crash when trying to load a saved game.

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ok guys, some of you computer masters have any idea what i can do to get it to load >?

its on highest settings for size, civs and such. just want some ideas what im doing wrong. 3700 plus with a 6200 vid card 1 gig ram. not getting an error log out of this mess. so ive not added that here. been looking through posts, cant find one with the same prob. any help thanks guys... peace.... ahhh got one this time. here you go.. again any help peace tooth. Debug Message: Version v1.1 last updated on: Mon Apr 24 19:03:49 2006 Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No. Debug Message: Another instance of GC2 attempted to load. Debug Message: Another instance of GC2 attempted to load. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 4/29/2006, 22:36:58 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: WD Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 4 Languages: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M. System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M. BIOS: BIOS Date: 08/03/04 13:27:05 Ver: 08.00.09 Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+, ~2.4GHz Physical Memory: 1022MB RAM Page File: 110MB used, 2351MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINNT Display Info Display device 1: Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1 Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip Type: GeForce 6200 DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0221&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1 Display Memory: 256.0 MB Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor Name: NEC LCD1712 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: SoundMAX Digital Audio Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_80B01043&REV_60 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Driver Name: smwdm.sys Provider: Analog Devices Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3713 Driver Date: 8/19/2003 23:25:56 Type: WDM Other Drivers: Acceleration Level: 2 Cap Flags: 0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0 Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.********* Debug Message: Entering WinMain Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell ******* Debug Message: Going Fullscreen Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings. Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768 Debug Message: Running fullscreen. Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT Debug Message: Refresh rate: 60 Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit. Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps*********************** Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes. Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff Debug Message: Now Fullscreen Debug Message: Shell initialization complete Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game ***** Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 369e99 Debug Message: Initializing sound card. Debug Message: initailizing bink Debug Message: No string tables in C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods/*.str Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Gfx\*.png Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Gfx\Race\*.png Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\sfx\*.wav Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Music\*.mp3 Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Event Music\*.mp3 Debug Message: Create setup screens. 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: Set mouse. Debug Message: Set update timer. Debug Message: Clear data definitions. Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Techs\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\ShipComponents\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\ShipDefs\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PlanetImprovements\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\TerrainColorSchemes\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PlanetDescriptions\*.xml *DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for PirateShip. *** Debug Message: Found existing ship type with class name: Ranger *DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for Starbase. *** Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipclass Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Anomalies\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Events\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\UPIssues\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Invasion\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PoliticalParties\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\StarTypes\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\StarbaseModules\*.xml Debug Message: Reading Star Names Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Dread Lords Campaign\*.sav Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Logos\*.sav Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Metaverse\*.sav Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\*.sav Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Portraits\*.sav Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.sav Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\temp\*.sav 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: Loading Custom Map Debug Message: Loading Data Defs Debug Message: Clear data definitions. Debug Message: Loading TechDefs Debug Message: Max num techs: 248 Debug Message: Loading ImprovementDB Debug Message: Loading Component Defs Debug Message: Loading ShipTypes Debug Message: Loading ShipConfigs Debug Message: Loading AnomalyTypes Debug Message: Loading RandomEvents Debug Message: Loading UPIssues Debug Message: Loading ResourceTypes Debug Message: Loading InvasionTactics Debug Message: Loading SBmodules Debug Message: Loading PoliticalParties Debug Message: Loading Planet Types Debug Message: Loading Star Types Debug Message: Loading Game Debug Message: Loading Galaxy Debug Message: Loading FOW Map Debug Message: Loading ZOC Map Debug Message: Loading Planets Debug Message: Loading Stars Debug Message: Loading Anomalies Debug Message: Loading Resources Debug Message: Loading Civs
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
crap that didnt post right. try again. ok, cant load any of the saved games. no idea why. any ideas on how to fix this ? every time i try to load it kicks me to desk top. ive tried to change my vid setting, page file, and defrag to get it to load. highest setting for size civs ingame. thanks for any help tooth....

Debug Message: Version v1.1 last updated on: Mon Apr 24 19:03:49 2006
Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No.
Debug Message: Another instance of GC2 attempted to load.
Debug Message: Another instance of GC2 attempted to load.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 4/29/2006, 22:36:58
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: WD
Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 4
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 08/03/04 13:27:05 Ver: 08.00.09
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+, ~2.4GHz
Physical Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 110MB used, 2351MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINNT


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 6200
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0221&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: NEC LCD1712
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: SoundMAX Digital Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_80B01043&REV_60
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: smwdm.sys
Provider: Analog Devices
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3713
Driver Date: 8/19/2003 23:25:56
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 2
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0



Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 60
Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit.
Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps***********************
Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes.
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 369e99
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: No string tables in C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods/*.str
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Gfx\*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Gfx\Race\*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\sfx\*.wav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Event Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
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: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Techs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\ShipComponents\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\ShipDefs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PlanetImprovements\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\TerrainColorSchemes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PlanetDescriptions\*.xml
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for PirateShip. ***
Debug Message: Found existing ship type with class name: Ranger
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for Starbase. ***
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipclass
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Anomalies\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Events\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\UPIssues\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Invasion\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PoliticalParties\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\StarTypes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\StarbaseModules\*.xml
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Dread Lords Campaign\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Logos\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Metaverse\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Portraits\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\wd1\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\temp\*.sav
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: Loading Custom Map
Debug Message: Loading Data Defs
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Loading TechDefs
Debug Message: Max num techs: 248
Debug Message: Loading ImprovementDB
Debug Message: Loading Component Defs
Debug Message: Loading ShipTypes
Debug Message: Loading ShipConfigs
Debug Message: Loading AnomalyTypes
Debug Message: Loading RandomEvents
Debug Message: Loading UPIssues
Debug Message: Loading ResourceTypes
Debug Message: Loading InvasionTactics
Debug Message: Loading SBmodules
Debug Message: Loading PoliticalParties
Debug Message: Loading Planet Types
Debug Message: Loading Star Types
Debug Message: Loading Game
Debug Message: Loading Galaxy
Debug Message: Loading FOW Map
Debug Message: Loading ZOC Map
Debug Message: Loading Planets
Debug Message: Loading Stars
Debug Message: Loading Anomalies
Debug Message: Loading Resources
Debug Message: Loading Civs

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I have the same problem. Seems to happen when loading large games with lots of stuff in them. Looks like we'll be restricted to smaller maps and fewer races until this gets fixed.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
https://forums.galciv2.com/?ForumID=162&AID=115094#888639
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
so its a mem leak. crap. thanks for the link bro.. will keep an eye on it... peace tooth.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Guys, it's almost certainly NOT a memory leak.

I attached the Visual Studio debugger when the game crashed. The crash is in GalCiv2.exe and for you programmers out there, here's what I found: the call stack showed the top 15 or so stack frames, all of which were in GalCiv2.exe, except for a few in ntdll and kernel. No directX or direct3d dlls were in the stack.

Obviously, I don't have any source code or symbols, but based on the above information I can say with relative confidence that it's almost certainly a problem in the GalCiv code....might be that the game is generating corrupt save game files, or possibly it's a null-pointer access in the save game loading code. But that's just speculation...it could be any number of things. However, it's VERY unlikely that it's a hardware driver problem or a memory leak (since it happens on a clean start of GC2).

I've referred it to Stardock support....twice. I've had the problem since 1.1b2. They finally responded to me after two weeks only after I sent several emails inquiring about it. They said they're looking into it, and I bloody hope it gets fixed because what's the point in investing time in a game if you can't reliably save and load your games? Between the two games where this happened, I've lost about a total of about 30 hours of gameplay (they were on Gigantic maps and I couldn't load either of them, except for early saves towards the beginning of the game.)

I've been a GC player since GC I and I wrote a long post earlier defending the SD devs, but I can't do that on this one. This is a critical/stop-ship bug, it's 100% reproducible, and it's been in the code for weeks. Brad himself said that there's no excuses for the game to be crashing if it's caused by their code. I appreciate the sentiment and the SD devs dedication to fixing these problems, but I am just not going to start any more games living in fear that when the game inevitably crashes from memory leaks that I might lose my game forever because I can't load any of the save games.

I want to start playing again, because GC2 is a great game....but working around this bug is just too much.

Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
...might be that the game is generating corrupt save game files, or possibly it's a null-pointer access in the save game loading code...

I think this dev post supports this idea, and I think that it is causing some memory issues as well:
Link
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well, a lot of things are possible. As I said, I don't have access to the devs' source code or symbol files, nor do I know how GC2 is architected, so there's very little (if anything) I can state definitively that doesn't amount to wild speculation.

All I can do is draw reasonable inferences from what I observe when the game crashes when I try to load my save games and from what I see in the VS debugger. Anything is possible, but I don't think it's a memory leak problem. Here's my reasoning: Leaks that cause crashes typically take a very long time to build up. As Cari wrote, you keep on allocating memory and either not freeing it or constant allocation/deallocation ends up fragmenting the RAM to the point that requests for dynamic memory blocks of a particular size fail because there are no contiguous blocks of free RAM of that size, and it's very common to not check to see if "malloc" failed. But given that most machines have boatloads of RAM (my machine has 2GB) and everyone has a virtual memory disk/page file, the amount of RAM on your system is considerable. If my save game crash is the result of a memory "leak", I would likely hear my hard disk going into conniptions trying to swap memory to disk in a futile effort to allocate memory. That does not happen. Also, a crash caused by a memory leak is going to be inconsistent...in other words, the point in galciv2 where you crash is going to depend on how much RAM is unallocated on your entire system when you run GC2. That includes RAM used by the OS and all programs running on your system, and the state of your system memory will be different every time you run GC2. In a nutshell, your debug.err is going to look different from crash to crash. But that is not the case with this crash...my debug.err is identical every single time, even with different save game files. It crashes in exactly the same spot in the load sequence, which suggests it's not a leak, but a specific line of code that's causing the problem.

Again, I can't say what exactly is causing the problem because I don't know what it is and I don't claim to know. All I can say is that everything I've directly observed so far suggests programmer error. Could it be something else, perhaps even something specific to my personal machine, like a video driver? Sure it could be, but the balance of probability is that it is not.

I just want the bloody bug fixed. Heck, I'll set my machine up for remote debugging and let the SD devs examine the crash directly on my machine if they think it'll help them diagnose the problem.

Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
well, if it corrupts the save files, i have a game i can not access. i have 4 diff saves for it covering about a 2 hours time frame. none of them will load and its all saves on the same game. So my question is if i have 4 diff saves from diff times why are all 4 not loading. Its a weird problem. .....shrug..... driving me nuts tho, i was having a blast in that game.... peace tooth.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well, I have the same problem and it's very annoying!

Crash because of memory leak happened only once but this BUG with loading of saved game happens every time I load!

And I also noticed it happens if the save file is bigger or eqal to 10MB!

9MB save works flawlessly but when game gets bigger than 10MB it never loads again!

I played gigantic map and made 170 turns when game became unplayable because of memory problems (PF was 1.5GB) and I saved it and never load again!


AND another bug! (or feature maybe? )

I play Battle of Gods scenario and when it comes to screen where I choose opponents it has always 8 opponents selected!! Neither I can select them or change their intelligence or relations! Nothing works on that screen except Next button and to globally select intelligence! I could post you a screenshot if you didn't understand...

In normal game scenario everything works fine!


I'm crazy ybout those two bugs because I can't play gigiantic map becaouse of load game bug, and I can't use smaller maps with fewer civs becaouse of this opponents bug! Or feature
Game is GREAT!! but these two bugs are very annoying... Hope to get fixed soon...


Debug Message: Version v1.1 last updated on: Mon Apr 24 19:03:49 2006
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 5/4/2006, 00:12:25
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: DIVLJO
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp1.020828-1920)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+, ~1.5GHz
Physical Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 231MB used, 1273MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0333&SUBSYS_2978107D&REV_A1
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor Name: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution:
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
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Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
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Product ID: 100
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Provider: NVIDIA Corporation
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Driver Date: 4/13/2005 12:34:02
Type: WDM
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Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (sw vp): NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 72
Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit.
Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps***********************
Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes.
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 369e99
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
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: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for PirateShip. ***
Debug Message: Found existing ship type with class name: Ranger
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for Starbase. ***
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipclass
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\CustomMaps\*.gc2map
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Scenarios\*.gc2scenario
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Dread Lords Campaign\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Logos\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Metaverse\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Mods\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Portraits\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Divljo\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\temp\*.sav
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: Loading Scenario Data
Debug Message: Loading Custom Map
Debug Message: Loading Data Defs
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Loading TechDefs
Debug Message: Max num techs: 248
Debug Message: Loading ImprovementDB
Debug Message: Loading Component Defs
Debug Message: Loading ShipTypes
Debug Message: Loading ShipConfigs
Debug Message: Loading AnomalyTypes
Debug Message: Loading RandomEvents
Debug Message: Loading UPIssues
Debug Message: Loading ResourceTypes
Debug Message: Loading InvasionTactics
Debug Message: Loading SBmodules
Debug Message: Loading PoliticalParties
Debug Message: Loading Planet Types
Debug Message: Loading Star Types
Debug Message: Loading Game
Debug Message: Loading Galaxy
Debug Message: Loading FOW Map
Debug Message: Loading ZOC Map
Debug Message: Loading Planets
Debug Message: Loading Stars
Debug Message: Loading Anomalies
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Debug Message: Loading Civs
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Im also waiting. I would like a dev opion on this. I know they are busy, but i have time
Reply #12 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
bleh, just got the same error

DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for PirateShip. ***
Debug Message: Found existing ship type with class name: Ranger
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for Starbase. ***

and yet, there are no pirates in my game, or for that matter lucky rangers
Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
well, I've found solution for my problems!

Loading WORKS when I put GalCiv in windowed mode!

Try it
Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Glad I was able to be of some help first for me then for others

i started playing in widnowed because of icq msgs and tried to load game..and worked
Reply #18 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yup, I've got this problem too. I always run windowed mode ... so that's not a viable solution. Maybe I should try running fullscreen and loading it.
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i starting using a program called cashman

http://www.outertech.com/?_charisma_page=index&PHPSESSID=68b4d3d305aefc23b95f9533e7461c54

had to start a new game, but ive had no problems since. its a memory manager.... peace tooth.