I'm not sure what I did differently other than using 7zip versus winRAR but after three reinstall attempts and deleting all game files twice it FINALLY is working correctly. Thanks for the help guys.
I think I know what the real problem is. I can not get the game or my pc to allow changes to the user setting. Forgetting the mods for a second, if I go into the vanilla trilogy game and adjust graphical effects from highest (which is set to default for me) to low or any other setting and hit "apply" and close the game, restart it...that change was not saved at all. It goes right back to the default. So it has to be something with the user. I have 64 bit windows 7 and I lowered the UA
So any idea on what files I need to make sure are not read only to make sure the mods work with the game? From what I've read if you have a blue rectangle in the read only checkbox under properties it doesn't mean it is read only it only means that windows ignores if it is or is not.
[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="3" id="2979857"] Quoting Sothron, reply 2actually when I run it through the dev .exe it gives those same errors every time so it didn't just happen once and then go away. I also notice when I minidump out and go back in with a mod enabled when I check the game it goes straight back to vanilla and I have to reenable the mod again. I have no idea if this is related to your problem or not, but it sounds like the game for
Yes, my system is superior to yours with no offense intended. It is a better processor, double the ram and a better video card. It also is 64 bit windows 7. And yes, I can change the settings from "highest detail" to "low" and any point inbetween and it still gives the mini dump. I just played a bit on a vanilla huge map and everything was fine on highest detail. I enable both mods and within two minutes both mini dump out on low settings. It is simply frustrating.
Let me start by the following: thank you in advance for any help. I also have to point out that I know official support from stardock does not cover mods. The game seems to run fine with any graphical settings range from low to highest in the vanilla trilogy mode. The problems I am having are making two mods work with the game. I had zero problems with them on my old nvida 8800 gtx duo core 2.13 ghz 32 vista system. But now on my new system which does have current drivers so no need t
I do believe Brad and the rest of the team will work on this until it becomes a much more polished game. I just question how long that may take.
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Thank you for posting this. I hope Stardock will make changes to city tiles. It is simply not fair to be building a city and when your research enough tech suddenly several resources "pop" into your city grid and takes up all the tiles accordingly. I've had this happen to me several times.
[quote who="Mistwraithe" reply="40" id="2739505"]Wooooh there. That is some serious fanboyism. How on earth is it Sothron's fault that he applied the latest patch? It is Elemental's responsibility to ensure save game compatibility between versions after release. It isn't the players responsibility to go and search forums for whether a patch will break save games. Unless told otherwise it is perfectly reasonable to assume that patches are improvements to the game, and something whic
[quote who="Spyndel" reply="38" id="2738577"] Quoting Sothron, reply 37 Your personal insults and commentary are out of place. Except when we're insulting the work of the devs, or calling people who don't agree with the tone of your hyperbolic statements "fanboys", eh? Grow up.[/quote] Right back at you.
I love hex grids. Panzer General and Fantasy General for PC and all those wonderful hex grid board games from Avalon Hill come to mind as great examples of why they work.
[quote who="Spyndel" reply="35" id="2738481"] Quoting Sothron, reply 32 Should they have issued a bigger warning in the patch notes? Probably. .[/quote] I was gracious enough to edit your post to display the only relevant thought expressed. Your personal insults and commentary are out of place.
[quote who="Jandurin" reply="34" id="2738386"] Quoting Sothron, reply 32All I ask is when a game comes out of beta and is in retail to be able to save a game and expect it to work the next day. Oh, I agree with that. And if this had been the first occurrence, I would have no problem with your frustration. But, the fact that you had a problem by following a certain set of steps... and then followed the same set of steps not 12 hours later without reading the forums
[quote who="Spyndel" reply="29" id="2738116"] Quoting Sothron, reply 26 Quoting Annatar11, reply 25 Ah the classic fanboy response: any criticism is childish and unwarranted. Releasing a game that within four days makes previous saves unplayable is most definitely deserving of criticism. Calling people who disagree with you "fanboys" is childish. The retail release of Elemental warrants some criticism. Devs working around the clock to deliver multiple mea
[quote who="Jandurin" reply="28" id="2738112"]It's not exactly unheard of for patches to render saves from previous game versions unplayable. On top of that, Sothron, you had ALREADY had an issue when you updated from 1.05 to 1.06 and you just blithely updated again without checking for possible problems? Almost seems like you're asking for trouble at that point. Like the child with the stove... you'd think he'd learn after the first time getting burned?[/quot
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="25" id="2737740"] Calm down? Did I use profanity or act in a childish manner? I've seen you fall on the sword several times defending Stardock. Sometimes criticism is more than deserved. Your tone was more than enough to warrant the response, and it was very much acting in a childish manner. This is not a case where criticism is deserved.[/quote] Ah the classic fanboy response: any criticism is childish and unwarranted. Releasing a game that wit
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="22" id="2737662"]Or you can calm down and realize that they stayed up until 2 AM trying to get old saves working normally and couldn't.[/quote] Calm down? Did I use profanity or act in a childish manner? I've seen you fall on the sword several times defending Stardock. Sometimes criticism is more than deserved.
Scratch my previous joyous post. Now my previous saves are invalid because it simply won't load them. Wow. I didn't see a warning before I updated that it would invalidate my previous saves. It wasn't until I came back to this thread that I saw it has been disabled. I can't believe this game has been released and you as a customer have ZERO faith that anything you save will actually still be playable a day later. Should we gamers just give this game a month off to see if it is patched correct
Thank you for the quick response devs and gang. I can confirm all you need to do is load your old save and then resave with a new name and it works fine. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
This is very frustrating. I can't move units on the map, no spells cast on the map will work and to top it off even the "end turn" button is greyed out and won't respond. I hope someone at Stardock sees this and does something to fix it. I'd hate to lose a 400+ turn game because the new patch won't work with it.
I try to cast the spell and nothing works. I have the 10 mana and my guy can be either in or out of the city and it doesn't work. All I get is the red square when I hover it over a city or move it around the city area on the map trying to find a "green" spot where it will work. Am I doing something wrong?
What is the Empire tech to up level?
[quote who="dawgs4ever" reply="8" id="2734886"]It's strange - I've never had a problem with food in the 4 games I've played fairly extensively. Like someone mentioned, there's a research path in the adventure tree that unlocks new resources. I believe the third in that tree unlocks food resources. Once you do that, and once you start building things like irrigation and other food bonuses, you'll have TONS of food. I've never been limited in how much I can grow any of m
I'm playing Empire and I don't see any of these researches. I've found all of one food resource tile in a huge swathe of map. I can't expand my territory because I'm out of food as well.
How do we send a save file? I also have this problem and yes, I did go back to the queen.
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