Turn button not updating screen info

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I searched for this bug but didn't find it. When I press the Turn button, information on the screen does not update until I "do something", like open/close a panel or something. For example, the date is Jan 2178, I click the Turn button, it briefly becomes a black round icon, and then returns to say "Turn". But the Date in the U/L corner hasn't changed... it's still last Jan. Once I do something... anything (like simply click on the star map) then the date updates to Feb. This is happening with ALL INFO on the screen... nothing gets updated by just clicking the Turn button!

Here's another example. I bring up the Planet List so I can watch the production of my military ships countdown (months to go...). I have 15 months to go on my ship, I click the Turn button five times... and it STILL says I have 15 months to go. If I click somewhere on the screen... THEN it says 10 months!

This happens on two different computers, both Win98SE Pentium machines (one a P3, the other a P4) with different nVidia geForce graphics cards.

I bought the game at Electronic Boutique, and applied the 1.01 patch by downloading it. Has anyone else seen this bug or know how to fix it?

Thanks,

Brad
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I've seen the bug you're referring to. Frogboy's fixed some screen update issues, but there are some still remaining. Report anything specific you find in the bug reports thread sticked at the top of the forums. In the meantime, download some of the minor patch fixes (and 1.02) from StardockCentral to get what fixes there are in (I believe the planet list is one of them).

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
OK, here's an update. I upgraded to the 1.02 release, and now the Planet List is being updated when I click the Turn button... but the Date is always ONE MONTH BEHIND the actual date... until I click on the screen somewhere!

Here's an example... I started a brand new game and just said "Done, Done, Done" on the first couple of popups (planet, research, etc.) Now I'm sitting at the map on Jan 2178.

I click the Turn button. Date still says Jan.

Click the Turn button again... date now says Feb.

Click Turn... date says Mar.

HOWEVER... if I click in the middle of the map, the date changes to APR... which is actually the date it should be (count the "clicks" above)!

What the...?

Brad
Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
it's the same bug, except that end of turn is one of the things that causes a screen update.

~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
to amplify, hit turn after clicking in the middle of hte map, and it'll still say apr, then lag one month behind again. it's updating at the end of may, then changing the date to june, repeat.

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for the info... just saw your replies. I put my .02 on the Bug Reports, but it looks like it's known and will get fixed eventually.