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Can't make 3.3 work...

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Tiberius

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I used the 3.2 about everyday. When I saw the update, I did it and since then noting work except if I load the ''Minimal Game''. Event the ''Exemple Game'' dosen't work. I've try to re-install, nothing works. Army Builder loads well until I choose a game system and then it tell me...

ArmyBuilder.exe has encountered an error and needs to close.

Please email a DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU WERE DOING, in as much detail as possible, along with this message, to support@wolflair.com. PLEASE NOTE: Unless you tell us what you were doing, we won't have enough information to fix this problem!

Right click and choose "Copy to Clipboard" to copy these details:

C:\Program Files\Army Builder\ArmyBuilder.exe
3.3 236
ACCESS VIOLATION
Address: 0x005a3ebc
Type: bad read
major: 5, minor: 1, build: 2600, platform: 2, version: Service Pack 3, spmaj: 3, spmin: 0, suitemask: 00000100, type: 1

Or you can find them here:

C:\DOCUME~1\JEAN-M~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\lwderror1420.txt

Then it closed itself.

Can somebody help me to fix that? Or where can i download the 3.2 version that was working very well for me?
 
Hi, I also have the same issue when I upgraded to 3.3. I am running the 64bit version of Win 7 Home Premium.
I did upgrade from XP to Win 7 64 in November and only have one licence.

I was asked to re-activate my licence, and this seemed to complete ok, and was told to restart AB 3.3, which I did. Since then I can only see a Minimal system. I have since re-instaled 3.2 which is working fine again.

Lets hope the team gets the info neede to correct this issue soon.

Cheers
Tim
 
Where can I reinstall 3.2 from.

I have the cd and tried to install 3.1 but then I couldn't download warhammer fantasy battles updates.

Have posted it to wolflair support.
 
Tiberius said:
I used the 3.2 about everyday. When I saw the update, I did it and since then noting work except if I load the ''Minimal Game''. Event the ''Exemple Game'' dosen't work. I've try to re-install, nothing works. Army Builder loads well until I choose a game system and then it tell me...

ArmyBuilder.exe has encountered an error and needs to close.
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It appears that there's a problem running Army Builder 3.3 as a user with an unusual login name, i.e. a login name with characters that have accents or aren't in the ascii character set, like your windows username has.

I believe the problem is that when Army Builder tries to create a folder under "My Documents" for you, Windows tells it to make an unhelpful folder like:

c:\documents and settings\??????????\Army Builder

Making folders with lots of question marks in their names is not allowed, so problems ensue and eventually everything just falls over. :(


We're working on a permanent solution for this problem now. However, happily there is a simple fix for this issue that you can use until we find one. Here's what you'll need to do:

1) Make a folder somewhere (I recommend on your C drive) called "ArmyBuilder". For example, "c:\ArmyBuilder". You can make this folder anywhere, but it CAN'T be under My Documents or on your Desktop.


2) Right-click the Army Builder shortcut, choose "Properties", and add the following to the end of the "Target" field:

-userroot="c:\ArmyBuilder"

Use the name of the folder you created, if it was different from that. For example, when I do this, my complete Target field is:

"C:\Program Files\Army Builder\ArmyBuilder.exe" -userroot="c:\ArmyBuilder"


3) Double-click the shortcut to run Army Builder.


AB should now work fine, and will expect to find saved rosters and so on in the new "c:\ArmyBuilder" folder you created. You can move your saved roster files there and access them as normal.


Hope this helps!
 
I now have the same error. Initially, it worked for me in my office but totallly screwed up today at home. I work on a networked laptop and logged in from home and cannot even install AB 3.3 now. Also, when I tried to reinstall AB 3.3 completely deleted all my old rosters. Thanks for not warning me that my entire roster archive would get deleted. Tried the suggested fix and it did not work. Tried to find AB 3.2 and can't find it to install it. Also, the entire Dwarf roster for Warhammer is now screwed up for Runelords and Runesmiths. Not fun when I'm trying to check army lists for a local tourney.
 
sdhakala,

Can you give me more information about the problem you're having? There have been multiple problems discussed in this thread. Exact error messages and descriptions of what you're doing would be really helpful.

Also, there's no way that Army Builder 3.3 can delete your old rosters - even if you uninstall the product, they're left for you to delete manually. Try looking in your "My Documents\Army Builder" folder - installing 3.3 moves the rosters to there, as you are warned about several times during the installation process.
 
Just got this as well:
ArmyBuilder.exe has encountered an error and needs to close.

Please email a DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU WERE DOING, in as much detail as possible, along with this message, to support@wolflair.com. PLEASE NOTE: Unless you tell us what you were doing, we won't have enough information to fix this problem!

Right click and choose "Copy to Clipboard" to copy these details:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Army Builder\ArmyBuilder.exe
3.3 236
ACCESS VIOLATION
Address: 0x00556c9e
Type: bad read
major: 6, minor: 1, build: 7600, platform: 2, version: , spmaj: 0, spmin: 0, suitemask: 00000100, type: 1

Or you can find them here:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\lwderror2644.txt

What I was doing is opening AB after installing it a couple days ago, apparently without incident. Interestingly when I switched it to using XP SP3 compatibility mode it worked, then worked again after I switched compatibility mode off.
 
I did eventually find my rostors in My Documents on the network hard drive but not on my local (due to auto sync of files). I was getting the same types of messages as above. The problem did not exist when I first downloaded and was working in the office (on network) but occurred when I went home and tried to work offline and then connected to the corporate network system to access files off my network server. After that, though, the problem has continued to occur even after repeated installs and after trying to reinstall (after uninstalling) in my office on the network. The process has also crreated a situation where I cannot find the runes for characters in a dwarf army even after I uninstalled AB3.3 and reinstalled AB 3.2. I cannot find a fresh copy of AB 3.2 on your Internet site (gives us 3.1 as the old version).
 
ABCreator.exe has encountered an error and needs to close.

Please email a DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU WERE DOING, in as much detail as possible, along with this message, to support@wolflair.com.

PLEASE NOTE: Unless you tell us what you were doing, we won't have enough information to fix this problem!
Good to know that the paying customers are also your beta testers. Was 3.3 even tested before being released? The amount of reported crashes makes me think not.

Anyways I was in warhammer.def file for 8th ed and clicked on View tab. 3 View Ids under View tab were selectable.
Clicking on any of the View Ids resulted in the following error.

C:\Program Files\Army Builder\ABCreator.exe
0.0 0
ACCESS VIOLATION
Address: 0x00483d14
Type: bad read
major: 5, minor: 1, build: 2600, platform: 2, version: Service Pack 3, spmaj: 3, spmin: 0, suitemask: 00000300, type: 1

I am running Windows XP home SP3
 
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Yobtar - 3.3 was in beta testing for almost a month before it released, with over 50 people testing it at various points. We're working on an update to fix a few issues that have popped up since the launch, which will be released ASAP.
 
sdhakala said:
I did eventually find my rostors in My Documents on the network hard drive but not on my local (due to auto sync of files). I was getting the same types of messages as above. The problem did not exist when I first downloaded and was working in the office (on network) but occurred when I went home and tried to work offline and then connected to the corporate network system to access files off my network server. After that, though, the problem has continued to occur even after repeated installs and after trying to reinstall (after uninstalling) in my office on the network. The process has also crreated a situation where I cannot find the runes for characters in a dwarf army even after I uninstalled AB3.3 and reinstalled AB 3.2. I cannot find a fresh copy of AB 3.2 on your Internet site (gives us 3.1 as the old version).
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I'm glad you found your files. I just tested the dwarf roster in AB3.3, and it seems to be working fine based on my knowledge of Warhammer - I can add a runic weapon or runic armor to any Dwarf character and add runes to it. You might want to try downloading and installing the Warhammer data files again to see if that fixes the problem; if not, can you describe your issue in more detail?
 
Colen said:
Yobtar - 3.3 was in beta testing for almost a month before it released, with over 50 people testing it at various points. We're working on an update to fix a few issues that have popped up since the launch, which will be released ASAP.
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I find this very hard to believe as I am mostly unable to go in and change the .dat files for warhammer 8th. I am unable to modify views in the definition file and I am unable to modify unit options at all in .dat files without this error occurring and shutting down ABCreator completely. So these 50 people missed an error that for the most part makes AB completely useless as data file authors (who are volunteers) cannot write or modify the data files that AB uses?
 
I've tried repeatedly to install and uninstall and switched back to AB 3.2 and reloaded the wh8 datafile and still cannot see or access the rune options for dwarf characters in WHFB 8th edition. I can see the rune properly for the war machines but get a bunch of ?'s in the options lists.
 
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Just to throw my two cents in as well. I'm getting the same problem with ABCreate but only with the warhammer.def file. The exact error I get is

ABCreator.exe has encountered an error and needs to close.

Please email a DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU WERE DOING, in as much detail as possible, along with this message, to support@wolflair.com. PLEASE NOTE: Unless you tell us what you were doing, we won't have enough information to fix this problem!

Right click and choose "Copy to Clipboard" to copy these details:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Army Builder\ABCreator.exe
0.0 0
ACCESS VIOLATION
Address: 0x00483d14
Type: bad read
major: 6, minor: 1, build: 7600, platform: 2, version: , spmaj: 0, spmin: 0, suitemask: 00000300, type: 1

Or you can find them here:

C:\Users\TOLLER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\lwderror4024.txt

(I'm running Windows 7 Premium 64bit with all updates applied)

But oddly enough only with that file and only in that View Tab. I can edit any other Warhammer file though.

As to the problems that sdhakala is having it works perfectly for me. I created 2 rosters with no problems. You might want to delete the wh8 file and redownload it. Something has to be messed up on your end.
 
sdhakala, I'm not an expert on Warhammer, but here's how I believe that Runic weapons work in the Warhammer files:

1) Click the "Runic Weapon" checkbox for a character. This adds a new "Runic Weapon" child item to the character.

2) Click on the "Runic Weapon" child item to select it

3) You should see a list of runes in the options panel - checking those runes adds them to the weapon.

The same procedure should work with runic armor, talismans, banners, etc. Does this work for you?
 
Nope. When I click on runic weapon I just get a runic weapon selected with an unknown points cost ?.
Same thing with runic armour and with runic talismen.

It shows a checkbox for Magic Weapons and that opens when I check it but it then shows only Blade of Shining Death as an option.

It appears to be an AB issue, not a datafile issue.
 
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