Range check error

[Atrocities]

When you do a search, be sure you select the correct time period under DATE to be searched.

And I am glad the fix worked for you. Other RCE's can be caused by the Fighter Bug. Its a problem that occures when lots of ships or fighters engage in battle. The best way to avoid getting it is once you do get it, play the AI turn, and limit the amount of ships he sends to attack you. Best of luck.

[DirectorTsaarx]

Well, I've run into an RCE; it's a Gold game that I started on Version 1.60 & updated to 1.67. The RCE occurs immediately after the Last player's turn. I've attempted setting that player to human (and leaving it human control, even went to empire options and selected the "complete AI off" and "individual ministers off" buttons, just in case). RCE still occurs. I've also noticed that if I wait a couple minutes, my empire starts to come up, but I can't select anything or see my ships. I'm about to start deleting all my ships' orders to see where the problem lies.

HOWEVER, it would be nice if I could find this "debug settings" file that Aaron supposedly added in Version 1.61. Maybe that would narrow the problem down a little faster...

[DirectorTsaarx]

Well, I did some further testing on my RCE; I cleared orders for 2 of my fleets, and the problem disappeared. So I decided to try again, but clearing orders for only 1 fleet at a time. RCE occurred no matter which set of orders I cleared. So I cleared both sets of orders again, and the RCE still happened. So now I have an error that may or may not be repeatable...

I'll be sending to Malfador soon...

[neofit]

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Originally posted by DirectorTsaarx:
Well, I did some further testing on my RCE; I cleared orders for 2 of my fleets, and the problem disappeared. So I decided to try again, but clearing orders for only 1 fleet at a time. RCE occurred no matter which set of orders I cleared. So I cleared both sets of orders again, and the RCE still happened. So now I have an error that may or may not be repeatable...

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Mine was weird too. Happened during Last player's turn too. What I did:

1. Reload Save #1, made at the beginning of the curren turn, press 'End Turn' -> RCE. Repeated 4-5 times, RCEs all the time.

2. Reload Save #2, made at the end of the current turn. 4-5 tries again, RCEs all the time.

3. Reload. Used Atrocities' hint. At the Player 12's turn, click 'End Turn'. RCE.

4. Reload. At the end of Player 12's turn, click on one of his planets (so as to see its stats), end the turn -> RCE.

5. Reload. At the end of Player 12's turn, click on one of his ships (so as to see its stats), end the turn -> NO RCE.

6. Reload. At the end of Player 12's turn, didn't click anywhere, just ended the turn -> NO RCE!

Didn't test anymore. So I guess that my RCE was tied to a random factor and could be avoided through many many tries. I am glad I managed to get through without messing around with that AI player's actions.

[Ranma]

I have been getting the range check error as well. It seems to happen after I have been playing a long time. About 3 or 4 hours. I have set the autosave to save every turn. I just reload the Last save and replay the turn. It plays fine then, so it seems to be time related in my experience. Natures way of telling me it's time to do something else

[DirectorTsaarx]

Well, the good news is that Aaron has already responded that he's looking into it. The better news is that I've managed to continue my game without having to fool around with an AI, since I was able to make the RCE disappear by clearing the orders for two of my own fleets (I was able to re-enter those orders on the next turn without a problem).

And Aaron gave me a little more information about this "debug" file mentioned in the history notes for Version 1.61 - it's apparently for the beta testers, to help them track AI issues.

[xierxior]

Everytime I try to colonize two planets at the same time I get a range check error.
You set two rock colony ships to colonize two planets and if they both get there at the same time you get the range check error.