Game very unstable if reloaded

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This has been an issue for me with an older XP laptop running earlier betas, and now my new Vista desktop running the latest beta.  If you go back to the main menu from within the game, it will let you start a new game or load a save, but will nearly always crash on the first turn.  Loading a save of the current game from within the game works a little better, but things still happen (e.g. placing a spy crashes the game, all ships give you the 'lost in space' message when you try to move them, etc.).  If I'm not pleased with the direction a game is taking, I have to quit the application, and come back in.  Vista, or perhaps the latest beta, sometimes gets cranky and crashes the game if you repeatedly ctrl-N.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
the latest beta, sometimes gets cranky and crashes the game if you repeatedly ctrl-N.
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Not just the latest beta. The last couple have exhibited some interesting behaviors. A couple of games back, the game disabled ALL of my opponents. I won that game on turn 1 with an influence victory, (and a score of 0). :)
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Every version since DL 1.0 have been this way.

Once you have started a game, or loaded a saved game, it is always advisable to exit the program and restart it if you want to start a new game or load a different saved game.

And there have been certain versions of DL that did not like too many Control-N repeats, but that problem seems to come and go.
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