Campaign glitching/looping

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Updated to 1.11 and decided to play the campaign thru. Started it and got thru first two scenerios ok. In Darkness Rising, I'd just taken out the target planet (the only Drengin world), hit next turn and I get the graphic sequence of the Drengin general triggering the device, white bolt into sky, a fleet (Dread Lords presumably) appearing en masse. There is a note about the mysterious fleet destroying a Drengin fleet that just arrived any my forces fleeing as the better part of valor.
However, it then gives me the scenerio startup sequence for the same scenerio (Darkness Rising) and starts me back into it at the same point I'd just won from. I'm working on the same tech, own all the worlds, etc. I tried saving the game and reloading it and then End Turn and it takes me into the startup for the scenerio titled 'Exploitation'.. the text describes that the Dread Lord fleet has been destroyed so I figure something really screwy is going on since I only just saw them. Going to the Campaign option in the startup menu shows me able to restart the 'Exploitation' mission there too..
Any ideas what is causing it and whether or not can salvage the situation without having to re-run those first three scenerios over again?
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Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I know this is reviving a long dead thread...but I've had the same experience now with the 1.31 patch. I finish the Darkness Rising mission (with that neat cut scene) and when it ends, I'm at the "Apocolyps" mission??? From what I've heard I just skipped a good 3 or 4 missions. I still can't find a way to stop this. I've replayed the first 3 missions several times, and it happens each time. I still have not completed the campaign mode due to this. I went and beat Apocolyps...but I'm missing the story before it, so I don't want to continue.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
As a follow up, seeing as I can't seem to Edit...
This is from the Debug.err file.

Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Campaign Game Started: Dread Lords Campaign
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Disabled
Debug Message: Doing final stat calculations.
Debug Message: End of Game Save
Debug Message: Saving game F:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Dread Lords Campaign\Darkness Rising_EndGameSave.sav[/B]
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 3
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is campaign.
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Creating 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: Clearing Turn Event Log
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: Loading custom map: ./Data/English/Campaigns\[B]Apocalypse.gc2map (0 x 36788639)

As you can see I loaded up my Darkness Rising Sav (the End game) and then proceeded to End Turn...
I'm pretty sure Siege is next...the one that EVERYONE complains about...Anyway to fix this? I've beaten Apocalypse and it sends me to the mission after it...but I havn't seen 4 or 5.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
*sigh*...sorry about this...triple posting now...I found the Dread Lords Campaign file.

Epilogue=
Missions=17
[Mission0]
Scenario=An Unexpected Visitor.gc2scenario
Map=An Unexpected Visitor.GC2Map
Lose=2
Win=3
[Mission1]
Scenario=Desperate Ally.gc2scenario
Map=Desperate Ally.GC2Map
Lose=-1
Win=3
[Mission2]
Scenario=Ixith.gc2scenario
Map=Ixith.GC2Map
Lose=4
Win=5
[Mission3]
Scenario=The Xenon Project.gc2scenario
Map=The Xenon Project.GC2Map
Lose=-1
Win=5
[Mission4]
Scenario=Darkness Rising.gc2scenario
Map=Darkness Rising.GC2Map
Lose=6
Win=6
[Mission5]
Scenario=Siege.gc2scenario
Map=Siege.GC2Map
Lose=7
Win=8
[Mission6]
Scenario=Hearts and Minds.gc2scenario
Map=Hearts and Minds.GC2Map
Win=8
Lose=-1
[Mission7]
Scenario=Achilles' Heel.gc2scenario
Map=Achilles' Heel.GC2Map
Lose=9
Win=11
[Mission8]
Scenario=Arms Race.gc2scenario
Map=Arms Race.GC2Map
Win=10
Lose=9
[Mission9]
Scenario=The Thalan.gc2scenario
Map=The Thalan.GC2Map
Win=11
Lose=-1
[Mission10]
Scenario=Apocalypse.gc2scenario
Map=Apocalypse.GC2Map
Lose=-1
Win=12
[Mission11]
Scenario=Exploitation.gc2scenario
Map=Exploitation.GC2Map
Win=13
Lose=-1
[Mission12]
Scenario=Deception.gc2scenario
Map=Deception.GC2Map
Win=15
Lose=14
[Mission13]
Scenario=Pathfinder.gc2scenario
Map=Pathfinder.GC2Map
Win=15
Lose=-1
[Mission14]
Scenario=Salvation.gc2scenario
Map=Salvation.GC2Map
Win=16
Lose=-1
[Mission15]
Scenario=Escape.gc2scenario
Map=Escape.GC2Map
Lose=-1
Win=-1
[Mission16]
Scenario=
Map=

Is that all correct? Seems like it...It has a 6 under Win for Darkness Rising...still chooses Apocalypse.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
So you've played the entire campaign to this point completely under 1.31? Odd... I'll see if Cari can take a look.

In the meanwhile, if you really want to play the campaign missions you missed, you can get *most* of it by just copying the scenario and map files to the Scenario and CustomMap folders, and loading each scenario with its matching map in a normal game. I'm not sure if the custom objectives will work right there, though, but you can just play the missions and quit when you achieve them if not.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok, I'll give that a shot. Let me know if you need any of my other files, or if you want me to send my End-Game save or something.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Well, I can't reproduce it here, so it's probably something with your data files.

Please go to My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2 and put these files in a zip file:

Dread Lords Campaign.campaignsav

The End Game Save.sav from the Dread Lords Campaign folder

the most recent save you have.

Send them to [email protected] with a description of the problem so that I know what I'm looking for (we get a LOT of e-mails).