So, I'm having an interesting problem with the latest ToA. At random points while playing, the game will freeze, and seem to "flicker" back and forth between one image in the next. During gameplay, this manifests as the zoom function appearing to go in and out, or when scrolling, the screen flciker right to left or left to right. When loading a savegame, this sometimes manifests as the screen flickering between the loading screen and the game itself.
Note that while this happens, the game itself is unresponsive, but vista apparently finds nothing wrong with this, as the only way to exit the game involves pressing alt+f4 or using the task manager to end the game. This, unfortunatley, means no error is logged in the GalCiv debug.err or SmartException. I'll go ahead and post the dxdiag section of the debug file to provide system information, but there is no log for the error itself.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 7/19/2007, 16:16:03
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
Machine Name: YUKI
Operating System: Windows Vistać»Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion dv9000 (RP248UA#ABA)
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBLv
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5200 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.6GHz
Physical Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 892MB used, 3417MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce Go 7600
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0398&SUBSYS_30BB103C&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256 MB
Current Display Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0010.9746
Driver Date: 12/7/2006 00:25:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes
Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Internal Speaker/Headphone (Conexant High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5045&SUBSYS_103C30BB&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: CHDART.sys
Provider: Conexant
Driver Version: 4.08.0000.0000
Driver Date: 11/19/2006 07:32:16
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 1
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Sound device 1:
Description: SPDIF Interface (Conexant High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5045&SUBSYS_103C30BB&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: CHDART.sys
Provider: Conexant
Driver Version: 4.08.0000.0000
Driver Date: 11/19/2006 07:32:16
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 1
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********