Game Freezes

travislp · #1 July 25th, 2001, 05:18 AM

I first added a new point defense cannon and had no problems. I then added a new armor type and half a dozen new shields. It was at this point that the game froze. The armor was a new type that increased the tech level to ten and the shields increased the tech level to 13. I made these additions and started a new game. On my first turn the game froze.

Suicide Junkie · #2 July 26th, 2001, 01:40 AM

Ok, the armor and the shields. What is special/different about them?

I'm assuming you're starting with all tech levels researched.

Also, how long did you wait before deciding SE4 was frozen?

Puke · #3 July 26th, 2001, 01:47 AM

typos and spacing errors can cause problems. it should produce an error about reading the file instead of just locking up, but you never know. upload the components file you tweaked, someone should be able to notice something in it.

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travislp · #4 July 25th, 2001, 05:01 PM

I attached the armor and shields I added to the game. As far as how long I wait before the game freezes it takes about a minute. When I press control,alt, del the game has stopped responding.

Suicide Junkie · #5 July 25th, 2001, 05:19 PM

Ok, three points:

- Even on my 1Ghz 256Mb ram machine, the (P&N2) AIs can sometimes take over a minute to process. The Windows TaskManager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) will give a "not-responding" tag to any program that has not refreshed its window in 30-45 seconds. The not responding tag means nothing more than that.

- At a glance, everything looks good, and the only thing I am not sure about is the 40Kt armor.

-Definitely try removing all the components, and adding them in one at a time until SE4 stops working. The component you added Last will likely be the problem.

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disabled · #6 July 25th, 2001, 05:38 PM

This is the same error in the SEorg Ultimate Mod I wrote. My only problem is that I might find and fix the error, only to have to find and fix it again! lol. It pops up whereever the hell it wants to. I'll just keep coding and hope I kill it one day.

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Marty Ward · #7 July 25th, 2001, 10:27 PM

Are you playing a high tech game?