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Planets disappearing every late game [1.7.0.7] - 1/22/2012 3:41:47 PM

Theluin

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I've faced this problem in 3 games in a row and it's made DW unplayable or me. Every time I reach the late game (around year 2800) many planets "disappear" the game still treats them like they were existing (I can select them etc) but they become invisible, the same happens to their orbit path. I'm uploading a screen showing an invisible planet with a constructor and mining station on top. This doesn't happen to all the planets, only some (they don't seem to have anything in common)
I've also uploaded a save game showing this problem it's called:
[22.01.2012] Disappearing Planets.rar

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RE: Planets disappearing every late game [1.7.0.7] - 1/22/2012 10:33:18 PM

Speedy2511

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Yeah, i have the same problem!

I deactivated the autosave, and save manuell in the pause mode. Now i don't have the problem anymore. Don't know if it's realy the autosave function.

Greetings from Germany
Nico

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RE: Planets disappearing every late game [1.7.0.7] - 1/23/2012 9:52:28 AM

Tomatoes

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i had this issue late in one of my games....it wasnt just planets. It was everything in solar system view. Stars astroids gas giants and colonies.

Ships and bases showed and like you say you can still select them. i looked into this further (with alot of reloading) and it was one of the saves that seems to have caused the issue.

Like the above. I think its the auto save. Did kinda break that particular campaign for me but heh. Just start another!

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RE: Planets disappearing every late game [1.7.0.7] - 1/23/2012 11:50:47 PM

Speedy2511

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OK, now i have this problem very often in my late game! Autosave is off. Must be something different!

Greetings from Germany
Nico

edit: it happend now even when i reload a save before that happens. and every time in the same moment (or date)!

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RE: Planets disappearing every late game [1.7.0.7] - 1/24/2012 8:41:07 AM

Theluin

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I think it might be connected to the destruction of a planet with a super laser as in my game I built a resupply ship with it and blew up an empty planet just for the heck of it and at that same moment those planets/moons/asteroid/everything in most systems disappeared. So perhaps it is connected to planet destroyers and the reason why reloading doesn't work for you any more Speedy is because some AI empire has a world killer on course for some undefended planet. That explanation would correspond with my other games as in each one of them some AI empire did have a planet destroyer.

After running several tests I can confirm this. This happens every time a planet is destroyed.

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RE: Planets disappearing every late game [1.7.0.7] - 1/25/2012 12:34:52 AM

Speedy2511

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Hmmm, maybe, i don't know.

But this is strange, today i could continue with my game! I have know the system nebulae disabled. Runs better, i think. And not one disappering of planets in two hours. Maybe i am lucky today.

Could the devs say something to this bug?

Greetings from Germany
Nico

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RE: Planets disappearing every late game [1.7.0.7] - 1/25/2012 12:36:07 AM

elliotg