Razor1911 release vs. Reloaded release
TashaYarrr:
Crashing: on the system specs below, which has a pretty fresh OS install with very damn little else installed on it and excellent cooling, I would get 'system freezes' requiring a hard reboot about every 1-3 hours of gameplay. These were usually when I was doing something in the game (rather than just watching), such as panning across the neighborhood at close zoom, grabbing an object in buy mode, or attempting to load Create a Style. The game would suddenly grind to a halt. If I left it alone, it would start to flash, and eventually I'd lose the video signal input. No combo of drivers, in-game settings, or NVIDIA control panel settings would forestall these. Since uninstalling Reloaded and installing Razor1911 (rather than patching one to the other), and applying 2 of the patches that were found, I have not experienced these system freezes.
Also, I've noticed that the game seems to run best if you actually let it use the settings it picks for you when it auto-detects your card.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/28/2009, 07:34:31
Machine name: INANNA
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 3582MB RAM
Page File: 466MB used, 4992MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8800 GTS
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0193&SUBSYS_040F19F1&REV_A2
Display Memory: 320.0 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.8585 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/30/2009 22:02:00, 5896320 bytes
kennyinbmore:
Quote from: blackjackii on 2009 May 28, 07:04:46
And by the way, I LOVE THIS GAME! I see a lot of complaints - am I the only who thinks, outside of the glitchiness, it's freakin' awesome?!
I made a comment on another thread I'm not regretting leaving TS2 behind at all. I'm totally digging this game. Now if they can just give me some weather and pets I'll be set
GnatGoSplat:
I'm almost sure most peoples' crashing problem is due to overheating. The game itself seems quite stable, but it'll find ANY weakness in your PC's cooling system.
I had 2 different PC's that would overheat and cause a BSOD with 0x00000124 as the error code, one running AMD processor w/Vista x64, the other running Intel w/x86. I replaced the CPU heatsink/fan on the AMD X2 PC and now it never crashes. I don't have a better CPU heatsink/fan for my Intel C2D PC, so I just ran a health monitor program and set an alarm at the CPU's maximum allowable temperature of 61C (Google says it's 61.4C for my C2D). The alarm goes off about 5-minutes into the game! It doesn't BSOD immediately at critical temp, so I just shut off the alarm and save often. :) It managed to go 4+ hours last night without crashing, though I don't even want to know what the CPU temps were like.
Overheating is probably going to be more likely in home-built PCs because I think OEMs are more likely to put their machines through vigorous testing. Not to mention home PC builders tend to do fun stuff like overclocking. My Intel box is overclocked to 3.0GHz from 1.8GHz, that's probably the reason mine overheats so easily under load. :)
kennyinbmore:
The game has yet to crash on me. (knock on wood)
TapThatBooty:
Quote from: TashaYarrr on 2009 May 28, 11:51:03
Since uninstalling Reloaded and installing Razor1911 (rather than patching one to the other), and applying 2 of the patches that were found, I have not experienced these system freezes.
The issues you have said are the exact same as mine, I know there are patches somewhere in this thread but I cannot for the life of me find them again, would you happen to have a link to the ones you used please?
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