Game crashes after loading large file

[jjjgas]

I do have a ATI All-in wonder 9800Pro with the latest drivers. The game worked fine out of the box. I did not have problems until the game file grew. Then when the size was quite large I would try to load the game and it would load fine but the first click would cause it to crash. After many crashes and trying different thing found on the forums I found out if I started a new game and played a turn then loaded the larger saved file it worked fine. So now when I restart a game I have to go through the same process. I have not seen this issue in the forum and wondered if anyone else is having the same problem?

[Traelin]

Re: Game crashes after loading large file

Originally posted by jjjgas
I do have a ATI All-in wonder 9800Pro with the latest drivers. The game worked fine out of the box. I did not have problems until the game file grew. Then when the size was quite large I would try to load the game and it would load fine but the first click would cause it to crash. After many crashes and trying different thing found on the forums I found out if I started a new game and played a turn then loaded the larger saved file it worked fine. So now when I restart a game I have to go through the same process. I have not seen this issue in the forum and wondered if anyone else is having the same problem?

Yes I have this problem from time to time, and it's definitely not a memory issue with my CPU, considering I have 2GB of RAM. Once it crashes, all I do is restart the game and it loads up fine.

As a sidenote, it's amazing how much quicker it is to load saved games right after you start Civ, versus loading them in-game. If I ever need to load in the later stages of the game, I just Exit to Desktop and restart. It probably saves me 2-3 minutes each save.

[jjjgas]

Yeah it can't be the memory because I have 1.5 GB. It not only crashes it reboots. I tried from the start yesterday just to see if it still happened and it rebooted right as I tried to open a city view. The save was only about 300K. After the reboot, I started a new game and then loaded and it worked great. I am confused????