A way to reduce CTD (or get rid of the problem completely)

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Well i was getting very annoyed with CTD, in my current game i had a CTD every stupid turn. Well i started messing with settings and nothing was working, until i went into my color settings. Changing color from 32 bit down to 16 bit helped a lot, and i have yet to CTD since i changed it.... hopefully this will work for other people with this problem.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Hooooo........ I'll try that.
I always had CTD problems too.
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Black Shade

I changed the color setting like you suggested and the last two games have only had one CTD each, which is nice. Also Ray the Wanderer mentioned that if one destroys his/her own colonies then that can cause a CTD in 1.05 but appears better in 1.09.

After I play some more I can be more certain but in my last two games there certainly were no 6 CTD per day like there was before. When I upgraded the directX from 8 to 9 and got a newer driver for my video card, those didn't help the CTD but the color change seems to help - or I am getting very lucky LOL. I don't understand it but I will leave color setting on 16 for now. Maybe when 1.09 expansion pack comes out, we can try things again at 32? Thanks again for the tip.

Rick

Windows ME
Athlon 1900+
Nvidia 4600ti
512 DDR RAM
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
You should try upgrading your OS too, I have WinXP and the only time I ever had a CTD was when I pressed that magical button in the Domestic Policy menu.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I changed the color setting like you suggested and the last two games have only had one CTD each, which is nice. Also Ray the Wanderer mentioned that if one destroys his/her own colonies then that can cause a CTD in 1.05 but appears better in 1.09.
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well i have xp as well and i was getting CTD all the time. And in the games where i had it the most, i didnt destroy any colonies (the only reason i can see to do this is if im changing my allignment, which isnt necessary on the larger maps).
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
And in the games where i had it the most, i didnt destroy any colonies (the only reason i can see to do this is if im changing my allignment, which isnt necessary on the larger maps)
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Today I played a medium, tough, common, tight cluster. I was hemmed in East and West by the Yor and Alterian and by the map edge in the north. In the South I did not have the range to get to two yellow stars until I colonized a PQ 8 planet on the border. Then with the extra range from colonizing the 8 PQ, I could colonize the two yellows. After colonizing the two yellows, I destroyed the 8 colony.

It seems to me that colonizing a low PQ planet with 1 person on a colony ship to extend range is cheaper than building a constructor to extend range plus I didn't have to shift away from military to use tech to extend range. Let me know if there is a better way to get rapid range expansion very early in the game but a one person colony ship seems inexpensive to me.

Fortunately, today on 1.05 I got away with destroying the colony and it did not CTD. I even saved the game as CTD immediately after destroying the colony. LOL. There was only one CTD in the entire game today and 3 in the 3 previous games whereas before there had been 4 to 6 per game. Thanks again for the tip Black Shade.

Rick
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Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
It seems to me that colonizing a low PQ planet with 1 person on a colony ship to extend range is cheaper than building a constructor to extend range plus I didn't have to shift away from military to use tech to extend range. Let me know if there is a better way to get rapid range expansion very early in the game but a one person colony ship seems inexpensive to me.
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It is the best/cheapest way, Rick. I only resort to SB when there are no planets that can do that for me.
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Played a whole large game yesterday without a CTD. That is a record. Today had 2 CTD in a large game. This is definitely better.

Rick
Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top
I have WinXP and the only time I ever had a CTD was when I pressed that magical button in the Domestic Policy menu
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Fulgrymm would you care to elaborate?

I found a magical button somewhere as well, I haven't able to find it since, but if my memory serves me I believe it had something to do with the other Major trade routes. I'm totally sure hopefully (or not) I'll stumble across it again. This button did cause a CTD everytime to click. Although it took me 3 times to figure that that was the cause (no one said you had to be quick to be a gamer ;p )

I wonder has anyone else come across this problem?

-Dark
Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top
It's a well known problem, the Total Routes button I believe it was. It was a button that wasn't supposed to be in 1.05. It was meant for the expansion but somehow the button and not the feature got into 1.05. It works perfectly fine in 1.09

~SDC~
Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top
1.09??? Where do I get that? I have 1.05 and Stardock Central says there is no upgrade. I had a CTD the same turn as I destroyed one of my colonies as well. But I don't see this mythical "1.09" version.....
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top
It's only for people with Drengin.Net - we have to wait about one or two weeks IIRC
Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top
Lotherius, you can get the free Xpack on 16 Sep.

~SDC~
Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh :( ... I see now. Well, as long as it's only when I try to blow up that poor little ne'er do well colony.... must be their defense tactic. :HOT:
Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top
Yeah, refrain from nuking your own colonies in the meantime, or save before you do.

~SDC~
Reply #21 from Stardock Forums Top
Want a piece of advice? Don't install a single patch at all . We have a great game as it is .. i was having "the end of turn DOOM CTD". No more pacience for this .. reinstall from scratch, new Civilization, and NO fuckin' CTD's.


Tha'General signing off .. (go spirit go.., and find your sister beagle in the way)