GalCiv 2 Dread Lords grapich bug in latest patch

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I have only installed GalCiv2 Dread Lords (on XP, with ATI 9700).

Installed previous patch (using impulse) in during last weekend. Played through a game. Everything went smothly.

Installed patch of today 1.53.156 (using impulse), but I am no longer able to play because the main map does not display correctly. Tried restarting, then start new game, turn off mods, restart again, then start new game, still no hope.

Details:

The error seems to be primarly with the main map. There is nothing unusual until the new game has started or old one loaded. First sign that something is not correct is when Tech Tree is displayed. A few glitces like some of the boxes in the tree wasn't drawn, but aside from that everything is displayed fine and works. When pressing done to continue, the main map is darker than usual with colored "cones" from edge to edge on screen blurring most of the map also hiding the bottom controls. Mini map is just black not displaying anything. During three of four trials I was able to presss ESC and also select the option menu after starting the game, and was then able to exit. The fourth time I was not able to get to the options screen and had to hard reset the computer to move on.


Whats important here is that everything worked fine until this patch. Will this be fixed and / or is it possible to play with the previous patch? I can reinstall, but am I able to access the second to last patch instead of the last one? I don't know how...

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I believe archive on update is enabled by default, so unless you've turned it off, you should be able to restore to the previous version.

I'm not 100% positive, though.

If this is a reproduceable problem it will most certainly be fixed, although I wouldn't be able to give you a timeframe; the other possibility is that a fresh install would fix it.

My guess is, however, that it's a graphics option that DL now has that DA had that is on by default that is giving your video card problems.  This is only a guess, as I have not yet seen what updates, if any, DL has in this new patch.

In any case, it may help to check for a driver update, and if all else fails, obviously enough post your debug.err, found in the \Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2 directory (for DL).

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Actually, send in your debug.err and a screenshot to [email protected]

And the debug.err is now found in My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2 with this patch.

 

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