Map information not loading

AedanClarke · January 8, 2015

So, I bought TDU several months back on eBay. Copy was in perfect condition, installed it, started playing for 2 or 3 hours, then went to bed since it was about 4 in the morning or so. Turn the game back on when I wake up, and the map information doesn't load. Instead, on the side where the information is supposed to appear, everything is blank and the place where the picture is supposed to be is just a grey square. Tried looking for solutions at the time and couldn't find any.

Ended up buying the Russian Gold Edition just to check if maybe this particular version of TDU was causing the problem. Even the Russian release, which, as I understand, made some changes to the code (though my information there may be faulty), did the EXACT same thing. Played fine for a few hours and, upon restart, map information doesn't load.

I then installed both versions of my terribly weak laptop just to see and, after torturing myself to about 2 hours on each version to low FPS in low resolution, neither version gave me the map information bug, so it's apparently a problem on my end, I'm just not sure what would be causing a problem. The main thing that's tripping me up is that the map works to begin with, as opposed to just not working from the start. And since no changes are being made to my computer between the time I start playing the game the first time to when I start it back up the second time, I have not even the slightest guess as to what the source of the problem may be.

Oh, and I'm not the only one that's had this problem. Upon originally looking up the problem with the first version I bought, I found, after a lot of searching, someone else who had the exact same issue. Unfortunately, no one replied to him, so...

But, yes, I would LOVE to play this game properly on my computer, because it's just so enjoyable when it works. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

AedanClarke · January 23, 2015

Bump. If anyone has even the faintest idea of what to try, I'd appreciate it.

Tob-Racer · January 23, 2015

Hello !

Sorry, Haven't seen this :o

Hmmm... That's weird. I've never heard that problem before. Is the entire map menu are grey Square ?

What are your computer specs ? Are you running on low settings in game ?

AedanClarke · January 26, 2015

It's only the section on the right that gives the information regarding events, stores, etc. The section appears, as though it's GOING to present information, but no text appears and the section that contains the screenshot for the location or event simply remains grey.

My system specs are as follows:

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition (6-core, 3.2 Ghz)

16 GB RAM

The game is running at highest settings. No amount of changing the settings results in the information loading. :/

Tob-Racer · January 28, 2015

Three solution I've got in mind. I'm not sure if it's gonna work and I'm pretty sure you've done that already:

Install the Patch 1.66A if you haven't got it yet. Check if it works. If not, install the community patch 1.68b with the Magic Map. If it still doesn't work, reinstall the game. If you still have some issues, I'm gonna send you some original map files by PM. Good luck !

AedanClarke · January 30, 2015

Still having problems. :/ Looks like I'm going to need those original map files.

Tob-Racer · January 30, 2015

PM in your box ;) Good luck !

AedanClarke · January 30, 2015

Welp. That didn't work. So it seems that it's not a problem with having the map files as much as it is a problem with the game DISPLAYING the map files, for whatever reason.

Andreas¹ · January 30, 2015

If I remember correctly that only happened if you had a no-dvd patch in place. Do you?

AedanClarke · January 31, 2015

I do not. One would imagine that, considering the number of pirates in the world, such an issue would've been brought up by them if it were a problem with any such crack.

Andreas¹ · January 31, 2015

It has been brought up numerous times, which is why I asked you in the first place.

AedanClarke · February 1, 2015

I've Googled for hours, like I said, and I've yet to see more than a single unanswered soul ask about it.

And, like I said, it's only given me a problem on this primary computer of mine, not the laptop. The laptop loads the map just fine.

--- Post Updated ---

So, everyone, I found the culprit. Get ready for this silly crap... It was the controls. Specifically, binding the map's controls for left, right, up and down to the controller breaks the map. Looks like I'll need to use the mouse for the map, which isn't a big deal. But there we go everyone. It's literally that damned stupid.

I figured it out, btw, by uninstalling the game, wiping the registry, reinstalling... still wasn't working. So I pulled my save game out of the folder, and started anew. The map was working. Then, seeing it was working and figuring the save game had perhaps just corrupted, I started mapping the controls again to my controller, went to the map, and it broke. So I defaulted the controls, checked, and the map was working again. Sat there and added each control in, one by one, until I found the culprit. And I'm just stunned. It's such a stupid, nonsensical reason for a game map to stop working...

Tob-Racer · February 1, 2015

Holly Molly ! Just that :lol: That is very weird !

Don't know, when I change the map button who supposed to be "M" on the keybord to another button in my G27, it works fine.

It might come from the way your computer does run TDU. Don't know, it's bizarre ! :D

Well good luck mate with that glitchy thing. I really have no idea how to sort that problem out. At the moment you have to press "M" :eyebrow:

AedanClarke · February 2, 2015

It's not the button to bring up the map that's giving me the problem, it's the buttons that scroll the map in the four directions that's giving me the problem. I set the map button to Select on my controller, but I have to use the mouse to navigate the map.

Tob-Racer · February 2, 2015

Alright ! Oh okay ! Now I understand :)

Eudemon · February 2, 2015

Wow what a strange cause, well done on finding out what was doing it and for posting about it.

jekehu · November 18, 2021

On 1/31/2015 at 6:45 PM, AedanClarke said:

I've Googled for hours, like I said, and I've yet to see more than a single unanswered soul ask about it.

And, like I said, it's only given me a problem on this primary computer of mine, not the laptop. The laptop loads the map just fine.

--- Post Updated ---

So, everyone, I found the culprit. Get ready for this silly crap... It was the controls. Specifically, binding the map's controls for left, right, up and down to the controller breaks the map. Looks like I'll need to use the mouse for the map, which isn't a big deal. But there we go everyone. It's literally that damned stupid.

I figured it out, btw, by uninstalling the game, wiping the registry, reinstalling... still wasn't working. So I pulled my save game out of the folder, and started anew. The map was working. Then, seeing it was working and figuring the save game had perhaps just corrupted, I started mapping the controls again to my controller, went to the map, and it broke. So I defaulted the controls, checked, and the map was working again. Sat there and added each control in, one by one, until I found the culprit. And I'm just stunned. It's such a stupid, nonsensical reason for a game map to stop working...

Can you unmap in the existing save file? Or do you have to create a new profile? I accidentally did those mappings and still see the gray box after unmapping: