Allegiance Crashing during or after update

[SgtMajor]

• Initializing
• Reading Settings
• Logging Option: DEBUG
• Loading MRU Callsigns
• Loading Form Position
• Checking Installation
• Checking OOBE
• Ready
• Checking for system updates
• Checking for existing processes
• Saving Settings
• Saving MRU Callsigns
• Checking connectivity
• Using Port: DirectPlay
• Checking ASGS Client Version
• Client Version: 212
• Server Version: 210
• Securing Installation
• Validating Installation
• Preparing Key
• Key Generated
• Connecting to ASGS Server
• Authenticating
• Ticket Received
• Return Value: 0
• Callsign: Megan_fox@BS(10)
• Authenticated successfully
• Checking messages
• Return Value: 0
• No messages
• Checking polls
• Return Value: 0
• No polls
• Logged In
• Launching Allegiance
• Active
• Allegiance exited with code: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
• Creating Crashfile
• Beginning Logout
• Closing processes
• Sending Logout Request
• Logged Out

[HJ_KG]

No. the TopGun chat pack is not bugged.

The new files being pushed out overwrite your current sounddef.mdl file in your artwork folder.
The solution is to copy the TopGun sounddef.mdl file back into Microsoft Games\Allegiance\Artwork

[HSharp]

changed the topic title, thanks to HJ_KG for the heads up.

quick scan and I can't see anything different in the new sounddef.mdl from the old one. For the purposes of keeping stuff fair another solution is to use your old quickchat.mdl but then you won't get the Top Gun sounds.
so simply redownload the Top Gun quickchat.mdl and sounddef.mdl into artwork and you should be fine.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13564100/quickchat.mdl
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13564100/sounddef.mdl

[Lutra]

Interestingly, after a few reboot cycles, it works

[CindySRM]

I had this same problem for a while. Rebooting a few times fixed it but it came back. Uninstalling the game and reinstalling seems to have worked for good.

[pkk]

Just reinstall the chatpack.