Crash after 3d battle sequence - DA 1.59.078

Hey folks,

my game *always* crashes after every 3D battle sequence - you see the ships fighting it out, then pops up the Victory / Defeat screen and once I click okay, the game crashes with the famous windows "This program caused an exception." error message. It doesn't matter what ships I use it seems. This started happening after I updated my version of the game to 1.59 with SDC. Here's the debug.err from my last game, any help is much, much appreceated as I start to shiver due to the lack of killing enemy ships (deleted some stuff since that log file actually was huge):

Debug Message: Version v1.50x3 Dark Avatar last updated on: Mon Mar 12 18:37:34 2007
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 4/11/2007, 04:00:30
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: MAINFRAME
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.061219-0311)
Languages: German (Regional Setting: German)
System Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
System Model: A8N-SLI
BIOS: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Physical Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 428MB used, 3511MB available
Windows Dir: F:\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_02C210DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor Name: (Standardmonitor)
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371
Driver Date: 10/22/2006 13:22:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes

Display device 2:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY2
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_02C210DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor Name: (Standardmonitor)
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371
Driver Date: 10/22/2006 13:22:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [B000]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20021102&REV_04
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Provider: Creative
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.1164
Driver Date: 12/8/2005 11:55:46
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0



Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
***Defender Drath Legion has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drath Heavy Fighter M3-2 2776. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: ***Attacker Drengin Empire has courage bonus 0
***Defender Iconian Refuge has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Iconian Freighter M2-1 809. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Arcean Constructor M0-1 2566. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Torian Constructor M0-1 2110. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Iconian Constructor M0-1 2324. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drengin Scout Ship M0-1 124. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: ***Attacker Drath Legion has courage bonus 0
***Defender Drengin Empire has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drath Heavy Fighter M3-2 1617. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drengin Defender M3-5 2204. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Siblia IV
Debug Message: Destroying ship Korx Fleet 235. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Korx Constructor M0-1 1539. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Altarian Fleet 140. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=22
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding HeadlineWnd
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game F:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Serendreus\Eigene Dateien\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 8
Debug Message: Max num techs: 273
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 172423 Max tech size: 1927
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 69616
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 264504
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 125145 Max ship class data size: 812
Debug Message: Total ship template class data size: 9232 Max ship class data size: 316
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 6868, Max anomaly type size: 341
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 45246 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 272840 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: 2789 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 35756 Max starbase module size: 467
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13896 Max political party size: 1737
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: Total asteroid field mining base module data size: 955 Max asteroid field mining base module size: 255
Debug Message: Total ship style data size: 9406 Max ship style size: 684
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is normal.
Debug Message: Game Object data: 16
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14433
Debug Message: FOW data: 85128
Debug Message: ZOC data: 3884
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 1518226 Max Planet data size: 3839
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 42382 Max Star data size: 350
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 0 Max Anomaly data size: 0
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 4208 Max space resource data size: 263
Debug Message: Total Asteroid Field data size: 37316 Max Asteroid Field data size: 446
Debug Message: Total Asteroid Field Mining Base data size: 41378 Max Asteroid Field Mining Base data size: 487
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 1674155 Max Civ data size: 95235
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 79290 Max colony data size: 294
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 24150 Max Rallypoint data size: 263
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 907276 Max Ship Data size: 1452
Debug Message: Total Fleet data size: 639560 Max Fleet Data size: 5721
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Dark Yor (19): Researching: ECM II
Debug Message: Snathi (20): Researching: Armor Theory
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=16
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 2
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ResearchWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: ***Attacker Earth alliance has courage bonus 0
***Defender Yor Collective has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=30
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding FleetCombatWnd
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Troop Transport M2-11 1816. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Troop Transport M2-11 1046. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Fleet 228. Orbiting: 0
4,501 views 3 replies
Reply #1 Top
Please install 'SmartException' from the free stuff section in Stardock Central. Make sure that SE is running and start your game as normal. If the game crashes it will generate an exception report that can be emailed to [email protected].

Include with the email a description of what you were doing at the time, how to reproduce the crash if possible, and a zipped save if applicable when you send an SE log to gc2bugs. The devs cannot help if you do not provide these details!

If SE does not automatically pop up and prompt you to send the report when the game crashes, you can find it at C:\Program Files\Stardock\SmartException (it will be the newest file with a .CRA extension).
Reply #3 Top
You may try the 1.6 beta linked in this thread. Otherwise I'd suggest the same to you as to the OP--send in a SE crash report.