CTD when loading a save

Shows loading screen for a few secs, then crashes to desktop every time.

I've seen a handful of posts with this problem, unfortunately they all end with a ticket opened, no one posted a solution.

I'm hoping there's a simple solution. I did opt in for v1.02 and v1.03 and I see Steam shows the beta is over and it auto-opted me out.

Never had a problem before today, didn't change any settings.

Thanks for any help.

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Island Dog

Join Date 06/2003

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Sending in a support ticket with the requested files is the best way. This way we can identify the issue and it's typically fixed in an update.

https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/default_import/Knowledgebase/Article/View/496/161/general-galactic-civilizations-iii-troubleshooting

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Ok so I figured it out and I'm posting what I did to fix it to help out any other poor soul that runs into this problem.

So my Steam app (and GalCiv III) resided on an external HDD. I re-installed Steam and GalCiv III on my internal SSD (very reluctantly, since like most, my internal SSD has a very limited capacity) and everything works fine.

Still no idea what on earth changed to cause this problem in the first place. If anyone figures this out I'd like to know so I can free up that space on my SSD again.

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