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brycej
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Why does game take so long to quit?

December 18, 2007 11:55:18 AM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I know this game uses a lot of memory--some of it virtual.
But I have never seen a game that takes this long to quit.
Sometimes several minutes, sometime it hangs.
Ctr-Alt-Del can sometimes get rid of the game but even then
it is long and arduous.

Hey, I still love the game and keep on playing it!
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brycej
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Reply #1 December 18, 2007 12:11:43 PM
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I press F6 and BANG the dirt is gone! I mean it instantly quits out.
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Reply #2 December 18, 2007 12:12:17 PM
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As I have not read the manual I am not sure if F6 is a bug or a feature but it is what I use.
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Reply #3 December 18, 2007 1:14:03 PM
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I wonder whether F6 cleans out the memory properly but I'll try it.
It's weird that "quit" doesn't get you out quickly.
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LordZarth
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Reply #4 December 18, 2007 1:55:02 PM
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On my grandparent's Vista, I press 'Quit' and it's gone in under 10 seconds.

At my sucky home computer,it can take between several minutes... or I have to power off.

I think it's a question of speed
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Reply #5 December 18, 2007 6:46:35 PM
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The game seems to intermittently hang on something when it goes to quit. The system prior to my current (which wasn't all that slow) would do this quite a bit. My new system never seems to hang on quit. When I had a problem, I would just jump to task manager and kill it that way. I don't think I have a problem anymore, but I'll try the F6 method if it happens again.

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Reply #6 December 18, 2007 6:54:47 PM
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I have noticed that it hangs more often if I do not wait 10 seconds or so after going to the main menu, before I actually hit the Quit button.

And once I hit Quit, it is usually out within 3-4 seconds.
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Reply #7 December 19, 2007 1:02:54 AM
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At what point do you hit "F6"?
At the menu?
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Reply #8 December 19, 2007 5:19:56 AM
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If I hit F6 when looking at the map in the game it just quits. Like I said above this may not be a real way of exiting the game but it works for me.
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Reply #9 December 19, 2007 6:53:14 AM
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Sounds more like a bug to me. F6 should bring up one of the statistics screens, but I'm not home to test it.
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Reply #10 December 19, 2007 7:04:03 AM
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The F6 should bring up the civ manager, which it does on my game.
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Reply #11 December 19, 2007 12:30:56 PM
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It doesn't quit for me while looking at the map. We are talking about DA, right?

Maybe it depends on the version.
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Reply #12 December 19, 2007 12:40:40 PM
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The Windows "close" hotkey is Alt-F4. That does the same thing as closing a program from the task manager.

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Reply #13 December 19, 2007 3:54:36 PM
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I have DA must be a bug heh I also have purchased TA but not installed as it is still beta.
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