Graphics zoom and perspective display glitch

numeric (4 & 6) keys move ship and zoom main screen at same time

from Stardock Forums
Known glitch?  Initiate combat - view switches to full battle display - return from battle - numeric keypad 4 & 6 keys now move ships AND zoom main display at same time. 
Execute a few zooms via keypad and the display picks up progressively greater spherical distortion at sides and lower edges.  Clicking on "FIND" stops the aberrant zoom behaviour until the next cutaway and return from full battle screen.  Once the perspective distortion kicks in, the only way to restore normal graphics perspective display is to save, quit, restart and GC2. 
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

System Info

    Computer:
      Computer Type                                     ACPI Uniprocessor PC
      Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
      OS Service Pack                                   Service Pack 2
      DirectX                                           4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
      
    Motherboard:
      CPU Type                                          AMD Athlon 64, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+
      Motherboard Name                                  MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (MS-7125)  (4 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x4, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
      Motherboard Chipset                               nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra, AMD Hammer
      System Memory                                     1024 MB  (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
      BIOS Type                                         Award (11/28/05)
      Communication Port                                Communications Port (COM1)
      Communication Port                                Printer Port (LPT1)

    Display:
      Video Adapter                                     NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT  (128 MB)
      3D Accelerator                                    nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E
      Monitor                                           ViewSonic G220f  [21" CRT]  (42E031400185)

Video Adapter Properties 
Device Description                                    NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Adapter String                                         GeForce 6600 GT
BIOS String Version                                   5.43.02.16.01
Chip Type                                                GeForce 6600 GT
DAC Type                                                Integrated RAMDAC
Installed Drivers                                        nv4_disp (6.14.10.8198 - nVIDIA ForceWare 81.98)
Memory Size                                            128 MB
 
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Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I get this too. Is it on the list of things to fix yet?? I haven't noticed if it is specifically linked to going into combat or not, but it happens frequently enough that in my current game I'm at the point of having to save-exit-restart GC2 every couple of turns - very annoying.

I'm running Windows XP Home, SP2, my video card is an ATI Radeon 9600 SE. I updated my video drivers to the latest to see if that would fix it but it hasn't. I play the game at 1280 x 1024.

I have noticed some of the gameplay glitches reported by other people but this is the only one that is currently really annoying me. If you need more details on this let me know and I'll see what I can do to help.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I've got the same thing running Beta 3. Here's the top part of debug.err with my system specs:

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 4
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: VIAK8_
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Unknown AMD processor, ~1.8GHz
Physical Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 167MB used, 1527MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINNT

Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce4 Ti 4200
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0253&SUBSYS_87001462&REV_A3
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: ImageQuest L70S
Monitor Max Resolution: 1280, 1024
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8421
Driver Date: 3/9/2006 15:29:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes

Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Envy24 Family Audio (WDM)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1412&DEV_1724&SUBSYS_2C0517F2&REV_01
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: Envy24HF.sys
Provider: VIA - IC Ensemble, Inc.
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3613
Driver Date: 5/6/2003 22:14:28
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 2
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Okay, I noticed that after downloading & installing the latest ATI Catalyst driver package there is a new ATI icon on my desktop & taskbar, in addition to the one previously there. It seems to make a difference which of these I use to change my display resolution (our computer is normally left at 800 x 600 but I set it to 1280 x 1024 to play GC2). I am well into a game during which I have used only the new ATI icon for setting resolution, and have not had this problem happen once since taking this approach.

I don't know how to explain this, is it possible I am somehow using the old drivers by using the previous ATI icon to set resolution? Anyhow I seem to have found the way to get rid of or bypass this problem on my computer.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I experience the sam kind of problem,too. I've a ATI 9600 and the latest catalyst drivers wich i had installed after i encountered the problem, but it did not help much. in addition, all planets and ships in the overviews start rotating at warp 9 or so a few seconds after teh window opened which can make you quite mad. anyone out there who has got the sam kind of probs and is there already a fix to it out there?