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I can't get very far and always crash on clicking next turn when my sovereign is near the trolls to the south.
I finally got dropbox. Here are the files and a save game before the crash.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6650375/debug.err
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6650375/DxDiag.txt
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6650375/Elemental0_302-2010-05-02T20-40-40-813.zip
If your at .302 (1Z3) I would highly recommend a full UNISTALL, then delete ALL related Dir, both C:\programs\((x86))\Stardock Games and then the Profile based dirs c:\My Documents\%username%\then reinstall. If your up to it. Run a Registry cleaning pass as well, at your own risk though. Do not go in there unless you know what can happen if you mess up. 
I have found that after some updates, the best solution was a full remove and reinstall from scratch. 1Z4 awaits though. 
My 1Z3 has not crashed to desktop yet. But only froze and not responded! So i had to Ctr + Alt + Del to shut it down! I believe 1Z4 should be the one that push us forward to Beta 2!
Following the suggestion of John Hughes I did a full uninstall and re-install. (Though I didn't mess with my registry.) I still get crashes. I even tried reloading the save game above and it crashed after a few more turns. Obviously from all the other crash reports, Elemental is still missing a certain robustness and stability. I'm hoping that this is resolved shortly as I'm really looking forward to this game.
Are you getting any more turns after the re-install. I noted your .err file listed only 23 turn before the crash. I have been crashing as well but have seen games up to 460, then it won't reload.
Your machine seems Robust enough. I run a Quad Core 2.5ghz as well. Just upped to 5GB's on board.
I still suspect memory as the culprit though. 1Z4 may be the ticket as it is a 2 week spacing.
Can you try updating your display drivers and see if that helps? Thanks!
My display drivers are up-to-date. ("Update your drivers" is the last gasp of the desperate support person.)
My computer is equipped with middle-of-the-road, fairly vanilla, garden-variety hardware and software; not particularly high-end but definitely not obsolete or under-powered. (see the dxdiag). If others with similar set-ups have crashes I think that there is some more essential issues. I have no problems with a wide assortment of other games and programs.
Still hoping the next update gets this fixed.
Maybe updating your driver won't help, but your nvidia driver is not up-to-date. - Driver Date: 6/26/2009
This is the latest WHQL x64 Win7 [your OS] nvidia driver for the 9800GT [your gfx card] - http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_197.45_whql.html [Driver Date: 4/13/2010]
I use the free version of drivermax to check what drivers need updating. It's not perfect or the easiest to use, but it works ok for me.
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