can someone please help with....

Eric the Red · 10-14-2001, 03:49 AM

hi everyone im a first time poster, i just want to see if anyone else has this problem and or, if someone can tell me if theres a patch that can fix it, im playing baldurs gate, and every now and then at the worst times, the game either freezes up or some strange error shuts the game down when i try to enter some building or entering a new screen, ive only just started the game and im trying to enter the red sheaf tavern in beregost and every time i try i get an error it goes like this, Assertion, an assertion failed in D:\Dev\Baldur\Infinity.cpp at line number 1692, Programmer says: Demand for WED file failed.
now if anyone can help out or could direct me to a patch to fix this annoying problem it would be appreciated, cause i basically cant continue playing if i cant complete quests, thx in advance.

dex_man · 10-14-2001, 04:36 AM

Yeah i actually came across this problem myself once, and not knowing what to do(i hadn't discovered this forum yet) i e-mailed interplay who actually told me the right thing to do it was:

Q: I am getting an "Assertion Failed..." error

A: Depending on the line number that is displayed, this error may mean something different.

Line 302
This will occur if you attempt to install the patch for the full verison of Baldur's Gate on top of the Tales of The Sword Coast or the Chapter I & II version. Both of these later titles already have the patch encorporated. You will need to uninstall Baldur's and reinstall the games without installing that patch. If you have Tales of The Sword Cast installed please reference the TOSC patches page.

Line 1072
This will occur if Tales of The Sword Coast has been previously installed, the save games have been converted, but upon reinstallation of Baldurs TOSC was not reinstalled. You will need to install TOSC to utilize the save games that have already been converted.

Line 1780
This seems to occur most commonly when Tales of The Sword Coast is installed on top of the Chapter I&II version of the game. You can only install Tales of the Sword Coast onto the full version of Baldur's Gate.

All other line numbers
The majority of all other Assertion errors seem to be caused when the game is unable to locate a file that is needed or the file is corrupted. To correct this you will want to try the following:

Clean your cdrom drive with a lense cleaner and be sure that all dust, dirt, or glue has been cleaned from the cd's surface.
Be sure to delete the games cache (delete all files within {games folder}\CACHE\DATA\). When you restart, the program will recreate the cache and should repair the missing file. (If you have done a custom install you will want to find out the area # that is causing the trouble by checking the map. Once you have narrowed down the trouble area, delete that file from your DATA folder and attempt to recopy it from the cd back to the same DATA folder.)
If the previous two steps do not work you will want to try to use an earlier save game as well. There have ben a few reports of a corrupted save game causing this type of error.

I hope this can help but it might only apply if you have totsc installed as well

Eric the Red · 10-14-2001, 05:45 AM

thank you that was very informative, ive only got bg installed atm, i had it installed one other time also, and had the same problem with it, this time i installed the latest patch hopeing it would help but it didnt, in actual fact this is the first time that ive actually had that error, last time i had it installed i got through to chapter 6, then did a format and lost it all, and never bothered to play again cause of all the troubles i had with it the first time, but i'll go through what you suggested and give it a try, i do have an auto save of when i arrived in town so i'll try that one too, to see if it was a saved error, thanx alot again for your help

Eric the Red · 10-15-2001, 09:30 PM

thank you very much mate, i cleaned out the data/cache file and it fixed it right up, your a man among men

dex_man · 10-22-2001, 04:17 AM

Hey dont worry bout it,

and i aint no man among men (sorry if im insulting u by saying that), but the way i understand it, is on this forum were all here to help each other to the best of our abilities

10-14-2001, 03:49 AM	#1
Eric the Red Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: October 14, 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 31	hi everyone im a first time poster, i just want to see if anyone else has this problem and or, if someone can tell me if theres a patch that can fix it, im playing baldurs gate, and every now and then at the worst times, the game either freezes up or some strange error shuts the game down when i try to enter some building or entering a new screen, ive only just started the game and im trying to enter the red sheaf tavern in beregost and every time i try i get an error it goes like this, Assertion, an assertion failed in D:\Dev\Baldur\Infinity.cpp at line number 1692, Programmer says: Demand for WED file failed. now if anyone can help out or could direct me to a patch to fix this annoying problem it would be appreciated, cause i basically cant continue playing if i cant complete quests, thx in advance.

10-14-2001, 04:36 AM	#2
dex_man Dungeon Master Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Te Hoe, Waikato, New Zealand Posts: 74	Yeah i actually came across this problem myself once, and not knowing what to do(i hadn't discovered this forum yet) i e-mailed interplay who actually told me the right thing to do it was: Q: I am getting an "Assertion Failed..." error A: Depending on the line number that is displayed, this error may mean something different. Line 302 This will occur if you attempt to install the patch for the full verison of Baldur's Gate on top of the Tales of The Sword Coast or the Chapter I & II version. Both of these later titles already have the patch encorporated. You will need to uninstall Baldur's and reinstall the games without installing that patch. If you have Tales of The Sword Cast installed please reference the TOSC patches page. Line 1072 This will occur if Tales of The Sword Coast has been previously installed, the save games have been converted, but upon reinstallation of Baldurs TOSC was not reinstalled. You will need to install TOSC to utilize the save games that have already been converted. Line 1780 This seems to occur most commonly when Tales of The Sword Coast is installed on top of the Chapter I&II version of the game. You can only install Tales of the Sword Coast onto the full version of Baldur's Gate. All other line numbers The majority of all other Assertion errors seem to be caused when the game is unable to locate a file that is needed or the file is corrupted. To correct this you will want to try the following: Clean your cdrom drive with a lense cleaner and be sure that all dust, dirt, or glue has been cleaned from the cd's surface. Be sure to delete the games cache (delete all files within {games folder}\CACHE\DATA\). When you restart, the program will recreate the cache and should repair the missing file. (If you have done a custom install you will want to find out the area # that is causing the trouble by checking the map. Once you have narrowed down the trouble area, delete that file from your DATA folder and attempt to recopy it from the cd back to the same DATA folder.) If the previous two steps do not work you will want to try to use an earlier save game as well. There have ben a few reports of a corrupted save game causing this type of error. I hope this can help but it might only apply if you have totsc installed as well

10-14-2001, 05:45 AM	#3
Eric the Red Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: October 14, 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 31	thank you that was very informative, ive only got bg installed atm, i had it installed one other time also, and had the same problem with it, this time i installed the latest patch hopeing it would help but it didnt, in actual fact this is the first time that ive actually had that error, last time i had it installed i got through to chapter 6, then did a format and lost it all, and never bothered to play again cause of all the troubles i had with it the first time, but i'll go through what you suggested and give it a try, i do have an auto save of when i arrived in town so i'll try that one too, to see if it was a saved error, thanx alot again for your help

10-15-2001, 09:30 PM	#4
Eric the Red Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: October 14, 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 31	thank you very much mate, i cleaned out the data/cache file and it fixed it right up, your a man among men

10-22-2001, 04:17 AM	#5
dex_man Dungeon Master Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Te Hoe, Waikato, New Zealand Posts: 74	Hey dont worry bout it, and i aint no man among men (sorry if im insulting u by saying that), but the way i understand it, is on this forum were all here to help each other to the best of our abilities

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