FreeOrion

What causes that error? When I start a new game in MoO3 I get a black screen with that message on it. When I start FreeOrion I get a white screen and no error message.

The really odd thing is that if I load a saved game I can play MoO3 normally.

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Did you patch the game?

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A sucking chest wound is Nature's way of telling you to slow down. --Murphy's war laws

No, no patching. After wracking my brain for a day or two I came to the conclusion that there was only one possible cause. In the folder for MoO3 I'd added a file named "Specials.txt". I still have no idea how that could be the cause but apparently it was...... So I've moved it to the desktop.

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I used to have the same problem back in the early days, the patch fixed it for me.

Anyways, you can better download the patch and slam a mod on, go here to find some good mods:

http://www.moo3.at/

You'll notice that the gameplay gets greatly enhanced after installing one of these.

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A sucking chest wound is Nature's way of telling you to slow down. --Murphy's war laws

Hmm... I guess I'll get the patch. Is there any info available on how to make mods? I was thinking of reducing the effectiveness and cost of spies while increasing their lifetime....

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