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Did you check your Windows/Fonts folder to confirm consola.ttf, consolab.ttf, consolai.ttf, and consolaz.ttf were installed?

No idea. I rarely mess with the fonts, and it's a standard Windows install (8.1). If I had to guess, at some point I probably uninstalled a program that used that font and maybe it deleted the font too? Other than that, I'm clueless. I do know I would have never intentionally deleted it. Wouldn't have any reason to.

Thanks all for your help. Finally got it fixed. The problem WAS the font. Consola was installed, but only the regular font (not the bold, italic, & bold-italic). Once I added the other three, voila! No more issues. :)

Grabbed the Consolas font and reinstalled it. Still not working and the error log is generating the same error message. I found a post that said if I deleted the K2 font files from the Stardock/GalCiv3 folder, the program would run. It does, but I have to delete the files every time before running the game.

1.02 didn't fix it for me. There are no ship designs. I can't get past the opening video. It plays then crashes to desktop. So frustrating...

Been there, done that (ticket #MIW-317-37260). Updated to the opt-in patch this morning, redid everything you listed. No change. Immediate CTD after the intro video. Can't try a fresh game because I've never been able to get past the intro!

Any update on this issue? I'm having the exact same issue. Ticket submitted a couple of days ago.