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Crash if left on pause overnight

July 29, 2007 9:25:24 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
This has happened twice now. Steps as follows:

1. Start a game in full screen at 1600x1200
2. When it gets close to midnight put game in pause and Alt-Tab to background.
3. Next morning Alt-Tab game back to foreground -> crash.

Obviously I should save and restart but I'm just lazy.
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RonLugge
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Reply #1 July 29, 2007 10:32:51 PM
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Obviously I should save and restart but I'm just lazy.


Bad boy!... but you uncovered a bug, so thats worth something

Does your computer have any kind of sleep or hibernate mechanism active?
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Reply #2 July 29, 2007 11:21:17 PM
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Remember to send those error report to Ironclad by mail, they are a goldmine for them
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Reply #3 July 30, 2007 12:16:19 AM
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There was no sleep or hibernate - just screen saver. But I guess that is a good point. I do have a dump. Thanks for reminding me. I'll send it.
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Reply #4 July 30, 2007 12:39:56 AM
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just screen saver


You screen saver will start over an "active" full screen program? I didn't know they'd do that...
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Reply #5 July 30, 2007 12:42:03 AM
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If the "active" program has been alt-tabbed to the background. Yes it will.
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Reply #6 July 30, 2007 5:17:22 AM
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support@ironcladgames.com

just encase you didn't know......
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Reply #7 July 30, 2007 6:02:03 AM
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I have done that quite a bit and never had a problem.
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Reply #8 July 31, 2007 8:20:32 AM
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Well maybe there is some other factor - time zone? I dunno. I've sent in the dump.
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Reply #9 July 31, 2007 11:44:05 AM
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If the "active" program has been alt-tabbed to the background. Yes it will.


Then it wouldn't be starting over the active program (By active, read what I meant as "full screen and therefore takes "control" of the monitor from the OS").
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