Game crash.

from JoeUser Forums
I didn't have any game crashing issues last week when I initially received a copy of the beta, but suddenly I'm getting seemingly random crashes in the game. It can happen 5 minutes into a game, or 45 (agh!). The only thing I changed was to skip movies from the options menu. The contents of my debug.err file is pretty big, but are some samples from it:

Debug Message: Unallocated Mem: 8 bytes of memory from line 2322 of \Projects\Pear\Source\editfields.cpp
Debug Message: Not all memory has been freed from memory system EditFields.
Debug Message: 560 bytes of memory still allocated.
Debug Message: MemMan: Unable to find pointer in GetBlockInfo. Memory system: Palette
ASSERT ERROR in file \Projects\Pear\Source\memman.cpp at line 581.

Any idea why this may be occuring? This is a fantastic and addictive game, but I'm hesitant to get too involved knowing that a crash could come at anytime and I'd have to start over..
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
It might be helpful to have some system info too:

Win XP SP 1
Intel 2.6ghz
512MB RAM
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra w/ 56.72 drivers
SoundMax Digital Audio

Let me know of any information you may require.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
We are working on an AutoSave feature. The latest version doesn't have the interface in yet, but you could see if you can restore your autosave by hitting CTRL-R once all the game windows are created.

If you install SmartException from the free stuff tab in Stardock central, it will create a log file when PM crashes and you can send it to us.
Siege of Centauri
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I had a crash recently on campaign mode:



Stardock SmartException Logging Information
-------------------------------------------

OS Version : Windows 98
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 00502C5E 01:00101C5E C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000000
EBX:0000000A
ECX:0419C3DC
EDX:04135453
ESI:01658DE0
EDI:0413A2B0
CS:EIP:0167:00502C5E
SS:ESP:016F:00B4F9E4 EBP:00B4FA48
DS:016F ES:016F FS:1307 GS:0000
Flags:00010246


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
---------------------------------------------
00502C5E 00B4FA48 0001:00101C5E C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
00450247 00B4FA5C 0001:0004F247 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
00450DEB 00B4FA68 0001:0004FDEB C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
00506FAF 00B4FA88 0001:00105FAF C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
0047A9C0 00B4FAA8 0001:000799C0 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
0047AAD8 00B4FAC0 0001:00079AD8 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
00470AFD 00B4FAD8 0001:0006FAFD C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
0048D249 00B4FAF8 0001:0008C249 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
0048F766 00B4FB28 0001:0008E766 C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
0044390C 00B4FB54 0001:0004290C C:\PROGRAM FILES\STARDOCK\DRENGIN.NET\POLMACHINE\POLMACHINE.EXE
BAABEB08 00B4FB80 0001:0001DB08 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDRAW.DLL
BFF7363B 00B4FBA0 0001:0000263B C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF94407 00B4FBB4 0002:0001B407 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL


Debug information for each stardock app follows ....