posted 02-26-99 11:32 PM ET        

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I encountered an interesting quirk today, while trading a tech for a comm frequency (playing with the patched version). After making the trade, the next menu that appears has an option that reads like "continue trading in the same manner". I selected that, and was given the option to trade another tech for the same comm frequency that I had just purchased. (Being stupid, I didn't realize that it was the same comm freq, until I traded a 3rd tech for it...). This should be changed so that either a) the option doesn't appear, or b) when you select the "continue trading..." option it goes to the list of uncontacted factions.

Also, I encounter the following graphic problem rather regularly, and am not sure what the cause it. I have a diamond viper 330, with the latest reference drivers from nVidia, and directx 6.1 My desktop is set at 1152x864x16 bit color. Often, when a unit near the top of the screen moves, there is a graphic glitch: the 3x3 grid surrounding the unit, shifts downward approximately 1/2 a grid, overlapping the map. When the unit moves twice , I get two overlapping grids. They go away as soon as the unit stops moving, but during movement it's rather odd looking.