Code Monkey: Hm, ok? Maybe I should take a look at that manual one more time...

Code Monkey, is your planet's orbit queue full? If so it won't let you build any more ships until some leave orbit. I figure you know about this and are probably talking about something different, but thought I'd mention it just to be thorough.

Moonmood, often a bonus takes a turn to kick in, so you might pick up a +10 bonus but it won't show in your stats until the next turn has gone by.

I have a problem with 1.03A.057: I can't start a game. It crashes to desktop when I click the Done panel: Start new game, customize race, see the speech, then done - crash.

I just got a nasty crash on 1.03A.057.

Here is the log :

Stardock SmartException Logging Information
-------------------------------------------

OS Version : Windows XP
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
Application Exception code: C0000094 INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO
Crash Addr: 004ED13E 01:000EC13E C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000000
EBX:00000000
ECX:0A70F008
EDX:00000000
ESI:00573CD1
EDI:0012FD6C
CS:EIP:001B:004ED13E
SS:ESP:0023:0012FB7C EBP:0012FB8C
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010246


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
004ED13E 0012FB8C 0001:000EC13E C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004752F7 0012FBD0 0001:000742F7 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00475A1B 0012FBDC 0001:00074A1B C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004561EB 0012FC44 0001:000551EB C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00455991 0012FC60 0001:00054991 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005560C3 0012FC7C 0001:001550C3 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00556346 0012FC98 0001:00155346 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005522DD 0012FCC4 0001:001512DD C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005746FD 0012FCF8 0001:001736FD C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
77D67B17 0012FD24 0001:00026B17 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D6CDCE 0012FD8C 0001:0002BDCE C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D45CC9 0012FDBC 0001:00004CC9 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D45CE8 0012FDDC 0001:00004CE8 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
5101EA58 0012FE08 0001:0001DA58 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DDRAW.dll
77D67B17 0012FE34 0001:00026B17 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D6CDCE 0012FE9C 0001:0002BDCE C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D44435 0012FEFC 0001:00003435 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D44D38 0012FF34 0001:00003D38 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
005AE4FA 0012FFC0 0001:001AD4FA C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
77E7EB69 0012FFF0 0001:0001DB69 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll


Debug information for each stardock app follows ....

The save file is corrupted as well. Let me know if you want me to send it.

"Code Monkey, is your planet's orbit queue full? If so it won't let you build any more ships until some leave orbit. I figure you know about this and are probably talking about something different, but thought I'd mention it just to be thorough."

I suspected this might be part of the problem (I do have about 3 systems chock full of corvettes from the "you found a truckload of corvettes" event) but the weird thing is that it's all of my systems that have been affected.

I'll try popping some of the ships out of the full orbits and see if it untriggers this universal ban on building.

Followup to #405:

Yep, went back to an autosave about 6 turns before the complete lockdown occurred and started paying attention to full orbits and everything went normally.

I have a reoccouring bug when I buy G Translators. I get the bonus, but dont have the option to trade it. This doesnt happen when I build it normaly.

I get an unrecoverable crash in the following circumstances:

After researching Diplomacy (i think) a new form of government is available to me (Republic). I didn't switch immediately (sort of forgot), but after maybe 8 turns I remembered, saved, and decided to switch. When the election window pops up, there's the "next" button for me to press to see the election results. After I press that an error message pops up (must alt-tab out of the game to see it), and the game freezes. The error message is as follows,

ASSERT Failed

g_cFGObjects == 0
At line 5868 of d:\builds\nt32_chk\multimedia\dshow\filters\core\filgraph\filgraph\filgraph.cpp
Continue? (Cancel to debug)



The error window seems to be frozen as well because I can't click on any of the buttons ... after a bit Win XP tells me that the applications are not responding and terminates GalCiv along with the error message window.

I have the latest version of the game (1.03A.057) running on WinXP. My CPU is an Athlon T-Bird 1.40 Ghz with 768 Mb of RAM. Video is a GeForce 3. Sound an Audigy 2 Platinum.

I noticed you ask for save games from some folks, if you want mine please tell me where to send it.

~SDC~

Bunch o' bugs:
- sending out a transport from a system with 2 or more colonized planets, will only update info (pop., moral, etc.) for planet launching the transport
- "we have noticed the buildup" messages often come in two's and even threes (consecutively)
- sorting by soc/mil production ignores the bonus part of production
- when selecting a ship from the ship list, screen view and info in bottom right info window will update, but clicking dismiss button will ask to dismiss the previously selected ship (hard to notice if you're not looking at the dismiss warning)
- when asking or offering money in trade window, amount should not be limited to available funds (me or AI). Assuming AI has 50bc, if I can ask for 50bc for 3 months, why not 100 for 1 ?
- when selecting stationary base, range should not be shown. Also, you can set an auto-nav path for it, which shows on map, but does nothing
- loading a game tends to cause diplomatic events such as peace offers (to me or between AI races), even though they would not have occured during normal gameplay
- can't send more than 14 ships on auto-nav - extra routes will cancel existing ones (bug ?)
- not really a bug, but hey.. -> races at war with you should not be too eager to trade things (tech, goods..). when close to eliminating a race with tech advantages, you can trade for all of the AI's techs, giving whatever techs/goods you own, knowing they'll be gone soon enough.

~SDC~

Here's my most recent crash in the game (Logged by SE).

NOTE: ALL of my video drivers (video card, DX, etc...) are all updated.

This crash happened during loading a saved game. I also have experienced a couple more crashes (they wern't logged by SE) that seem similar, but they happened during gameplay. It always seems to happen when there's too many 'sprites' or things going on in my game. My computer memory is fine. Here are the specs if ya need them:

Pentium 4 2.53 GHz
640 MB DDR SDRAM
Geforce 4 MX 440 (I believe its 64MB of shared mem)
Sound (default, whatever came with the comp)
Direct X 9.0a
GalCiv: 1.03A.057 (my saved games are the same version)
Also all of my drivers on my comp. is updated.

Here's the SE log of what happened when I tried to load my game (the other crashes wern't recorded):

Stardock SmartException Logging Information
-------------------------------------------

OS Version : Windows XP
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (Microsoft Corporation)
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 0042D507 01:0002C507 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:CCCCCCCC
EBX:00000000
ECX:06349E58
EDX:00127C74
ESI:00001800
EDI:0012FD6C
CS:EIP:001B:0042D507
SS:ESP:0023:001279CC EBP:001279D0
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010293


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
0042D507 001279D0 0001:0002C507 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00528099 00127A24 0001:00127099 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004FE95E 0012F540 0001:000FD95E C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0049D071 0012F958 0001:0009C071 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0049F2A7 0012F9A0 0001:0009E2A7 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0049EBC6 0012F9BC 0001:0009DBC6 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004EC3F9 0012F9F4 0001:000EB3F9 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004E9720 0012FA30 0001:000E8720 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004E979A 0012FA4C 0001:000E879A C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00541C5D 0012FA7C 0001:00140C5D C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005522DD 0012FAA8 0001:001512DD C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00546F4F 0012FAEC 0001:00145F4F C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0055223E 0012FB14 0001:0015123E C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00546F4F 0012FB58 0001:00145F4F C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0055223E 0012FB80 0001:0015123E C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00546F4F 0012FBC4 0001:00145F4F C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0055223E 0012FBEC 0001:0015123E C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00546F4F 0012FC30 0001:00145F4F C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0055223E 0012FC58 0001:0015123E C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00546F4F 0012FC9C 0001:00145F4F C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0055223E 0012FCC4 0001:0015123E C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00574A1A 0012FCF8 0001:00173A1A C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
77D67AD7 0012FD24 0001:00026AD7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D6CCD4 0012FD8C 0001:0002BCD4 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D45CD6 0012FDBC 0001:00004CD6 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D45CF5 0012FDDC 0001:00004CF5 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
5101EA58 0012FE08 0001:0001DA58 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DDRAW.dll
77D67AD7 0012FE34 0001:00026AD7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D6CCD4 0012FE9C 0001:0002BCD4 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D44455 0012FEFC 0001:00003455 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D44D58 0012FF34 0001:00003D58 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
005AE4FA 0012FFC0 0001:001AD4FA C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
77E814C7 0012FFF0 0001:000204C7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll


Debug information for each stardock app follows ....

~SDC~

Oh, and I forgot to add... I'm running XP Home ed. with it fully updated as well.

~SDC~

I might be misunderstanding how all this works but....

Are the effects of multiple starbases mining the same resource supposed to be cumulative. In domestic politics abilities screen my morale was listed as +189%. In a save game I scrapped a star base giving me +68% morale through mining. I let the game run a turn and the domestic politics abilities screen didn't change.

This is not strictly game play related, however:

my machine is the mail server for the LAN. I have Mercury Mail Delivery service running at all times (under Win98), the other machines on the network can dump their mail on Mercury and the queue will be cleared when I go online.

When I have GalCiv running, connections to Mercury time out. The rest of the network appears to work just fine, but there seems to be some interference between Galciv and Mercury SMTP (port 110, standard). The problem appears less critical if GalCiv (full screen version here) is minimized.

CPU is a Tualatin 1.3Ghz, network gear is 100Mbit 3COM NICs with switch, all recent: I don't think it's a hardware [or] bottleneck issue.

cheers, -Peter

~SDC~

Bug 1.03A

Played game, experianced Graphics (Ship Icons) Display problems. These problems occured mid game. (If i rebooted the game from the save, the icons would be displayed for some time), however they would fail again, and more units would not display, (sensors, Combat transports) it looked like they were cloaked yet I could select and order them.

I have never experianced these problems until the latests 1.03A.

Also now my saved game will cause a direct crash to desktop when i try to load it. (both my own save and the auto save) for this particular game.

Happy to foward the saves if you would like to look at them.

-Phil

[email protected]

Dave, it takes 2 turns for the effects of eliminating a starbase mined resource to take effect (for both the player and the AI races). This is especially important to keep in mind if you are trying to blitzkreig a race with a lot of military resources, even if you take them all out in a first strike they'll still get two turns with the full bonus.

CTD error:

Occurs when a UP resolution has all Civilizations run under Star Democracy, then I finish researching the tech that gives me Star Republic. When it comes time to hold the vote, the game CTDs. Here is the data from the *.cra file, and if you want I can send you the savegame files and directories associated with this problem:

Stardock SmartException Logging Information
-------------------------------------------

OS Version : Windows 2000
Video Card : RADEON 7000 SERIES
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 004D5303 01:000D4303 D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000000
EBX:7FFDF000
ECX:00000000
EDX:04CC8008
ESI:00000000
EDI:00780065
CS:EIP:001B:004D5303
SS:ESP:0023:0012BD7C EBP:0012BD8C
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010202


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
004D5303 0012BD8C 0001:000D4303 D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004FED0A 0012FEEC 0001:000FDD0A D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005255A8 0012FEFC 0001:001245A8 D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0050BBDA 0012FF0C 0001:0010ABDA D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0056E5DE 0012FF34 0001:0016D5DE D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005A89CA 0012FFC0 0001:001A79CA D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
77EA847C 0012FFF0 0001:0002747C C:\WINNT\system32\KERNEL32.dll


Debug information for each stardock app follows ....

Stardock SmartException Logging Information
-------------------------------------------

OS Version : Windows 2000
Video Card : RADEON 7000 SERIES
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 0042A40A 01:0002940A D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000000
EBX:0014DA80
ECX:00000000
EDX:00000014
ESI:00573CD1
EDI:00000202
CS:EIP:001B:0042A40A
SS:ESP:0023:0012FA60 EBP:0012FA64
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010287


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
0042A40A 0012FA64 0001:0002940A D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004A46B3 0012FCC8 0001:000A36B3 D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004A4F3A 0012FCEC 0001:000A3F3A D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
004A5686 0012FD28 0001:000A4686 D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005560C3 0012FD44 0001:001550C3 D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00556346 0012FD60 0001:00155346 D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005522DD 0012FD8C 0001:001512DD D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005746FD 0012FDC0 0001:001736FD D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
77E11D0A 0012FDE0 0001:00000D0A C:\WIN2K\system32\USER32.DLL
77E13D4B 0012FE04 0001:00002D4B C:\WIN2K\system32\USER32.DLL
77E1734D 0012FE24 0001:0000634D C:\WIN2K\system32\USER32.DLL
5101EA58 0012FE50 0001:0001DA58 C:\WIN2K\System32\DDRAW.dll
77E11D0A 0012FE70 0001:00000D0A C:\WIN2K\system32\USER32.DLL
77E11BC8 0012FEFC 0001:00000BC8 C:\WIN2K\system32\USER32.DLL
77E172B4 0012FF34 0001:000062B4 C:\WIN2K\system32\USER32.DLL
005AE4FA 0012FFC0 0001:001AD4FA D:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
77E9CA90 0012FFF0 0001:0001BA90 C:\WIN2K\system32\KERNEL32.DLL


~SDC~

For the second time, I have a game that crashes quite early on when I try to switch governments for the first time to republican. The error log reads as follows (and I noticed its rather similar to posting #39 which documented a crash for a different reason). I noticed that when I tried to recover the game, in the area on the RHS of the screen where stacked spaceships appear, there were 16 little blank boxes. DOes Strategy First want a copy of the saved file, and if so, where should it be sent?


Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: RGB in format 5:6:5, Masks reported as f800:7e0:1f
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 369e99
Debug Message: Added fonts: VerdanaWhite11 VerdanaWhite12B VerdanaYellow11 VerdanaLtBlue11 VerdanaGreen11
Debug Message: Added fonts: VerdanaRed11 VerdanaRed12 VerdanaYellow12 VerdanaOrange12 VerdanaLtBlue12
Debug Message: Added fonts: VerdanaDkBlue12 VerdanaLtBlue12B Verdana00Race11 Verdana01Race11 Verdana02Race11
Debug Message: Added fonts: Verdana03Race11 Verdana04Race11 Verdana05Race11 Verdana00Race12B Verdana01Race12B
Debug Message: Added fonts: Verdana02Race12B Verdana03Race12B Verdana04Race12B Verdana05Race12B VerdanaOrange12B
Debug Message: Added fonts: font2 font1 Comic10 Comic12 Comic12B
Debug Message: Added fonts: Comic14 Comic14B Comic16 Comic16B Comic18
Debug Message: Added fonts: Comic18B Celtic14 Celtic12 Celtic10 Basker14
Debug Message: Added fonts: Basker16 BabylonBlue11B BabylonBlue11 BabylonBlue10B ArialGreenB10
Debug Message: Added fonts: ArialYellowB12 ArialLtBlueB12 ArialDkBlueB12 ArialGreenB12 ArialRedB12
Debug Message: Added fonts: ArialWhite12B ArialWhite14 ArialWhite16 ArialOrange12B ArialLtBlue12B
Debug Message: Added fonts: ArialLtBlue14 ArialGreen14 ArialRed14 ArialYellow14 ArialGreen16
Debug Message: Added fonts: ArialYellow16 Arial02Race16 Arial13B Arial16B2 Arial10
Debug Message: Added fonts: Arial12 Arial12B Arial14 Arial14B Arial16
Debug Message: Added fonts: Arial16B Arial18 Arial18B GaraWGold11B GaraBW14B
Debug Message: Added fonts: GaraW11B
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: Game Initialization completed.
Debug Message: Creating cutscene window.
Debug Message: Creating soundtrack handler.
Debug Message: Creating movie handler.
Debug Message: Initialize Game Options.
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
Debug Message: MWinEditFields::Create - Unable to find sprite sizing graphic for NameInputBG
Debug Message: Creating opening menu.
Debug Message: Creating player setup screen.
Debug Message: Creating race setup screen.
Debug Message: Begin playing intro movie.
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: RGB in format 5:6:5, Masks reported as f800:7e0:1f
Debug Message: Initialize Tilemaps
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Scanning sprites.
Debug Message: Scanning Models.
ASSERT ERROR in file G:\PROJECTS\pear\source\Model2d.cpp at line 2400.
Debug Message: Animation Small has 17 frames of animation, which does not divide evenly into 32 facings.
Debug Message: Scanning bitmaps.
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: RGB in format 5:6:5, Masks reported as f800:7e0:1f
Debug Message: Sorting save game list by time.
Debug Message: Initializing Galaxy.
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:DomesticGovernors String: DefaultGovernor5
Debug Message: Begin creating other screens.
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:SubmitScreen String: LastNameTitle
Debug Message: MemMan: Unable to find pointer in GetBlockInfo. Memory system: DataMan
ASSERT ERROR in file G:\PROJECTS\pear\SOURCE\MEMMAN.CPP at line 579.
Debug Message: MemMan: Trying to free memory that has not been allocated. Memory System DataMan
ASSERT ERROR in file G:\PROJECTS\pear\SOURCE\MEMMAN.CPP at line 361.
Debug Message: MWinEditFields::Create - Unable to find sprite sizing graphic for EconomyTitle
Debug Message: MWinEditFields::Create - Unable to find sprite sizing graphic for MilitaryTitle
Debug Message: Loading game.
Debug Message: Preparing to save game.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Unable to find file Data\SaveGames\AutoSave\.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Unable to find file Data\SaveGames\AutoSave\..
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: AIAltarian: Set Colony Social
Debug Message: Save Game.
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 20 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 21 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: AIAltarian: Set Colony Social



~SDC~

Thanks Vorlin Varelse for clarifying that.

Version 1.03A.057

Multiple Wonders/Trade Goods: 2 Major AIs built a the same unique wonder. Seperated by 8 turns, so I would guess that the second AI simply didn't get its build queue 'reset' when the wonder got completed.

Good job eliminating the ability to build any already built Trade Good/Unique Wonder from the General build queue.

Double clicking on star systems in main view can inadverdently change military and social projects:

If you double click on a star system in the main map view in an attempt to bring up the planetary management screen, the second mouse clicks is passed on as a single click in the planetary management screen. If the star system was position over what would be the military or social production box, then a player may inadverdently change their current military and social project. This is very annoying because you may not notice the change unless you heard the distinct click sound of switching project. There is also no way to recall the last project so you have to spend time guessing what exactly you were building before the mistake.

I just won a cultural victory. On my penultimate turn the last planet of the Altarians defected to me; they still had starbases and ships on the map but no more planets. (this may be irrelevant, but I traded all my tech to them at this point in return for their two best developed star bases on resources). I ended my turn. Some starship movement took place, then, it looked like the victory sequence was about to kick in but instead the computer crashed to a black screen.
Had to power down and power back up to reset.

Incidentally, I had to save the game about 15 or 16 turns before the (above) end. When I saved my culture rating was around 96..98. When I reloaded the game it was 46. Admittedly it was back in the high nineties two..three turns later, BUT. Something a little screwy there; I think it's been pointed out before by others.

cheers, -Peter

~SDC~

I've got a problem after the game, ever since I've installed 1.3, continuing with all 1.3 updates installed since. After I quit the game, my system freezes and I have to reboot. I have no idea why, I have no problems in-game and never have. Win 98, GeForce 4 Ti 4200.

Badly corrupted save files--this has happened to me 2-3 times now, in all versions of the game. When save-game load bar hits 100%, game crashes and you get a Windows dialogue saying "Ddhelp has caused an error in . Ddhelp will now close." Here's the weird thing: after that happens an *uncorrupted* save file will not load unless you restart the entire computer. I.e., if (1) load savegame1 and game crashes, then if savegame2 is uncorrupted, (2) immediately restarting GalCiv and loading savegame2 will cause same crash, but (2) restarting computer, then restarting GalCiv, then loading savegame2 will proceed normally.

Until today, this corruption would only be limited to the most recent autosave (I have autosave set to every 1 turn) plus an even more recent mid-turn save. But today I experienced a total loss of the game I was playing--both autosave files plus my mid-turn file will not load. Very depressing.

~SDC~

jl333, I've sent an e-mail to you asking you a few questions.

BuzuBuzu, I sent you and e-mail asking for your save game.

EBZeroMatrix, also e-mailing you asking for the save game. Did you have any mods that you uninstalled since saving the game?

Peter: I'm inquiring about what could be going on with your server.

getloose: have you been installing/uninstalling modules?

I deleted the saved game. But here's another CTD:

Stardock SmartException Logging Information
-------------------------------------------

OS Version : Windows XP
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (Microsoft Corporation)
Application Exception code: C0000094 INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO
Crash Addr: 004DCA2A 01:000DBA2A C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000000
EBX:7FFDF000
ECX:00000023
EDX:00000000
ESI:FFFFF4D2
EDI:00FF000A
CS:EIP:001B:004DCA2A
SS:ESP:0023:0012BD7C EBP:0012BD90
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010246


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
004DCA2A 0012BD90 0001:000DBA2A C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00505658 0012FEEC 0001:00104658 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
0052AC28 0012FEFC 0001:00129C28 C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00510F9A 0012FF0C 0001:0010FF9A C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
00573CBE 0012FF34 0001:00172CBE C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
005AE4FA 0012FFC0 0001:001AD4FA C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe
77E814C7 0012FFF0 0001:000204C7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll


Debug information for each stardock app follows ....


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