Since updating to .49 I've been getting a crash to desktop 100% of the time when starting a new game or loading an old file (I've had no problems before). With a new game the crash always occurs immediately after the colony ship movie:
Stardock SmartException Logging Information
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OS Version : Windows ME
Video Card : 32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TV Out (Dell)
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 00407560 01:00006560 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000001
EBX:83901F50
ECX:00000000
EDX:00000002
ESI:0000602D
EDI:008DC81C
CS:EIP:018F:00407560
SS:ESP:0197:008DBAA0 EBP:008DBAA4
DS:0197 ES:0197 FS:3267 GS:0000
Flags:00010202
Current Application Call Stack:
Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
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00407560 008DBAA4 0001:00006560 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0051B843 008DBAB4 0001:0011A843 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004F4BC0 008DE694 0001:000F3BC0 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004FE162 008DFB2C 0001:000FD162 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0050A137 008DFB48 0001:00109137 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0050E5D9 008DFBE0 0001:0010D5D9 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0056E99A 008DFC14 0001:0016D99A C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
BAABDFF6 008DFC40 0001:0001CFF6 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDRAW.DLL
BFF63613 008DFC60 0001:00002613 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF848F7 008DFC74 0002:0001B8F7 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
Debug information for each stardock app follows ....
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When loading from a previous state the game crashes once the loading status reaches 100%:
Stardock SmartException Logging Information
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OS Version : Windows ME
Video Card : 32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TV Out (Dell)
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 005A6361 01:001A5361 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:7CFEFCF8
EBX:83901F50
ECX:008D7E3C
EDX:6E657244
ESI:00001800
EDI:0000000C
CS:EIP:018F:005A6361
SS:ESP:0197:008D7B7C EBP:008D7B90
DS:0197 ES:0197 FS:2CF7 GS:0000
Flags:00010246
Current Application Call Stack:
Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
005A6361 008D7B90 0001:001A5361 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
005227E0 008D7BE8 0001:001217E0 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004F98E7 008DF700 0001:000F88E7 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0049CCA1 008DFB18 0001:0009BCA1 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0049F072 008DFB60 0001:0009E072 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0049E7F6 008DFB7C 0001:0009D7F6 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
00550AE6 008DFB98 0001:0014FAE6 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
00550D69 008DFBB4 0001:0014FD69 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0054CD1D 008DFBE0 0001:0014BD1D C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0056F014 008DFC14 0001:0016E014 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
BAABDFF6 008DFC40 0001:0001CFF6 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDRAW.DLL
BFF63613 008DFC60 0001:00002613 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF848F7 008DFC74 0002:0001B8F7 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
Debug information for each stardock app follows ....
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Fortunately, it is still working good as gold on my laptop, so I'm not completely GalCivless, but I'd be pathetically grateful for any help with this.