Another range issue (still on 1.12):
Traded for a starbase that was out of range for constructors, but not for sensor drones. On the next turn none of the ships could utilize the extended range this should give. Even after several turns, this starbase I owned was still "out of range" for any constructor. Save and reload made the problem go away. Haven't tried to duplicate.
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TheFrolickingMan -- HAHA that is funny!!!

I am not that firm in the english AKueFi so please tell me what a CTD is.

Yesterday I installed 1.13 and now I have problems in accessing the main menu. My computer is rather slow, but it takes about 30 seconds from clicking on main menu to the appearing of the page.

Dearmad:

1.13 December 16, 2003
AI Change:
+ Minor races less likely to expand
Bug Fixes:
+ fixed minimap scrolling bug
+ fixed pol party logos not showing up
+ fixed 2 up issue bug
+ fixed tradeship fleet bug
+ changed mods to be enabled by default
+ Fixed bug where trade routes minimap didn't hide when rallypoints window opened in other modes.
+ fixed mem leak in the fleet data
+ changed order that modded string tables are read in, so they should replace properly now.

Where in that little lot is 'population growth slowed'?

Lenards,

CTD = Crash to Desktop

It's when your game exits without warning back to your windows desktop.

~SDC~

Possible issue with the prison event. I won the ownership of the prison and I am told it is on planet Earth. This is suppose to triple its production value yet I have not noticed an increase in production, even after a couple of turns. Would I see it in the production bonus on the planet details? If so, it is listed as 275% which adds up to manufacturing capital, hyperion center and the 3 factories. Saving and reloading doesn't change the planet's production either.

~SDC~

See if updating your video and sound drivers makes any difference.

Please see the thread about the tech sharing for eliminating that problem.

I'll check into the prison event, but it may have just given the wrong name and put it on another planet.

Hello Cari,
anyone else reported the starbase bug I described earlier?

Not a 1.13 bug but have been around for some time.

When you spy on the AIs, the abilities in the Diplomacy/Stats screen do not scroll, so if there are more abilities than the space allows, the rest just can't be seen.

~SDC~

Cari:

I have quite a bit to do with demo cds for indie bands so i tend to play about with audio quite a bit, ALL of the CTD i have encountered are through audio, i have the latest drivers (Audigy 2), it doesnt happen often but when it did last time i had a look at the audio files, to quite honest, it was a bit bemused, why so many formats?? (these formats were all in the Event Music folder)
A. MP3 at 96 kbit - 44 hz
B. MP3 at 128 kbit - 44 hz
C. MP3 at 64 kbit - 22 hz
D. MP3 at 32 kbit - 22 hz
E. MP3 at 64 kbit - 44 hz
The reason i mention it is that some sound cards get funny about playing certain formats, so that might cause a CTD

The bink are also on the blink

One in particular that always cuts the sound off COMPLETELY is the 'mini_FreighterBlownout.bik' it always plays after my first freighter is destroyed, so it happens every game, the funny thing is the file mentioned has no sound to it anyway, the other .bik file 'mini_FreighterBlown.bik' is EXACTLY the same movie but with all the sound, are they named correctly?
The other .bik that CTD is one of the Altarian diplomacy movies, i think its the annoyed one.

I hope this helps a bit with these CTD's

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Loading a nearly finished 1.12 game with 1.13 version got me ripped of of all tech I'd developped so far. I understand I should have finished my game first but couldn't you give us a converter or something?

I like to play in as big a universe as possible but finishing a game before updating is becoming a hassle. Aside from that, I must admit GC is the greatest strategic game I've seen and I've seen most of them.



~SDC~

The patches have only been released about once a month recently, and they don't go down unless a new one comes up. Finishing a single game before updating really shouldn't be a big deal.

~SDC~

Is it normal for the AI to build improvements they don't have the tech for yet? In my current game, an Alexian world flipped to me and it had a stadium already built even though I am the only empire with the knowledge of extravaganza.

I made a save game at that point in case it is needed to investigate.

~SDC~

Except for a CTD that seems to be caused by the missing ship bug I have not hade DTDs for I keep my sound turned off.

~SDC~

Tech sharing locks me up. Really sucks since it seems to come up in my current game alot.

sorry thought it was a bug but it was human error

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Hammer - use this link and follow instructions in the zip -> http://files.galciv.org/v1.13.zip

~SDC~

Tanks

Anyone else having problems submitting a game, such that at your end everything looks ok at your end when you submit it, but it never registers in the Metaverse?

I've submitted 2 games with 1.13 and they both registered fine, although when I click on submit, nothing happens and the computer is "sort of" freezed for about one minute. First time I was worried since so many people have reported problems submittiong. But then I had the message saying 1 submitted, 0 errors, and indeed the game was in metaverse a few minutes later. Same on the second time.

~SDC~

I found another bug with starbases. I can build starbases closer to each other then 3 parsecs (= 3 squares) and I have the savegame to prove it. Both starbases are not on a resource. I thought that, a couple patches ago, this was changed due to starbase abuse.

Cari, if you want to look at it, tell me what to send.
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You can do that if there is a sector border between them. Is that the case here, Prefect?

Nope, both starbases are in the same sector.

When i try and click on the menu tab, my computer freezes up completely and i have to restart the machine manually.

That happened to me a couple of times. I went back to an earlier "save game" and that took care of the problem. In my case, the most recent "save game" seemed to be corrupted in both instances, thus reverting to an earlier save took care of it.