Range Check Error (like in SE:IV days) |
Submitted by mgrinshpon on Thu, 2006-10-12 17:13.
| Project: | Space Empires V |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | bug |
| Priority: | critical |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
| Attachment: | issues_0 (123.53 KB) |
Description
Upon startup at all default settings, I get a range check error. If needed, I can email a text file of all my hardware using Everest Professional Edition.
Force one core for now
Submitted by Thy Reaper on Thu, 2006-10-12 18:44.
It seems that a fair number of people with dual core systems have had problems. For now, you should be able to force your computer to run SE:V on one core, thus working around the problem.
Range-Check Error & Dual Core
Submitted by zaedii on Thu, 2006-10-19 10:42.
Launch the game. Before clicking "new game" or whatever, open the task manager, processes tab, find se5.exe, right click it, click "Processor Affinity", uncheck all but one box, click ok.
I stopped getting range check error after this. I have to set affinity on several games that just don't work right with dual core.
Apparently, during the
Apparently, during the menu-splash screen, but setting affinity to only one CPU, SE:V won't crash, on my AMD64 X2 3800+, and not clicking anything during the "Strategy First" splash, nothing bad happens. It looks like there's some dual core conflicts, in my humble opinion. Best of luck working this out.