What actual changes have you made to the AI?

+ It's better

libcurl.dll Error same as above...

Really starting to about loose it, played Elemental and ended up paying for an alpha that was abandoned a month after release,..

And now FE which has half worked at best through 5-6 different patches, and this time I feel like I am paying to play a beta.

I have enjoyed several Stardock games in the past and I cant comprehend how this is from the same company.

How much failure do you expect your customers to take before they never buy another Stardock game?

You should return it then. If it's giving you that much trouble.  Drop a note to support@stardock.com. Tell them I sent ya.

I've updated the link with, what I hope, are the missing DLLs. I'm not sure why it now requires those DLLs.  

Just a reminder, builds off my personal machine aren't official. They're not supported. They're just builds from my machine that have code a little more updated than what's generally available.

You are right, I apologize.

It is ok for a company to make a product and release it in an alpha state then drop all support for it, then remake it and have constant bugs and and after months and countless patches still have this level of trouble.

They offered a discount for this game if you bought Elemental BECAUSE IT WAS A NOTED FAILURE.

Again I loved playing several Stardock games, but even beyond all the bugs and crashes...this game still suffers from poor pacing and many basic design flaws.

I think the 1.12 patch was the only patch I played that didnt crash on me constantly.

Congrats you like the game, so do I but that isnt the point.

Mine says "SDNXL.dll" is missing - using the updated link.

Im on Windows 7 64-bit

@scifi

I know and am fine with a company releasing patches after release, I expect a few bugs now a days.

I have been playing this game since the 1st week of launch and trying all but maybe 1-2 patches released, every one but 1.12 crashed on me, some it was unplayable crashing every 10-15mins, others maybe every 2-3 hours.

I am a computer tech with a clean and fast computer, but I dont have to say it isnt just me, you can just read the forums.

This game is buggy - Fact

This game crashes - Fact

But pardon me for getting upset after spending 6 hours on a save to have it flushed because the game wont load any saves now.

It worked fine and I have 4-5 saves in, then towards late game nothing, even saves which loaded fine before wont work.

I have watched frogboy for years now and I give him 2 thumbs up, I really do. 

But I just get this vibe they make this game with a team, and then dump it on 1-2 guys in an alpha/beta state and say there finish the last 20-25% of it.  We're going to start working on a sequel/DLC/Expansion.

Ironically, one of the reasons I carried no anger over from E:WoM was that I disliked the original so much, I barely played it. I got FE for free since I bought E:WoM at launch. What a pleasant surprise it has been!

Even though I disliked the original, I give the company credit for trying to improve it; they did NOT abandon it after release and issued several major patches. Yet, despite their efforts to fix it, most will agree it was a failure.

So the company realizing this decides to try again from scratch. Yes there are still some rough spots in FE, but the company continues to work on making the game better. Unfortunately, for some, the latest patch seems to have caused some crash issues. I'm fortunate; for me, the game is more stable than ever.

Frogboy put out his unofficial patch in hopes it would help some people, such as yourself, who are having trouble with 1.20. I don't know of any other game that has ever offered that level of service.

So, I sympathize that you're one of those who have had issues with 1.20. If you think the game has "poor pacing" and "many basic design flaws," you are welcome to your opinion. (Are we playing the same game?) I just get annoyed to see someone bash the company so hard when the company seems to be doing everything they can to make things right.

Then why aren't you reporting those crashes? How are the devs supposed to fix them, if you don't provide the necessary information?

Guys, please try to stay polite.

This applies to those reporting issues as well as those defending the game. Everyone has the right to get vocal when their game gets ruined by corrupted saves or crashes. If it was happening to me, I'd be up on the barricades as well.

And those reporting bugs, if you think invoking the history of Elemental as bug-ridden will get your current issues fixed faster, you are wrong. Be concise, follow the guidelines laid out to report issues and wait for an update or ask for a refund.

Well, interesting bug to report with 1.29frog.  Factions I haven't met yet can contact me to trade but I can't contact them.

There's a bug in my build regarding this.  You do have relations but the the first contact message isn't working as designed (I moved it into a thread and it's being wonky).