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Game Breaking Bug

August 4, 2015 12:41:01 AM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

I got into a situation where the "next turn" button got stuck on "idle ship" greyed out. No amount of clicking on ships resolved that. I saved the game at that point and reloaded. I don't know if it's relevant, but the blue chick surrendered immediately on reload. Then when I finished the turn the button was stuck on "wait".

 

I got a similar lockup during the tutorial, and this was only my second time playing the game, so it's not like this is an obscure issue. What's the deal with this?

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Gauntlet03
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Reply #1 August 4, 2015 10:41:03 AM
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Hey there. I've gotten this a few times, but only after 300+ turns of play. 

What I've been able to do:

 

1) Set auto save to every 1 turn.

2) When idle ship happens, close and restart GC3, then reload to the previous turn.

3) Play can then continue and I likely won't hit the bug for another 50ish turns or more.

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Reply #2 August 4, 2015 12:36:59 PM
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Quoting Gauntlet03,
reply 1

1) Set auto save to every 1 turn.

Is there a way to have more than 2 autosave games?

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Reply #3 August 4, 2015 4:54:48 PM
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No

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Reply #4 August 4, 2015 11:32:39 PM
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That's cool for a workaround, but it would be nice to get some word from the devs about this. I have the savegame with the bad state. Is there a way I can upload that to help with the fix?

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Reply #5 August 4, 2015 11:49:54 PM
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support tool

https://forums.galciv3.com/464896/page/1/

i am sorry, i am too far gone to provide the rest of the info you need but yes, there is a ticket system available, one of you others please reference the correct one for this guy

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Reply #6 August 5, 2015 12:27:31 AM
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There's a workaround in this other thread: https://forums.galciv3.com/469652 more specifically, save the game AFTER it gets stuck and then quit and reload, and it gets you past whatever was sticking. I was saving it at the last step before hitting the turn button and couldn't get past it, but had not yet tried to save after hitting the Turn button.

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