Game Unplayable - Staff please respond

[davetox1]

The range check error isn't specific to any saved game - when it occurs - it occurs for all saved games, so sending Richard saved games won't help. I even tried loading several SEIV v1.49 copies (no mods) on my Dell P4 w/ME. All saved files for all SEIV copies show the RCE. In addition, any attempt to start a new game ends with a RCE when I try to move a ship. However, as mentioned, loading SEIV after the computer has been used for ~1/2 hr for other purposes eliminates RCEs from all saved games until the PC is shut off (then RCEs reappear). It appears some flag is set by using other programs and once that flag is set, RCEs disappear.

Richard - Do you keep your PC on all (or much) of the time - maybe that's why you don't see it? From a cold boot, try loading any saved game. Otherwise, maybe it is a Dell/Win ME specific problem.

It's too bad this problem hasn't been fixed. While the solution might be as simple switching a single bit from 1 to 0, finding that bit may be like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.