Any more bug reports?

[LLB]

I've got a bug report that I haven't seen listed here yet. I emailed it to Aaron about two months ago, and aside from a request for additional information (which I provided) I haven't heard back.

I can't seem to get SEIV (ver. 1.41, no mods) to run on my Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop (ATI Rage Mobility 128 video card, PIII 900, 256 MB, Win ME). The same save game file that runs flawlessly on my Dell desktop crashes the laptop with a "Range Check Error" as soon as I select a fleet.

Obviously, if there's a known fix/workaround I'd appreciate hearing about it. Otherwise, maybe this can be added somewhere in the repair queue.

[Dragonlord]

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Originally posted by capnq:
I rarely bother to rename ships. It's not unusual for me to end up with things like a fleet containing Dire Wolf 0001, Dire Wolf II 0001, Dire Wolf IVa 0003, Dire Wolf VIc 0002, etc., with all of them actually retrofitted to Dire Wolf VIII class. About the only time I rename them is when a retrofit causes the name sequence to repeat and give me two ships with identical names.

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Well if you don't rename, it becomes much harder to see which ships are still eligible for retrofitting, and to easily see what kind of firepower one of your fleets has...

[capnq]

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Well if you don't rename, it becomes much harder to see which ships are still eligible for retrofitting, and to easily see what kind of firepower one of your fleets has.

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True, but I tend to track retrofits by sorting the F6 Ships/Orders list by class. Both the Fleet and Retrofit order windows list both the ship name and class, so I have the information there anyway.

I always know how much firepower I have: Not Enough.

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Cap'n Q
My first mod! Hypermaze quadrant
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

[This message has been edited by capnq (edited 13 October 2001).]

[This message has been edited by capnq (edited 13 October 2001).]

[Puke]

regarding the initiative problem:

i dont know, i think that having the first person go first will encourage people to host games and thus encourage multiplayer support for the game, build the community, and create a wider variety of games for potential players to join. its a feature, not a bug

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[fredgorch]

I'm having the same problem as LLB. I recently bought a new computer -- Dell, PIV 1.8, Win ME, GeForce2 MX AGP graphics, SBLive! sound card. I installed SE IV (1.41, TDM ModPack 1.80), same as on my previous Dell Win98. I copied my current save game to the new computer, and it ran fine. I then shut down, but when I reloaded the next day, I got a Range Check Error when I tried to move ships. Since then, I've uninstalled and reinstalled a zillion times, tried copying all old files from original computer to new computer, with the same results -- when I load a saved game (any) I get range check errors, either upon loading or upon moving ships. Strangely, if I save a game, exit SEIV (but keep the computer on), I can reload my saved games no problem. I've tried SEIV without the Modpack but still get the Range Check Errors. Its very frustrating and I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks,

[Q]

More (very old, but still not fixed) bugs:

- AI does not ask for surrender, protectorate or subjugation treaties. IMO this is a bug not a wish, because according to the politics file the AI should do it.
- The ability "Change Bad Intelligence Chance - System" does not work.

[President Delerith]

Two new (AFAIK) bugs:

• The Production Modifier for some Cultures doesn't applies (it should augment or decrease your resource production).
  
• As I reported in another message a ship with a Ship Yard, unlimited supplies and a Ion Concussion BLaster can create a huge number of storms in a single turn (up to 252 Storms! same for a ship with a Beta Displacement Pulser but destroying them).[/list]