CTD at exactly 30 minutes into a game

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Every single game I play, using a stock map, or one made using the in-game 'map maker', gets a CTD at exactly 30 minutes.

 

I have tried both base and dev .exe, with and without auto-save, turning down graphics options to minimum, and a clean install. I am running the base game with all the DLC except minor factions. Windows 10. I have tried enabling compatability mode for win8, and win 7, and enabling run as admin, and disabling all overlays, and the 'fullscreen optimizations' option. 

 

My most recent dump file is here : https://mega.nz/file/E901VC6Z#2gNXIXnBel6Il5KxfwvzlhzOVA6_1Z2Dinr-VsJj9go

 

CPU: i7-6700 @3.4GHz

32GB of Ram

Nvidia GTX1070, I forget how much ram.

 

Game is currently on a HDD, but I have tried it on a SATA SSD, and an M.2 SSD, with the same results.

 

I really, really wanna play this game again, but it's unplayable like this.

 

Also, saving near the 30 minute mark and reloading the game does not help. It's the 30 minute mark of the actual game. It can sit on the menus for hours just fine, and if I load a game saved at 29:30, it will crash in 30 seconds.

 

 

Please, someone, save this game for me.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

The only significance I can think of the thirty minute mark is that the game autosaves every 15 minutes. 30 minutes would be the second autosave. 

Perhaps your autosave folder is set to read only or something weird like that (though the game should make a new autosave file each time)? Perhaps you can turn off autosaves and see if that changes anything?

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I've tried with auto-saves off, it did not help. I will check the read-only possibility tonight when I get home from work. As for the referral to google... where do you think I got the ideas I did try?  All google has is other people with CTD issues and no solutions as well. For whoever referred me to google, if you know of the magic answer google has, please direct me to a direct link to the answer?

 

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Reply #3 from Stardock.net Forums Top

30 minute mark consistently? Like regardless of how many turns you take?

This sounds suspiciously like a hardware issue to me like faulty memory.

Can you try running memtest.

https://www.memtest86.com/

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting shimensoka, reply 2

As for the referral to google... where do you think I got the ideas I did try?  All google has is other people with CTD issues and no solutions as well. For whoever referred me to google, if you know of the magic answer google has, please direct me to a direct link to the answer?

Uh, I didn't say anything about google? :S  

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

you didn't, someone put a referral link on my original post. Sorry, I didn't mean for that to sound directed at you.

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Ok, I ran the memcheck program, all the tests, for four passes, and it came back with no errors, so don't think the issue is a bad ram issue.