if your planet is near edge of map, scout is stuck in home system

happens every time, if your planet is near edge of map, scout is stuck in home system
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Reply #1 Top
I dint see my scout when I was near the edge...and my Colony-shop was selected. I pressed next and in the middle of the quadrant to see my scout when he moved. But the game crashed on me instead.
This is the end of my debug.err:

Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Error. No available spaces around star.
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file
Reply #2 Top
Erm...it's supposed to put the ship in orbit of Sol if it can't find room around the planet. The "attempt to play unregistered file" is an error message from the sound system...

You should have these files in your sfx folder:

click1.wav
click2.wav
click4.wav
click5.wav
Event.wav
explosion.wav

Reply #3 Top
I have all those files.
However - I do play on a pc where I cant use DGM since it doesnt work with the company proxy, so I copied all files from another installation. If the DLL's need to register - then it might be it. I havent done that.

But it's strange that it crashed on me when I pressed next and in the middle of the map....
Reply #4 Top
Was this the same machine that had the problems with the sound card? That might also cause that sound system error. You had pressed the Turn button and it crashed? Actually, since the Turn button is supposed to play a sound when clicked, that could have caused it to crash if there's something goofy with the sound...