I formatted my computer and this seems to have gone away, but BEFORE i formatted my computer i got this whole vertex buffer bug all the time. RooR claims to have found a solution to the issue, and i hope he's right, esp. if the issue returns. Here is his post: http://www.empiresjpl.com/phpbb3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1061
OMG ONE OF MAH THREADS GOT STICKIED. :D MAH LIFE IS COMPLETE. seriously, though. Here's Roor's post verbatim just in case something happens to the jpl forum.
LOL, I did get it from another forum. Copy and paste for the win. Does anyone care....... after it fixes their pc somehow I doubt it, the point is it fixes the bug. So HAH Also.... I got it from a forum, that got it from another forum, that got it from some unknown brainchild. BTW, this does work. I can now play empires without rebooting my pc. I have been required to reboot since 2.0 I have been working/building/fixing computers since a couple years before cybers was born, savvy got nothing to do with it
is this related, and if so, can the same fix be applied? crash into window while loading a map, then: Engine Error Failed to lock index buffer in CMeshDX8:::LockIndexBuffer