Access Violation
 

I am getting an access violation 004A478 in Mod SE4EXE Read address FFFFFF...I think I had this before but I have had to wipe my drive and was W/O SE for about 6 months can use any help.

Thanks

Re: Access Violation
 

While Aaron might be able to make some use of that, we do not have the source code to work from.

Please describe what you did to cause it.

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Happens from time to time, some times I go to "Look" at a ship and I click and nothing, not new window nothing then after a few sec. (apx 15) I will get the pop up

Re: Access Violation
 

Do you have your system set to turn off your harddrives after X minutes? That would explain the delay as they spin up.

What about Hardware & OS?
Have you done a scandisk/defrag lately?

Have you tried dusting off your RAM, or pulling it out and reseating it to make sure you have good contact?

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WILL TRY THAT

Re: Access Violation
 

Win ME, eh? I reccommend upgrading to 98 when you have a chance.

Daily defrag is almost certainly too much. Drives do have a limited lifetime, and grinding away day in and day out is not good.
Try monthly, or even annually depending on how much use and the size/free space on the drive.

Personally, I defrag in the "never" category. My files get sorted when I copy them to a bigger drive.

Re: Access Violation
 

Yea I know...I had 98 on another system and was given this one with ME on it...thought it ran OK.....BUT... I realy do not want to wipe and reinstall it all again however I will keep it in mind if/when I do need too...didn't ME come out AFTER 98???? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

Re: Access Violation
 

Moo3 came out after Moo2 as well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif OK http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

Re: Access Violation
 

WinME was a poorly done OS. It was an attempt to get away from buggy, old 16 bit legacy code, and this it did reasonably well. Unfortunately, there were no protections or warnings to prevent 16 bit code from running. Any time a 16 bit program or driver was loaded, it crashed.

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So between the two...98 is the better, in your eyes...got to save pennies for XP....

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98 is better than ME. 2k is the best of all of the Windows versions. Far cheaper than XP.

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If it is happening during game turn, try this, put all of the players on manual and run the turns for them. This should clear up the AVE.

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I loathe windows millenium... Had to reformat and install it on a computer, and was nearly impossible to get all the drivers and stuff back on.

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Didn't have any real problems with ME, still prefer 98SE, but ME didn't seem any worse. Bit more reliable in normal operation but the crashes were worse. Totally subjective mind.

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I switched ME for XP. But I had alot of old DOS games and such that I wanted to run which ME didnt seem to like, and I didnt feel like moving up to a Win2k server.

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as I said, I can not "make" it happen just dose and then I must exit and reboot to be sure it will not pop up in the next few turns.
Thanks for all the help all!...will be counting pennies for XP or 2000....may be some time http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Re: Access Violation
 

I have Windows ME but I have never had that particular error come up. I have had plenty of other kinds of crashes and problems, though.