Space Empires Universe - Technical Support

Vista SE:V Problems

gothicmj666 — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:59:09 -0400

Good evening,

sorry if this has been asked before, but i got my new laptop a few weeks ago, and SE:V was installed and was working perfectly, Then this morning when i tried to play it, it would come up on the task bar at the bottom but the game then crashed my laptop, have gone through everything on my laptop's troubleshoot, and have uninstalled and reinstalled the game countless times and still nothing...

please help, i love this game and i don't want to stop playing it...

Turn processing lockup in ground combat in TCP/IP multiplayer

Draxis — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:39:15 -0400

Hi, me and my brother are playing a Simultaneous TCP/IP game on separate machines (both of us are using the Steam version of SEV v1.71, clean installs with no mods) over a LAN. We have run into a number of problems that we could work around until now, where during end of turn processing on the host, in combat (from the logs, it looks like ground combat), the game freezes. I have (I think) a log file, the save didnt get corrupted in any way, and we seem to be able to reproduce the bug whenever we need. What I would like to know is, what is the best way, if any, to help MM get the bug fixed?

Problem with combat/simulator rendering

starrydude — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:34:28 -0400

I just started a full tech game and finished creating all the ship designs that I could possibly think of (I think that puts it around 60), but I want to test them in the simulator before using resources to build them. The regular ship pics show up in the design window just fine, but when I go into the simulator, they disappear, replaced by a random assortment of magenta horizontal lines and race pics (I don't want a ship shaped like a Norak). What's worse, I can't place the ships beforehand, because they don't show up in the combat screen, and when I do actually fight, I can't launch specific units because the game crashes with 'Access violations.' And any lingering graphics problems persist until I close the game, at which point it complains about another Access violation. Really frustrating.

problem with the graphic games

mathieu-picard — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:56:12 -0400

I have a problem with the graphic games. There are white flashing bar at the top of the planets and vessels. I installed the patch 1.71, and the problem does not solve it.

Ship Structure

battlespud — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:56:45 -0400

my other post was deleted so....
is ship strucutre unimplemented because i cant figure out a way to give ships a starting structure. This is important as if i have no other way i will be focrced to use components which will slow me down greatly

version upgrade 1.71

chrdann — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:58:45 -0400

I got automatically updated to version 1.71 and i'm playing a game in 1.66. Does this make a difference.

I'll answer my own question- it must do as i get the error "the data files currently being used do not match the data files that were used when this game was started."

Surely I must be able to play an older version game when i get a newer version? (I had no choice on the install steam did it for me!

No simulator? maybe no combat? WAHHH

battlespud — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:41:40 -0400

Im testing my mod whcih can now be full loaded and works fine but when i try to go into the simuilator after buiulding a ship it says invalid parameters out of index blah blah blah help!!!! I mwanna see D.R. Device PWN a Starbase in a single shot!!!!

hang up during processing turns

Field1701 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:29:12 -0400

I just started a game and I'm about 50 turns into the game and it always seems to hang at processing turn (the blue bar is between the O and C).
It's a huge game with 200+ systems and lots of enemy players.
Now if I save and quit the game, then restart it doesn't seem to have a problem.
Any solution to this or wil I have to restart the game after every turn. I have already disabled autosave since it also caused crashes. I tried safe video memory and disabling music but it didn't help.

- Justice is not blind for I am her eyes. -Vhailor

"Canvas does not allow drawing"

tbgamecock — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:03:46 -0500

I keep getting this crash at random times early in the game or during game setup. Also, I get this:"Access violation at address 00473709 in module 'se5.exe'. Read of address 00000000. I googled this and found no answer. I can't be the only one. Or can I?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

How do I change the Resolution for windowed mode? (Steam Version, Friends list problems)

Resol — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:18:50 -0500

I was trying to find a way to change the Resolution for windowed mode but can not locate how to change this. I have the steam version so im not sure if maybe thats why.

Also the Steam Friends list game overlay