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Dread Lords appear and game crashes out to desktop

May 18, 2008 12:26:21 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums

I have GAII, DA and TotA installed.  Except for some minor bugs (ship sprites dissapearing for example), the game runs flawlessly.  I'm playing a random map (not campaign).   However, whenever the Dread Lords show up (message appears), the game crashes out on the next turn ALWAYS!  What could be doing this?

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Reply #1 May 18, 2008 1:02:23 PM
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I had the same issue with CTD but it crashed directly after the Dread Lords announcement, not the turn after.
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Reply #2 May 18, 2008 1:48:54 PM
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I might be incorrect - it might have crashed once right after the announcement and then another time on the turn. Did you manage to figure out why?
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Reply #3 May 19, 2008 11:57:58 AM
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Please install 'SmartException' from the free stuff section in Stardock Central. Make sure that SE is running and start your game as normal. If the game crashes it will generate an exception report that can be emailed to gc2bugs@stardock.com.

Include in/attached to the email:
+ A description of what you were doing at the time.
+ How to reproduce the crash (if possible).
+ A zipped save (if applicable).
+ The appropriate debug.err file.

The devs cannot help if you do not provide these details!
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Reply #4 May 19, 2008 9:45:55 PM
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I appreciate this, but it is impossible for me to force the variable - which is the Dread Lords appearance - so this is not of much use to me.
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Reply #5 May 20, 2008 12:10:27 PM
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WWW Link

This page has a listing of cheat key combinations. Obviously by using the cheat mode the game will be flagged, but of particular interest is the ability to force a Mega Event with Ctrl + Y. I don't know if you get to choose which Mega Event you get but if you do get the Dread Lords event and the game crashes again, Smart Exception will be useful for holding onto the debug information.
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Reply #6 May 21, 2008 3:32:23 AM
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I managed to get the bug while running SE and an e-mail was sent.

Couldn't find the "The appropriate debug.err file" though
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Reply #7 May 21, 2008 11:14:08 AM
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Couldn't find the "The appropriate debug.err file" though


That would be the debug.err from the session that crashed. It is *usually* included in the SE log so it's probably ok.
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Reply #8 June 8, 2008 9:02:26 PM
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Any resolution to this? I'm having the exact same problem.
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