Official v4.7 Bugs Thread

[Trueknight]

Hi! I'm new here, but i've already had some problems starting the game.

I Installed the game, i think i did right, but as soon as i start a new game and select a Naval Officer from the commanders screen the game crash with this message

Error 3061 generated by DAO.Database
Too few parameters. Expected 1

If i click on OK, a new error comes

Error 3420 generated by DAO.Recordset
Object Invalid or no longer set.

If i click on OK again i get the last message again and again...the only way to close it, it's to use task manager.

This happens both with Win7 and WinXP, and ONLY if i click on a Naval Officer...no problems with Civilian or Ground Officers.

It seems i'm the only one who get this, so probably i'm doing something wrong...any idea?



Thanks for your help. These game looks really good!!!

Sorry for my bad English.

[Steve Walmsley]

Hi! I'm new here, but i've already had some problems starting the game.

I Installed the game, i think i did right, but as soon as i start a new game and select a Naval Officer from the commanders screen the game crash with this message

Error 3061 generated by DAO.Database
Too few parameters. Expected 1

If i click on OK, a new error comes

Error 3420 generated by DAO.Recordset
Object Invalid or no longer set.

If i click on OK again i get the last message again and again...the only way to close it, it's to use task manager.

This happens both with Win7 and WinXP, and ONLY if i click on a Naval Officer...no problems with Civilian or Ground Officers.

It seems i'm the only one who get this, so probably i'm doing something wrong...any idea?

Thanks for your help. These game looks really good!!!

Sorry for my bad English.

That error is usually generated when the database and program don't match. It sounds like your database file (stevefire.mdb) and executable (Aurora.exe) may be different versions. Check the version number on the About window or in the corner of the game details window. Also make sure you followed the exact install procedure as one step involves overwriting both of those files. If you only overwrite one of them, you would get the error you mentioned.

You could retry the last step of the v4.75 install and unzip AuroraUpdate475.zip into the install directory and answer yes to overwriting two files. Then patch to v4.77 and overwrite one file

Steve

[Trueknight]

Sorry, no joy...

I've tried re-downloading both the install file and the patch, and installing in a fresh folder, but nothing new, i get the same errors...i can't really see what i'm doing wrong...it's probably something stupid...

I'm using win7 Ultimate (but the same thing happen on winxp sp3) italian version...

[Steve Walmsley]

Sorry, no joy...

I've tried re-downloading both the install file and the patch, and installing in a fresh folder, but nothing new, i get the same errors...i can't really see what i'm doing wrong...it's probably something stupid...

I'm using win7 Ultimate (but the same thing happen on winxp sp3) italian version...

When you first start the program, which games are available on the Game Details window and what is the version number on the top right of the Game Details window?

Steve

[Steve Walmsley]

Once again I'm starting to get numerous Overflow errors.  The error occurs in LoadPopulation, with Error 6, Overflow.  They occure immediately after a time advance, between 9-10 of them.  If I hit okay, it'll churn on through but they've been constant now for several in game months.  It's getting to be rather annoying.  They seem to be increasing over time as well

Thanks for the database. I have found the problem! It is caused by the number of deep space tracking stations you have on one population. If you reduce this to sixty or less using the SM Mods window the error should go away. I'll update the code for v4.8 to deal with more tracking station but even sixty will give you massive sensor coverage. I don't think I have used more than a dozen or so in the past.

Steve

[Steve Walmsley]

Once again I'm starting to get numerous Overflow errors.  The error occurs in LoadPopulation, with Error 6, Overflow.  They occure immediately after a time advance, between 9-10 of them.  If I hit okay, it'll churn on through but they've been constant now for several in game months.  It's getting to be rather annoying.  They seem to be increasing over time as well

Thanks for the database. I have found the problem! It is caused by the number of deep space tracking stations you have on one population. If you reduce this to sixty or less using the SM Mods window the error should go away. I'll update the code for v4.8 to deal with more tracking station but even sixty will give you massive sensor coverage. I don't think I have used more than a dozen or so in the past.

It turns out it was an NPR that built so many tracking stations, not the player race. If anyone else encounters this problem let me know and I will explain how to fix it. This game is using very large populations though so it is unlikely to happen in most games.

Steve

[boggo2300]

An error popup when I increment time, it happens when automated turns are on or off, happens when im incrementing 1 day, 5 days or 30 days, only happens about 90% of the time, usually pops up 3-4 times in an instance, and occaisionally later on in the same increment if Automated turns are on[attachment=0:23vxqsye]Aurora Error.jpg[/attachment:23vxqsye]

Matt

[Steve Walmsley]

An error popup when I increment time, it happens when automated turns are on or off, happens when im incrementing 1 day, 5 days or 30 days, only happens about 90% of the time, usually pops up 3-4 times in an instance, and occaisionally later on in the same increment if Automated turns are on[attachment=0:1mfnbm5q]Aurora Error.jpg[/attachment:1mfnbm5q]

This is the same error that someone else recently had and it was because one of the AI players had a built a huge number of tracking stations. This might sound like a strange question but did you by any chance start with a fairly large population?

Steve

[EagleMountain]

Hi,

I'm following the great new tutorial by Steve. In his last post as of now has the following text: "the Geological Survey Report window is far more useful for detailed investigation of mineral deposits. I'll talk about this window later in the tutorial but if you want a quick look, it is about six icons from the right along the top of the window. The icon is a grey planet with a chart in front of it.".

If I click this icon I get an error. Picture attached. When I click the "Ok" button the game closes.

Happy New Year.

[Steve Walmsley]

Hi,

I'm following the great new tutorial by Steve. In his last post as of now has the following text: "the Geological Survey Report window is far more useful for detailed investigation of mineral deposits. I'll talk about this window later in the tutorial but if you want a quick look, it is about six icons from the right along the top of the window. The icon is a grey planet with a chart in front of it.".

If I click this icon I get an error. Picture attached. When I click the "Ok" button the game closes.

Happy New Year.

Thanks for the screenshot - that always helps a lot. Do you live in a country where the decimal separator is a comma? If so, try changing your regional settings to UK or US (where the decimal separator is a period) and see if that fixes the problem

Steve

[boggo2300]

An error popup when I increment time, it happens when automated turns are on or off, happens when im incrementing 1 day, 5 days or 30 days, only happens about 90% of the time, usually pops up 3-4 times in an instance, and occaisionally later on in the same increment if Automated turns are on[attachment=0:3d1vyv2o]Aurora Error.jpg[/attachment:3d1vyv2o]

This is the same error that someone else recently had and it was because one of the AI players had a built a huge number of tracking stations. This might sound like a strange question but did you by any chance start with a fairly large population?

Steve

Yes I did, about 6.5 Billion if i recall correctly,  ok, so I need to find an npe with large numbers of tracking stations, and scale it down, cool!

Ok yup they had 74 of them sitting there looking at not much, I've dropped it down to under 30.

Matt

[EagleMountain]

Hi,

I'm following the great new tutorial by Steve. In his last post as of now has the following text: "the Geological Survey Report window is far more useful for detailed investigation of mineral deposits. I'll talk about this window later in the tutorial but if you want a quick look, it is about six icons from the right along the top of the window. The icon is a grey planet with a chart in front of it.".

If I click this icon I get an error. Picture attached. When I click the "Ok" button the game closes.

Happy New Year.

Thanks for the screenshot - that always helps a lot. Do you live in a country where the decimal separator is a comma? If so, try changing your regional settings to UK or US (where the decimal separator is a period) and see if that fixes the problem

Steve

HappY New Year and yes I live in Denmark. So , is our decimal seperator. Will try it later today. Thanks. Will it always be like this or is there something you can do?

Cheers
Mark

[Hawkeye]

Thanks for the screenshot - that always helps a lot. Do you live in a country where the decimal separator is a comma? If so, try changing your regional settings to UK or US (where the decimal separator is a period) and see if that fixes the problem

Steve

Steve, as this problem has come up a few times allready, perhaps you could put a line about this at the top of the first tutorial post, so new people can avoid the problem from the get go?

Or make a sticky post/threat with no reply possible  Things to do/avoid like the above, screen resolution and methods to get around limitations and similar stuff.

something like this (probably better edited, especially with the stuff I had to translate)

Code: [Select]

Preparations:

If you are living in a country, which uses the Komma (,) for decimal separator, you have to switch your computer over to one, that uses the point (.) for this.

In XP, go to Systemsteuerung (No clue what this is called in english, but it is where you are setting pretty much everything, Hardware, Internetoptions, Software and so on) "Regions- und Sprachoptionen" (something like "Region- and languageoptions")
There you can choose English(USA) to do this.



Resolution:

min 1280x1024 required.

If your display doesn´t support this, there are ways around it, provided your video card supports a higher resolution than your monitor/display.

1. scrolling desktop. A Program that extends the desktop beyond your screen.

Can be found at http://360desktop.com/


2. In XP, something similar is already build in.

Go to the screen where you set your resolution
select enhanced or extended settings (I have a german windows, so I don´t know the exact wording, but it is the lower right most button )
select Monitor
there is a checkbox which reads "Modi ausblenden, die von diesem Monitor nicht angezeigt werden" Something like: don´t show modes this monitor does not support.
Uncheck this box
You can now set resolution to anything your graphics card can handle. If this resolution is higher than what your monitor can display, whenever your mouse pointer reaches the edge of your screen, the whole screen will scroll in that direction.
You could then add stuff, whenever something comes up repeatedly

[Steve Walmsley]

Thanks for the screenshot - that always helps a lot. Do you live in a country where the decimal separator is a comma? If so, try changing your regional settings to UK or US (where the decimal separator is a period) and see if that fixes the problem

Steve

Steve, as this problem has come up a few times allready, perhaps you could put a line about this at the top of the first tutorial post, so new people can avoid the problem from the get go?

Or make a sticky post/threat with no reply possible  Things to do/avoid like the above, screen resolution and methods to get around limitations and similar stuff.

something like this (probably better edited, especially with the stuff I had to translate)

Code: [Select]

Preparations:

If you are living in a country, which uses the Komma (,) for decimal separator, you have to switch your computer over to one, that uses the point (.) for this.

In XP, go to Systemsteuerung (No clue what this is called in english, but it is where you are setting pretty much everything, Hardware, Internetoptions, Software and so on) "Regions- und Sprachoptionen" (something like "Region- and languageoptions")
There you can choose English(USA) to do this.



Resolution:

min 1280x1024 required.

If your display doesn´t support this, there are ways around it, provided your video card supports a higher resolution than your monitor/display.

1. scrolling desktop. A Program that extends the desktop beyond your screen.

Can be found at http://360desktop.com/


2. In XP, something similar is already build in.

Go to the screen where you set your resolution
select enhanced or extended settings (I have a german windows, so I don´t know the exact wording, but it is the lower right most button )
select Monitor
there is a checkbox which reads "Modi ausblenden, die von diesem Monitor nicht angezeigt werden" Something like: don´t show modes this monitor does not support.
Uncheck this box
You can now set resolution to anything your graphics card can handle. If this resolution is higher than what your monitor can display, whenever your mouse pointer reaches the edge of your screen, the whole screen will scroll in that direction.
You could then add stuff, whenever something comes up repeatedly

Good idea. I will add this immediately.

Steve

[Steve Walmsley]

HappY New Year and yes I live in Denmark. So , is our decimal seperator. Will try it later today. Thanks. Will it always be like this or is there something you can do?

Yes, it will be like this for the foreseeable future. I have looked into this issue in the past and it looks like it would be a lot of work to set up the program to handle both decimal separators. If someone knows an easy way to handle this though, I am open to suggestions

Steve