Nice! Thank you!!

Reply #20 has a 1.19g DX error: https://forums.elementalgame.com/404863

Anyone else notice the version # in Impulse lists this patch as 1.19g[rc].

rc = release candidate?

I'm still getting Epic amounts of OOM errors, stay tuned for a rollup...

Reply #8 has a current 1.19g CTD with no error message given: https://forums.elementalgame.com/404868

I agree that the OOM error has not been fixed.   It would be most unfortunate to come out with a production v 1.2 in the games present state.

In the meantime I have been able to finish a game by playing in a window rather than full screen, minimizing the window at the end of every turn, opening and closing the PC's browser, opening the game window back up and then pushing the end of turn button.   This method was suggested by several posts in the forums and has worked for me as a way to see what finishing a game is like.  

However, it is not a viable long term way to play the game.

It's too bad, while the game also needs further development, it's the type that I like (MOM, AOWSM, etc).  But in its present state the game experience is not enjoyable.

You do understand you're playing a beta version...?

I am sure that everyone understands we are playing one in a series of beta versions.   However, insuffficient progress has been made on the main issue - OOM.  I like the game and also think very well of Stardock and how hard they have worked on this game.

It is important, however for the users of the game to be clear that, while we support Stardock and their efforts, the game is not yet ready to leave beta.

I agree with you, xaltotun, and I understand some people's frustration because they really want this game to be bad-ass-super-awesomeness, just like I do.

I guess the point of my post was that if Scritty is unhappy with the performance of the beta version on his machine(s) then it might be more meaningful and helpful to calmly report the problem(s) on the support forums or simply revert to a more stable version of the game.

I am not getting OOM errors but with this build I am getting hard crashes, forcing a reboot  and reporting Hyper Transport Flood errors again. I am not overclocking any aspect of my machine, brand spanking new PC Power and Cooling 800 Watt Power supply single rail. all voltages coming in strong and clean. And I do realize this is a Beta!! I feel Scritty's frustration, the only way I have found to get past the mid game slow down is to gimp the map size, the advertized "huge maps" was something I was really looking forward to. There are ghost armies left on the map after battle, if it was a stack then ghost faction icons. Frequently my armies seem to have a mind of their own and move where I don't want them to, sometimes in the opposite direction. Also, why does my wife sound like a 3 pack a day truck driver when ever I click on her? Minor issue I know but there has to be a female at Stardock and I would be surprised to hear that you don't have access to a microphone. I guess my main bitch is to only progress I have seen is that the game seems a little snappier when an action is preformed, and I am not entirely sure that is the game as i have started unplugging my Ethernet cable  and disabling my antivirus and all unnecessary processes. I am done bitching for today, I think i'll go play some Minecraft now!!

are u telling me i paid 40 bucks for a fucking beta???

As I mentioned I 've played every version since release, beta's and otherwise. In terms of stability, challenge and "general AI" I find little difference in any of them

The most stable in terms of lack of crashes was the release for me (go figure) but it offered zero challenge as the AI frequently forgot to do anything for entire games and I just walked over them.

From 1.1 more and more stability issues occured (yes across all five totally unique PC's - varying but equally galling)

The monicker "War of magic" still amuses me - as I have yet to see the AI employ more then the most basic of arcane devices to beat me.

It's fair to say - by the time the game crashes or freezes these days I'm quite often in a position where an overwhelming victory is in sight anyway and I would likely not bother continuing to play.

I've set every slider and faction setting to max to afford a challenge, but the AI is so easy to bluff with childish and simple tactics that I find myself deliberately knobbling my attempts to beat it by being self destructive or indolent just to see whether the challenge is worth my time and effort...then the game crashes/freezes and I realize I'm wasting my time anyway.

Anyway - to answer your question - yes - I know it's Beta - I've played every single version since the lovely box dropped on my doorstep (I bought the full retail box - and nice it is too)

I won't say there aren't some minor improvements - but to have a game over 6 months old that is still unplayable in terms of stability, AI and challenge is unforgivable.

The forum posts here for the last six months read very much like the Beta test reports I sometimes hand in to developers for software (I'm currently closed Beta for Star Wars the old empire and a game called "Project Nox" (working title)).

They look like Beta tester "hand in's" because - let's face it - that's what they are.

I do hope this game thrives at some point, but despite all the noise about new and exciting personal changes and expansion plans etc - 6 months has not seen a great deal of improvement in core areas.

Just a game that I can play through to conclusion - just once - even if the AI was retarded - would be nice. And I don't think requesting that 6 months after release that a game is at least capable allowing such a basic axiom of playability is asking too much. Essp as it was the second most expensive game I've ever bought (FFXIV was the most expensive, and it's some small consolation to note that that particular MMO was substantially worse than EWoM despite a budget 50x larger)

Anyway good luck I left it three months since my last serious posts here on the forum  - I'll pop back in another 3-6 months to see if there's been any progress - Life's just too short and other games are just too good to waste more time on this at the moment.

Paul