CTD (vista?)

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Downloaded twighlight and dreadlords, cd install of dark avatar.
Windows vista, 8800 gtx

Im getting tonds of CTDs, so far as collective and resistance.  Exiting a game to menu, then going to start a new game always causes a CTD for me before the race selection menu.  Also after a map loads within a few turns I get a CTD as those races, still need to try other races to double check.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I've had some CTD's as the Yor myself, and I'm running XP Pro (sp2). I just chalk it up to just-released-itis.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sairtar what order did you install the game??? should be dreadlords then dark avatar,.. make sure you have these two updated. Then install twilight


Nasty
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ton of CTD here too, plus some outright freezes. CtD when other programs pop in, freezes when I try to exit to desktop from certain menus, like "options". I am not liking this one bit.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Please make sure that you have the latest video card drivers from the manufacturer's website, particularly if you have an NVidia card.  You'll get the Alt-Tab crashes a lot more frequently if you don't have NVidia's newest drivers.  Nvidia's website is http://nvidia.com and for ATI cards, http://ati.amd.com  

Also, if you increase your resolution to match your monitor's resolution and uncheck the Fullscreen option, you'll run in a fullscreen window which will give you faster alt-tabs without crashes.

If you are still getting crashes and are on XP, please install SmartException from https://www.stardock.com/products/smartexception. Also, if you have a save game that reproduces a problem that you report, please zip the save game and attach it also.  If the problem you are seeing is graphical in nature or a screenshot may help explain the problem, please take a screenshot by hitting ALT+Printscreen and then paste into MS Paint or another paint program and save the image as a jpg.

If SmartException does not pop up a dialog, you can manually generate the exception log to send in to us. Right click on the SmartException icon, select a crash, choose E-mail selected exception. Fill in the text box under How to reproduce this problem, then click Generate exception.  This should cause a folder to open (Default location is C:\Program Files\Stardock\SmartException\ZippedExceptions) containing a file ExceptionLog.zip and mailinfo.txt.  Sometimes interference from Anti-virus or security programs may cause the zip operation to fail, but the files will still be there and you can zip them yourself. 

If you need a response from a support tech (eg the game crashes when starting up, starting a new game, or loading a save game) e-mail the files to [email protected].  Otherwise, you can e-mail the files to [email protected] which will save the support techs the time of having to forward it to the developers.  In general, if it's a consistent crash, send it to [email protected].  If it's a random or unreproducible crash and you can continue playing from a save game, e-mail it to [email protected]

SmartException doesn't work on Vista yet, but if you are getting a consistent crash, please zip up your save game and send it in to [email protected] with your debug.err file from My Documents\My Games\GC2TwilightArnor and a description of what was happening at the time of the crash. 

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Just updated my 8800 gtx driver, and now Arnor wont even start, it open a black box on the top half of my screen and freezes. The other two games work perfectly independently. Where do i find the save game files? Also ill reinstall, and try on my xp computer to see if the problems are resolved.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Used stardock central to uninstall everything, then reinstall them one by one, and twighlight still wont run, freezes in a partially black desktop. Maybe the latest 8800gtx nvidia driver is causing these problems.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sairtar not sure if this is related to what your issue is but read this Vista SP1 Gal Civ 2 won't start

Hopefully this helps if not follow Cari directions

Nasty
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What is CTD the acroynm for?
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
CTD = crash to desktop

Nasty
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hehe, thanks. I wiki'ed it and found other acronyms, but nothing that fit a tech problem. I get some minidumps with Sins, but havent played Arnor long enough to know if it gives me crashes or not.
Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
PM sent

Nasty