Crash on Exit

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I seem to be getting recent crashes when I either exit Fullscreen GalCiv or Alt-Tab to the desktop. These are full crashes which lock up the computer with no chance of recovery.

Suprisingly, SmartException actually picks this up, but doesn't really give any additional useful information.

Additional information: Sound card is Creative Sound Blaster PCI128. There is the VIA chipset on the Mainboard. 

Stardock SmartException Logging Information
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OS Version : Windows ME
Video Card : ASUS V8440 v29.80
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr:  BFF6A2AD 02:000012AD C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:83CA8BA5
EBX:8531E804
ECX:000822F0
EDX:A4F303E1
ESI:0302ED4C
EDI:822EFAB8
CS:EIP:0187:BFF6A2AD
SS:ESP:018F:00C3F148  EBP:00C3F188
DS:018F  ES:018F  FS:23D7  GS:0000
Flags:00010217


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr      Frame     Logical addr  Module Name
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BFF6A2AD  00C3F188  0002:000012AD C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF6A6B1  00C3F1B0  0002:000016B1 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF6E51C  00C3F1D0  0002:0000551C C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF6F5BF  00C3F1E8  0002:000065BF C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF64590  00C3F210  0001:00003590 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF845EC  00C3F22C  0002:0001B5EC C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL


Debug information for each stardock app follows ....
Very odd indeed.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
That is a weird one.  I'll send the log to Cari and see if she can figure out whats going on  :(

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
You wouldn't be exiting while there is a bink animation playing, would you? We've noted that in the past.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Most of the time, the crash seem to occurr within a short time of exiting the program normally through the "Quit Game" in the Galciv Menu. I don't get this as much anymore since I've discovered the joys of Windowed mode with the latest version.

Killing the game while Bink is running has a different effect - prevents GalCiv from starting up again until the computer is reset. In some cases, it seems to do collateral damage by preventing the system from shutting down normally.

I'm updating the video card drive now - hopefully that will fix it. I'm also thinking about "Hotwiring" the bink audio DLL to pretend that the animations are done to completion within 0 seconds - I'm finding the Bink player to be less stable than it should be.