Constant Crashes

InigoInigo Join Date: 2004-03-18 Member: 27397Members
I been having this problem since i downloaded and installed NS 3.0 beta(plus patch)

It happens often, I'd be fighting something, and the game would just freeze up, For Example, the last time it happend, i had just Gone up against an Onos, with a shotgun, 250 armour, and what not.

As im shooting away at it, and its trying to maul me, the game just freezes up, Ctr+alt+del wont work, nothing will come up, i have to ilegally reboot the computer,

the time it happend before that, was when i was building something, and it just froze, before that it froze as i was trying to get into the Commanders chair.

Same thing every time it happens, just freezes. and I end up having to ilegally reboot the computer.

Its becoming quite annoying.

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System specs are:
OS - WinXP
GC - ATI Rage Fury pro(24mb)
Ram - 256mb
Processor - AMD Athlon(751mhz)
Sound Card- Creative Soundblaster PCI(dont know any other details on it)
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I have not had this problem with any other games i play off steam, or HL for that matter.

I can play, CS, DoD, TFC, HL, constantly without any problems..

But with NS, It freezes often, So if anyone can help me, that would be great.

Comments

  • VeNeMVeNeM Join Date: 2002-07-13 Member: 928Members
    if youre overclocking the vid card, thats the problem.
  • XyloXylo Join Date: 2004-03-18 Member: 27409Members, Constellation
    Ditto everything he said...I'll regular have the game freeze mid-game, but ONLY in NS, not in any other mod.

    Pentium 3-550
    Nvidia GeForce Ti4600
    256MB RAM
    cable modem

    no overclocking...but it happens a LOT...
  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    The only solution I can think of is to check you have the most recent drivers installed for your video and sound cards, and also your motherboard chipset.

    Try and get a reproduceable result and post it in the bug forum.

    You also might want to try removing any custom models/sounds you might have installed.

    --Scythe--
  • XyloXylo Join Date: 2004-03-18 Member: 27409Members, Constellation
    I've got all the latest drivers, and no custom anything...
  • babyheadcrabbabyheadcrab Join Date: 2003-12-28 Member: 24825Members, Constellation
    I also have this problem and its causing me to get extremely ****, its jus NS no other HL mod... and it happens when I quit alot.. not through a command im talking about escape...quit... and also just alot of random crashing its sooooooo ANNOYING and idk if its ati cards or drivers or what but its infuriateing... <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DrummerDrummer Join Date: 2004-02-18 Member: 26654Members
    ditto, the fact that they havent fixed this problem since march 10th makes me extreemly **** about the ns developers. i know that they are working on progressing the game, but bugs are more important then a new version. FIX THE DAMN GAME FLAYRA!!!!!!!!!!
  • lightning1lightning1 Join Date: 2004-03-13 Member: 27308Members
    I was having similar issue, but on CO maps. Saw this posted on another forum about CZ trickle d-loading. Once I stopped the d-load the issue went away.
  • bigjanginbigjangin Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2090Members
    mine crashes everytime i exit without ctrl alt del, and it will sometimes crash in the middle of the game for no reason. All this started after the big steam update with cz, i stopped the cz download and Im still having problems.
  • FlowFlow Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22906Members
    im having the same problem, it just crashes randomly and i can't quit the game without the reset button. it only happens since the last Steam Update and before (with beta3, too) it worked fine... <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Hope the developers will fix this, soon
  • DantemssDantemss Join Date: 2003-12-13 Member: 24305Members
    Guys, the exit bug is Steam's fault. It happens on many mods.
    The random lockups bug must also be their fault, but I don't know as I only had it once.
  • FlowFlow Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22906Members
    Someone posted it at Steampowered.com Forums, i tried and it works (played over 5 hours without one crash, before there were a crash all ~30mins
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The Fix:
    Delete SteamUI.dll in your main Steam folder.
    Then delete half-life engine.gcf and platform.gfc in your steamapps folder.

    Let it update. Ding, fixed.
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Just try it.. it works
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