Crash to Desktop- Debug File Included

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Not sure what exactly was happening on screen at the time. Nothing too unusuall as I recall though.


Here is the end of the debug file. If you need to see it all give me a link to send it to.


Debug Message: Displaying News Event.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Constructor 77. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Destroying ship StarFighter 461. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender 120. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Destroying ship Defender 315. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Destroying ship Phoenix 830. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship USS Transport 203. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship USS Transport 754. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Phoenix 890. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship USS Constructor 836. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Unable to open file Gfx\NameShip.pcx
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\diskdata.cpp at line 119.
Debug Message: Unable to open Bitmap file: Gfx\NameShip.pcx
Debug Message: Unable to open file Gfx\NameShip.pcx
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\diskdata.cpp at line 119.
Debug Message: Unable to open Bitmap file: Gfx\NameShip.pcx
Debug Message: Destroying ship Starbase 2941. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Battleship 46. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Destroying ship Battleship 689. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Destroying ship StarFighter 845. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship BattleHammer 190. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Battleship 578. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship StarFighter 963. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: A* Path too long to calculate (2.236068). Aborting
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Happened again. Same game. Different things happening I think. Crashed right to desktop.


Here is the end of the debug file for this one.

Debug Message: Displaying News Event.
Debug Message: Displaying News Event.
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Tried to create a sub-canvas out of bounds.
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\canvas.cpp at line 1750.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Phoenix 695. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Constructor 547. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship StarFighter 921. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Destroying ship USS Transport 203. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship USS Constructor 836. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Phoenix 830. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Transport 115. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Transport 688. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship StarFighter 958. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship StarFighter 963. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship StarFighter 527. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship StarFighter 36. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Make Ship Leave Orbit: Brad Version
Debug Message: Destroying ship ColonyShip 747. Orbiting: 0
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
These are the first two crashes I have had with beta 3. It has been very stable for me up to this point. The game I am in right now is on a gigantic galaxy and it is very late in the game.

Hope this gets cleared up. I would really like to finish this one. ;)
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Alien13c,

I have seen each of the errors you show here without any sign of a crash, and have seen them for many builds. I don't see how anything here is going to help the SD people solve the bug. Do you have SmartException installed AND working? These crashes are very often the result of an abnormal operation in the code that causes the program to terminate. An SE report with the address of the error and the register contents is usually the only SURE way of solving such a problem.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
How is SmartException supposed to work? I have it installed, but I am not sure what I am supposed to do with it when I encounter a problem. Any help would be appreciated.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
If installed it should show up in the desktop tray on the right side (where the clock shows up). If it is working it will open a screen automatically when a program "trap" is encountered. A "trap" is when an application (GC is an application) tries to do something the computer's processor considers undoable. E.g., an access violation (trap 5) is an attempt to address memory that is not assigned to the application, and a zero divide (I forgot the trap number) is an attempt to divide by zeros. A trap causes the OS to intercept the application, and if SE is installed correctly, the OS will pass the trap information to SE. SE then converts the data into readable text and stores it into a file that you can post here or send to Cari at Stardock.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
SmartException is not working for me then. I ran it once and I was told to restart the computer for it to take effect. Did so, but no icon in the system tray.

Any ideas?

BTW- Not at home computer right now so I cannot try anything till later.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I too have had numerous crashes with 3b; sometimes, once every turn... I seem to recall from looking at the error file yesterday, something similar to ships leaving orbit, and a ship being destroyed- though when I reload, I can't replicate the CTD, but it will happen on doing something else, thus:

Here is a copy of a SE/cra file

OS Version : Windows 98
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 0040876F 01:0000776F C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000000
EBX:85D2ADD4
ECX:00000000
EDX:00000003
ESI:85D2ACF4
EDI:0000000F
CS:EIP:0177:0040876F
SS:ESP:017F:00D2E77C EBP:00D2E7CC
DS:017F ES:017F FS:0F0F GS:0000
Flags:00210206


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
0040876F 00D2E7CC 0001:0000776F C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004D3AD5 00D2ED60 0001:000D2AD5 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004D6789 00D2EDC0 0001:000D5789 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
0049A5DE 00D2EE24 0001:000995DE C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004B88B3 00D2EFB0 0001:000B78B3 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
0045C3E3 00D2F00C 0001:0005B3E3 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
0045C327 00D2F070 0001:0005B327 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004D1C9A 00D2F0D4 0001:000D0C9A C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004D10CD 00D2F578 0001:000D00CD C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
0040B130 00D2F634 0001:0000A130 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004CC477 00D2F6BC 0001:000CB477 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004CC674 00D2F884 0001:000CB674 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004CDA04 00D2FA88 0001:000CCA04 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004A8CB7 00D2FAF4 0001:000A7CB7 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004C30CF 00D2FB54 0001:000C20CF C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
005246C2 00D2FBC4 0001:001236C2 C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
BAABDFF6 00D2FBF0 0001:0001CFF6 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDRAW.DLL
BFF7363B 00D2FC10 0001:0000263B C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF942E7 00D2FC24 0002:0001B2E7 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL

Debug information for each stardock app follows ....

All the best,

Jean-Claude
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Lucky Jack

Please can you tell me where to find smart exeption and how to install it.

Ta
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
The linik is in the thread "Get Smart Exception" by Frogboy (Brad Wardell). Download the file and execute it. It self installes, then you have to reboot to activate it.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
Daft? Not so. That question has been asked many times on this forum but the threads roll off the forum into the archives and the more recent joiners don't get to see them.
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
Stardock guys want us to run SmartException It would be smart for them to post the link and how to submit a crash log on the main page.