Bugs i found yet

Hi!

Great game. Unfortunately i encountered some bugs in the last time. i will describe all i can remember here.
ok:

- 1 crash to desktop.

- 1 freeze on diplomatic screen while talking to the yor. i played with the options while suddenly the game freezes (including the animated portrait) while mousecursor and music still functioned. taskmanager was callable but covered by the game so that i cant see where to click (but i had the resize-window-cursor at the edges of the invisible taskmanager). so i rebooted.

- strange behaviour of my citizens. i had 33% taxes. i run into money problems as the galactic senat (or how is it called) decided to use 2000c for making people happier. i had ~ -1800c and raised the taxes to maximum to get money back. my people were upset. i had ~14 approval. after being rich again i lowered the taxes to 45% and suddenly people loved me. 100% approval. i think its weired that people i stole all money love me when i lower the taxes to a level higher as 10 weeks before

- strange custom race problems. i created a custom race. when i entered the custom race screen and removed ALL abilities, and techs i still found +6% logistics on abilities overview. i added my techs, warparty, abilities "weapons true warroir", "defense master" and "hitpoints superior". so i had the bonusses from them +6% logistics. where the hell does this come from? but not enough i saved the race, loaded it next day again and had: the abilities i should have PLUS 10% logistics AND 20% build military

i removed EVERYTHING and had +4% on logistics now. i added my weapon, hitpoints, defense abilities saved and loaded and had the same +20% military again. i think the whole custom race thingie is bugged...

- after espionage you can see other races abilities in some window. when u click the category below "abilities" and then on abilities again you get a black abilities window instead of the abilities again.

thats what i found in 4 games yet.

i hope this helps. the next bugs i try to describe better

i would like to add my debug.err but i cannot upload it anywhere. so the crash bug-reports seem to be not very useful...

sorry. regards
marcel

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the forums edit function is bugged...

i wanted to add the fact that i cant upload by debug.err to the forum and i dont have webspace. i htink the crash error reports in my post are quiet useless this way

regards
marcel

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it's only a txt file - you can open it in notepad and copy & paste it...

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unfortunately it seems that the debug.err is deleted on every crash and not rewritten.
my last crash occured just some minutes before. i was creating a campaign game and alt-tabbed out of the game to surf the internet while the game was on the briefing-screen of the very first mission. when after some time i alt-tabbed back it says that the application encountered a error and needs to be closed.

my debug.err:

Debug Message: Version v1.0X.2 last updated on: Tue Mar 7 15:02:59 2006
Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 3/21/2006, 01:15:51
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: PRIVATE
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: German (Regional Setting: German)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.4GHz
Physical Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 155MB used, 3839MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 7800 GT
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0092&SUBSYS_E5173842&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug und Play-Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8198
Driver Date: 12/10/2005 03:06:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes

Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SB Live! Audio [BC00]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80271102&REV_08
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Provider: Creative
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0252
Driver Date: 7/19/2002 10:47:52
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0

Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 60
Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit.
Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps***********************
Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes.
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 369e99
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Marcel\Eigene Dateien\My Games\GalCiv2\*.StarSystems
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for PirateShip. ***
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for Starbase. ***
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: Error loading mission 16 from E:\games\GalCiv2\./Data/English/Campaigns/Dread Lords Campaign.gc2campaign
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Marcel\Eigene Dateien\My Games\GalCiv2\Dread Lords Campaign\*.sav
Debug Message: Error loading mission 16 from E:\games\GalCiv2\./Data/English/Campaigns/Dread Lords Campaign.gc2campaign
Debug Message: Creating Galaxy
Debug Message: Set galaxy size.
Debug Message: Killing threads.
Debug Message: Kiling civs.
Debug Message: Killing ships.
Debug Message: Killing rallypoints.
Debug Message: Killing misc objects.
Debug Message: Killing stars.
Debug Message: Killing anomalies.
Debug Message: Killing space resources.
Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets.
Debug Message: killing scenario.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: MissionWnd: Cannot find OBJID Campaign_MiniMap_Window
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Num Anomalies: 7
Debug Message: CustomRaceWnd: Cannot find OBJID CustomRace_Description_Text
Debug Message: CustomRaceWnd: Cannot find OBJID CustomRace_Tab_Homeworld
Debug Message: Creating Civs
Debug Message: Drengin Empire: Intellence -> 50
Debug Message: Altarian Republic: Intellence -> 70
Debug Message: Creating Civs... Done
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Galaxy Create... Done
Debug Message: UIBeginGame called with g_ulLocalPlayerID = 0
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: TitleWnd: Quit Button.
Debug Message: Posting WM_CLOSE message.
Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize start
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy
Debug Message: Killing threads.
Debug Message: Kiling civs.
Debug Message: Killing ships.
Debug Message: Killing rallypoints.
Debug Message: Killing misc objects.
Debug Message: Killing stars.
Debug Message: Killing anomalies.
Debug Message: Killing space resources.
Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets.
Debug Message: killing scenario.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy: Completed
Debug Message: GameUninitialize end
Debug Message: Device not cleared. 1 counts left.
Debug Message: D3D not cleared. 1 counts left.
Debug Message: Destroying Window.
Debug Message: Main Shell terminating normally

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bug #2 is not a bug, when you start upping your taxes way too high (you said you had a global approval rate of 14) the number of registred cetisent paying taxes will pummel and as a rule, less population is easier to please so you might have 100% approval but lost bilions of taxpayers wich will gradually come back as long as they are happy enough (for experiance, the pop of a planet start to stabilise around 50-40% approuval, under that it shrink and over it grow (until max pop is acheived). The more unhappy or the more happy, the more important the pop change will be that why you need to keep your pop happy all the time even if it mean losing money or reducing industrial capacity because less citisent mean less taxes wich in turn mean less money. I always try to keep my approval rate above 70% and when I can above 80% global. Also, look out for planet with massive population, the more you have the harder it is to please. At around 20bilions on a planet, they become harder and harder to please.

A good rule for me when it comes to happiness is to always include an "happy" improvement on all my world and on those econo world, one farm for one happy and another happy for the colony center.

Just my two cents.

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