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Sins Beta 4 Technical Feedback - *POST HERE*

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Sins Beta 4 Technical Feedback - *POST HERE*

And so it begins....again.

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This thread is for technical feedback for Sins of a Solar Empire Beta 4. 

Please reply to this post if you'd like to make: a bug report, let us know about a compatibility issue, graphics issues, performance reports, etc. (i.e., technical stuff).

Before making a report, please be aware that the minimum system requirements for Beta 4 are:

  • Windows XP SP2 / Vista
  • 1.8 GHz Processor
  • 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM for Vista)
  • 128 MB 3D DirectX Video Card
  • DirectX 9.0c
  • LAN or Broadband Internet Connection for Multiplayer

IMPORTANT:  When making a post about a bug, be certain to include - your system specs, a description of the bug you encountered, what you were doing when the bug occurred (how to reproduce it), and if it was reproducible or not.  We won't be able to make changes to the game without detailed information.

If you encounter a crash, Sins should automatically generate a minidump file. Please send the generated exception and a DirectX diag report to support(at)ironcladgames(dot)com along with a detailed description as outlined above. Minidump files are located in (please note these directories are hidden by Windows):

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire
Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\

If you'd like to give us some non-technical feedback, please post it here:

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/index.aspx?AID=166574

By keeping this information in one place, it will go a long way towards us making Sins a better game!

Thanks!

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Reply #176 from Sins Forums Top
I got another string error
"String ID:'IDSplaneDetailsInfocard_Culture_Takeoverstates_AlmostAquired"


Known and fixed
Reply #177 from Sins Forums Top
I got another string error
"String ID:'IDSplaneDetailsInfocard_Culture_Takeoverstates_AlmostAquired"


Known and fixed


sweet!
Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #178 from Sins Forums Top
I experienced an in-game crash in a LAN multiplayer game tonight -- no minidump generated, I had to shut down the computer to get the program to actually close when I hit "send report". I do, however, have a debug log -- should I send that in? (And if so, can someone remind me of the address?)
Reply #179 from Sins Forums Top
Minor bug: Refinery ships will visit a mine on one of your planets, even if you don't own the mine in question. (Cultural takeover)
Reply #180 from Sins Forums Top

today i got this message on my windows vista when i clicked the application link to start sins of a solar empire:

Could not detect if Archive File is Binary or Text: C:\Users\rtrimmer\AppData\Roaming\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting\user.setting

thing is, ive played this game before, not 3 days ago, i had a 6 hour game saved, i dont know what happened, any help would be appreciated, i made a ticket thing with stardock, but any faster help would be welcome
Reply #181 from Sins Forums Top
Weird Bug: Canceling a capitol ship at roughly the time its due to complete appears to cancel construction, but not return the resources spent.
Reply #182 from Sins Forums Top
Game doesn't work in 64bit OSes, even in compatibility modes. I have tried this in 64bit XP and Vista Ultimate to same effect. Doesn't seem to be isolated to hardware.
Reply #183 from Sins Forums Top
we have users who can run it on 64 bit already, so its not solely the fact that you have 64bit.
Reply #184 from Sins Forums Top
Have ran into a issue I have not seen in the forums. When entering the game, does not matter if it is single player multiplayer or IronClad. My home planet is ghosted, can see only the astroids no ships, If I click on a ship, it displays it's path, but no textures, etc.
If I go and explore a different planet I can see my ships until the background switch's to either a light blue or red, then all icons for any building or ship disappears. I do have 2 saved games that I did save as soon as it happened, I played the second one for awhile, but when I tried to colonize a second system, all the planets were ghoset and could not see even where I placed a building or defensive structure.
Using XP pro with Nvidia 163.71 drivers. Will zip and send in saved games with DXdiag included

Glenn

Bit of s small problem, my documents redirects to a server mapped drive where all my information is stored. So, under the local, my documents\my login name\app data\name of game directory is not there, nither is it under my remote my documents directory. So, I cannot find the savegame directory. Is there anywhere in the game config files that shows the location?

Reply #185 from Sins Forums Top
The files aren't under my docs. They are at C:\Documents and Settings\
Reply #186 from Sins Forums Top

Game doesn't work in 64bit OSes, even in compatibility modes. I have tried this in 64bit XP and Vista Ultimate to same effect. Doesn't seem to be isolated to hardware.

This was resolved by support and turned out to be a corrupt galaxy file, not an OS specific issue.

Reply #187 from Sins Forums Top
sure it was O Great Deceiver -.-

anyways, ICO is laggy again chatwise
of course, that gets better RIGHT after i post about it on the forum... *glares at blair*
Reply #188 from Sins Forums Top
just got my second runtime error, this time in a multiplayer game (last one was in singleplayer if it wasnt obvious) pretty generic error that closed sins and made everyone else drop since i was hosty
Reply #189 from Sins Forums Top
Z-axis control

Some strange behaviour I saw yesterday whilst experimenting with a TEC Scout Frigate in the Z-axis.

1) Move to the highest point in a planetery system then try to phase jump out and the frigate seems to struggle to find the exit path of the gravity well, it did it eventually but it took 60s or more and seemed to get stuck having selected what seemed to be an odd/in-direct path.

2) You arrive at the default space lane entrance point to the new system, I wasn't expecting this is this right?

3) Phase jump back to the previous system leaving via the same point just you arrived from and the frigate returned to the highest point in that system which I wasn't expecting either.

4) So this time I went back to the 2nd system, moved to the highest point there and tried to jump back and again the frigate wanted to return the 0 Z axis plane by the default space lane after struggling to get out of the gravity well a second time.

5) I found the Z axis movement control/orders quite hit and miss because by simply selecting a point in space it difficult to work out where that is in 3D you need a drag and drop triangle to show you the vector. The best work around I found was to select the point then pan the camera angle around and adjust my previous selection by issuing a 2nd movement order.

Is there a way to see the gravity well in 3D?
Reply #190 from Sins Forums Top

2) You arrive at the default space lane entrance point to the new system, I wasn't expecting this is this right?


Huh? Do you mean you arrive "on top" of the phase lane as in prior versions?
Reply #191 from Sins Forums Top
disturbing: when I reloaded some multiplayer saves, it took me some time to orient myself, because the view was completely unfocused. I try to explain, it was like I was with my mouse way zoomed out, staring from below instead of above (I know, all is relative) and not looking at any planet, but into void. so first I have to spin around to even find something and then I have to orient, so that I have roughly the camera position I had before the save. not a big deal, but definately irritating.
Reply #192 from Sins Forums Top
"Sins just locked on me in a multiplayer game, and while I'm sitting around watching it to see if it creates a minidump file, it's chewing through a gig. First crash since beta2.

Doesn't seem to want to die properly. Details.

Multiplayer 1v1 with chickenfur. Current activities were managing a battle in one of his gravity wells, something of everything in frigates on both sides, no cruisers, one carrier and one dreadnaught type capital ship on my end. The dreadnaught was on autocast with the siege platforms and had the bombardment upgrade as well, otherwise I was using no abilities. There was an enemy Kol and I think an akkan in the well, some hangar bays, a repair bay, planetary bombardment had just started. There was also a bunch of pirates attacking him at the same time there. Chickenfur might can give more details about his end, if he crashed too maybe he got something out of it besides a lockup. I was about to flip the pirate base, might have been well timed for that too."

I was playing my first multi-player game with phsyco. I have an older cmp p4 3.2 ghz nvdia 6800. And sins froze in the middle of the game. I had to kill the process and then I was able to go back into windows. I don't know why it crashed
Reply #193 from Sins Forums Top
Ron wrote:
Huh? Do you mean you arrive "on top" of the phase lane as in prior versions?


No not above but at the zero level in the z-axis i.e. in the 2D plane where the default SoaSE ships occupy.


Start Phase Jump Here ---- ---> Expected to Arrive Here
------
------
------> Actually Arrive Here

(damn HTML formatting, you get the idea)
Reply #194 from Sins Forums Top

No not above but at the zero level in the z-axis i.e. in the 2D plane where the default SoaSE ships occupy.


Start Phase Jump Here ---- ---> Expected to Arrive Here
------
------
------> Actually Arrive Here

(damn HTML formatting, you get the idea)


Note sure I do, so its possible the devs aren't either. Are you saying that you jumped out from "above" the default grav well plane, and when you jumped in you landed on the default grav well plane?
Reply #195 from Sins Forums Top
Yes thats right, along with the other z-axis points/observations of course like the return journey.

You sound like a Developer in disguise sometimes Ron.   
Reply #196 from Sins Forums Top

You sound like a Developer in disguise sometimes Ron.


Apparently, you aren't the only one who thinks so... I've had a couple of PM's from people asking if I'm going to post a "known issues" thread and the like.
Reply #197 from Sins Forums Top
 :LOL: 
Start Phase Jump Here ---- ---> Expected to Arrive Here
------
------
------> Actually Arrive Here

unless 3-D structure placement gets incorporated, this is going to have to stay as is. otherwise you ahve balance issues.
3) Phase jump back to the previous system leaving via the same point just you arrived from and the frigate returned to the highest point in that system which I wasn't expecting either.

this I found interesting...

so you jumped from "here" to arrive instead at "there"?
there <---- ---
------
------
expected to be here<------ here
Reply #198 from Sins Forums Top
Apparently, you aren't the only one who thinks so... I've had a couple of PM's from people asking if I'm going to post a "known issues" thread and the like.


I ran the idea by Yarlen in IRC already, the general consensus was that people weren't going to read it anyway, which sadly I'm inclined to agree with :P
Reply #199 from Sins Forums Top

Apparently, you aren't the only one who thinks so... I've had a couple of PM's from people asking if I'm going to post a "known issues" thread and the like.


I ran the idea by Yarlen in IRC already, the general consensus was that people weren't going to read it anyway, which sadly I'm inclined to agree with


Yeah, pretty much happened with me too.
Reply #200 from Sins Forums Top
Hi all,
I was playing local LAN game this evening with my friend, the game crashed, but what was the most frustrating was the fact that I could not load the autosave game, it said it could not find the save game, has this been encountered before ?

(I am running Vista 64 bit with only 2gb (cry) of memory 8800 GTX graphic card, 2 x 150 gb raided 10.000 hd X-FI elite sound card and ummhh.. 6600 quad core )

the other computer is XP vista 32 bit 2gb memory AMD 3500+ with 6600 GT graphic card

any ideas why this is not working ?
regards,
your favorite newbie,
Arkanuz,