Very Interesting Problem.. Text Disappearing

kirkham7

kirkham7

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This is actually something I've never seen before.
So what happens is right in the middle of my turn all of the text disappears from the game, and any indication that there is any units on a city... I imagine this is a result of the last edit I made to the game (make all the wonders never become obsolete) because sometimes after I close civ, it says there is a division by zero (shows when you go back to the dos prompt), and it doesn't do any of this in my backups of the game. I have included a few pictures and my saved game, as usual.
 

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Sure, it is the exact bytes you suggested. Here are the old bytes:

FF FF 2B 00 14 00 36 00 0E 00 0D 00 1D 00 22 00 7F 00 2B 00 7F 00 0F 00 1B 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00

Here are the new bytes:
FF FF 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00

My installation of civ claims it is version 474.04.
As a note, I opened the saved game in my backup of the exe before the change, and the problem did not occur.
 
Very interesting indeed...

Can the game still be played?

Could there be anything related to the fact that you use the Theov XMAS's mod ? (e.g. try using original SP257.PIC but still keeping the obsolete-wonder patch applied)

Did anything Wonder-related occured in the middle of your turn? (Tech discovered, Wonder built, some other event that checks Wonder status such as Ship movement, Enemy encounter, etc...)

Does the text come back if you quit CIV then reload ?
 
Ok, I was wrong, it's at the start of the next turn, and it's the very first thing that happens (from my point of view, shift 56 doesn't work in this version). Right after it happens, the Russians attack me. I tried taking the Christmas mod off, but it still happens. I've continued on the game with the backup exe, and it works just fine there (with the mod), so it seems like the hex change messed something up.
I saved, reloaded, and the text comes back until one of their military units is moved (ie they attack me).
 
I think it says version 4, but I could be wrong. Here's my exe, let me know if you find anything 'abnormal'. :)
 

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I started a new game with my backup of the exe, and then loaded with the exe I am having problems with. It has something weird going on with saving, the year is off to the right and is flashing different shade of blue. It's quite fun to watch. :)
When you go to the screen that shows all of the civilizations and your contact with them, your name is also flashing blue.
 
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