[1.7][Crash] Something bad happens at the start of the next turn....

from Elemental Forums

My most recent game crashed.  This is becoming expected.

I restart the game and load the most recent autosave.  It gets to the same turn and crashes again.

I restart the game again and load that autosave again.  I do somethings differently, to make sure I"m not the probelm.  I reach the same turn, and the game crashes again.

I restart the game again and load a much earlier save.  I do many thing differently.  I reach the same turn, and the game crashes again.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I was having the same problems after 1.7 patch. What I found is that I must verify my game files via the steam console at least twice a week to keep the crashes away. On average at least 1-2 files come up corrupt and need to be downloaded. I never had this problem with 1.6 patch.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I am not having a problem with the game crashing randomly, however it still builds up memory usage on bigger maps with more opponents.  I find a memory defragmenter is very useful when used with this game.  I use System Mechanic's one but that costs, I'm sure there is a free one that does the job.  What I do when the game starts getting a bit slow is save the game (which can take a while) and then quit and use the memory defragmenter.

However, you are talking about it crashing on a certain turn.  I have only experienced crashes or stalls when it slows to a crawl then stops with too much activity, or sometimes when alt-tabbing and another window appears on top of the LH window.  There are so many configs that some people can get crashes all the time and some rarely if ever.

AFAIK, I have not had the problem with the files corrupting.  Are you sure your hard disk is alright?

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