Sazodeha Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Is anyone else having issues with crashing to desktop since the last two patches?? It used to be nice and stable but now I am crashing all the time! Super frustrating when you get hit with a timer penalty flying GSF!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazodeha Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 I actually crashed again while sending a bug report about the crash, Now that Irony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediQuaker Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) Sometimes, small updates (and/or bugs) in new game code can expose problems with older drivers. Make sure ALL your drivers are up to date. It can also simply be co-incidental that your computer is overheating. Clean out the dust and make sure all fans are running properly. Edited August 14, 2022 by JediQuaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThanderSnB Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I haven't had those problems lately. I had a lot of crashes in June, but they released a small patch and that seemed to fix the bug for me. I've had some disconnections but that's mostly down to my wi-fi acting up at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazodeha Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Sometimes, small updates (and/or bugs) in new game code can expose problems with older drivers. Make sure ALL your drivers are up to date. It can also simply be co-incidental that your computer is overheating. Clean out the dust and make sure all fans are running properly. All my drivers are up to date. that's always my first go too. I just crashed twice now and the frustrating part is there is no rhyme to reason. Its not any particular thing. sometimes its in PvE on various worlds doing various things and others its in GSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediQuaker Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 All my drivers are up to date. that's always my first go too. I just crashed twice now and the frustrating part is there is no rhyme to reason. Its not any particular thing. sometimes its in PvE on various worlds doing various things and others its in GSF. What sort of computer is it - laptop, desktop? Do you play other games - other than Solitaire et al - and does it crash then too? Sometimes these issues are caused by simple things like a hard drive cable being loose or dirty, etc. Open the machine up, clean out the dust, make sure cooling fans are working, check various cables, etc, to make sure they're fully inserted. Pull out the graphics card and plug it back in to make sure it's properly seated, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantida Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Ya, I just crashed to the desktop too. Happened in world. Also, performance seems to be lower i.e. micro stutters, and some FPS drops. This game really needs an optimization for today's latest hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denavin Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) This game really needs an optimization for today's latest hardware. Try to remember this game runs on a highly modified 2008 version of a Beta copy of the Hero engine and uses DirectX 9c for its graphics rendering. All while using a Single CPU Core / Thread. In order to get the game to use more than one CPU Core / Thread, they MUST use 2 instances of the game running on your system simultaneously to achieve it. There is NO WAY this game could ever be Optimized for modern hardware. Not without a total rewrite and a new 64 bit engine using DirectX12. Edited August 21, 2022 by denavin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazodeha Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 What sort of computer is it - laptop, desktop? Do you play other games - other than Solitaire et al - and does it crash then too? Sometimes these issues are caused by simple things like a hard drive cable being loose or dirty, etc. Open the machine up, clean out the dust, make sure cooling fans are working, check various cables, etc, to make sure they're fully inserted. Pull out the graphics card and plug it back in to make sure it's properly seated, etc. Its a new build, so clean as a whistle. All drivers current. It wasnt crashing until the last few patches. I am just not sure where or why but its pretty frequent 11th Gen Intel® Core i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz 32.0 GB Soundblaster X3 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 M2 Hard Drive and 4TB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Try to remember this game runs on a highly modified 2008 version of a Beta copy of the Hero engine and uses DirectX 9c for its graphics rendering. All while using a Single CPU Core / Thread. In order to get the game to use more than one CPU Core / Thread, they MUST use 2 instances of the game running on your system simultaneously to achieve it. There is NO WAY this game could ever be Optimized for modern hardware. Not without a total rewrite and a new 64 bit engine using DirectX12. Not this nonsense again. I've observed it carefully and: * Back in the day the two instances would use (in total across the two) around 25% of a 8-core hyperthreaded CPU (16 logical CPUs), meaning at least four threads. * It's divided into two instances because of memory limitations rather than because of threading. Refusal: I don't want to hear any nonsense about how 32-bit programs can only use the first two cores. A single instance of a 32-bit program can use all of the cores and, in fact, all of the hyperthreads on all of the cores, if it is written to do so. (I've written (32-bit) programs to do exactly that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediQuaker Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Its a new build, so clean as a whistle. All drivers current. It wasnt crashing until the last few patches. I am just not sure where or why but its pretty frequent 11th Gen Intel® Core i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz 32.0 GB Soundblaster X3 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 M2 Hard Drive and 4TB SSD Well, the general problem is that there's not a whole lot of people having the same complaint, which you'd expect if the game was the problem. So, it's more likely to be a problem with your machine, or some rare conflict with the game software. Without being 'hands on', there's no way for me to suggest much. Have you run any sort of monitoring app to check CPU and GPU temperatures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achnaattwo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) Quoted wrong reply which OS ? Edited August 27, 2022 by Achnaattwo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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