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Crash on research screen (PBEM)
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:00 pm
by vonik
It has happened several times that the game freezes when I call the research screen .
The screen looks like that :
The mouse moves but I can neither close the window nor click on any research item (and of course not on any othrr button) .
When this happens, the only way is to kill the application through the Task Manager .
RE: Crash on research screen (PBEM)
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 4:52 pm
by sPzAbt653
I haven't had this happen, but sometimes the Research box flickers when my mouse moves over the categories. Did you get an Error Log generated when yours froze up ?
RE: Crash on research screen (PBEM)
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:07 pm
by vonik
No error message and see no file called Error Log in the SC directory .
RE: Crash on research screen (PBEM)
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 8:21 pm
by sPzAbt653
Well, I would think it would be in the main C: directory somewhere, but I found it here [below]. However, I am playing user campaigns so if you are playing the stock campaign, the Error Log might be elsewhere. Here is what the location looks like on my W7 machine:

RE: Crash on research screen (PBEM)
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:34 am
by vonik
OK, found the errorlog in C: even if my game is in I: . No mention about this crash .
Only a bunch of "failed to blit surface" but this is another old story .
RE: Crash on research screen (PBEM)
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:41 am
by sPzAbt653
Ok, thanks for finding it, at least now we know that the error log can be of no assistance in this matter [:(]
RE: Crash on research screen (PBEM)
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:01 am
by Szilard
Have you tried hitting the ESC key? Works for me when the research screen freezes.
RE: Crash on research screen (PBEM)
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 12:19 pm
by vonik
ORIGINAL: Szilard
Have you tried hitting the ESC key? Works for me when the research screen freezes.
Honestly I don't remember . I think yes because I tried to hit esc, alt tab etc but not sure . Will be sure to do next time .