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I don't know if this is a feature to stop people playing through the night. As you can see I was playing this at 3:00am and thought it wasn't even midnight!
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Distant Worlds - Crash Dump - 1.9.0.11

3:08:58 AM Saturday, October 26, 2013


System.OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown.
at System.Array.Resize[T](T[]& array, Int32 newSize)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.SpriteBatch.InternalDraw(Texture2D texture, Vector4& destination, Boolean scaleDestination, Nullable`1& sourceRectangle, Color color, Single rotation, Vector2& origin, SpriteEffects effects, Single depth)
at DistantWorlds.XnaDrawingHelper.DrawLine(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Vector2 vector1, Vector2 vector2, Color color, Int32 lineThickness, Boolean dashed, Texture2D arrowHeadTexture)
at DistantWorlds.XnaDrawingHelper.DrawLine(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Single x1, Single y1, Single x2, Single y2, Color color, Int32 lineThickness, Boolean dashed, Texture2D arrowHeadTexture)
at DistantWorlds.XnaDrawingHelper.DrawLine(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Int32 x1, Int32 y1, Int32 x2, Int32 y2, Color color, Int32 lineThickness, Boolean dashed, Texture2D arrowHeadTexture)
at DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.k8m6gnjTvU(SpriteBatch , BuiltObject , Int32 , Int32 , Int32 , Int32 , Double , Boolean , Color , Int32 )
at DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.DQa6aLbn8K(SpriteBatch , BuiltObject , Int32 , Int32 , Int32 , Int32 , Double , Boolean , Color )
at DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.MEg6eXhDnn(SpriteBatch , SpriteBatch , Int32 , Int32 , Int32 , Int32 , Double , Int32 )
at DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.DrawMainViewXna()
at DistantWorlds.Main.ProgramLoop()


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I'm not a computer wiz but the techies on this forum might want to see your system specs. I was playing until about 1:30am last night (Eastern time). Its easy to forget about the time playing this game. I think this is a great game though.[:)][:)][:)]
Cheers
PS I split my time between the two greatest games, WITPAE and DW

Running on bootcamp. Here is some specs.


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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/26/2013, 18:22:54
Machine name: *************
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.130318-1532)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
System Model: MacBookPro7,1
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2806MB RAM
Page File: 2202MB used, 3409MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 320M
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 320M
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: *************
Display Memory: 1398 MB
Dedicated Memory: 251 MB
Shared Memory: 1147 MB

To avoid 'out of memory conditions', keep the following in mind:

* On non-64bit OS, limit the galaxy size some. Stay clear of 1400 stars. I usually play at 1000 stars on a 32bit Win XP system, and even that looks to be a bit much.
* Do not reload games within one gaming session too often; quit out of DW completely, instead. What constitutes too often may depend on galaxy size and development. But to be on the safe side, you should continue from a complete restart of the game every time you load a saved game. (In said 1000 stars games and ~20 years into a game I can reload once or twice without quitting out of DW; if I do it more often, I will run into an 'out of memory' eventually.)
* Sometimes it is possible to just 'continue' after receiving an exception, then save and continue from the saved game. This doesn't apply when the exception is 'out of memory', though. Regardless, I wouldn't trust the save to be not corrupt in such situation and rather return to an older save. For this reason I alternate between different save files (but because of their size I do not keep too many).

When running Distant Worlds on 32-bit editions of Windows you should set the /3Gb switch in the system settings. This will allow Distant Worlds to access more memory and prevent Out Of Memory errors like you describe above. 64-bit editions of Windows already access more memory, so this problem is not generally encountered on those systems.

Follow the instructions at the following link to set the /3Gb switch:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=9583842&linkID=9240617

Thanks
Elliot