Game "stops" on turn 865

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As the title implies I have played several games now and on turn number 865 the game just stops.  I can do anything but advance to the next turn.  Any help would be appreciated.

here is the debug file that was there: http://pastebin.ca/1979314

Oh and for the record this the only time the game crashes and I have played several games including the campaign without any problems.

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

sounds like it might be one of the units on autoexplore jamming up, the unit MIGHT be one of yours OR one of the ai's, and I have had this happen also, and sometimes a save of the game, exit, load and load the save has helped unstick the unit(s)/game, othertimes loading an older save has allowed me to use a different path aroungd the point of no turn.

hope this helps.

harpo

 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Thanks for the suggestion.  I have tried this very thing and the game still hangs up on turn 865. I think the game may just get tired of my slow play! :zzz: I found it odd that both long games that I have played have hung up on the exact same turn! hehe Going to try another game and see what happens.

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Harpo I would just like to say....it worked liked a charm! I found a ship I had that was on auto explore...turned it off and presto turn 866!

 

Thanks! I owe you one! :beer:

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

turn number 865
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wow. I've yet to get much past turn 500 or so. Out of curiosity--how many cities for you & how many for largest faction?

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Phylast57, reply 4

turn number 865
wow. I've yet to get much past turn 500 or so. Out of curiosity--how many cities for you & how many for largest faction?
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and how many enemy factions active?

 

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

and how many enemy factions active?
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for me? Down to the last one. Started with all at hard difficulty. Just started war with Tarth. They have 28 & I have 67.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

how many had you captured?, and how many level 5 cities?

harpo

 

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

how many had you captured?, and how many level 5 cities?
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hmm..I had not considered to count until you mentioned it. I killed off 5 factions while Tarth killed off four + a minor faction. I am playing with a created faction--just having some fun waiting for 1.1.

 

I have 6 level 5 cities & 8 level 4 that will probably hit five before I wipe out Tarth. I have not actually looked because once you have that many cities it's not realistic to micro manage all. I focus on keeping gilder & food on the plus side. Food can be difficult because when you take over mismanaged cities they can drain your resources so I am balancing the capture/raze factor to stay in the black--plus i don't want stray pioneers establishing cities just to be a thorn in my side.

 

This game crashes about every 10-15 turns--depends. I am looking for the stay auto explore unit that may be causing this. Honestly, I am just trying to finish this off before 1.1 comes out

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

the most likely cause of the 10-15 turn crash is memory leak either from the 3d rendering OR music, the only way I have found to help the frequent crash issue is 64 bit windows & laa the elemental exe, but it will still OOM, but at the 3gb ram use point, not the 1.5gb ram use for the standard game, and I desperately WANT the 64 bit version that can handle ALL of my 8/12gb ram in my beast machines.

harpo