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luc posted 03-03-99 09:02 PM ET
I'm in my first game and for some reason now, the game gets "stuck" and stops responding. I am on turn 2431 so I have a lot going on, and have set most formers to auto and I think that is whats causing this. Anyways after my moves and Planet attacks, the game just sits there. This is probably when the next turn starts but I'm unsure. I have tried several things like skipping my moves for this turn to letting planet at one of my bases. Whatever I do, the turn might go a little longer but it will eventually freeze. Is there a way I can finish my game " I want a trancend win "?
Rong posted 03-03-99 09:42 PM ET
That's definitely a bug. I've had the same problem in one of my games.
The best thing to do is save your game and email it to Firaxis tech support. Which I should have done.
HGB posted 03-04-99 02:46 AM ET
I had the same problem in 2406 of a current game. No matter what I did after loading a save in that turn, or the autosave, after a few moves the game would freeze, Task Manager would state that it was not responding, and I'd have to hit the reset button. After rebooting four or five times over two days, I loaded an autosave about two turns earlier. It played fine through 2406 I held my breath until the computer announced turn complete in that year) and thereafter. Go figure.
Zoetrope posted 03-04-99 03:23 AM ET
Funny that SMAC Freeze should be mentioned now. It happened to me for the first time last night (around 2270). The `End of Turn' light froze, and I had to C-A-D the game in the Task manager. Problem was, I was in Ironman and hadn't exited for many turns, so now I'm back in the Stone Age, unable to bomb pesky Miriam and Yang.
Sending in the save game won't help Firaxis (unless they're very patient and spend hours `replaying' it - assuming that that would reproduce the problem), because of the turn differential between the save and the freeze.
I don't understand why the freeze occurs, as there aren't many units in the game yet, and SMAC has previously handled much larger numbers of units and cities employing various degrees of automation.
This is a Large map, but an Oceanic planet with island continents, and there aren't many ships. However, I'm pleased to note that Miriam's really latched onto the environment and has built mostly Sea Colonies; she's using Sea Formers too.
We ought to be submitting our reports in the Bugs forum.
Loftwyr posted 03-06-99 10:54 AM ET
Try turning off DS3D in the INI. It fixed it for me.
Tripod posted 03-06-99 01:30 PM ET
I already have the DS3D = 0 in the alpha.txt
and the freeze happen to 3 game out of 5 or 6.
Idid send the my first save game with a bug to firaxis. It never got back to me. But that was right after the game was out, so maybe they did not know what to do. I hope It's in the fix list................
TheRob posted 03-06-99 04:13 PM ET
I've found that the Huge map is what brings about the Hang quickest for me. I suggest using a smaller map size. I haven't been Hung since I stopped being Huge, myself
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Author	Topic: MAJOR Bug!!!!!!!! Please help.
luc	posted 03-03-99 09:02 PM ET I'm in my first game and for some reason now, the game gets "stuck" and stops responding. I am on turn 2431 so I have a lot going on, and have set most formers to auto and I think that is whats causing this. Anyways after my moves and Planet attacks, the game just sits there. This is probably when the next turn starts but I'm unsure. I have tried several things like skipping my moves for this turn to letting planet at one of my bases. Whatever I do, the turn might go a little longer but it will eventually freeze. Is there a way I can finish my game " I want a trancend win "?
Rong	posted 03-03-99 09:42 PM ET That's definitely a bug. I've had the same problem in one of my games. The best thing to do is save your game and email it to Firaxis tech support. Which I should have done.
HGB	posted 03-04-99 02:46 AM ET I had the same problem in 2406 of a current game. No matter what I did after loading a save in that turn, or the autosave, after a few moves the game would freeze, Task Manager would state that it was not responding, and I'd have to hit the reset button. After rebooting four or five times over two days, I loaded an autosave about two turns earlier. It played fine through 2406 I held my breath until the computer announced turn complete in that year) and thereafter. Go figure.
Zoetrope	posted 03-04-99 03:23 AM ET Funny that SMAC Freeze should be mentioned now. It happened to me for the first time last night (around 2270). The `End of Turn' light froze, and I had to C-A-D the game in the Task manager. Problem was, I was in Ironman and hadn't exited for many turns, so now I'm back in the Stone Age, unable to bomb pesky Miriam and Yang. Sending in the save game won't help Firaxis (unless they're very patient and spend hours `replaying' it - assuming that that would reproduce the problem), because of the turn differential between the save and the freeze. I don't understand why the freeze occurs, as there aren't many units in the game yet, and SMAC has previously handled much larger numbers of units and cities employing various degrees of automation. This is a Large map, but an Oceanic planet with island continents, and there aren't many ships. However, I'm pleased to note that Miriam's really latched onto the environment and has built mostly Sea Colonies; she's using Sea Formers too. We ought to be submitting our reports in the Bugs forum.
Loftwyr	posted 03-06-99 10:54 AM ET Try turning off DS3D in the INI. It fixed it for me.
Tripod	posted 03-06-99 01:30 PM ET I already have the DS3D = 0 in the alpha.txt and the freeze happen to 3 game out of 5 or 6. Idid send the my first save game with a bug to firaxis. It never got back to me. But that was right after the game was out, so maybe they did not know what to do. I hope It's in the fix list................
TheRob	posted 03-06-99 04:13 PM ET I've found that the Huge map is what brings about the Hang quickest for me. I suggest using a smaller map size. I haven't been Hung since I stopped being Huge, myself