Beta 5 Saturday Update

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Replace GalCiv.exe with the one in the zip file.

http://draginol.stardock.com/temp/galciv.zip

Main fixes:
+ Spacebar crash fixed
+ First attempt at solving the intro animation stuttering.
+ Tweaks to the diplomacy screen and AI.
+ Lots of new debug info (if the game crashes, please include SmartException info AND debug.err).
+ Other tweaks and fixes.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Not that I expected it to, but this update does not fix the Ctl-N CTD that I reported in the thread "Beta 5 CTD Smart Exception". The debug.err is as follows, see the other thread for the smart exception report:

Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: RGB in format 5:6:5, Masks reported as f800:7e0:1f
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 1234dc
Debug Message: Added fonts: VerdanaWhite11 VerdanaWhite12B VerdanaYellow11 VerdanaLtBlue11 VerdanaGreen11
Debug Message: Added fonts: VerdanaRed11 VerdanaRed12 VerdanaYellow12 VerdanaOrange12 VerdanaLtBlue12
Debug Message: Added fonts: VerdanaDkBlue12 VerdanaLtBlue12B Verdana00Race11 Verdana01Race11 Verdana02Race11
Debug Message: Added fonts: Verdana03Race11 Verdana04Race11 Verdana05Race11 Verdana00Race12B Verdana01Race12B
Debug Message: Added fonts: Verdana02Race12B Verdana03Race12B Verdana04Race12B Verdana05Race12B VerdanaOrange12B
Debug Message: Added fonts: font2 font1 Comic10 Comic12 Comic12B
Debug Message: Added fonts: Comic14 Comic14B Comic16 Comic16B Comic18
Debug Message: Added fonts: Comic18B Celtic14 Celtic12 Celtic10 Basker14
Debug Message: Added fonts: Basker16 BabylonBlue11B BabylonBlue11 BabylonBlue10B ArialGreenB10
Debug Message: Added fonts: ArialYellowB12 ArialLtBlueB12 ArialDkBlueB12 ArialGreenB12 ArialRedB12
Debug Message: Added fonts: ArialWhite12B ArialWhite14 ArialWhite16 ArialOrange12B ArialLtBlue12B
Debug Message: Added fonts: ArialLtBlue14 ArialGreen14 ArialRed14 ArialYellow14 ArialGreen16
Debug Message: Added fonts: ArialYellow16 Arial13B Arial16B2 Arial10 Arial12
Debug Message: Added fonts: Arial12B Arial14 Arial14B Arial16 Arial16B
Debug Message: Added fonts: Arial18 Arial18B GaraWGold11B GaraBW14B GaraW11B
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: Game Initialization completed.
Debug Message: Creating cutscene window.
Debug Message: Creating soundtrack handler.
Debug Message: Creating movie handler.
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
Debug Message: Creating opening menu.
Debug Message: MemMan: Unable to find pointer in GetBlockInfo. Memory system: DataMan
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\memman.cpp at line 579.
Debug Message: MemMan: Trying to free memory that has not been allocated. Memory System DataMan
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\memman.cpp at line 361.
Debug Message: Creating player setup screen.
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A1_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A5_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A6_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A6_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A6_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A6_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A7_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A7_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A7_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A7_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A8_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A9_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A9_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A9_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A9_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A10_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A10_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A10_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A10_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A11_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A12_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A12_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A12_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A12_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A13_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A13_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A13_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A13_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A14_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A14_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A14_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A14_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A15_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A17_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A17_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A17_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A17_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A18_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A18_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A18_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A18_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A19_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A19_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A19_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A19_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A20_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A20_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A20_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A20_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A21_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A21_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A21_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A21_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A22_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A22_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A22_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A22_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A23_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A23_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A23_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A23_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A24_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A24_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A24_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A24_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A25_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A25_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A25_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A25_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A26_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A26_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A26_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A26_Option3Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A27_Option0Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A27_Option1Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A27_Option2Text
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:AbilityOptions String: A27_Option3Text
Debug Message: Creating race setup screen.
Debug Message: Initialize Game Options.
Debug Message: Begin playing intro movie.
Debug Message: Initialize Tilemaps
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Scanning sprites.
Debug Message: Scanning Models.
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\model2d.cpp at line 2400.
Debug Message: Animation Small has 17 frames of animation, which does not divide evenly into 32 facings.
Debug Message: Scanning bitmaps.
Debug Message: Initializing Galaxy.
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:DomesticGovernors String: DefaultGovernor5
Debug Message: Begin creating other screens.
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:SubmitScreen String: LastNameTitle
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:ShipList String: IsStarbase
Debug Message: Creating Galaxy
Debug Message: Set galaxy size.
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: AI-X: Found no places to send my colony ship.
Debug Message: AI-X: Found no places to send my colony ship.
Debug Message: AI-X: Found no places to send my colony ship.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 8 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: AI-X: Found no places to send my colony ship.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Brad's bug: Need to tighten up the typical colony code.
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy: Completed
Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Book:DomesticGovernors String: DefaultGovernor5
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Yea, the Ctrl-N thing was reported after I had put together today's list. That one should be easy to fix.
ObjectDock - Access shortcuts and frequently used applications from an animated dock.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Took me a long time to download this beta on my 28.8 dial up line ... glad I could at least report one problem that you can fix.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I just downloaded the zip file and replaced the GalCiv.exe so I had to try it out to see how the intro looked. No change. The doors still moves in spurts and the sound of the doors opening is still chopped up (one quarter second sound every second).
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
For me the opening animation was much smoother. And the space bar bug appears to have been fixed as well.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I have WinME on an AMD 1Ghz processor. No hyperthreading or any of the new multithreading stuff, so I am totally dependent on the tasks being set to optimum priorities when they are scheduled.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Like Jack, I'm still getting the choppy intro. 1.2G Athlon, Win98SE, 768M RAM.
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Can you be as specific as possible on what you mean by "intro". Are you just talking the doors opening or something else?
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm sorry, I meant the opening door anim. It is still a
little choppy, but I attribute that to my machine. Just a little P3 650Mhz machine with a built in graphics card. But the change was noticeable with the Sat release.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
A minor bug just found...
On opening screen just after doors open, if you
hit exit, the game locks up, starbase anim stops playing
and I had to go to task manager to shut it down.
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm talking about the doors opening.
Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top
I am running a P4 2.667GHZ and the opening intro of the doors to the Start Menu, are choppy.
Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top
I see another problem. On my system, P4 2.667GHZ 512meg RAM, the cut scene of the colony lander is black, or blanked out, nothing shows up. The version I am running is 0.9.028.
Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top
Same here. Only the doors opening and the sound effects of the doors opening is choppy. The star base action and the ship approaching the star base are smooth, the GNN robot is smooth, the sound for the blank movies for the "first" events (colonization, star base, etc.) are choppy.