After playing the game a few times, can't load it anymore, and have to redownload

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I have downloaded the game three times, and am currenly redownloading again!
After playing it a few times, I will exit, and then come back to play, and all I get when
I try to play is a black start up screen, and my task manager shows that the game is
not responding. Any suggestions? (:(
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Yeah. check the contents of the debug.err file in the galciv-directory. That might give some hints. Feel free to post it here.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Umm...let's see, JP was having that problem and we were able to get it fixed...going to have to check through my e-mail to see what we did...

Ok, here's what I need you to check: if you have the files DartObjects.dll, DartSock.dll and DartWeb.dll in your drengin.net folder. If you do, move them to c:\windows\system32

Once you've done that, click on Start->Program Files->Accessories->Command Prompt.

This will bring up a shell window. at the prompt, type

cd\windows\system32

and hit enter.

Now you need to enter the following lines:

regsvr32.exe DartObjects.dll
regsvr32.exe DartSock.dll
regsvr32.exe DartWeb.dll

and that should fix it. I had JP do it and he hasn't had a blackscreen problem since.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I am having the same problem as Dr. Fib.

I dont have the Dart dll files in my drengin.net folder altough they are in the windows/system folder and not the system32 folder. I ran the regsvr32 on them anyways and it still hasn't resolved the problem.

Any suggestions? I really don't want to download it again as the Drengin fileserver is EXTREMELY slow.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Upgrading your DirectX drivers may help if you are running on Windows 98 or ME; that was a problem that someone else had when they reported this bug.

People have also reported conflicts with sound drivers.

If you e-mail me your debug.err file from your galciv folder (not the drengin folder), I'll be able to get a better idea of where it is hanging. [email protected]