Regular crashes

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Hi. The game looks great, but it's crashing predictably on me every five minutes or so of play--the game drops out right after hitting the Turn button.

My system is a P3 800 ghz, 384MB RAM, DirectX9, Windows XP. My video card is a nVidia RIVA TNT2 64 (you may commence laughing) which may be the problem; I was planning to upgrade soon anyway, but if I can hold off for another month or two yet, that might be ideal. I am using recent drivers that I updated about a month ago, however, if that makes a difference.

Any advice or ideas about what's going on here? The game has also frozen once, and it was a seriously hard freeze--I couldn't even get out of it with the Task Manager.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Khaldun,
is there anything in your debug.err file (in teh galciv directory). Just the last few lines of this could be useful to Stardock to ascertain the problem.

Paul.

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Here's debug.err. I'm not entirely sure what here is relevant.

Debug Message: MWinEditFields::Create - Unable to find scroll bar sizing graphic for PolPartyLB
Debug Message: Creating race setup screen.
Debug Message: Initialize Tilemaps
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Begin playing intro movie.
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: RGB in format 5:6:5, Masks reported as f800:7e0:1f
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: RGB in format 5:6:5, Masks reported as f800:7e0:1f
Debug Message: Sorting save game list by time.
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: 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: MWinEditFields::Create - Unable to find sprite sizing graphic for EconomyTitle
Debug Message: Loading game.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Unable to find file Data\SaveGames\PreviousAutoSave\.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Unable to find file Data\SaveGames\PreviousAutoSave\..
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Preparing to save game.
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: No Data\SaveGames\AutoSave\*.* files in current directory.
Debug Message: Save Game.
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Destroying ship Constructor 335. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 3
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 3m
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 1 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Random Event: Non-Aligned Worlds Attempt
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 26 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Displaying News Event.
Debug Message: Displaying News Event.
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Random Event: Non-Aligned Worlds Attempt
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Unable to find file Data\SaveGames\PreviousAutoSave\.
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Unable to find file Data\SaveGames\PreviousAutoSave\..
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Preparing to save game.
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: No Data\SaveGames\AutoSave\*.* files in current directory.
Debug Message: Save Game.
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog default
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file G:\PROJECTS\pear\SOURCE\Canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file G:\PROJECTS\pear\SOURCE\Canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file G:\PROJECTS\pear\SOURCE\Canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 27 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Cold Fusion
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 28 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 28 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 28 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 28 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 28 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 28 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 29 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Random Event: Non-Aligned Worlds Attempt
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
Debug Message: Total Ships: 30 & 0 are dead
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Any ideas, anybody? I'm really desperate to play the game without it dropping to desktop suddenly every five minutes.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Khaldun: This looks like a tough one. If you have SDCentral installed, you can find a program called "SmartException" under Software>FreeStuff. Install it, and It should run whenever GalCiv is run. When a crash occurs, submit the crash log to us, and It'll pinpoint the exact line of code that is making your game futz up like that. If you have any questions with SmartException, send a quick message to [email protected]'s the resident expert on the program, and can help you get it working.

WIth debug.err being void of any usefull info, this is the best suggestion I can offer you. Sorry for the hassle :( But we'll do our best to get the game working how it should on your machine ;)

~SDC~