Help reqd playing a saved game on a different PC

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I hit a problem moving a saved Metaverse game from my desktop PC to my laptop - none of my custom ships were availabe.

I found what appeared to be the relevant files in My Games\GalCiv2\ships and My Games\GalCiv2\Metaverse\ships and copied those over as well. All seemed fine until I set my governor to change all planets building Defender to build a custom ship - horrendous crash.

Ok, so I've screwed up somewhere ... any advice on what files I need to copy to play a saved game on a different PC would be much appreciated!

Sorry, no debug.err available, I loaded my latest autosave and deleted the old custom ships and designed some new ones - can't waste valuable game-play time
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The debug.err will still be there, go look for it. Every crash is saved onto your root directory (generally C)
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Every crash is saved onto your root directory (generally C)

??? C is my O/S partition, GalCiv2 is in Games folder on my E partition.

The debug.err will still be there, go look for it.

Yeah, debug.err is still there, but doesn't it just show the latest run - game started and ended normally? For what it's worth -

Debug Message: Version v1.1 BETA-3A last updated on: Mon Apr 10 17:03:06 2006
Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 4/12/2006, 22:53:51
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: LAPTOP
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Packard Bell NEC
System Model: EasyNote M5xx
BIOS: Insyde Software MobilePRO BIOS Version 4.00.00
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
Physical Memory: 480MB RAM
Page File: 273MB used, 2176MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip Type: Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Controller
DAC Type: Internal
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3582&SUBSYS_D0051631&REV_02
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Digital Flat Panel (1024x768)
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4497
Driver Date: 2/7/2006 08:56:16
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_D0051631&REV_03
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: ALCXWDM.SYS
Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.6050
Driver Date: 3/20/2006 14:45:52
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0

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Debug Message: Posting WM_CLOSE message.
Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize start
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy
Debug Message: Killing threads.
Debug Message: Kiling civs.
Debug Message: Killing ships.
Debug Message: Killing rallypoints.
Debug Message: Killing misc objects.
Debug Message: Killing stars.
Debug Message: Killing anomalies.
Debug Message: Killing space resources.
Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets.
Debug Message: killing scenario.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy: Completed
Debug Message: WorkAreaBack.png not cleared 1 counts left.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize end
Debug Message: Device not cleared. 5 counts left.
Debug Message: D3D not cleared. 1 counts left.
Debug Message: Destroying Window.
Debug Message: Main Shell terminating normally
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ignore this - whatever I'd screwed up it all got sorted out in the end ... no problems at all moving the save back from laptop to desktop.

And a technological victory to boot. Suck on that, Yor scum!

(I'm a bit hyper after that victory, so forgive me if I go a bit overboard) Best. Game. Ever.