All,
Stardock responded to my last Survey and requested some System Spec info so I created a new Survey asking for this info and added some questions about the crahes, hangs, and bugs you are encountering.
Survey is at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=A5PfAwf4AWuyhmSNL3c83g_3d_3d
Thanks,
Sammual
---- Results for 100 responses ----
What operating system do you run?Windows XP (32 bit) 37.0% 30Windows XP (64 bit) 3.0% 3Windows Vista (32 bit) 19.0% 19Windows Vista (64-bit) 24.0% 24Windows 7 18.0% 18What type of video card do you use?ATI 37.4% 37NVidia 59.6% 59Intel Integrated Graphics 3.0% 3Do you primarily run the game in full-screen or windowed?Full-screen 78.0% 78Windowed 22.0% 22Can you run the game at your monitor's maximum resolution without graphical problems (Artifacts, lines, black or white screen, etc )?Yes 85.7% 84No 14.3% 14Resolution that has problems1600x12001680X10501600x10501280x10241400x9001280x800Anything above 1024x768Are you connecting directly to the internet when playing, or are you using a proxy server?Direct connect (Cable, DSL, etc) 95.9% 93Proxy Server (Connect through a network that runs a proxy server) 4.1% 4How many monitors are you using on your computer?One 93.9% 93Two 6.1% 6More than two 0.0% 0How often do you encounter the following errors?Rarely Sometimes Mosttimes Every time Never Avg Count"Application failed to start" 7.4% (5) 5.9% (4) 0.0% (0) 1.5% (1) 85.3% (58) 1.70 68Crash at startup/splash 27.3% (18) 1.5% (1) 1.5% (1) 4.5% (3) 65.2% (43) 1.52 66Crash upon clicking during splash/intro video 20.3% (13) 3.1% (2) 1.6% (1) 0.0% (0) 75.0% (48) 1.25 64Crash upon pressing PrntScrn during splash 10.0% (6) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 90.0% (54) 1.00 60Crash upon advancing turn 26.2% (17) 21.5% (14) 6.2% (4) 0.0% (0) 46.2% (30) 1.63 65Crash after loading savegame 4.8% (3) 16.1% (10) 4.8% (3) 11.3% (7) 62.9% (39) 2.61 62Crash after selecting research item 7.8% (5) 3.1% (2) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 89.1% (57) 1.29 64Crash upon returning from alt-tab 12.5% (8) 12.5% (8) 7.8% (5) 9.4% (6) 57.8% (37) 2.33 64Crash upon new game start 9.4% (6) 7.8% (5) 1.6% (1) 6.3% (4) 75.0% (48) 2.19 64Crash upon player sovereign death 6.5% (4) 4.8% (3) 1.6% (1) 1.6% (1) 85.5% (53) 1.89 62Crash upon initiating combat 12.3% (8) 3.1% (2) 1.5% (1) 0.0% (0) 83.1% (54) 1.36 65Crash upon setting construction 10.9% (7) 7.8% (5) 0.0% (0) 1.6% (1) 79.7% (51) 1.62 64Crash upon building invalid mines 9.7% (6) 6.5% (4) 6.5% (4) 1.6% (1) 75.8% (47) 2.00 62Crash upon clicking "new game" after playing in same session 14.5% (9) 6.5% (4) 3.2% (2) 4.8% (3) 71.0% (44) 1.94 62Crash upon spamclicking unit inventory items 8.2% (5) 1.6% (1) 0.0% (0) 3.3% (2) 86.9% (53) 1.88 61OOM crash 10.2% (6) 1.7% (1) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 88.1% (52) 1.14 59Assorted/random crashes 30.2% (19) 23.8% (15) 1.6% (1) 3.2% (2) 41.3% (26) 1.62 63Hang/crash during road construction 9.7% (6) 21.0% (13) 4.8% (3) 0.0% (0) 64.5% (40) 1.86 62Hang shortly after loading saved game 8.6% (5) 10.3% (6) 6.9% (4) 5.2% (3) 69.0% (40) 2.28 58Hang upon simultaneous completion of two temples 5.4% (3) 1.8% (1) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 92.9% (52) 1.25 56Hang upon alt-tab 11.1% (7) 19.0% (12) 12.7% (8) 19.0% (12) 38.1% (24) 2.64 63Hang upon victory 8.3% (5) 13.3% (8) 0.0% (0) 1.7% (1) 76.7% (46) 1.79 60Hang upon attempting to exit program after victory 8.2% (5) 8.2% (5) 4.9% (3) 0.0% (0) 78.7% (48) 1.85 61Hang at world generation 14.3% (9) 11.1% (7) 3.2% (2) 3.2% (2) 68.3% (43) 1.85 63UI textures jumbled 11.1% (7) 7.9% (5) 4.8% (3) 1.6% (1) 74.6% (47) 1.88 63Map texture visual corruption 15.4% (10) 21.5% (14) 4.6% (3) 7.7% (5) 50.8% (33) 2.09 65Map does not render after alt-tab 7.8% (5) 4.7% (3) 10.9% (7) 35.9% (23) 40.6% (26) 3.26 64World view fails to appear with high settings 9.8% (6) 3.3% (2) 0.0% (0) 4.9% (3) 82.0% (50) 2.00 61Map missing/gamestate merged after load or new game in same session 9.8% (6) 4.9% (3) 9.8% (6) 36.1% (22) 39.3% (24) 3.19 61Text from underlying windows shows through save/load screen 8.1% (5) 8.1% (5) 9.7% (6) 17.7% (11) 56.5% (35) 2.85 62Edge-scrolling issues 9.4% (6) 6.3% (4) 17.2% (11) 40.6% (26) 26.6% (17) 3.21 64Selection/destination cursor, city limits flickering/layering issues 7.7% (5) 27.7% (18) 15.4% (10) 6.2% (4) 43.1% (28) 2.35 65Cursor hotspot does not match "point" of cursor 15.4% (10) 21.5% (14) 13.8% (9) 20.0% (13) 29.2% (19) 2.54 65
I have the survey open, and on the second page it only lets you assign each "frequency" to a single crash.
Fixed.
Gave my answers. If you make another of these surveys you may want to consider providing a "N/A" option, theres quite a few I answered "Never" to simply because I have yet to be able to get past turn 5 or so without some game-ending glitch or crash occuring (all of which have been reported by others if you are wondering why there have been no posts from me).
Agree with Espio
I can see your point but I am looking for what OS and Video card people use who are currently having these issues, so N/A and Never are both counted as NULL data points. As we get into further Betas (Where there is an assumption of stability) this will no longer be true as the percentage of users who are experencing these errors becomes more important, whereas currently finding things the users having issues have in common will give the programers a better idea of where to look for the root cause of the issue.
Done
Taken... Hope this helps...
did!
filled out the survey
btw nice work
EDIT: I´m just curious, do you plan to publish the results anytime soon?
I have x64 Vista + 8800GT OCed gfx card -> no graphical problems..as for crashes/memory errors etc. I don't know. I haven't played that much with this build, because the save/load system is heavily bugged also. I am waiting for the next version. Hopefully the save/load system will work perfectly.
Results added. It appears that I need to upgrade my Survey Monkey account to get crosstab results so they may or may not be added later.
Interesting things found in the results from this survey;
1) Only 5 users who can play the game do not report "Edge-scrolling issues" and over 50% of the users who report them have them all the time.
2) Of the users who can play the game AND have it not hang after an ALT-TAB, 70% report the "Map does not render after alt-tab" every time.
3) The majority of users who can play the game have some sort of Save / Load issues.
4) Almost all users who can play the game report "Cursor hotspot does not match 'point' of cursor" but unlike the other widespread issues the frequency is evenly distributed (The others are weighted towards Always).
93 Responses so far. I will post updated stats as soon as I can after we hit 100.
OP updated, 100 responses.
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