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Crazy_Dog

August 5th, 2002, 11:17 AM

I have a game that crash all the times after a BIG battle (Gold 1.67).
I need to know the name of the files to send to MM / any beta tester to know if this work with latest beta or still need to be fixed.

Rollo

August 5th, 2002, 11:46 AM

The file you need to send is the game_name.gam file.

Send it to MM (se4@malfador.com) in all cases.

If you want it checked out as well on the current beta you can send to me (email is my profile).

Rollo

Rollo

August 5th, 2002, 03:23 PM

big battle must be the understatement of the year.
man, that battle is HUGE!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif !!
the problem I am having is that my computer is too slow http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif . I didn't even get to the end of battle to check if the error comes up, because it took over an hour even to simulate the first round (and still didn't finish). I had to abort that simulation. You must have a good system to play such a huge game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif .

not being much help here,
Rollo

[ August 05, 2002, 14:24: Message edited by: Rollo ]

Suicide Junkie

August 5th, 2002, 05:57 PM

If you put your view into an empty corner before you hit end turn, it goes much faster, since it doesn't draw the beam & bLast animations.

Rollo

August 5th, 2002, 07:51 PM

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
If you put your view into an empty corner before you hit end turn, it goes much faster, since it doesn't draw the beam & bLast animations.yes, i did that. but still, the battle is really huge. and my computer really slow http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif .

Crazy_Dog

August 5th, 2002, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by Rollo:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
If you put your view into an empty corner before you hit end turn, it goes much faster, since it doesn't draw the beam & bLast animations.yes, i did that. but still, the battle is really huge. and my computer really slow http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif .<hr /></blockquote>Mi system is.:
AMD XP 1800+ 512mb ram ddr 2100 cas 2, w2k sp3 hd 60gb ibm deskstar gforce4
ti 4400 sblive cable modem, mt sony 17'' g220.

The enemy (AI)have a fleet of 378 ships. Mine is 289.
This crash (at end of battle), tactical or strategic.

In my computer the complete battle took over about 30min in strategic.
auto tactical around 5 hours.......

geoschmo

August 5th, 2002, 10:27 PM

There is a line in settings.txt to create combat replay true or false. It's true by default. I wonder if the turns wouldn't generate much faster is this were set to false. Has anyone baselined this option to see if it makes a difference?

Geoschmo

Ragnarok

August 5th, 2002, 10:53 PM

Originally posted by Crazy_Dog:

The enemy (AI)have a fleet of 378 ships. Mine is 289.
Oh dear lord! That is one heck of a battle. Are most of your ships smaller or like Dreads and Baseships?

Crazy_Dog

August 5th, 2002, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by Ragnarok:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Crazy_Dog:

The enemy (AI)have a fleet of 378 ships. Mine is 289.
Oh dear lord! That is one heck of a battle. Are most of your ships smaller or like Dreads and Baseships?<hr /></blockquote>Mine..:
4 Dreadnought
272 Baseships
13 Heavy Carrier

AI..:
1 Light Cruiser
1 Cruiser
18 Battle Cruiser
155 Battleship
133 Dreadnought
3 Light Carrier
55 Carrier
12 Heavy Carrier
1 Planet

If you want i can send to you the gam file

Krsqk

August 5th, 2002, 11:13 PM

I'd like to see the file. E-mail in my profile.

Crazy_Dog

August 5th, 2002, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by Krsqk:
I'd like to see the file. E-mail in my profile.Go check your mail..... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Ragnarok

August 6th, 2002, 12:41 AM

Originally posted by Crazy_Dog:

If you want i can send to you the gam fileAlrighty, yeah, if you don't mine... My email is Metallic_man55@yahoo.com. Thanks man.

Baron Grazic

August 6th, 2002, 06:49 AM

I don't have Gold, only have 1.49 and can't say that I have ever seen a AI with a fleet of over 100 ships. Was a change made in regards to how the AI handles fleets in Gold?

DirectorTsaarx

August 6th, 2002, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by Crazy_Dog:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Ragnarok:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Crazy_Dog:

The enemy (AI)have a fleet of 378 ships. Mine is 289.
Oh dear lord! That is one heck of a battle. Are most of your ships smaller or like Dreads and Baseships?<hr /></blockquote>Mine..:
4 Dreadnought
272 Baseships
13 Heavy Carrier

AI..:
1 Light Cruiser
1 Cruiser
18 Battle Cruiser
155 Battleship
133 Dreadnought
3 Light Carrier
55 Carrier
12 Heavy Carrier
1 Planet

If you want i can send to you the gam file<hr /></blockquote>Maybe the problem has to do with fighter launches? More specifically, maybe enough carriers are destroyed during the battle that there are too many fighters left floating around. Just a guess, of course.

BTW - I have to agree that is one HUGE battle... over 500 ships, including 83 carriers? How many fighters are on those carriers? And a planet in the middle, I assume filled with weapon platforms? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

capnq

August 6th, 2002, 09:01 PM

Maybe the problem has to do with fighter launches? More specifically, maybe enough carriers are destroyed during the battle that there are too many fighters left floating around. More likely too many launched at once; the survivors should only be a fraction of that number.