No virtual memory message however a few times i get a message on my desktop when DA crashes that my nvidia display driver has changed resolution and i have to reboot to get my resolution back.

Saying that ive reinstalled my graphic drivers and the ones im using are the lastest nvidia ones???

I will try turning things down and using a smaller map like you said and c if thats happens maybe your right with the texture memory. however ive got to pick my daughter up from school and i dont have time at the moment i will try this out later and get back to you on this matter.

Well, it could be a driver issue.  We did change some of the ship textures to use larger textures, but more of the ships are sharing textures, so it shouldn't be a problem.  If you e-mail me your debug.err, the screenshots, and the exact text of the message, I can forward it to my contact at NVidia to see if he can determine if it's a bug in the drivers.

[email protected]

 

Lets me c if using a smaller map and less textures on screen solves this problem first if not i will email that stuff you want. not a problem

Ok its still doing it ive change down the size of the map, my opponents, ive got rid of a number of things like the star background and it still gets the graphics corrupted although which was different from before it took alot longer before the graphics messed up this time. I will e-mail my debug file my screenshots however i dont have the message to do with the nvidia error message it did not come up this time my computer automically reset itself instead and rebooted.

If this is the case. it may have attempted to generate a 'Blue Screen of Death'. Please go to Control Panel->System Properties->Advanced tab->Startup and Recovery Settings and uncheck 'Automatically restart'.

If your computer then does the same thing again while playing, it may crash to a blue screen. If this happens, write down the error message listed near the top in all caps, the hexadecimal numbers at the bottom of the screen (four groups beginning with 0x), and the affected file, if it gives one.

BSODs are generally a result of a hardware or driver issue, and that information can help figure out what sort of problem it is.

I do get a blue screen sometimes when booting my system but it goes and everything is fine.

Ok ive done that i will play dark avator and hope it crashes again.

The thing is and this puzzles me i dont get any problems with Dread Lords nothing at all not even any lag and im using gigantic map size max opponents 4x antialiasing, max stars and planets and it runs fine. Come to Dark Avator and World War 3 starts lol.

Also, set your computer to create minidump files so that we can send it to NVidia.

Right click my computer->properties->Advanced->Startup and recovery.
Click the settings button under 'Startup and recovery'.

The mindump files are saved by default to c:\windows\minidump
Also, you should turn off the 'Automatically restart' option when there's a system error.

Might have to give me a few days until i can get my system to crash again like. I played dark avator last night with messed up graphics for about 30 minutes "just plain selecting options and doing random things" I was hoping my system would crash and it did not in the end i gave up as it was late. I will try again soon.

Ok ive been trying for days to get a error report and i finally got 1 i only manages to get 1 screenshot before it dispeared hope this helps. Like i said Dread lords works fine been playing it for ages as for Dark Avator theres something seriously wrong somewhere. I you need any more info please tell me.

Oh by the way i could not get a blue screen of death just these microsoft error reports.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/3227/civ4ju5.png

Sean,

Well less blue screens are generally a good thing.

If you install SmartException from here:

https://www.stardock.com/products/smartexception

it will generate a report when DarkAvatar crashes which you can send in to us.  These reports can help us determine if you're seeing a driver error or some other error that is causing the graphics distortion and crashing.

 

Ok will do, will get back to you when it happens. Im abit busy laterly with work and kids so it might be a few days until i can get one, but i will do one when i can NP.

Ok Cari my system crashed again "not a surprise" I have a exception log using Smartexception "which you told me" and ive e-mailed it to you.

What happened this time is after a few minutes playing Dark Avator the graphics messed up then my system just crashed back to desktop an mircosoft error report came up again i quit out of that and found the log file in smartexception and emailed the ZIP file to you.

Hope this helps.

I hope I am not thread jacking, but I am having the same problems.
I am also getting low virtual memory.

I was able to screen cap the sample video problem:

http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imagegz4.png

I also have the latest nvidia drivers. I hope this image helps anyone and everyone.

edit: it has not crashed on me yet, but the frame rates are low, and images get all funky like the above link.

I don't know if I have exactly the same problem, but I am also having problems with the graphics corrupting. I am currently working through the Dark Avatar campaign. Things start out fine. There are a few pauses as stuff is loaded off the hard drive since I am low on system memory, but nothing that really bothers me. Then, usually after a battle, all of the graphics except for the most basic parts of the user interface start flickering. This includes planets, stars, ships, names, but so far not the icons that get used when zoomed out. The items in the tech tree (not the list but the tree at the bottom) are also affected. After I continue to try to play, the entire top half of the screen goes black, except for what is immediately around the pointer. It will occasionally return for a moment when I change screen, but then it goes black again.

After this happened the first few times I reinstalled both DL and DA including all of the patches. It did not solve the problem. I must also point out that several of the DL patches have backfired. I did not have any problems with the turn button, minimap, or the timeline until after downloading the patch that was supposed to solve the problem.

This is the debug.err from the latest occurrence of the problem. This time the program hung on exit and I had to put the computer into sleep mode to get back to the desktop and kill it.
Debug Message: Version v1.50x3 Dark Avatar last updated on: Mon Mar 12 18:37:34 2007
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 4/1/2007, 19:15:34
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: FLATCAT
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.061219-0316)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron XPS
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A02
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Physical Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 334MB used, 913MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 AGP (0x4E50)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_017C1028&REV_00
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6561
Driver Date: 8/4/2005 00:10:38
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SigmaTel Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24D5&SUBSYS_017C1028&REV_02
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: stac97.sys
Provider: SigmaTel
Driver Version: 5.10.3887.0000
Driver Date: 11/7/2003 19:23:58
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: 1920 x 1200
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700
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: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 ca26f230
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: No files found matching mask Movies\techs\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Gfx\Movies\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\sfx\*.wav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Event Music\*.mp3
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: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=0
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding FullscreenBink
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Killing ship styles:
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\ShipStyles\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask ./Data/\FleetFormations\*.fleet
Debug Message: No files found matching mask Gfx\Planets\C0*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/1SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/1SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/1SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/1SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/2SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/2SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/2SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/2SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/3SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/3SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/3SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/3SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/4SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/4SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/4SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/4SideW*.png
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: No files found matching mask ./Data/English/Tutorials/*.xml
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=1
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=35
Debug Message: Error loading mission 16 from E:\Safe\Games\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2/./Data/English/Campaigns/Dread Lords Campaign.gc2campaign
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding CampaignWnd
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 asteroid fields.
Debug Message: Killing asteroid field mining bases.
Debug Message: Killing space resources.
Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets.
Debug Message: killing scenario.
Debug Message: Clearing Turn Event Log
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: Loading Campaign Data
Debug Message: Loading Scenario Data
Debug Message: Loading Custom Map
Debug Message: Loading Data Defs
Debug Message: Data Defs block size: 1169304
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Killing ship styles:
Debug Message: Loading TechDefs
Debug Message: Max num techs: 273
Debug Message: Loading ImprovementDB
Debug Message: Loading Component Defs
Debug Message: Loading ShipTypes
Debug Message: Loading ShipTemplates
Debug Message: Loading ParsedHardpoints
Debug Message: Loading AnomalyTypes
Debug Message: Loading RandomEvents
Debug Message: Loading UPIssues
Debug Message: Loading ResourceTypes
Debug Message: Loading InvasionTactics
Debug Message: Loading SBmodules
Debug Message: Loading PoliticalParties
Debug Message: Loading Planet Types
Debug Message: Loading Star Types
Debug Message: Loading AFMBModules
Debug Message: Loading ShipStyles
Debug Message: Loading Game
Debug Message: Loading: Game mode is campaign.
Debug Message: Loading Galaxy
Debug Message: Sectors across: 4 x 4
Debug Message: Loading FOW Map
Debug Message: Loading ZOC Map
Debug Message: Loading Planets
Debug Message: Loading Stars
Debug Message: Loading Anomalies
Debug Message: Loading Resources
Debug Message: Loading AsteroidFields
Debug Message: Loading AFMiningBases
Debug Message: Loading Civs
Debug Message: Loading Colonies
Debug Message: Loading RallyPoints
Debug Message: Loading Ships
Debug Message: Loading Fleets
Debug Message: Can't find ship type Fleet in definitions
Debug Message: Can't find ship type Fleet in definitions
Debug Message: Can't find ship type Fleet in definitions
Debug Message: Can't find ship type Fleet in definitions
Debug Message: Can't find ship type Fleet in definitions
Debug Message: Loading Turn Event Log
Debug Message: Loading Treaties
Debug Message: Loading ENDGALAXYDATA
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: UIBeginGame called with g_ulLocalPlayerID = 1
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Campaign Game Started: Dark Avatar
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Disabled
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S2_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Altarian Resistance Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S3_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Arcean Empire Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S6_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Dominion of Korx Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S7_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Drath Legion Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S13_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Dread Lords Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S1_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Drengin Empire Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S9_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Iconian Refuge Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S10_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Korath Clan Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S11_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Krynn Consulate Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: Pirate_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Pirate Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S0_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Terran Alliance Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S8_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Thalan Empire Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S4_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Torian Confederation Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S5_PirateShip.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Yor Collective Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S2_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Altarian Resistance Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S3_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Arcean Empire Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S6_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Dominion of Korx Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S7_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Drath Legion Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S13_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Dread Lords Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S1_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Drengin Empire Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S9_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Iconian Refuge Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S10_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Korath Clan Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S11_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Krynn Consulate Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: Pirate_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Pirate Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S0_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Terran Alliance Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S8_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Thalan Empire Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S4_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Torian Confederation Style.
Debug Message: Could not find ship config: S5_Starbase.shipcfg. This core ship will not be available for style Yor Collective Style.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=16
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 2
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ResearchWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 9
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: ***Attacker Terran Alliance has courage bonus 0
***Defender Drengin Empire has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=30
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding FleetCombatWnd
Debug Message: Destroying ship Hope Mk 4 181. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drengin Fleet 13. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=32
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ShipDetailsWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=47
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ShipReportWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=47
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ShipReportWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=47
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ShipReportWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Destroying ship Colony Ship M0-1 38. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Pollux II
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Destroying ship Colony Ship M0-1 16. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Wardell I
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=22
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding HeadlineWnd
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=16
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 2
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ResearchWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 9
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=12
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding RandomEventWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 8d
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=20
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding QuarterlyWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 3
Debug Message: EconomicWnd: Cannot find OBJID Template_Button_Back
Debug Message: DomesticEspionageWnd: Cannot find OBJID Espionage_Slider_Title
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Thalan Constructor M1-10 183. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=22
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding HeadlineWnd
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=16
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 2
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ResearchWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=9
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding StarbaseWnd
Debug Message: Destroying ship Constructor 243. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Destroying ship Thalan Constructor M1-10 240. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=22
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding HeadlineWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=16
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 2
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ResearchWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 7
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 6
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 7
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 5
Debug Message: CampaignVictoryWnd: Cannot find OBJID Campaign_Status_Title
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=9
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding StarbaseWnd
Debug Message: Destroying ship Constructor 247. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Dark Avatar\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 4
Debug Message: Max num techs: 273
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 172423 Max tech size: 1927
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 69616
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 182492
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 24788 Max ship class data size: 576
Debug Message: Total ship template class data size: 9556 Max ship class data size: 324
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 6868, Max anomaly type size: 341
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 45246 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 272840 Max UP issue size: 7180
Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2789 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 35756 Max starbase module size: 467
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13896 Max political party size: 1737
Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
Debug Message: Total star type data size: 6896 Max star type size: 862
Debug Message: Total asteroid field mining base module data size: 955 Max asteroid field mining base module size: 255
Debug Message: Total ship style data size: 9406 Max ship style size: 684
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is campaign.
Debug Message: Game Object data: 16
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14427
Debug Message: FOW data: 38812
Debug Message: ZOC data: 260
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 61803 Max Planet data size: 3667
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 4079 Max Star data size: 349
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 1242 Max Anomaly data size: 311
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 1834 Max space resource data size: 262
Debug Message: Total Asteroid Field data size: 1317 Max Asteroid Field data size: 439
Debug Message: Total Asteroid Field Mining Base data size: 1458 Max Asteroid Field Mining Base data size: 486
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 343199 Max Civ data size: 87825
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 2646 Max colony data size: 294
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 783 Max Rallypoint data size: 261
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 31501 Max Ship Data size: 1440
Debug Message: Total Fleet data size: 29215 Max Fleet Data size: 3802
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=38
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding AchievementWnd
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 9
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 3
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=22
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding HeadlineWnd
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=16
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 2
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ResearchWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 7
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 6
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 7
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 5
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 9
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Terran Defender M0-1 17. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Sander I
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: ***Attacker Terran Alliance has courage bonus 0
***Defender Drengin Empire has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=30
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding FleetCombatWnd
Debug Message: Destroying ship Hope Mk 5 260. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Hope Mk 5 260. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog default
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=22
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding HeadlineWnd
Debug Message: AI Report: Negative Attack from Base result
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=16
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 2
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ResearchWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=20
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding QuarterlyWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=19
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding OptionsWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=28
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Dread Lords Campaign\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Gfx\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Metaverse\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\ships\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\ShipStyles\*.sav
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Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Story Logs\*.sav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\temp\*.sav
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding SaveGameWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Jim McDermott\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Dark Avatar\Save.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 4
Debug Message: Max num techs: 273
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 172423 Max tech size: 1927
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 69616
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 183777
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 26012 Max ship class data size: 576
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Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2789 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
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Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
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Debug Message: Total asteroid field mining base module data size: 955 Max asteroid field mining base module size: 255
Debug Message: Total ship style data size: 9406 Max ship style size: 684
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is campaign.
Debug Message: Game Object data: 16
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14427
Debug Message: FOW data: 38860
Debug Message: ZOC data: 260
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Debug Message: Total Star data size: 4079 Max Star data size: 349
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Debug Message: Total Asteroid Field Mining Base data size: 1458 Max Asteroid Field Mining Base data size: 486
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Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 2646 Max colony data size: 294
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 783 Max Rallypoint data size: 261
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 33350 Max Ship Data size: 1440
Debug Message: Total Fleet data size: 33903 Max Fleet Data size: 4570
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=19
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding OptionsWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=19
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding OptionsWnd
Debug Message: OptionsWnd: Quit Btn
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=10
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding MessageBoxWnd
Debug Message: Posting WM_CLOSE message.
Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize start
Debug Message: Killing hidden planet surface init thread. Waiting for it to die.

I forgot to mention that it usually does not crash. The crash on close was unique (so far)

mcdjfp, try updating your video drivers.

They are the most current drivers available for my system that I can find. I went to the ATI site and found my board on their drivers page. There were what looked like newer drivers, but I can't download them. I start the process and they download a checker program which looks at my system and then says:

"Thank you for your interest in CATALYST

Unfortunately, this software update cannot be installed on your system. Please contact your notebook manufactuer for driver updates"

I go to the dell website to check there and I find that I have the newest version available, dated 8/16/2005.

Try at omegadrivers.net, then.

blacklite, (mcdjfp you might find this useful as well)

To increase the amount of Virtual Memory available to Windows:
 
1) Right click on the My Computer icon and chose properties
2) Click on the advanced tab
3) Under performance, click on the Settings button.
4) Click on the advanced tab
5) Click on the change button
6) Change the initial size to the recommended size and then increase the maximum size.
 
As a note, you should make sure that you have enough hard drive space left for the maximum virtual memory size or you'll start having problems whenever Windows has to allocate more virtual memory. You can get the size of the virtual memory in gigs by dividing the number by 1024.

I've managed to solve my problem at least for the moment. The flickering problem went away after I turned the Throttle Frame Rate option off. The problem with the top half of the screen went away after I turned Anti-Aliasing completetly off.

They might return on larger maps or later in the game, but for now this seems to work.

Thanks Cari,

I will try the page file size change.

FYI, Some of the flickering and stuff went away after I turned throttle franme rate off and INCREASED AA to 1x or 2x.

However, my regular games are still a little choppy; also, I have never had a problem with the original game (aka not Avatar).