is to create a custom mission and set all settings to the ones used during the campaign.
The other way that should work (have tried it successfully on custom maps) is loading the map in the console using the "open" command, you just need to know the name of the map file (the "SP-" map files are located in the "maps" folder, located within the "content" folder of your swat installation) and type "open mapname" (replace appropriately) in the console. Drawbacks to this alternative are that you don't get to choose equipment before going in, you go with what you used last time; and you can't select an entry point afaik.
As for the server list not appearing, we're all on the edge of our seats waiting for the resolution of that one.
http://www.sasclan.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=11028
Well... darn and double darn.
I have the SAS map pack v2, and I'd hate to have to print out all the map names for console use. Really wish they had a simple file scanner to detect and add plug-ins. Unless I'm missing something and there is an easier way. Forgive me, literally just got the game weeks ago after deciding to expand a bit from R63.
Also, at least I know the server issue isn't just my problem. I knew I had it working earlier this week.
Pick a map that's crashing and copy it to the other map folder. If you have an expansion map and want to play it in original swat, copy it to swat maps folder. The file extensions are the same, so it should work.
SAS_Vet_Random
Lt. Col (Retired)
22nd [SAS] Elite Virtual Regiment
Already fixed the crashing issue, but thanks!