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Crash (Black Screen)

February 6, 2008 8:05:55 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Whenever I click on a tab(research,diplomacy, main menu...) during a game the game freezes and shortly after the screen turns black; however, this same crash will eventually occur at random even if I do not click one of these tabs(usually no more than 10 minutes after the start of a game).
I have a fresh install of Windows XP sp2, Radeon 9800pro, asrock 939dual-SATA2 motherboard, 1gb ram, 2.3ghz. All the drivers are updated.
I am running the game in a window and no setting is above high.
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Reply #1 February 6, 2008 10:24:31 PM
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Does the game pop up a message about a minidump after it crashes?
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Reply #2 February 6, 2008 10:46:37 PM
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No, there is no minidump. After the screen turns black I am able to close out the game window via the windows task bar and exit to the desktop; although, I end up restarting my computer anyway because of scroll lag on the monitor, which I'm assuming is caused by the lockup.
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Reply #3 February 7, 2008 12:24:39 AM
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I got this error for the artifacts research tab and it gives me pop up of minidump anyone know what that means?
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Reply #4 February 7, 2008 12:44:04 AM
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i have the same thing. It means that the game is loading. If you click around a little and wait it loads up fine.
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Reply #5 February 7, 2008 8:52:18 AM
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Well, I have left the game up in hopes that it would recover but it never has.
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