Stuck Turns Under 1.55.376713.1

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I do not know whether you think you have solved the stuck turn issue in version 1.55.376713.1, but just in case you think you did, you did not.  My current game has gotten stuck twice on the Arcean's turn and once on the Krynn's turn.  I would provide a save file, but every time the game gets stuck I have to exit the game, restart the game, and load the game from the most recent save.  When I do, the game does not get stuck again until some unpredictable number of turns later, so providing a save would not be of any value.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Hey, thank you for this detailed description!

How long do ai turns take, when they do NOT stuck?

Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting Zabik_2, reply 1

Hey, thank you for this detailed description!

How long do ai turns take, when they do NOT stuck?
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Each of the AI's normally take 1 - 5 seconds.  When they get stuck, I wait minutes.  I check my e-mail, check the news, hit the head, etc.  Eventually, I am convinced that the game is stuck and not just taking a long time.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

We have identified the problem and we might have a solution ready by Tuesday.  But it's a really weird issue.  For some reason, AI civs are sometimes not able to get their ship out of their shipyard. 

Reply #4 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 3

We have identified the problem and we might have a solution ready by Tuesday.  But it's a really weird issue.  For some reason, AI civs are sometimes not able to get their ship out of their shipyard. 
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Fantastic,  having to save like crazy and reboot every 10-20 turns is not fun.  But as you always say - testing mode isn't supposed to be fun. So I'll stop complaining and go find some more issues for you guys to fix  }:)  

Reply #5 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting scifi1950, reply 4


Quoting Frogboy,
reply 3

We have identified the problem and we might have a solution ready by Tuesday.  But it's a really weird issue.  For some reason, AI civs are sometimes not able to get their ship out of their shipyard. 



Fantastic,  having to save like crazy and reboot every 10-20 turns is not fun.  But as you always say - testing mode isn't supposed to be fun. So I'll stop complaining and go find some more issues for you guys to fix  }:)  

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SHould be ready by tomorrow.  Won't break save games either.

Reply #6 from GalCiv4 Forums Top
Quoting Frogboy, reply 5

SHould be ready by tomorrow.  Won't break save games either.

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I just had a stuck turn under version 1.55.377081 so, if you think you fixed it, you need to keep working on it.

Reply #7 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting PaulLach, reply 6


Quoting Frogboy,
reply 5


SHould be ready by tomorrow.  Won't break save games either.



I just had a stuck turn under version 1.55.377081 so, if you think you fixed it, you need to keep working on it.

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Can you post your saved game?  I'll take a look.  Also was this on a NEW game since the latest one or were you continuing it from a previous?

Reply #9 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 7

Can you post your saved game?  I'll take a look.  Also was this on a NEW game since the latest one or were you continuing it from a previous?
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Whenever I see a new version has been installed I start a new game so, yes, this was a new game started under 1.55.377081.

With respect to providing a save file, this is not an issue that repeats itself from a save file.  I have set the automatic save file option to save every turn.  When I load the most recent save file, the game does not get stuck again at the end of the turn.  This means that providing you with the save file would be useless since you would not be able to duplicate the issue with it.

One thing that I think I have noticed is that a message from an AI civilization seems to always come up at the end of the turn where the game previously got stuck.  I can not say for sure that this is what is causing the game to get stuck, but I think it worth taking a look to see if, somehow, the messages are not being displayed and, since we cannot see them, we cannot respond resulting in a stuck turn.