I am very angry!

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Well, i played a game with a number of bugs, most of them are crushes to desktop.

First, then i'm clicked on 1 specific star game crushed. Because i played in RTS, my FastClick skills are good and i clicked on it faster than searched for a planet to colonize (star was yellow), than i rememered that game crushes after this click.

Second, after building Eye of the Universe my starbases started to generate 'fog of war' in their sight range. So they and near ships was under fog of war (but still visible). Enemy ships was invisible under fog of war of couse. So i just reloaded game, but bug appeared again then i build EotU.

After that game started to crash every other turn just after start of 2nd my turn after reload - it showed selected ship normally and then crushed 80% of the time. By the way load time was 3 minutes already, and this is on my new P4-2400/512 RAM. Then loading time increased to 10 minutes, and i was forced to load a game every other turn, i realized that i never finish this game because mu heavy manufacturing industry already worked at a good rate, and i could double my number of starbases in just several turns. So i disbanded all insignificant to victory starbases. This reduced loading time to 5 mins, and i used 'ship catapult' + 'Party palace' tactics with production from only 1 core sectors + 2 nearest to it to win a game. This was the only way to victory under these conditions. So i won a military victory in January 2194.

But last crash happening then i try to submit my score to metaverse. I can see victory screen with my score (12147 pts, 7420 Mpts). But then i clicking 'done' game crushes.

So i can't even post my score to metavese after this truly Masochistic victory (5 Incredible AI v1.02.042, Gigantic + a good number of bugs, so i forced to win using only a marginal amount of recouces i have).

~SDC~
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Please add 'edit post' to forums.

'it showed selected ship normally and then crushed 80% of the time'
after end of turn i see selected ship, and then i click, the game crushes

I tried to update GalCiv to 1.02.049, but game crushes anyway. I won a game on Tiny/Fool just to check - it allows me to send a score to metaverse. And Eye of the Universe was not bugged in my first game.

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
'I tried to update GalCiv to 1.02.049, but game crushes anyway.'

I mean it crushes then i pressing 'done' button in score screen.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh my, you didn't crush the game with a sledge hammer, did ya? LOL

If you are indeed experiencing crashes every single turn, you might want to try reinstalling your game to see if that improves the situation. There's also a SmartException program under Software -> Free Stuff in Stardock Central you can download to obtain more information on crashes. It might not help you directly, but the devs will have an easier time hunting down the cause.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I already downloaded a new patch - all 86M, uot just patched a game.

SmartException telling me that galciv.exe suffered a crush and then i don't see any report. I clicked 'Submit exception report' and other buttons, but nohting happened. Another bug??? But thanks anyway.

I'll try to submit a score from work, but it seems that save file was corrupted during the game, not the game itself.

Most unfair thing is that because of this bugs and reloading time i spended much more time than i spended if i don't had these bugs, and now i can't even send my score. Why i didn't restated this game? But i didn't suspect that save file was corrupted.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
On the Eye of the Universe one, that happened becuase the game immediately updated the fog of war to show the fog cleared by your new sensor range but won't recognize
that you can actually see that stuff until the next turn. If you had waited a turn it would have went away.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Delete and reinstall the game from scratch. There hasn't been games crashing this bad in a while so chances are you have a corrupted file somewhere.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I already reinstalled the game from scratch.

from debug.err

Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:SubmitScreen String: LastNameTitle
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: 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: Could not find animation titled Default in model 35Decoration (PlayAnimation)
Debug Message: Could not find animation titled Default in model 35Decoration (PlayAnimation)
Debug Message: Could not find animation titled Default in model 35Decoration (PlayAnimation)
Debug Message: Could not find animation titled Default in model 35Decoration (PlayAnimation)
Debug Message: Could not find animation titled Default in model 35Decoration (PlayAnimation)
Debug Message: Could not find animation titled Default in model 35Decoration (PlayAnimation)
Debug Message: Total Ships: 950 & 0 are dead

There is no other error messages.
Is this critical?

Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:SubmitScreen String: LastNameTitle
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
What version of Windoze are you using? What's your hardware configuration? Are you overclocking your PC?

If you have been using Windows for a while, it might simply be time to reinstall it. Needs to be done every 6 months or so :(
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
The submit button does nothing when SmartException catches a crash. What does happen is that a file with a .cra extension should now be in your GalCiv directory.

Either post the contents of that file here or send it along with a brief explanation to [email protected]
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
Sigh..
That e-mail address should have been [email protected]