This is a new one for me...
I was playing as the Feds last night, and immediately encountered the Bynars, and then the Halkans the following turn. Both races offered to join me as soon as I met them. However, if I accept either membership proposal, the game then crashes when I hit end turn. If I reject or ignore their proposal(s), the game runs just fine.
Any ideas as to what's going on here? I'd just done a new/clean install (of both the base game and UM5) right before starting this game, using the installer on the main download page.
Game crashes after accepting membership offers
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Game crashes after accepting membership offers
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Re: Game crashes after accepting membership offers
try beta version, saved game might even work
viewtopic.php?p=60751#p60751
you could also upload saved game for others to test.
viewtopic.php?p=60751#p60751
you could also upload saved game for others to test.
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Re: Game crashes after accepting membership offers
Thanks thunderchero, I'll give the beta installer a try. In the meantime, I've attached the save-game file.
EDIT: Yep, the game no longer crashes when I accept their membership proposals. Interesting. Well I'm glad that did the trick, even though I'm still puzzled as to what the problem is/was. Thanks again!
EDIT: Yep, the game no longer crashes when I accept their membership proposals. Interesting. Well I'm glad that did the trick, even though I'm still puzzled as to what the problem is/was. Thanks again!
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Re: Game crashes after accepting membership offers
glad it fixed issue, several errors were corrected in beta,
1. minor race lists did not match and was corrected
2. several integrity check fixed
3. SCT re-called some patches that were applied to UM5
4. all missing images properly added
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Re: Game crashes after accepting membership offers
Good to know. On the surface of things, #1 would seem to be the most likely issue/fix, but I'm guessing #2 or #3 could just as easily have resolved whatever the problem was.
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Re: Game crashes after accepting membership offers
Hi Martok, I hope you are doing well.
Glad to hear thunderchero fixed the issue in UM5.5, but note there is still an unknown, rare condition for the problem in vanilla.
Next time I encounter it, I'll run some code tests.
Plus there is still a sporadic fault with failed first contact, when entering claimed, but empty sectors of unknown empires.
Glad to hear thunderchero fixed the issue in UM5.5, but note there is still an unknown, rare condition for the problem in vanilla.
Next time I encounter it, I'll run some code tests.
Plus there is still a sporadic fault with failed first contact, when entering claimed, but empty sectors of unknown empires.
I don't know how many bugs is too many but that point is reached somewhere before however many in BotF is.
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Re: Game crashes after accepting membership offers
Cheers, SCT! Good to see you're still around.
Appreciate the heads-up on the rare/sporadic issues you listed. If it looks I've perhaps come across them, I'll try to remember and post about it here (and upload a save if possible).
Appreciate the heads-up on the rare/sporadic issues you listed. If it looks I've perhaps come across them, I'll try to remember and post about it here (and upload a save if possible).
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