I have a crash at the end of a savegame, which I will save if the devs would like to get it. Version 1.1[b2].10

Here is the end of debug.err

(snip)
Debug Message: Loading Colonies
Debug Message: Loading RallyPoints
Debug Message: Loading Ships
Debug Message: Overran end of MemBuffer.
ASSERT ERROR in file .\Source\memman.cpp at line 1143.

Playing 1.1 beta 2A, with all AI on intelligent

I was at peace with the Altarians when I saw a transport near one of mine undefended planet with a nearby altarian fighter. I did move some ships to defend the planet. They have arrived too late to prevent the planet to fall into altarian hand. The Altarians invaded my planet without declaring war first. The glitch appears when I wanted to attack the altarian ship: I was still considered at peace with the Altarian, even if they have invaded a planet that belongs to me the previous turn.

To summarize:
- I was at peace with the altarian
- they invade a planet of mine without declaring war. nice to see the AI doing sneaky things
- I am still considered at PEACE with them !!!!!!!!!

The Invasion bug with defender ships in orbit is still in this version. I reported this bug in 1.0X, and hadn't seen it again until last night. Here is what happened:

I went to attack an AI world with a fleet that included a transport. Instead of fighting the defending ships in orbit, the screen went directly to a traditional invasion screen, completely bypassing their defense.

(This seems to happen only when attacking a race that you are not at war with.)

I know I'm supposed to post a debug report and everything, but I didn't even realize this was likely a bug until a few minutes ago. I was playing a game under "challenging." seven opponents on normal, in a large galaxy with a custom race. I restarted the game several times looking for one where I wasn't completely boxed into a corner by other empires. I finally got a playable one, and after playing for nearly an hour realized that noone else had colonized outside of their own systems. I stopped the game and began another (didn't use ctrl+n this time). I figure, now, that this is likely an AI glitch, as the opponents usually colonize pretty fast on that difficulty level (or at least try to). thanks.

My Custom Constructors all have a limit of 3 su for speed even if they have engines with 9, 11 or 8 total speed. After launching the Custom Constructors I am allowed all 9, 11 or 8 speed for the first turn. After the first movements are spent, it will revert back to only 3 speed. It also displays it wrong when you look you can see 11/3 su upon launching it. I tried this with multiple Custom Constructors, some upgraded and one fresh from scratch. They all have the same problem.

Have you by any chance had the UP wote on a speed boost for constructors? I had that happen, voted to give constructors a minimum base speed of 7, so now they all have a base speed of 7, regardless of engine capacity.

Aperently the disapearing mouse cursor so many of us expirience is NVIDIA driver bug !!!!

The bug introduce itself in ALL 8x.xx version drivers .

So far 2 temporal solutions exists :

1. Install v7x.xx drivers.

or

2. Right click on desktop, go to "Properties" , "Settings" tab , hit "Advenced" button, "Troublesot" tab there , then change the
"Hardware acceleration" slider from "Full" one step down.
This will prevent problem from happening but will reduce you Windows and most importent gaming performance.
(As a side not if you manage somehow to reach there using keyboard it will restore the cursor even after it disappeared).

More descussions on the issue is here : http://www.techsupportforum.com/other/75719-mouse-pointer-keeps-disappearing.html
and here : http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t9572.html

everytime I start a new game after i create a custom civ the game crashes to a blue screen that sez dumping physical memory. and this happens EVERYTIME!!!!!!!!

n/m I figured it out lol

On Intelligence AI the limiter on tech trade is not there any more. Everything is trade like hotcake regardless of relationship and what are being traded. (I haven't test with other difficulties yet).


I trade Basic Miniturization for Harboon, and it's not even one of the AI's initiate deal, I offered the deal and they simply take it. In 1.0X I remember can not convince the AI to give me basis ship defense even with plenty offer on my part.

Ok, after extensive text on the AIs, I have the following result regarding the tech trading.



I can now firmly confirm that the trade limiter that was in 1.0X is no longer there, neither there is any type of restriction in existence..


I started up new games, on both Normal and Painful difficulties, there is no difference. After letting the AI research their stuff, here is my test result along with Comparision:


1.0X

- I offered Laser IV for Starship defense - the AIs say they don't trust me yet.
- I offerd Advance Minizuration, Xeno Business, Xeno Farming, Xeno Entertainment for Durathium - the AIs say they don't trust me yet.
- I offered Advance Logistic, Advance Hull building, Expert life support for Miniball II - The AIs say they don't trust me yet.


1.1B2

- I traded in Universal translator for Starship defense and Spaceship defense - Accept
- I traded in Ion Drive and Basic life support for Miniball, Xeno Business, Xeno Industry, Armor theory.
- I traded in Laser V for Stinger IV, ECM, Xeno Entertainment, Enchanted Miniruzation


My influence level is relative minimum, I traded with different Race vary from Major to minor, from Good to Evil, from PowerFul to Weak. No difference. What is disturbing is that the Difficult levels make no different. In 1.0X when it comes to weapon tech, it's as simple as if we're not friend then no deal


So my conclusion is, the Limiter is not there any more. There is absolutely no involment whether it's low or high tech or whatever it Miniruzation or planet tech. The term "I don't trust you" is no longer there, period. Thing is exactly the way it was before 1.0X where tech trade is a free zone without any restriction.

Crash Concerning a Session of the UP
-----------------------------------------------------

I was having trouble continuing a save game. At a certain point, when I would press Next Turn, the game would stop responding (except for the mouse), and after 2 minutes or so, get a crash message and exit.
This behaviour happened no matter the save game I loaded (Autos. or Prev. Autos. or an earlier Quicksave), and happened on both my regular PC as well as on my laptop.

I finally managed to bypass at as following:
I destroyed all my ships in space. I set spending to 0. As it happened, on the very turn where normally my game crashed, a session for the UP appeared, after which the game continues as normal.
The debug.err log is inconclusive, every time some other event is listed at the bottom, usually some AI trading or bribing.

I have the savegame if you're interested, sent an email to kv a ci t@gm ail . c0m, since I'm not likely to monitor this thread for replies.

This 1.1 is really awesome, the improvements are simply mind boggling. However, a lot of work needs to be put in hammering out these annoying crashes, I've encountered several different types already.

Crash Concerning a Session of the UP
-----------------------------------------------------

I was having trouble continuing a save game. At a certain point, when I would press Next Turn, the game would stop responding (except for the mouse), and after 2 minutes or so, get a crash message and exit.
This behaviour happened no matter the save game I loaded (Autos. or Prev. Autos. or an earlier Quicksave), and happened on both my regular PC as well as on my laptop.

I finally managed to bypass at as following:
I destroyed all my ships in space. I set spending to 0. As it happened, on the very turn where normally my game crashed, a session for the UP appeared, after which the game continues as normal.
The debug.err log is inconclusive, every time some other event is listed at the bottom, usually some AI trading or bribing.

I have the savegame if you're interested, sent an email to kv a ci t@gm ail . c0m, since I'm not likely to monitor this thread for replies.

This 1.1 is really awesome, the improvements are simply mind boggling. However, a lot of work needs to be put in hammering out these annoying crashes, I've encountered several different types already.

The "United Planet" tab under the Foreign Policy screen will show all races and their votes - even after they have been conquered/eliminated - in the beta 2 version.

This is with patch Ver2 Beta
When I researched Star Democracy and made it my government type my approval rate went to 1% on all planets. The problem is the when you look at how the results are made there was a weird number % Native Population showed something like
+-2089479038490234908% .
How do you change Government back?
I have a picture that I will upload later.

I'm playing the 1.1 Beta (not beta-2)

I gave a ship that still had movement points (in fact had not been moved at all) to a minor race. Later in my turn the game attempted to select the ship for me, but I no longer owned it. This resulted in some bizzare select/unselect loop, which I could only break by selecting something else of mine or ending my turn. You cannot scroll away because everytime the ship re-selects you are focused to that spot.

This happened twice.

It did not happen when giving away a ship that has been moved as far as possible.

The Minor Races aren't showing up inside different games when the No Minor Races Box is not selected. I'm using Beta 2a.

Save game Bug.

There must be a save game bug, I will explain below.

Huge Galaxy V.s 9 Races.

Auto save set for every turn.

Computer Info.

Debug Message: Version v1.1 BETA-1 last updated on: Fri Mar 24 19:54:46 2006
Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 4/4/2006, 10:17:44
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: COMPUTER
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: 700GR
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Physical Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 288MB used, 2173MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: RADEON X300 Series (DNA 3.7.5.2-Normal)
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: RADEON X300 SE (0x5B60)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B60&SUBSYS_06201462&REV_00
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor Name: IBM G70
Monitor Max Resolution: 1280,1024
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6512
Driver Date: 1/19/2005 23:25:56
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Realtek HD Audio rear output
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0880&SUBSYS_08600000&REV_0900
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: RtkHDAud.sys
Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5125
Driver Date: 5/12/2005 14:00:50
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0




First Crash. A few hours into the game. I am not at war and the Torian control 50% of the galaxy.

Posting from last save.

Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: Max num techs: 248
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 147783 Max tech size: 1891
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 62512
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 189108
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 113144 Max ship class data size: 667
Debug Message: Total Ship config data size: 145110 Max ship config data size: 6318
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 17300, Max anomaly type size: 692
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 31840 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 236940 Max UP issue size: 7180
Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2790 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 311168 Max starbase module size: 3536
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13576 Max political party size: 1697
Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
Debug Message: Total star type data size: 6896 Max star type size: 862
Debug Message: Game Object data: 44
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14315
Debug Message: FOW data: 198236
Debug Message: ZOC data: 7880
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 3766977 Max Planet data size: 5783
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 96672 Max Star data size: 424
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 0 Max Anomaly data size: 0
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 8758 Max space resource data size: 302
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 1319301 Max Civ data size: 118264
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 155180 Max colony data size: 270
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 57514 Max Rallypoint data size: 298
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 843952 Max Ship Data size: 1488
Debug Message: Total Fleet data size: 425480 Max Fleet Data size: 7876
Debug Message: Year: 2228. Thalan Empire traded Terraforming to the Yor Collective in exchange for Expert Miniaturization
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Zeanti Col-1 1759. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.


2nd Crash. I payed the Torian to go to war with every other race waited a few turns and jumped in against the Torian myself. Now I start getting many crashs.

Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: Max num techs: 248
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 147783 Max tech size: 1891
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 62512
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 218287
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 164333 Max ship class data size: 667
Debug Message: Total Ship config data size: 145110 Max ship config data size: 6318
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 17300, Max anomaly type size: 692
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 31840 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 236940 Max UP issue size: 7180
Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2790 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 311168 Max starbase module size: 3536
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13576 Max political party size: 1697
Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: Expert Miniaturization
Debug Message: Total star type data size: 6896 Max star type size: 862
Debug Message: Game Object data: 44
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14398
Debug Message: FOW data: 271712
Debug Message: ZOC data: 8444
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 3865571 Max Planet data size: 6216
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 96672 Max Star data size: 424
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 0 Max Anomaly data size: 0
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 8758 Max space resource data size: 302
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 1326787 Max Civ data size: 117860
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 162030 Max colony data size: 270
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 61984 Max Rallypoint data size: 298
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 1069420 Max Ship Data size: 1488
Debug Message: Total Fleet data size: 913820 Max Fleet Data size: 10828
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Year: 2229. Dominion of Korx traded Xeno Factory Construction to the Andians in exchange for Xeno Farm Construction
Debug Message: A* Path too long to calculate (99.201813). Aborting

Third Crash. Not long after restart.

Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: Max num techs: 248
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 147783 Max tech size: 1891
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 62512
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 250341
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 212155 Max ship class data size: 715
Debug Message: Total Ship config data size: 171048 Max ship config data size: 6318
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 17300, Max anomaly type size: 692
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 31840 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 236940 Max UP issue size: 7180
Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2790 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 311168 Max starbase module size: 3536
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13576 Max political party size: 1697
Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
Debug Message: Total star type data size: 6896 Max star type size: 862
Debug Message: Game Object data: 44
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14499
Debug Message: FOW data: 333368
Debug Message: ZOC data: 8612
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 3873436 Max Planet data size: 5892
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 96672 Max Star data size: 424
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 0 Max Anomaly data size: 0
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 8758 Max space resource data size: 302
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 1317038 Max Civ data size: 119995
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 164230 Max colony data size: 270
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 72116 Max Rallypoint data size: 298
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 985792 Max Ship Data size: 1488


Fouth Crash.

Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: Max num techs: 248
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 147783 Max tech size: 1891
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 62512
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 266258
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 244827 Max ship class data size: 716
Debug Message: Total Ship config data size: 171048 Max ship config data size: 6318
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 17300, Max anomaly type size: 692
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 31840 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 236940 Max UP issue size: 7180
Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2790 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 311168 Max starbase module size: 3536
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13576 Max political party size: 1697
Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
Debug Message: Total star type data size: 6896 Max star type size: 862
Debug Message: Game Object data: 44
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14499
Debug Message: FOW data: 334532
Debug Message: ZOC data: 8576
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 3873077 Max Planet data size: 5892
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 96672 Max Star data size: 424
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 0 Max Anomaly data size: 0
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 8758 Max space resource data size: 302
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 1318222 Max Civ data size: 120167
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 164230 Max colony data size: 270
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 72414 Max Rallypoint data size: 298
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 954868 Max Ship Data size: 1488


Fifth Crash.

Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Cannot find texture
Debug Message: Cannot find texture
Debug Message: Destroying ship Orion Alliance Fleet 898. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yanano Const-2 12073. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: StarbaseDetailsWnd: Cannot find OBJID Starbase_Details_Disband_Button
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Table: StarbaseDetailsWnd String Name: DisbandBtn
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M3-2 1841. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Kaled V
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M3-11 3773. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Unukalhai III
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M2-1 921. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Britanion III
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M2-1 1239. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Patroklos II
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M3-2 1452. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Hough II
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M3-2 2207. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Hough II
Debug Message: Destroying ship Altarian Fleet 806. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Arcean Fleet 748. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M5-1 9154. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Caprica IV
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M5-1 9154. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Heavy Fighter M4-1 7424. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Cruiser M4-1 7324. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Caprica III
Debug Message: Destroying ship Cruiser M4-7 8696. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Caprica III
Debug Message: Destroying ship Cruiser M4-7 8696. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: A* Path too long to calculate (176.207260). Aborting
Debug Message: Destroying ship Fighter M5-1 8430. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Escort M4-7 9242. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Escort M4-7 9352. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Escort M4-7 9064. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Escort M4-7 9252. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Escort M4-7 8920. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Escort M4-7 9106. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Escort M4-7 8535. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Altarian Fleet 622. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M6-1 14491. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Troop Transport M4-7 14402. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Constructor M4-7 8935. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Troop Transport M4-7 9349. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Troop Transport M4-7 8043. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Troop Transport M4-7 9615. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Fighter M5-11 12120. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Heavy Fighter M4-4 4707. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Heavy Fighter M4-4 7140. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Heavy Fighter M3-11 4660. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Heavy Fighter M3-11 4631. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Heavy Fighter M3-11 4738. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Fleet 351. Orbiting: 0
ASSERT ERROR in file .\Source\Starship.cpp at line 5356.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Frigate M4-1 4837. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Frigate M4-1 7577. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender M3-2 4261. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Decius IV
Debug Message: Destroying ship Cruiser M4-7 8237. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Decius IV
Debug Message: Destroying ship Cruiser M5-1 9538. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Decius IV
Debug Message: Destroying ship Cruiser M5-1 9538. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin

Sixth Crash

Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: Max num techs: 248
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 147783 Max tech size: 1891
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 62512
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 318788
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 363725 Max ship class data size: 763
Debug Message: Total Ship config data size: 176511 Max ship config data size: 6318
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 17300, Max anomaly type size: 692
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 31840 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 236940 Max UP issue size: 7180
Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2790 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 311168 Max starbase module size: 3536
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13576 Max political party size: 1697
Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
Debug Message: Total star type data size: 6896 Max star type size: 862
Debug Message: Game Object data: 44
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14537
Debug Message: FOW data: 363536
Debug Message: ZOC data: 8480
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 3920991 Max Planet data size: 6111
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 96672 Max Star data size: 424
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 0 Max Anomaly data size: 0
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 8758 Max space resource data size: 302
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 1410622 Max Civ data size: 119636
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 164770 Max colony data size: 270
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 73606 Max Rallypoint data size: 298
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 878756 Max Ship Data size: 1488
Debug Message: Torian Confederation (4): Researching: HyperWarp II
Debug Message: Drath Legion (7): Researching: Mass Drivers II


Ok Now I have a great Idea..........................I turn auto save off................I figure I will just quick save at end of every turn.

This worked for about 5 turns when I moved all my ships and was finshed my turn. (nothing more to do)

Seventh Crash when I hit Quick save.

Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\QuickSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: Max num techs: 248
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 147783 Max tech size: 1891
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 62512
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 337552
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 404361 Max ship class data size: 781
Debug Message: Total Ship config data size: 176511 Max ship config data size: 6318
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 17300, Max anomaly type size: 692
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 31840 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 236940 Max UP issue size: 7180
Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2790 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 311168 Max starbase module size: 3536
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13576 Max political party size: 1697
Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
Debug Message: Total star type data size: 6896 Max star type size: 862
Debug Message: Game Object data: 44
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14574
Debug Message: FOW data: 372332
Debug Message: ZOC data: 8480
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 3920022 Max Planet data size: 6111
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 96672 Max Star data size: 424
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 0 Max Anomaly data size: 0
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 8758 Max space resource data size: 302
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 1408983 Max Civ data size: 117964
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 164770 Max colony data size: 270
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 73606 Max Rallypoint data size: 298
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 845436 Max Ship Data size: 1488


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I do love the game and hope the bugs will be fixed asap.

Great job and I hope my post helps in some way.

Don't know if this has been listed, I read the first two pages and the last, and just lost the motivation to read them all. If so, I apologize.

Mining Starbase trading - When I purchase Mining Starbases that I have not yet detected, sometimes it shows no resource within the Starbase ring. If I click on the Starbase, or attempt to upgrade it, I still cannot determine what the mystery resource inside is. Also, once this bug occurs, it tends to reoccur, one game I purchased a Mining Starbase with no resource inside, and then the next four starbases I purchased all had this bug.

I do not know if the Starbases are still giving me their respective resource. Honestly, they are generally so far away that they are very difficult to upgrade in the first place until extremely high tech levels where I either have won or lost the game. I have however attempted to upgrade one, and it responded normally except that the Mining (whatever) - 10, was replaced with a simple Mining - 10.

I never encountered this bug prior to the beta, whereas I encounter it at some point in every game that I win, as I am obsessed with purchasing Mining Starbases.

Darth Evanesce, you need to update your video driver. I also got many save game crashes when I first started playing the game, but updating the video driver seemed to fix it (For some reason). I don't know why the video driver is important to the save game feature, but it seemed to work for me. (Your driver is even older than mine was, and we both had ATI cards.) Go to www.ATI.com and download their newest RADEON driver.

Looks like you've tweaked the political party benefits, but the description didn't change. The Populist Party now gets +10 morale and +10 diplomacy, but the prose description still says they get 20 of each. Same for the War party. Looks like they got a needed boost with some additional abilities but the description still has the old ones.

Help! After updating, no buttons in the game have any text on them! Many of the buttons will also not do anything, particularly ones hat would start/load a game.

My debug.err:

Debug Message: Version v1.1 BETA-3 last updated on: Thu Apr 6 14:45:50 2006
Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 4/6/2006, 21:55:18
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: BLACKEST-WIZARD
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/24/04 16:10:38 Ver: 08.00.09
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 2800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.1GHz
Physical Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 320MB used, 1137MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: RADEON 9600 Series (Omega 3.8.221)
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. (Omega 3.8.221)
Chip Type: ATI RADEON 9600 Series AGP (0x4150)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4150&SUBSYS_00021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6599
Driver Date: 1/24/2006 20:52:48
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SoundMAX Digital Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_810D1043&REV_60
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: smwdm.sys
Provider: Analog Devices
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3663
Driver Date: 7/15/2003 17:00:00
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0



Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONMASKABLE
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): RADEON 9600 Series (Omega 3.8.221)
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 75
Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit.
Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps***********************
Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes.
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 369e99
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: No string tables in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods/*.str
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Gfx\*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Gfx\Race\*.png
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Techs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\ShipComponents\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\ShipDefs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PlanetImprovements\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\TerrainColorSchemes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PlanetDescriptions\*.xml
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for PirateShip. ***
Debug Message: Found existing ship type with class name: Ranger
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for Starbase. ***
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipclass
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Anomalies\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Events\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\UPIssues\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Invasion\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PoliticalParties\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\StarTypes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\StarbaseModules\*.xml
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: TitleWnd: Quit Button.
Debug Message: Posting WM_CLOSE message.
Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize start
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy
Debug Message: Killing threads.
Debug Message: Kiling civs.
Debug Message: Killing ships.
Debug Message: Killing rallypoints.
Debug Message: Killing misc objects.
Debug Message: Killing stars.
Debug Message: Killing anomalies.
Debug Message: Killing space resources.
Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets.
Debug Message: killing scenario.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy: Completed
Debug Message: GameUninitialize end
Debug Message: Device not cleared. 1 counts left.
Debug Message: D3D not cleared. 1 counts left.
Debug Message: Destroying Window.
Debug Message: Main Shell terminating normally

Nevermind, rebooting fixed the problem. I don't understand, but it seems to be solved.

Beta 3 Ship building.

Tested with 3 different races, the Terran, Aterian and Custome:

If you select "Build Nothing" from the ship building menu on a planet, you will be building the Ranger in its full glory right out of the batch. Nice!!

AI Still gives you starbases instead of ships:

It's like this since beta 1, when an AI says he's sending you ships to aid your war effort, he's giving you starbases. I've never received an actual ship but starbases, sometimes fully upgraded resource bases!

In one game the Korx gave me three fully upgraded influence mining bases in its empire, in the months that followed four of his planets rebelled to join me

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All AI's still building the same ships, but with one more weapon type:

In Beta 2, all three games I played, every AI researched nothing but missiles.

In my first game in beta 3, all races encountered, that's five of them, are using ships with both beam and mass drivers. I have not researched any defense systems, or is at war with any of them.

Forgot to mention, I'm reporting these for Beta 3.