Beta 3B Minor races dump to desktop

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While talking to a minor race I traded for the race's sole planet, thereby absorbing the race, and when I went out to the minor races diplomacy tab the graphic for the now defunct race was still present on the screen so I clicked on it. Bam! Out to the desktop.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Same basic situation--talked to a minor race, next thing I did popped me to the desktop:

Stardock SmartException Logging Information
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OS Version : Windows XP
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 0055DF4B 01:0015CF4B C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00BFB546
EBX:00000000
ECX:00000000
EDX:7EFEFEFF
ESI:00524480
EDI:00BFB546
CS:EIP:001B:0055DF4B
SS:ESP:0023:00BFB1FC EBP:00BFB25C
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010246


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
0055DF4B 00BFB25C 0001:0015CF4B C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
004D56F8 00BFB2B8 0001:000D46F8 C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
004AF233 00BFF538 0001:000AE233 C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
0047D9E7 00BFF994 0001:0007C9E7 C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
00461368 00BFF9F8 0001:00060368 C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
00462B25 00BFFA78 0001:00061B25 C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
004609AE 00BFFAE0 0001:0005F9AE C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
00504D6D 00BFFB48 0001:00103D6D C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
00505007 00BFFBB0 0001:00104007 C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
00500B6B 00BFFC28 0001:000FFB6B C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
00524DF4 00BFFCA8 0001:00123DF4 C:\PROGRA~1\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
00561446 00BFFFC0 0001:00160446 C:\PROGRA~1\Drengin.net\galciv\galciv.exe
77E814C7 00BFFFF0 0001:000204C7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Okay, I just remembered what I was doing when it crashed--I was trying to save the game! I had just started from a saved game and talking to the minor race (Torian Confederation) was the first thing I did.

-Robert
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
The Torian's are a major race. :)
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
This was the minor race that revolted from them. I might have gotten the name wrong.

Anyway, my saved game is now hosed--I get a bright red screen, names like "test string" in the diplomacy screen, no map, etc. I'm gonna save it in a zip file in case anyone wants it.

-Robert
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I can repeat this crash bug in every game under 3b that I've played so far.
1: absorb the minor race
2: immediatly close the diplomacy screen
3: before ending the turn, try to go back to the diplomacy screen.
The crash can be prevented by either changing back tot he 'major' races before closing the diplomacy screen, or by going to the next turn. I hope my post isn't too much of a repeat. :)