Windows 7 - CTD issues with zooming

[The_Hutt 11]

I just installed SC4 Deluxe on my Mac using Bootcamp and Windows 7 a few days ago. It works absolutely fine in normal gameplay. The only issue is that when I use my mouse scrollwheel to zoom in or out several levels at once in rapid succession, the game CTDs. It might zoom in a level, attempt to draw at that zoom level, and then crashes before it can zoom in/out more.

Any possible solution to this? Right now I'm just saving every five minutes and trying not to zoom out if I don't need to, but it does happen and the crashes are pretty annoying.

[jim 546 43]

I've had this problem as well (and so have a few others). It seems to overload the game with multiple zoom requests which causes it to crash unexpectedly. You could use the zoom buttons instead (keyboard number buttons or on-screen buttons) or roll one notch at a time.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I just installed SC4 Deluxe on my Mac using Bootcamp and Windows 7 a few days ago. It works absolutely fine in normal gameplay. The only issue is that when I use my mouse scrollwheel to zoom in or out several levels at once in rapid succession, the game CTDs. It might zoom in a level, attempt to draw at that zoom level, and then crashes before it can zoom in/out more.

Any possible solution to this? Right now I'm just saving every five minutes and trying not to zoom out if I don't need to, but it does happen and the crashes are pretty annoying.

Known problem having to do with overflowing the frame buffers. Rapid zoom is best with numeric keys 1 to 6, 1 being the furthest out. Fast side to side or up and down scrolling has the same problem.

[x493x 446]

I have this problem too. The way to get around it is zoom in one knotch at a time, waiting a good amount of time between zooms. Ya, sometimes you make an oops and crash it but it's just something that you have to deal with.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I have this problem too. The way to get around it is zoom in one knotch at a time, waiting a good amount of time between zooms. Ya, sometimes you make an oops and crash it but it's just something that you have to deal with.

Or you could fall out of love with your mouse and start using the keys instead.