Using the Dec6th 1.04rc3 beta patch. Playing as the Ottoman Empire I began to experience "the crash to menu" bug too. After reading several fixes and applying them such as the replacing your saves and using the ones in 'Backup' Folders in 'Saves', nothing is working.
I did turn on Error Logging, and noticed this:
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TUnit.CheckConsistency 1001121 Heinrich Frh. von Heß renamed from UnitDef DB to Heinrich Frh. von Heß
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TUnit.CheckConsistency 1001122 Heinrich Frh. von Heß renamed from Model DB to Heinrich Fhr. von Heß
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TUnit.CheckConsistency 1009571 Hugh Frh. von Halkett renamed from UnitDef DB to Hugh Frh. von Halkett
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TUnit.CheckConsistency 1009572 Hugh Frh. von Halkett renamed from Model DB to Hugh Fhr. von Halkett
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TUnit.CheckConsistency 1001121 Heinrich Frh. von Heß renamed from UnitDef DB to Heinrich Frh. von Heß
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TUnit.CheckConsistency 1001122 Heinrich Frh. von Heß renamed from Model DB to Heinrich Fhr. von Heß
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TUnit.CheckConsistency 1009571 Hugh Frh. von Halkett renamed from UnitDef DB to Hugh Frh. von Halkett
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TUnit.CheckConsistency 1009572 Hugh Frh. von Halkett renamed from Model DB to Hugh Fhr. von Halkett
4:37:02 PM MakeSupplyDistribution 12590801.4 µs
4:37:02 PM [Error ] THost.CheckHarshnessDamage Exception caught: Access violation at address 00817F1C in module 'PON.exe'. Read of address 00000008 in region 720
[B]4:37:02 PM [Error ] THost.AbortProcess Hosting aborted while performing PreHostProcess: CheckHarshnessDamage[/B]
4:37:02 PM [Error ] THost.AbortProcess Hosting aborted while performing PreHostProcess
4:37:02 PM (Reporting) TMediaLibrarian.GetMediaInfo: Unable to find MediaInfo for image: splish
I checked around other AGEOD games to see if this might be a carry over issue from other engines and it might be, as this was plaguing WIA players too with the weather damage processing causing a crash, hope this helps with the next public beta patch
I am hoping Pocus reads this and can fix my save as I am having a ton of fun modernizing the 'sick man' of Europe
