Game crashes consistently within 30 seconds of starting.

Others have been having problems with 8500/8600 cards as well, and it's being looked into. One user reported that disabling planet textures in the game's options alleviated the problem, so give that a shot.

Thanks kryo, I can now play the game after disabling the planet/moon/ring textures

Hmm....actually I lied. I made it about 15-20 minutes into the game and it crashed on me again

Does the debug end again with the same error as before?

Yes, It ends with:

"Error flipping back buffer to primary buffer."
"D3DERR_DEVICELOST"
"Device lost"
"Attempting to reset device."

I am also getting this bug since I upgraded to a new GFX card.

I have the card working beautifully with Darwinia and Supreme Commander.

With GC2 DA its crashing - REALLY CRASHING - totally taking out the computer with multi coloured snow on screen.

This happens with 15 mins of starting and not when I'm particularly doing any thing either.

I do sometimes get some screen flickering before so I can save.

Last few lines in debug.err:
Debug Message: UIBeginGame called with g_ulLocalPlayerID = 5
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Metaverse Game Started
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Disabled
Debug Message: Error flipping back buffer to primary buffer.
Debug Message: D3DERR_DEVICELOST
Debug Message: Device lost
Debug Message: Attempting to reset device.

My new card is an Nvidia 7600 GT - AGP slot

I upgraded my SiS AGP drivers from ECS who made my mother board and got the latest drivers from Nvidia. I need this to get Darwinia to work properly.

Don't see what's up with DA.

The only setting I changed in the escape-key-menu was anti alias from 1 to 2

Mine crashes too geforce 8600m gt on acer laptop....

What versions of windows and nVidia drivers are you using? As you've got an entirely different card, it's likely a different issue.



To the others, if planet textures don't do it for you, all I could say is try disabling ALL of the troubleshooting/performance options, and see if it still does it. If that helps, enable them one by one and see if you can narrow things down. Meanwhile I'll poke the devs about this and see if we've heard anything from nVidia yet.

I disabled all of the troubleshooting/performance options like you suggested, kryo. That seems to have solved the problem of the gratuitous crashing. The game is very bland though with blank, grey balls for stars and planets...and no textures to speak of really. I am currently enabling the options one by one to see if I can narrow it down. Let me know if you find out how to fix the problem permanently, and thank you for all of your help.

I changed drivers again. I now get a whole new crash! Details follow:


I tried upgrading again, to this:
---- 8< ---------------------------------------
ForceWare Release 163 WHQL
Version: 163.75
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Operating System: Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 42.0 MB


* WHQL certified driver for GeForce FX, 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
* Added support for the following Motherboard GPUs:
o GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
o GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
o GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i
o GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
o GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i
* Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, and OpenGL applications.
* Game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
* Users without English US operating systems are recommended to download International Drivers by selecting the appropriate language.
---- 8< ---------------------------------------




Note the same driver covers FX, 6, 7 and 8 series chips. It still crashes in DA

I _did_ find something else that crashed with the previous driver, a screen saver.
It crashed in a very similar way.

This new driver fixed the screen saver crash. DA now crashes differently.


Debug Message: Loading ENDGALAXYDATA
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: UIBeginGame called with g_ulLocalPlayerID = 5
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Metaverse Game Started
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Disabled
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: setting size 16 x 0
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Snathi (20): Researching: Enhanced Deflectors



With the old driver I got buffer flipping errors and device lost in my Debug.ERR
I'm not seeing that, now.

This time I got different corruption of the screen too. I had a green research crystal that was being rendered in a corrupted, exploded fashion, all over the screen.
I watched it spin a couple of times then it locked up the whole machine.

With strange errors regardless of driver, and in various programs, it points towards your case possibly being a hardware issue. Is your power supply sufficient to power the video card, and is it properly seated and connected? If so, your new card could be defective.

I am having a very similar problem to what everyone is reporting here as well. I have just come back to the game and since then have upgraded my machine.

Within around 10-30secs of starting a new game - the system crashes. It starts with a series of with greenish looking parallel lines appearing on the game screen requiring the system to be rebooted. It seems to only happen when on the 3d map.

I had lost one of the original cd-roms and downloaded the game entirely from stardock central. The game was installed correctly and it did not report any problems during the installation but I was wondering if maybe that could have something to do with it. I couldn't find any repair option but maybe there is a checksum some where to verify the installation?

I have the latest motherboard/display drivers from nvidia. I have the ram speed etc set to below optimal settings and installed all the multi-core patches and workarounds suggested on one of the other forum threads. As suggested in the earlier thread - I disabled all graphics options (get the grey looking planets) and I am still having problems (with this game - no problems whats so ever with anything else). I can't think of anything else to try?

I don't get any useful error messages in the debug.err log because the machine gets fried straight after it happens and there are no additional log entries. However this is the hardware I am running with:

Debug Message: Version v1.5 last updated on: Thu Jan 11 13:39:19 2007
Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 12/18/2007, 21:47:49
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: ANDREW
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.061219-0311)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Physical Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 221MB used, 3775MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 7600 GT
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0391&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.6375
Driver Date: 10/4/2007 17:14:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: PnP Audio Device
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: USB\Vid_0d8c&Pid_0201&Rev_0010&MI_00
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Driver Name: usbaudio.sys
Provider: Microsoft
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.2180
Driver Date: 8/4/2004 19:07:55
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0


Thanks in advanced for any assistance or suggestions you guys can suggest  

Cheers

Andrew, it would help more if you posted the entire debug.err - and not just the top part.

"It starts with a series of with greenish looking parallel lines appearing on the game screen requiring the system to be rebooted."


From that it sounds like an overheating problem.

I'm fairly certain that my card is getting enough power.


The new card is playing Supreme Commander perfectly!
That's about all it's playing perfectly.
Supreme Command has an NVidia "How it's meant to be be played" logo BTW.


I'm still not certain if the card its self is OK.

I ordered an ATI one and requested a return on the NVidia but the ATI was so crap I'm planning on sending that back instead.

Thanks Moosetek for the reply.

I am pretty sure it is not CPU temperature related - I have the NVidia temperature display open while running in windows mode and GalCiv raised it at most a degree before crashing.

The rest of the log is as follows:

Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1152 x 864
Debug Message: Running in windowed mode.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_IMMEDIATE
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 0
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: Border size reported as 6 by 32
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now windowed.
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: No files found matching mask Movies\techs\*.bik
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:\Documents and Settings\Andrew Rayner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew Rayner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\CustomMaps\*.gc2map
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\Scenarios\*.gc2scenario
Debug Message: Creating 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: 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: Galaxy Size Set: 4 x 4
Debug Message: Creating Random Map
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Stars
Debug Message: Number of Unplaced Stars: 9.
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Planets
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Anomalies
Debug Message: Num Anomalies: 42
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Resources
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Done
Debug Message: Setting Game Options
Debug Message: Creating Civs
Debug Message: Altarian Republic: Intellence -> 40
Debug Message: Arcean Empire: Intellence -> 40
Debug Message: Torian Confederation: Intellence -> 40
Debug Message: Yor Collective: Intellence -> 40
Debug Message: Dominion of Korx: Intellence -> 40
Debug Message: Drath Legion: Intellence -> 40
Debug Message: Thalan Empire: Intellence -> 40
Debug Message: Iconian Refuge: Intellence -> 40
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 = 3
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Game Started
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Disabled

Just curious, if you start the game up but let it just sit at the main menu, does it still crash eventually? Or only when attempting to start a game?

No it is only on the 3d map - main menu or any of the other displays works fine.

I have tried downloading a new client and disabling/reducing everything i can including video and sound. It is only with this game that this is happening with (Oblivion etc are ok) - it is semi-random when it happens but always within 30 secs of start.

I also have a GT8600 equivalent chipset, as part of a Toughbook 52, and I am getting a very similar crash, sometimes a blue screen of death. This is only happening when there is a visual renderer, the main menu and other screens are fine. The funny thing is, on my old laptop with just a cheepie intel graphics chipset - that could hardly run Morrowind - This game worked fine. I am really looking forward to Twilight, so I hope there is a fix for this problem! Here's my Error log:

Debug Message: Version v1.5 last updated on: Thu Jan 11 13:39:19 2007
Debug Message: Can't find TGN or GalCiv2 serial number.
Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 12/11/2007, 08:53:27
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: PTTG_TOUGH52
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.
System Model: CF-52CCABXBM
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL(
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Physical Memory: 2038MB RAM
Page File: 457MB used, 2951MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip Type: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
DAC Type: Internal
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_833810F7&REV_03
Display Memory: 384.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (51Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: igxprd32.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4864
Driver Date: 8/24/2007 10:22:52
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_1884&SUBSYS_10F70000&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Provider: AnalogDevices
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.6200
Driver Date: 4/23/2007 00:42:50
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_NONE
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 51
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: * Collectors Edition *
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\CustomMaps\*.gc2map
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\Scenarios\*.gc2scenario
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: 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: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy: Completed
Debug Message: Shutting down sound system.
Debug Message: Clearing sound and music handles.
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

AHHHH! It happened again! Some kind of false parameter or something. I'm just going to play Dwarf Fortress until there is a fix for this!

AAAAAND I cleared the error log when I posted it, and NOW nothing was written to it. NOTHING! GAHHHHH!

A debug.err is generated whenever you start a game. Deleting the file will make no difference once you start a new one, or load a saved game.


PTTG, your debug shows that you exited the game normally - not that it crashed in any way. That debug.err looks like you simply opened the game, then exited.

How can that be of any use in finding a fault?

I had been crashing fairly regularly but now it is not as often. For some reason, I decided to check for an upgrade for my Athlon 64 X2 and found out they had sneaked in a new optimizer. The newest I found was August 2007. Give that a try. It seems to have helped me.

I suspected that the log was not going to be helpful, I just wasn't sure. Also, what I meant was there is no new error log appearing when the game crashes. I cleared the log completely as soon as I posted it here so I could see if it was updated. Then, although the game started up, started a new game, and I played for several turns before the crash, there was nothing written to the log.

Now, judging from the reports here, it sounds like the problem is:
-Drivers for Nvidia GT-series need an update
-Overheating? Not likely, but possible
-Grues
-Some other hardware problem, possibly dual-core somethingorothers.

I am going to try checking for drivers, does anybody know the best place to look for an intel-based chipset?

Edit:

Ok, I checked around, and I have the most recent version of the drivers for my graphics card. What's the next step?

OK, nothing is being written to the error log unless I shut down the game normaly; the error log apparently doesn't work when there is an error. What I have discovered is that when I did manage to Ctrl-Alt-Del back to windows, there where three error boxes. Unfortunately, two of them had invisible text. The one I could read came up from iFramwrk.exe, saying simply, "The parameter is incorrect." WTGIF? Is there some kind of conflict with iFramwrk? It's a Wi-Fi controller, so I don't see why that would do anything. I am going to try shutting that down first, and seeing if I can't get GC to crash.

Edit: Well, it turns out the other boxes where saying that several of my other programs had crashed, and they all mentioned one memory space or another 0x00000024, can't write, and so on. This is simply boggling my mind.

OK, What I discovered is that the error log only gets written to from DA, while I have been trying to run DL.
Let's see if we can, maybe, get this same error in that chapter and I'll get back to you. And before anyone says it, no, I do have about 2-3 Gb of Virtual Memory, and the latests drivers.

OK, I replicated the crash, in the first chapter, and here's the error log, from that session. If it looks OK, I don't know what to tell you, because I had to shut it down using Task manager.

Debug Message: Version v1.5 last updated on: Thu Jan 11 13:39:19 2007
Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 12/21/2007, 00:02:03
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: PTTG_TOUGH52
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.
System Model: CF-52CCABXBM
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL(
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Physical Memory: 2038MB RAM
Page File: 439MB used, 2968MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip Type: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
DAC Type: Internal
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_833810F7&REV_03
Display Memory: 384.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (51Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: igxprd32.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4864
Driver Date: 8/24/2007 10:22:52
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_1884&SUBSYS_10F70000&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Provider: AnalogDevices
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.6200
Driver Date: 4/23/2007 00:42:50
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_NONE
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 51
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: * Collectors Edition *
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\CustomMaps\*.gc2map
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Default\Data\Scenarios\*.gc2scenario
Debug Message: Creating 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: 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: Galaxy Size Set: 18 x 18
Debug Message: Creating Random Map
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Stars
Debug Message: Number of Unplaced Stars: 169.
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Planets
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Anomalies
Debug Message: Num Anomalies: 245
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Resources
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Done
Debug Message: Setting Game Options
Debug Message: Creating Civs
Debug Message: Terran Alliance: Intellence -> 30
Debug Message: Drengin Empire: Intellence -> 30
Debug Message: Altarian Republic: Intellence -> 30
Debug Message: Arcean Empire: Intellence -> 30
Debug Message: Torian Confederation: Intellence -> 30
Debug Message: Yor Collective: Intellence -> 30
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: UIBeginGameHelper: New Game Started
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Disabled
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drengin Empire Colony. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Altarian Republic Colony. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Collective Colony. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Space Militarization
Debug Message: Altarian Republic (2): Researching: Xeno Research
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: Xeno Research
Debug Message: Torian Confederation (4): Researching: Xeno Research
Debug Message: Yor Collective (5): Researching: Xeno Research
Debug Message: Pirates! (26): Researching: Xeno Engineering
Debug Message: Destroying ship Arcean Empire Colony. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Torian Confederation Colony. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Destroying ship Terran Alliance Colony. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Altarian Republic (2): Researching: Galactic Warfare
Debug Message: Yor Collective (5): Researching: New Propulsion Techniques
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: Space Militarization
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 0a
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is normal.
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Altarian Republic (2): Researching: Universal Translator
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Torian Confederation (4): Researching: Space Militarization
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Planetary Improvements
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yor Collective (5): Researching: Space Militarization
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Altarian Republic (2): Researching: Planetary Improvements
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 6
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 6d
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: Universal Translator
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is normal.
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: Starship Defenses
Debug Message: Yor Collective (5): Researching: Planetary Improvements
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Torian Confederation (4): Researching: Starship Defenses
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 1
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Xeno Research
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Starship Defenses
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: New Propulsion Techniques
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Altarian Republic (2): Researching: Space Militarization
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: First contact: Arcean Empire Flagship at position 14050.000000,16050.000000 rotation 4.712389
Debug Message: First contact: Arcean Empire Flagship at position 14050.000000,16050.000000 rotation 4.712389
Debug Message: First contact: Arcean Empire Flagship at position 14050.000000,16050.000000 rotation 4.712389
Debug Message: First contact: Arcean Empire Flagship at position 14050.000000,16050.000000 rotation 4.712389
Debug Message: First contact: Arcean Empire Flagship at position 14050.000000,16050.000000 rotation 4.712389
Debug Message: First contact: Arcean Empire Flagship at position 14050.000000,16050.000000 rotation 4.712389
Debug Message: Cannot find texture
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is normal.
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: Diplomatic Relations
Debug Message: Destroying ship Arcean Colony Ship M0-1 22. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 8d
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Container_9
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Name_Title_9
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Portrait_9
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Logo_9
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Votes_Title_9
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Votes_Value_9
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Container_10
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Name_Title_10
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Portrait_10
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Logo_10
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Votes_Title_10
Debug Message: UnitedPlanetsWnd: Cannot find OBJID UP_Race_Votes_Value_10
Debug Message: Torian Confederation (4): Researching: Basic Logistics
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Xeno Communications
Debug Message: Altarian Republic (2): Researching: Diplomatic Relations
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Universal Translator
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: New Propulsion Techniques
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: Planetary Improvements
Debug Message: Yor Collective (5): Researching: Starship Defenses
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Destroying ship Colony Ship 26. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 5
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 5d
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is normal.
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Diplomatic Relations
Debug Message: Altarian Republic (2): Researching: New Propulsion Techniques
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Colony Ship M0-1 28. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Altarian Republic (2): Researching: Trade
Debug Message: Yor Collective (5): Researching: Space Weapons
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Arcean Empire (3): Researching: Trade
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog
Debug Message: Yearly Status Dialog 8d
Debug Message: Torian Confederation (4): Researching: New Propulsion Techniques
Debug Message: Destroying ship Colony Ship 32. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drengin Colony Ship M0-1 31. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Altarian Colony Ship M0-1 33. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Drengin Empire (1): Researching: Space Weapons
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: First contact: Yor Collective Flagship at position 9250.000000,14650.000000 rotation 2.356194
Debug Message: First contact: Yor Collective Flagship at position 9250.000000,14650.000000 rotation 2.356194
Debug Message: First contact: Yor Collective Flagship at position 9250.000000,14650.000000 rotation 2.356194
Debug Message: First contact: Yor Collective Flagship at position 9250.000000,14650.000000 rotation 2.356194
Debug Message: First contact: Yor Collective Flagship at position 9250.000000,14650.000000 rotation 2.356194
Debug Message: Cannot find texture
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 18
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipcfg
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is normal.
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Arcean Colony Ship M0-12 35. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Torian Confederation (4): Researching: Planetary Improvements
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Yor Collective (5): Researching: Xeno Communications
Debug Message: Random Event: End
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: 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: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Killing Galaxy: Completed
Debug Message: Shutting down sound system.
Debug Message: Clearing sound and music handles.
Debug Message: WorkAreaBack.png not cleared 1 counts left.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize end
Debug Message: Device not cleared. 4 counts left.
Debug Message: D3D not cleared. 1 counts left.
Debug Message: Destroying Window.
Debug Message: Main Shell terminating normally

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