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I would offer a saved game, but I haven't been playing long enough for the auto save My games never make it past a save or two before they start crashing. I normally never even get an error, but I did this time. Here it is......

--------------------------- Error --------------------------- An error has occurred. Distant Worlds will now exit.

Details of the error are below:

Error Code: GxBO

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at DistantWorlds.Types.Empire.CompleteTeardown(Empire conqueror, Boolean removeFromGalaxy, Boolean sendMessages)

at DistantWorlds.Types.Empire.TakeOwnershipOfColony(Habitat colony, Empire newEmpire, Boolean destroyAllBuiltObjectsAndTroopsAtColony)

at DistantWorlds.Types.Empire.MakeHabitatIntoColony(Habitat habitat, Empire empire, Race race, Int64 newPopulationAmount)

at DistantWorlds.Types.BuiltObject.ExecuteCommands(Galaxy galaxy, Double timePassed, DateTime time)

at DistantWorlds.Types.BuiltObject.DoTasks(DateTime time, Boolean inView)

at DistantWorlds.Main.2NuQRMwl1uJDnocmTo5ZJBfL(DateTime , BuiltObjectList , Boolean )

at DistantWorlds.Main.ProgramLoop() --------------------------- OK

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One thing I have noticed is that the game seems to be still active during the auto 'saving' process.

I clicked on a button just after the save started and it crashed. I don't know if the save worked or not.

Could you post a DxDiag for us as well, please?

What game settings are you using?

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Could you post a DxDiag for us as well, please?

What game settings are you using?

Copy of my DxDiag here......

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Which settings are you referring to exactly? Graphic and sound? If so, I tend to lower all sounds and graphics options to minimum.

The game/galaxy settings, please.

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

The game/galaxy settings, please.

Galaxy Shape: Irregular Size: 1400 Planet Quality: very low Independent Live: Normal Expansion: starting Aggression: Unstable Research Speed: Normal Space Creatures: None Pirates: Few --------------------------------- Home system: Normal Size: Starting Tech level: basic Corruption: Normal

Government: Hive Mind Race: Sluken

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Enemies: 1 of each, all random/basic/starting

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Music and Star Density are minimum, automation is expert, everything else is default

I just got a similar error message in 1.0.5.8. This is late game, I rarely get crashes early at the game. Things were slowing down quite a bit at this stage. I wasn't doing anything particular at the time of the crash, but just moments prior the game almost hang when I ordered 50 ships to be produced in a massive shipyard, and they all came out at once. [:)]

I have a save game but it's 20 minutes prior to crash and I'm not sure if it even reproduces.

Here be the error message:

Game settings:

DxDiag:

Thanks for those reports. This has been fixed in the next version.