Smartexception

I am using Windows 2000 professional and I am getting the same. Galciv just exits. Nothing in the debug file no smartexception or anything similar

Is it actually running?

Load it up and see if there are any .cra files.

Yep, it's running. But no .cra-files in the directory where smartexception is.

Ehh btw, it's not visible in the tray - is that a setting somewhere in the registry or in a .ini?

(It IS running according to the task manager)

*Sigh*

Ive had about 10 crashes in various places, not able to reproduce any of them. No hints in debug.err

I'll refrain from doin further tests until I can get a copy of a working smartexception. I cant seem to help ya otherwise. Better put the testing-time when I can help..

smartex file for my CTD trying to load saved game - posted elsewhere but seems better inhere now that i have read this thread properly. This crash may not be totally related, but it is a major CTD and means i cant open a very nicely poised save - never mind.

smartex log emailed to Brad, notepad for file shows-

Stardock SmartException Logging Information
-------------------------------------------

OS Version : Windows XP
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 0040EF7F 01:0000DF7F D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:FFFFFFFF
EBX:00000000
ECX:FFFFFFFF
EDX:05803A38
ESI:00002D00
EDI:00BFFD1C
CS:EIP:001B:0040EF7F
SS:ESP:0023:00BFAD94 EBP:00BFADE4
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010206


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
0040EF7F 00BFADE4 0001:0000DF7F D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
004C4E7C 00BFAE40 0001:000C3E7C D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
004D2037 00BFB308 0001:000D1037 D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
004AD501 00BFF5F4 0001:000AC501 D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
0047BE1B 00BFFA5C 0001:0007AE1B D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
0045DF48 00BFFAE0 0001:0005CF48 D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
0050111D 00BFFB48 0001:0010011D D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
005013B7 00BFFBB0 0001:001003B7 D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
004FCF1B 00BFFC28 0001:000FBF1B D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
005211A4 00BFFCA8 0001:001201A4 D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
77D43A68 00BFFCD4 0001:00002A68 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D43B37 00BFFD3C 0001:00002B37 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D45B40 00BFFD6C 0001:00004B40 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D45F87 00BFFD8C 0001:00004F87 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
7377DF68 00BFFDB8 0001:0001CF68 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DDRAW.dll
77D43A68 00BFFDE4 0001:00002A68 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D43B37 00BFFE4C 0001:00002B37 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D43D91 00BFFEAC 0001:00002D91 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77D4438C 00BFFF30 0001:0000338C C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
0055D6C6 00BFFFC0 0001:0015C6C6 D:\games\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
77E814C7 00BFFFF0 0001:000204C7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll


Debug information for each stardock app follows ....

Not really sure why some of you are having trouble with SE, except that maybe not all of you are using the version that saves stuff as .cra files...there was a version at one point that was supposed to be submitting stuff to a web database, but that wasn't wholly implemented.

Steve, I think that I said this in an earlier thread, but just so that I'm covered, I'll say it again. I think that I've fixed the problem with loading the saved games, so backup your save files so that you can play them again when we get the patch up.

That makes me happy to hear.

I grabbed the copy of SE that Brad pointed to a few days ago, the one in the smartexception_galciv.exe file, and after killing the MCP and Smartexception processes I successfully installed the older version and it runs correctly at system startup but It has yet to actually catch any crashes when they occur.

This is on Window 2000 SP3.

mmm the same with my WinXP without servicepacks.
The latest .cra file I have is from June, before it broke.

As an aid to diagnostics, the SE Brad put up works on my Win/ME.

The SE file Cari linked to several days ago, which seems to be the same version, does not catch any crashes on my 98SE system.