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I'm on a skirmish game, have reached turn 95, and the game simply crashes every single time when ending turn.

I was going to attach my save game file so you guys could look at it..... but this forum won't even let me do that!

Edit: I was able to send the save game to tech support. They said it was because the game is running too fast! They suggested I slow the CPU cycle setting on DOSBox down to as low as possible, which I did, down to just 5% - and for some reason knock it off full screen when ending turns. So far it's worked..... up to turn 139 now.

But what about this "memory leak" problem I see 9/10 people get? My problem above was NOT that one, so I may yet have this to come!
The game is still broken! Simple as! Despite MAX1 being what everyone praises till the sun shines out of it's butt!
If MAX 2 gets scorned so severely, Christ! How bad must MAX 2 be then? Why are GOG not fixing this trouble with MAX1?

Edit: Tried MAX2..... no memory leak so far, but the graphics are AWFUL, so ugly - you can barely tell what it is you are looking at, it's just a mush! So many features removed and so much dumbing down!

PS/ I have read the posts on "Dos Extenders" etc, but I just don't understand them. I've tried altering the "mem" field in the game's .conf file, still get the same crash.
Post edited February 17, 2017 by JMayer70
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JMayer70: I'm on a skirmish game, have reached turn 95, and the game simply crashes every single time when ending turn.

I was going to attach my save game file so you guys could look at it..... but this forum won't even let me do that!

Edit: I was able to send the save game to tech support. They said it was because the game is running too fast! They suggested I slow the CPU cycle setting on DOSBox down to as low as possible, which I did, down to just 5% - and for some reason knock it off full screen when ending turns. So far it's worked..... up to turn 139 now.

But what about this "memory leak" problem I see 9/10 people get? My problem above was NOT that one, so I may yet have this to come!
The game is still broken! Simple as! Despite MAX1 being what everyone praises till the sun shines out of it's butt!
If MAX 2 gets scorned so severely, Christ! How bad must MAX 2 be then? Why are GOG not fixing this trouble with MAX1?

Edit: Tried MAX2..... no memory leak so far, but the graphics are AWFUL, so ugly - you can barely tell what it is you are looking at, it's just a mush! So many features removed and so much dumbing down!

PS/ I have read the posts on "Dos Extenders" etc, but I just don't understand them. I've tried altering the "mem" field in the game's .conf file, still get the same crash.
GOG is not responsible for tech support to fix the issues. That would be Interplay. Since these games are from the 1990s, no one will touch them.

There is a web site https://www.maxr.org/ for more info on MAX 1 and some poeple there have taken upon themselves to fix some issues.