SPACE EMPIRES IV GOLD NOTICE - PLEASE READ!

Phoenix-D · #1 March 8th, 2002, 04:33 AM

"My PC locked up when i tried to play. The hardest damn lockup I have ever seen."

*blink* OK, I have NEVER seen SE4 do that. Not even my ancient 300 MHz Celeron laptop. sorry, but you're out of my range here..try contacting shrapnel support. It sounds like you did everything right, but SE4 is screwed up somehow on your machine.

Why is it that the people that dislike fiddling with their computers always end up getting screwball errors? I'm talking about when it's not their fault.

Phoenix-D

Deathstalker · #2 March 8th, 2002, 05:20 AM

Don't know if this will help or confuse the issue even more but..... Weren't the Darloks renamed to something else in the latest incarnation of the TDM Modpack?? (Drakol?) In wich case the savegame is looking for files that don't exist in the current modpack.

"Cannot open file c:\program files\shrapnel games\malfador machinations\space empires iv\TDM-ModPack\pictures\races\darlock\darlock_Race_Portra it.bmp"

This error is a classic example of a file folder not matching the contents inside (ex: Cardassian_*_*AI.txt whatever inside a 'Card' folder instead of 'Cardassian').

Hopefully I have shed some light (and not being the train at the end of the tunnel....)

jim · #3 March 8th, 2002, 05:57 AM

More on my trials and tribulations.

It seems that I can play a non-simultaneous game. It is just the simultaneous game that grinds my pc to a halt.

As to the spelling stuff, I will look at that Friday. I am out of time again.

Thanx to all.

Phoenix-D · #4 March 8th, 2002, 06:34 AM

"It seems that I can play a non-simultaneous game. It is just the simultaneous game that grinds my pc to a halt."

Definitely looks like some bug. Probably SE4 and your hardware don't like each other. What kind of PC do you have?

I'm really sorry about this, you seem to be one of the few people having major issues with SE4

Phoenix-D

Mephisto · #5 March 8th, 2002, 10:51 AM

Well, this leaves me quite clueless, too. As far as I can tell you have done everything right. Very strange indeed.

Mephisto · #6 March 8th, 2002, 11:53 AM

Wait a minute, is it possible that you downloaded Version 3 instead of Version 2 from the board? To verify this, have a look at the "Readme - TDM Mod Pack.txt" in your TDM-folder. It is the topmost inormation.

jim · #7 March 9th, 2002, 01:06 AM

Mephisto + Phoenix-D + Deathstalker -

I am back at it.

The TDM is 2.0, per the ReadMe.

I think I have puzzled out the Darlok thing. The TDM Race pix did NOT have Darlok bmps. However, the correct bmp files for Darloks had been installed by the TDM into the original SEIV Darlok Race pictures file. I suspect the TDM path could not see them - any of them.

Having, with great trepidation, moved them into the TDM folders, I shall try again.

****** I seem to have had success! Will now try a Simulataneous. The game set up fast, unlike Last night. *******

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