Ending turn problem

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I suppose I'm not the first with this prob, but I'm a complete noobie, so here goes.

Whether I use auto turns or manual, the turn never actually changes, ie I stay in January for ever. My ships get thier movement allowance as if it was a new turn, but I pay no maintainance (good) get no income (bad) and get no production or research (very bad)Occasionally I will get a month further on, but having explored a whole galaxy with one ship, and its still only April of the first year (and my colonies have produced nothing that I haven't paid for)I'm assuming something is wrong.

I got the game yesterday by download, and I installed the bonus pack and the latest patch. I have a AMD XP2000+ with 512meg RAM running win98, so what's up? Brad or anyone that knows???

Thanks

-Jam

~SDC~
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Have you tried hitting the space bar?

There seems to be a pause built into the game. It is sometimes useful (giving you a chance to do something before it rolls on to next turn). And sometimes it is aggravating.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
That is REALLY bizarre. It sounds like your threads aren't kicking in. Do the AI move their ships?
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
No - the AI don't move, but I can move again. Its a bit mad because I can explore everywhere, but never actually do any research or production. OH PLEASE HELP MEEEEEEEEEE!!! (:(

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Sometimes Ih have this feeling as well (that I have to hit endturn twice, before AI ships move).
But,
Since the AI has been able to put up more than an honorable fight, I guess their threads were "kicking in" (an me ;) )
I'll check it in my next game.

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Well, I can play as far as March, but then I play March about 100 times, and then it goes to April and the game dies. While I'm playing March over and over, the AI does nothing. Of course I've never reserched a tech, of built anything, although I have explored the whole galaxy. What should I do? I'm so crazy, I've been trying everything for about 36 hours now!!!!!!!!

~SDC~
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Way wierd dude. I still have a problem with turns always ending by themselves. I tried that option in the option screen, did nothing. I hate it that the game determins when my turn is over unless I plan ahead. Might be a great feature for a multi game to keep things moving but thats not what galciv is at all.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
can you please e-mail me your debug.err file

cbegle@stardock.com
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
I hit this once.

Try saving the game and reloading it.

This worked for me - the rest of the game went fine.

Saving & reloading has also fixed a similar bug I've had when you press "end turn", then "space" past unmoved ships, but still can't end the turn - it just sits there (with a planet selected).

Hope this helps!

~SDC~
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm having the exact same problem... I'm stuck in Mar 2178. Though I've explored the entire galaxy, I can't do anything else. Nothing gets built or researched. I just noticed the Timeline Graph in Domestic Policy Settings goes from Feb 357916 to Mar 2178. I've tried saving and reloading, I've tried starting new games, and nothing works. I just explore the galaxy and nothing else.
Has a solution been found to this problem?