[FIXED] Crash During Galaxy Creation - See Reply #3

Macbook Pro / Win7 / 12.4 Radeon Drivers / Fresh Install

So I have a fresh install of about everything, Windows 7 Home (64bit) just got reinstalled via bootcamp and I patched on the latest Radeon driver from April of this year (2012.) I'm loading the game from the GameStop (was Impulse, was SD central) app. The game starts fine, I see the splash screens, intro movie, main menu and creation screen. My problem starts when I hit the button to get the galaxy created. I get dumped back out to the desktop with the Windows dialogue that says...

"Galactic Civilizations has stopped working" yadda yadda...

Oh and apple update is also all up to date for those who are going to ask. Here's my debug.err dump. If anyone can help I'd be much appreciated.

Debug.ERR...

Debug Message: Version v1.53 last updated on: Tue Nov 4 11:55:35 2008
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 6/11/2012, 07:44:23
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Machine Name: MACBOOKPRO
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.120401-1505)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
System Model: MacBookPro8,2
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM CPU @ 2.30GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Physical Memory: 8192MB RAM
Page File: 2258MB used, 13945MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows

Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip Type: ATI display adapter (0x6741)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6741&SUBSYS_00E2106B&REV_00
Display Memory: 707 MB
Current Display Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx6
Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1124
Driver Date: 4/5/2012 19:20:04
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes

Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Speakers (Cirrus Logic CS4206A (AB 29))
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1013&DEV_4206&SUBSYS_106B1D00&REV_1003
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 65535
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Provider: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 17:07:00
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 1
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0

Sound device 1:
Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (Cirrus Logic CS4206A (AB 29))
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1013&DEV_4206&SUBSYS_106B1D00&REV_1003
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 65535
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Provider: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 17:07:00
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 1
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0

Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using hardware vertex processing
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 60
Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit.
Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps***********************
Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes.
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: No string tables in ./Data//ToolTips.tips
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 224612
Debug Message: No string tables in ./Data//*.str
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
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: * Collectors Edition *
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Users\Chris\Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Users\Chris\Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Danger Will Robinson, no Stars!!!!
Debug Message: No files found matching mask ./Data//Tutorials/*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\CustomMaps\*.gc2map
Debug Message: No files found matching mask ./Data//Scenarios/*.GC2Scenario
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\Scenarios\*.gc2scenario
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: Galaxy Size Set: 3 x 3
Debug Message: Creating Random Map
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Stars
Debug Message: Number of Unplaced Stars: 3.
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Planets
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Anomalies
Debug Message: Num Anomalies: 28
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Resources
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Done
Debug Message: Setting Game Options
Debug Message: Creating Civs
Debug Message: Terran Alliance: Intellence -> 15
Debug Message: Drengin Empire: Intellence -> 15
Debug Message: Creating Civs... Done
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Galaxy Create... Done
Debug Message: UIBeginGame called with g_ulLocalPlayerID = 0
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Game Started
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Disabled

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MarvinKosh

Join Date 08/2005

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My guess is that this line has something to do with it:

Debug Message: Danger Will Robinson, no Stars!!!!

So if you change the frequency of stars that might help.

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That line does look awfully suspicious. Gave it a try, but looks like changing the galaxy size and number of stars has no affect on the problem.

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After googling "Debug Message: Danger Will Robinson, no Stars!!!!" I found a post on the impulse forums.

http://forums.impulsedriven.com/409404

Reply #6 by Kryo has a registry key modification that looks to be labled language fix. I downloaded it and ran it agreeing to whatever mayhem it wanted to inflict. I ran the game and it looks to have fixed the crash. Thank you Kryo... where ever you are.

If it pops back up I'll let you guys know.

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kryo

Join Date 05/2003

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Yeah, it's just the missing language key (so the game can't find the stars file, among others). It shouldn't return short of possibly after a clean reinstall, but the registry file will fix it again just the same.

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