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Hello,

I am playing DW Shadows and since installing 1.9.0.14 I have some problems:
1. Game crashes randomly, but quite often lately, with dump:
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Distant Worlds - Crash Dump - 1.9.0.14

00:14:44 Samstag, 10. Oktober 2015


System.InvalidOperationException: Das Objekt wird bereits an anderer Stelle verwendet. (Translated: The object is already used somewhere else")
bei System.Drawing.Image.get_Width()
bei DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.ViiYbbVHftB6iFDt3N9(Object )
bei DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.PrepareGalaxyBackdrop()
bei DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.o5eqUFDV77(Graphics , SpriteBatch )
bei DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.DrawMainViewXna()
bei DistantWorlds.Main.ProgramLoop()


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2. Some portions of the screen sometimes loose background-color and influence spheres. It never is the full screen, but only a part of the screen, but it is always over the full width of the screen (adding a screen shot)

I am running Windows 7 Enterprise 64Bit with 12GB of main memory. No mods or something like that installed for the game. Latest security patches for windows are installed. I am using a Radeon HD5970 with driver version 14.12 (There is one newer version, which is not entirely stable for another game).


Thanks for any help.

Regards

Hello,

I was able to improve stability quite much by activating the screen refresh limit in the game (currently limited to 50 fps).

Regards

Hi,

the problem happens definitly less often, but is still happening:
Distant Worlds - Crash Dump - 1.9.0.14

23:36:33 Dienstag, 13. Oktober 2015


System.InvalidOperationException: Das Objekt wird bereits an anderer Stelle verwendet.
bei System.Drawing.Image.get_Width()
bei DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.ViiYbbVHftB6iFDt3N9(Object )
bei DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.PrepareGalaxyBackdrop()
bei DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.o5eqUFDV77(Graphics , SpriteBatch )
bei DistantWorlds.Controls.MainView.DrawMainViewXna()
bei DistantWorlds.Main.ProgramLoop()


--- COMPLETE ---

Regards

I keep encountering the same bug, and the same graphics glitches. With the latest updates, the game is pretty much unplayable.

I have the base game, plus Return of the Shakturi, Legends, and Shadows (but not Universe) installed, without any mods.

And, much like HTG I assume, I would appreciate if someone would bother to reply to this.