Technical problems with THE HORROR: downloading, installing, and running it
morriganrant:
Quote from: Budgie on 2009 June 08, 13:50:32
Does anyone else have a problem with the launcher saying the wrong game version? I have the razor version, which I patched up to 1.632, but whenever I want to install the downloads I got, the launcher tells me I have version 1.631, and to update my game. I ran the patch thing over again, and it tells me that the game is already updated. Is there any way to fix it?
Yeah, don't let the thing dial out. Firewall it in.
eaglezero:
My game only runs for 10 - 20 minutes before my computer shuts down. I thiiiink it might be an overheating problem but I have no idea how I would tell if that's actually the case, or fix it if it were. My computer has never done this before, so I'm a bit confused about it. The game runs perfectly fine up until the computer turns off. I have the Razor copy, patched, running from a no-cd crack, and my computer exceeds minimum specifications. It's died all five times I've tried playing since install (my poor sim has only managed to live one sim day so far). Any suggestions?
eta: Just tried it again and this time it lasted less than five minutes. Argh annoying.
kennyinbmore:
Quote from: eaglezero on 2009 June 09, 09:19:13
My game only runs for 10 - 20 minutes before my computer shuts down. I thiiiink it might be an overheating problem but I have no idea how I would tell if that's actually the case, or fix it if it were. My computer has never done this before, so I'm a bit confused about it. The game runs perfectly fine up until the computer turns off. I have the Razor copy, patched, running from a no-cd crack, and my computer exceeds minimum specifications. It's died all five times I've tried playing since install (my poor sim has only managed to live one sim day so far). Any suggestions?
eta: Just tried it again and this time it lasted less than five minutes. Argh annoying.
If you're comfortable going inside your computer, open the case. Check and make sure your fans are running. If they are leave the cover off and see how long it runs. If it runs without shutting down then you most likey have a overheating problem and need to buy a case fan
eaglezero:
Quote from: kennyinbmore on 2009 June 09, 11:57:35
If you're comfortable going inside your computer, open the case. Check and make sure your fans are running. If they are leave the cover off and see how long it runs. If it runs without shutting down then you most likey have a overheating problem and need to buy a case fan
I tried that before, but I tried it again (and had been REALLY cranking the air conditioner so the room was ~15F less than it had been before, in case that would make a difference), but it lasted around the same amount of time. I'm wondering if it's a power supply issue, but I don't understand why it would ONLY come up when I play TS3, not TS2 or when I'm video editing or any other supposedly intensive task.
jeedai:
Quote from: eaglezero on 2009 June 09, 09:19:13
My game only runs for 10 - 20 minutes before my computer shuts down. I thiiiink it might be an overheating problem but I have no idea how I would tell if that's actually the case, or fix it if it were. My computer has never done this before, so I'm a bit confused about it. The game runs perfectly fine up until the computer turns off. I have the Razor copy, patched, running from a no-cd crack, and my computer exceeds minimum specifications. It's died all five times I've tried playing since install (my poor sim has only managed to live one sim day so far). Any suggestions?
eta: Just tried it again and this time it lasted less than five minutes. Argh annoying.
I'm having the same problem. I started off with Reloaded, and it would overheat after about an hour... applied the framerate limiter from this thread and overheating issues stopped. Upgraded to Razor and installed Store crap, and now my game goes less than five minutes before exploding.
CanYouRunIt says I'm way above min. specs and I was able to run Reloaded just fine, after dealing with FPS. I've tried running the FPS limiter again and pulling graphics down to their very lowest, but apparently it's not having any effect. I'm able to play games like Fallout 3 and Oblivion without my computer going nuts, so I really don't know what the deal is here. I don't have any mods, and I've tried deleting caches on the off chance that something would work, but nothing has. Would the retail copy act less stupid, do you think? I'd planned on buying it this week, but after the game started to act up I didn't want to waste $50 on something I wouldn't be able to play.
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