Loading the savegame forever

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The game just refuses to Load any Savegames...it was fine one moment and its completely refusing to load now...i waited for 15 minutes...no effect...reinstalled the game...still nothing...ran every update imaginable...updated even my chipset drivers ffs still no effect...and NO im not running a pentium II or smth. pls help

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
ATI Radeon 9700PRO
1 GB of 400Mhz DDR
and 2 GB of pagefile
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
No one can help if you don't post your debug.err file!
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Try turning off any antivirusses, firewalls, etc. They can interfere with your game. You could also try turning off and background programs that you don't need (itunes, quicktime, etc.)
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yeah this has been happening to me as well...It was working the last couple of days fine...load times of less than 10 secs or so...now it takes about freakin 12 or so minutes to load a game...I have no idea what the hell is going on since I turned off every possible background program and it still screws over....help would be appreciated
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I cant actually send an .err file or a crashreport or smth...because the game dosent actually crash. I noticed in Windows Taskmanager that the program just keeps growing in memory usage. Some time ago i also got games loaded in about 10 min...but these happy times are over now :S ...help...pls
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I cant actually send an .err file or a crashreport or smth...because the game dosent actually crash. I noticed in Windows Taskmanager that the program just keeps growing in memory usage. Some time ago i also got games loaded in about 10 min...but these happy times are over now :S ...help...pls


It doesn't actually need to crash for it to generate a debug.err. The initial info in the .err file will probably help people point you in the right direction.

Example:

Debug Message: Version v1.0X.1 last updated on: Mon Mar 6 13:57:14 2006
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 3/26/2006, 14:56:54
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: BEAST
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: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
System Model: MS-7125
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Physical Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 259MB used, 4705MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 7800 GTX
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0091&SUBSYS_2A30107D&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8421
Driver Date: 3/9/2006 15:29:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0059&SUBSYS_75851462&REV_A2
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: ALCXWDM.SYS
Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5760
Driver Date: 12/1/2004 19:40:08
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0


From that you can see my patch version number, my graphics card and driver details.... and you can also see that I need to upgrade my sound driver.......... oh bugger, I need to update my sound driver!!