Possible fix for crashes after drone riots (attn: jwkinney)

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Fluffster posted 04-08-99 06:06 PM ET
This is a follow-up to my message from 04-03-99 11:56 PM ET. I had a problem late in the game when it crashes after a bunch of drone riots/golden age dialog boxes pop up.
What I did was reload an autosave from two turns back, and turn off the option to see these dialog boxes (don't remember exactly which one, but it's there somewhere) and turned off auto-governors. I also monitored my cities to make sure that I don't have any more drone riots. One of these things or their combination seemed to have fixed the problem. It's kind of annoying, but at least you can finish the game.
jwkinney posted 04-09-99 12:15 AM ET
I've been hacking the problem and have just reproduced it in a game that has no drone riots or popup riot notices. I've also reproduced it on a completely different Win95 computer with a newer faster processor.
Per jmorris' request, I have sent the original crash file, and now the new crash file, along with a list of the things I've tried.
Apart from the first list of suggestions, none of which worked, I've heard zilch from firaxis. I assume they're not ignoring me on purpose, but are just busy trying to find the problem.
It would be nice to know what's going on, though. I really like the game and it's intensely frustrating not to be able to finish a session.
I'm glad to hear that you found a workaround. I'll try it and see what happens!
John Kinney
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Author	Topic: Possible fix for crashes after drone riots (attn: jwkinney)
Fluffster	posted 04-08-99 06:06 PM ET This is a follow-up to my message from 04-03-99 11:56 PM ET. I had a problem late in the game when it crashes after a bunch of drone riots/golden age dialog boxes pop up. What I did was reload an autosave from two turns back, and turn off the option to see these dialog boxes (don't remember exactly which one, but it's there somewhere) and turned off auto-governors. I also monitored my cities to make sure that I don't have any more drone riots. One of these things or their combination seemed to have fixed the problem. It's kind of annoying, but at least you can finish the game.
jwkinney	posted 04-09-99 12:15 AM ET I've been hacking the problem and have just reproduced it in a game that has no drone riots or popup riot notices. I've also reproduced it on a completely different Win95 computer with a newer faster processor. Per jmorris' request, I have sent the original crash file, and now the new crash file, along with a list of the things I've tried. Apart from the first list of suggestions, none of which worked, I've heard zilch from firaxis. I assume they're not ignoring me on purpose, but are just busy trying to find the problem. It would be nice to know what's going on, though. I really like the game and it's intensely frustrating not to be able to finish a session. I'm glad to hear that you found a workaround. I'll try it and see what happens! John Kinney