Carney, a number of people have reported that. I'm sure they'll get to working on that one as soon as they can.

Crash bug. Consistent. Works every time.

After updating to the latest version (1.05 etc.) using Stardock, I went to play a game. Got my civ going nicely (wasn't even in the game for 5 minutes), went to set my Governor to force all my colonies to create Soil Enhancement projects, and it crashed to the desktop. No warning, no errors, just crash. Didn't seem to harm my system at all (Windows 2000, all the latest OS updates), so I tried again. Went through all the same motions, and once again, when I tried to add Soil Enhancement to the Governor's build queue, it crashed. This poses a serious problem, wouldn't you say? Kinda takes all the fun out of macro-management.

I have the same issue as TaBok for v1.05.

CTD after the new game loads to 100%. Same for 1.04 saved games.
Could be related to the Goverener crash stated here.

~SDC~

Well it was reported several times already but not in this thread in 1.05.068 double clicking on structure in governor screen (to add it to governor queue) crashes the game 100%

~SDC~

Another UI crash bug in 1.05. On the espionage window w/advanced knowledge, there's a button that says "total routes"...I clicked on it and the game CTD'd.

There are lots of these in debug.err, nothing else suspicious:
"ASSERT ERROR in file G:\PROJECTS\pear\SOURCE\MWIN.CPP at line 397."

-EtherMage


~SDC~

I just updated to 1.05.069 from .068 and there is still have a CTD on every new game I start when it reacheds 100% loaded.
Anyone know what was changed from the .068 version?

~SDC~

I recently updated to the newest patch on Stardock, 1.05.69 I think, and now Galactic Civilizations won't even start up. If i try to start from the Menu when you put the CD in it makes the screen go black and then go straight back to my desktop and the same happens when using the Desktop Shortcut.

~SDC~

Wherever I add terraform to Mr Ford's que the game crashes to desktop.

~SDC~

1.05.069 does the same thing to me as before.

Smart Exception says:

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

OS Version : Windows 98
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 005BCE89 01:001BBE89 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:7EFEFEFE
EBX:0000001E
ECX:00000007
EDX:69636F53
ESI:0182F450
EDI:0000024F
CS:EIP:0187:005BCE89
SS:ESP:018F:008FEFAC EBP:008FEFCC
DS:018F ES:018F FS:4F9F GS:0000
Flags:00010246


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
005BCE89 008FEFCC 0001:001BBE89 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004265B2 008FF034 0001:000255B2 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004286E0 008FF074 0001:000276E0 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0054CE98 008FF0A0 0001:0014BE98 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
00550BEC 008FF458 0001:0014FBEC C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0042B552 008FF534 0001:0002A552 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0042CFD6 008FF574 0001:0002BFD6 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0054CE98 008FF5A0 0001:0014BE98 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
00550BEC 008FF958 0001:0014FBEC C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004519BF 008FF9F4 0001:000509BF C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0052144E 008FFB0C 0001:0012044E C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0051FC2E 008FFB14 0001:0011EC2E C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0049E248 008FFB60 0001:0009D248 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0049DAC6 008FFB7C 0001:0009CAC6 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
00566E13 008FFB98 0001:00165E13 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
00567096 008FFBB4 0001:00166096 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0056302D 008FFBE0 0001:0016202D C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
005854CF 008FFC14 0001:001844CF C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
BAABEB08 008FFC40 0001:0001DB08 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDRAW.DLL
BFF7363B 008FFC60 0001:0000263B C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF94407 008FFC74 0002:0001B407 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL


~SDC~

Okay. Since my last post, I uninstalled GalCiv, and deleted the directory (reasoning that maybe the problem had to do with mod files). I reinstalled it, then updated at Stardock.

This time, I got CTD as soon as I clicked "Play Game"!!!

One time that this happened, I got an empty window titled "Flash". Hmm...

SmartException report for my new crash...

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

OS Version : Windows 98
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 0056E52D 01:0016D52D C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:008FFAD0
EBX:83605194
ECX:00000000
EDX:008FFAD0
ESI:83605084
EDI:0000000F
CS:EIP:0187:0056E52D
SS:ESP:018F:008FFA94 EBP:008FFA98
DS:018F ES:018F FS:19AF GS:0000
Flags:00010246


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
0056E52D 008FFA98 0001:0016D52D C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004747A3 008FFAEC 0001:000737A3 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
00520185 008FFB68 0001:0011F185 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
005208FD 008FFBD8 0001:0011F8FD C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0051F882 008FFBE0 0001:0011E882 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0051FC7F 008FFBF0 0001:0011EC7F C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
00584C96 008FFC14 0001:00183C96 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
BAABEB08 008FFC40 0001:0001DB08 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDRAW.DLL
BFF7363B 008FFC60 0001:0000263B C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF94407 008FFC74 0002:0001B407 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL

~SDC~

Okay.

Uninstalled, then reinstalled and used the downloadable patch. CTD after hitting "Play Game".

Uninstalled.

Reinstalled. No updates this time. CTD after hitting "Play Game".

Oh, and Stardock won't authenticate my credentials now, so I can't download the patches anyway. Grr.

My only conclusion is that the latest patches added a registry entry that is gumming everything up. However, I'm not going to reinstall Windows tonight.

Last SmartException output, pretty much the same as before:

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

OS Version : Windows 98
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 0054B38D 01:0014A38D C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:008AFAE8
EBX:83283194
ECX:00000000
EDX:0064E700
ESI:83283084
EDI:0000000F
CS:EIP:0187:0054B38D
SS:ESP:018F:008AFA90 EBP:008AFA94
DS:018F ES:018F FS:0D97 GS:0000
Flags:00010246


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
0054B38D 008AFA94 0001:0014A38D C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
0045B3E9 008AFB04 0001:0005A3E9 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004FF662 008AFB68 0001:000FE662 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004FFCEE 008AFBD8 0001:000FECEE C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004FED78 008AFBE0 0001:000FDD78 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
004FF175 008AFBF0 0001:000FE175 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
005618CB 008AFC14 0001:001608CB C:\PROGRAM FILES\STRATEGY FIRST\GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS\GALCIV.EXE
BAABEB08 008AFC40 0001:0001DB08 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDRAW.DLL
BFF7363B 008AFC60 0001:0000263B C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF94407 008AFC74 0002:0001B407 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL


~SDC~

Typed my CD Key into Stardock again and it let me register, so at least that's not a problem.

~SDC~

Running GalCiv in Windowed mode on a 32-bit desktop causes an immediate exit. There is no error message stating that the GalCiv must be run on a 16-bit color desktop.

Hi, sometimes my science verse and other ships won't do what thier told to do like auto scout and auto attack. When I come back to them a few years later they listen again? Anyone had this happen to them?

I don't know if this has anything to do with the CTD that I, as well as many other people, are having at the 100% mark of starting a new game (or reloading an old one), but when I run GalCiv in a window, it shows the version as 1.04. Maybe this is a problem? I'm running (or trying to run) 1.05.069.

Bill

(Yes, I know that the windowed version has been rolled into the main executable, and is no longer a separate entity.)

~SDC~

For me 0.05.069 Solved the governor queue bug , it's not crashes any more , so I can play

~SDC~

Two very minor glitches:

Last night I finished a game on my laptop offline. The metaverse submission screen game up and I submitted to see what would happen. Almost immediately, it told me my score had been reported though obviously it hadn't. (Screen returned immediately) No big deal since I was able to report my score this morning.

Here's on I thought was funny - the Drendin declared war on me for attacking there ally. I had eliminated them several turns before.

I'm not concerned about either, but I thought I'd report them in case you were interested. Great job with the game - it just keeps getting better.

Minor bug I noticed in 1.05.068 and 069. After doing a military unit swap on the governers screen, the first time I hit F2 to bring up the planets side screen it isn't refreshed with the new data yet. I need to then hit F2 a second time, to get the planet screen to reflect the new changes.

This was all done without the planets screen up when I did the military swap. Not sure if it refreshes correctly if the planets screen is up when you do the unit swap.



~SDC~

1.05.069

In the attempt to fix the refresh behavior of the F2 Planet list screen when changing spending sliders, it got broken in all the others. Now, unless you switch to another right hand screen and back to it, it never refreshes. I noticed this when I was getting messages for completed projects that were still clearly showing *turns* left in the F2 screen.

After having the CTD when trying to start any new games in 1.05, I reinstalled the original version and upgraded to 1.04. This fixed any issues I had.



However, after trying to upgrade to 1.05.069 again using stardock cental v1.01a.075 I get the same CTD. again.



Conclusion: The .069 version fixed the governor issue that some people had. For the rest of us who can't get a game to start, there is still a serious bug. Either the bug is with the game version OR the stardock version I am using but am not sure which. In any case I do not recommend anyone upgrades to 1.05 until we get an official fix from the devs, which probably won't be too long (I hope)...



I can always go back to 1.04 but prefer to use the new stuff in 1.05
~SDC~
[Message Edited]

Three bugs in 1.05.69:

1) Something broken in planetlist's refreshing. Planetlist now refreshes interactively when the mil/soc/research sliders are changed if the planetlist if being shown. However, if the planetlist is NOT being shown when changing sliders then planetlist shows the old build times when it is later activated. Clicking once for each planet updates the information, but is way annoying.. This bug seems to occur in some other situations also.

2) In one game Drengin surrendered to me early in the game, before i had even met them or researched universal translator.

3) When playing mp3 playlists the music often stops. Any event with special 'ingame' music, like trade screen, will resume mp3 music, but overall things work better turning the music off from the game and using stereos instead

-Henkka

1.05.070 is out , I wander what are the changes ?

~SDC~

I was playing a small map with four of the five alien races and abundant habitable planets. Towards the end game, the Dread Lords came on the scene. Somehow, by manipulating the bc slider (I kind of kept moving it up and down testing to see what they would go for) when negotiating with them for a trade, I was able to get them to part with all of their 145,000 bc for a single tech!

Now, as much as I liked that one, it's probably a bug.

Later,
Mike

1.04.60

When intersecting a starbashe ga with a mixed fleet of
combat ships and construcors, the starbase construction
dialog does not open. Removing the escort and using only the constructors work. Not sure whether this is the intended behaviour.

1.05.071 still CTD's after I hit Play Game...


~SDC~