GalCiv2 ForumsWell the CD arrived today, so I did a clean install of the unpatched version. Still crashes, exactly the same way, exactly the same place.
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ou cant even log onto the forums in firefox... Piffle, I'm running it now. But overall, I gotta agree, these forums are really not comfortable to use.
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TheDrink, is your crash accompanied by the game screen seriously distorting/artifacting? If so, your error looks identical to mine! Even the end of your error report is the same, so this indicates either our completely-different-systems have the same problem (relatively unlikely) or there's a compatibility fault in the game.
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codecs.... could that be it? Anyone got any ideas on this?
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Ok, tried every level of hardware acceleration. First few resulted in nothing but a black screen (expected). The first one to work then had the same issue - crash.
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Omega Drivers are alternative and unofficial drivers for ATI and nvidia. This Link goes to the page. All you have to do is click on the nvidia tab, then on your OS at the top. I have seen a few people post that the Omega drivers did the trick, so since you are running out of options I thought I would mention them. You can click
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Cari_Elf mentioned in passing, codecs.... could that be it? If that's it, how do I find out and how do I fix it?
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Well the new ones (Latest stable nVidia release) seemed to be what made things misidentify my card, reading it's chipset rather than it's make (Seeing it as a GO rather than a GT). I've no idea what knock-on issues that could cause. Thinking about it, the on-screen corruption occured about 20-30seconds later with the new drivers, but was much more pronounced in it's appearance (more colours and apparent artifacting) than when it does it wit
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try setting the DirectX sound acceleration to basic or no acceleration. Did that, no joy. do your have your refresh rate or your resolution set extremely high? <
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Definately not a heat issue. CPU is contant at 45 to 50, GPU is at 50. Both perfectly normal for my card. And I only cleaned the damn thing out last week! lol
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Intro plays, game loads, select race/competitors and the load screen works. Game screen corrupts and system bogs down to about 10seconds a frame before completely crashing. Usually takes entire computer down with it. Caused one reboot. Things tried: Checked system temperatures (cpu and gpu) Updated video drivers to latest Updated sound card drivers to latest removed un-needed pheriphals killed background apps
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*sigh* No-one got any ideas then?
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A thread by someone else: https://forums.galciv2.com/?ForumID=274&AID=107523 They're saying there that they're running a GO chipset on their graphics card, and are having CTDs and total freezes. The game misidentifies my GPU as a GO chipset. Could it be an issue between the game and it's method of dealing with said chipset?
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My system is running a 6600GT, which the game identifies as a 6600GO, and I'm getting crashes and total freezes as soon as I launch into the game (after picking races, etc, and once the loading screen has cleared). Perhaps the game has an issue with the GO chipset? I've taken all steps I and a dev could think of short of reinstalling my OS (in fact, I tried it on a different OS on the same system). If it's the game having trouble with the GO chipset, it could explain both your's and
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I have a feeling it's something to do with hardware. It could be the RAM, the graphics card, or the power supply. Heck, it could even be a bad sector on the hard drive. Well I've done all the system stressing tests I can think of, going as far as running something to torture the RAM and whacking other gam
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Temperatures are all fine. Debugs: First one: Debug Message: Version v1.0X.1 last updated on: Mon Mar 6 13:57:14 2006 Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 3/14/2006, 15:25:03 DirectX Version: DirectX 9
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To add to the list of attempted remedies: Turned audio hardware acceration down to basic Turned off framerate throttling. Still no luck.
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https://forums.galciv2.com/?ForumID=162&AID=107273 ^^^ previous thread on the matter, but it appears I posted it in the wrong location. System: AMD XP2200+, GF6600GT 128mb AGP, 1gb RAM, AC'97-on-board-sound Symptom: Start application, and within a couple of minutes screen gets completely corrupted before locking up the system totally. Remedies tried: Checked system temperatures
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It might be worth slapping on something like 3DMark'06 to really tax your gpu (sounds like dodgy memory on the gpu) and see if it dies. Already did that by running X² with full graphic settings and flying through Ore Belt, a feat that taxes even modern systems.
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However you should try the official tech support channels before giving up. I've been in IRC #stardock with CariElf for most of the afternoon... that's pretty official.
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I'll swing by here every now and then, but it's not looking hopeful, is it? It's having the same issue on two OS's on this system, regardless of video/sound drivers, pheriphals plugged in, options chosen, desktop resolution, colour depth and the like. Short of completely reformatting my system (which ain't gonna happen - it runs everything else flawlessly), I can't think of anything else to try. So, if I can't get the CD version working, w
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Running just the base module resulted in pretty much the same thing, but without as much artifacting. This time, just the mouse pointer artifacted and the program ground to a halt before declaring a general protection fault. The mouse artifacting continued in windows afterwards. I'm out of ideas. Just ran a memory test, to make sure it wasn't dodgy ram: Torture Test ran 5 minutes 2 seconds - 0 errors, 0 warnings. It's not that either.
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Only the new nVidia driver gave me any problems though. I have no problems with my old drivers, and no problems with other games. Looks to be unique to GalCiv2.
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I don't think rolling back to old drivers will help at all. If anything try the new beta driver 84.xx I think... The new drivers just didn't recognise my card correctly. Well, I just tried the game on my 98SE partition (old video drivers, old sound drivers). Exactly the same issue. I
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Nope, it didn't. Debug Message: Version v1.0X.1 last updated on: Mon Mar 6 13:57:14 2006 Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 3/14/2006, 18:06:10 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: ESD-XP Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.
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