CTD upon entering game

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OK, I want to kick some dreadlord butt. Or at least destroy a few evil races. Either way, I want to use some ingenious creativity in the ship designer and rule my people with an iron fist! but I can't .

OK so to the bug description: I start the demo game. I go to the menu and look at all the cool additions. I tweak a bit, set to 1 opponent on fool (I want a quick, ez game) and then prepare to kick butt. It cuts to desktop as soon as I click the last 'next' button. sometimes it shows what I think is a startup hint, but I only see it for a few seconds.

now, it said (when I played it the first time) I don't have the latest display drivers. So, my comp is a VPR Matrix, so I go to the site and dl(via external hard drive) and install the drivers. I had the same crash to desktop before and after I supposedly installed the drivers. I'm quite sure I installed the drivers right- it was quite straightforward. I think it asked me to reboot, and I did.

Now, I've only tried this with the demo. As soon as I can activate the full game, I'll try it then.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Please go to C:\Program Files\Stardock\Totalgaming\GalCiv2 (or wherever you installed the game at), open the debug.err file you find there in notepad, and copy/paste the contents into a post here. This will give us some technical information that can help troubleshoot your problem.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Please post a debug.err file, so it's possible to see if the drivers installed correctly.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I opened it with notepad and all it says is:

debug message: version 1.2 beta 2 last updated on: fri jun 2 19:51:16 2006

doesn't seem like an error message- Same thing it's said when I've opened it before. Could I be missing crucial data because of Notepad or is that even possible?
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
No. However, that cannot be a complete error file, since the computer specs should be listed.

Also, update to 1.2 final version.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
'bout to do that, just posting to say the problem persists with the full game.

I SO long to kick Dreadlord butt!
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ok, I downloaded what was apparently the update (1.2) and it installed the demo. the EXE I dl'ed was Galciv2_120_bonuspack_071806. is this the right file?

edit: um, I purchased the download a few days ago, that's how I got the game. Is it already v1.2?
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It's already beta 1.3.

Uninstall everything, and re-install the core game, then install 1.2 from stardock central. DO NOT install the bonus pack, or beta 1.3.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The bonus pack is included in 1.2, so that's why you don't need to install it.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
well, it just installed to ...Galactic Civilizations II/GalCiv2demo or something like that, so I just deleted that folder.

The game now runs: I downloaded the Nvidia display drivers a few threads north and it now runs. I posted there as well. Work is now underway on a game example of mine (after I learn to play of course!)