Have noticed that in both the large and gigantic Galaxies random crashes occur when being initially attacked by another race, or when initiating contact. Very random, but system does crash back to Desk Top. AT least Retstore does bring you back about 5 turns before the crash, which does not happen again. But can later on.
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Trying both the Gigantic Galaxy and the Large galaxy levels it seems the problem is acute in the Gigantic Galaxy, did not notice in the Large Galaxy.
Same here. SE is no longer working.
Have a game going in wich I had three Colony Ships that would not move after about 12 turns. This is a major concern with the AI's ship's colonize systems while my ships just watch! Lost 10 systems to this problem. Galaxy Size is 15x15, Occasional Planets, Comfortable Level. System: AMD XP 1800+ 1 gig DDR IBM 60GXp 60 Gig IDe SB Live 5.1 MSI Gforce MX400 64 MEG 3COM NIC 10/100 Plextor CDRW Toshiba 40x CD Logitech Trackball WI
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Have similar problem with Auto Pilot ships not moving. In fact in a game being played now, two of my Colony Ships did not move at all, no matter what I tried. Lost two Systems to another race as a result.
The OS/2 version on Ship Ranges is the best bet. You can have it either way by selecting before the game starts.
Good idea. Would allow different starategies to be employed in the longer games. ;)
Have noted that when I have several of these out rooming the galaxy a problem occurs. One ship will stop and not move, even when several attemps are made to get it to move by either cliking on an area of space, or forcing it thru the ship screen.
Lost all sound on Year 2210, on 2220 game crashed to desktop. Restarted game and sound has returned. Gigantic Galaxy.
Ship distance limits would be a value to the game. In the OS/2 Version this did exist, only thru tech development could ranges be extended. Or you could turn that feature off at the start of the game as in OS/2 version.
Having lock up on Gigantic Galaxy when opening Economic Policy Screen. Had Game restore previous Game and instead of +4000 I was now at -20043148 credits. Ouch! Game creen just froze and had to go to Tak Manager to clse.
Been considering reinstalling OS/2 just to check and compare. Perhaps I will this coming week.
Turn Button Was not owrking properly, uninstalled GC Beta. Went to reinstall BETA and I am getting the following error message: STOP STATEMENT ENCOUNTERED. Press the OKAY Button and Dregin Manager Closes.
Been having a similar problem, but with the Turn Button causing a game crash back to Windows. This is on a Win2K Machine.
Sometimes, but not at that stage, curious. How large is the largest Galaxy? At this point, no matter what size I select they are all the same number of quads.
On testing the BETA I was building Sensors and time frame was 120 months, next turn it was 1000 months, on all Available Techs, including Sensors. Did not note any changes in my Economic Screen.
Thanks, will be watching. Been ready for a long time to try the BETA.
Never thought of playing on a notebook. What version of Windows are you using? As an old Os/2 Gal Civ player notebooks were not "colorfull" enough. ralph