F*ck Soe

[SDM]

...So I decide to take SOE up on thier reactivation deal. I reinstall PS, and patch the shit out of it. I'm all excited to play again, I pick my server - OK, I pick my character - OK, I enter world - CTD. :mad:

I make sure DX is up to date - CTD:mad:
I make sure Catalyst drvs are up to date - CTD:mad:
I make sure SB live drvs are up to date - CTD:mad:
I try Omega Catalyst drvs - CTD:mad:
I try my onboard intel AC'97 sound with latest drvs - CTD:mad:
I go back to latest Catalyst, and SB drvs, but update my Chipset drvs - CTD:mad:
I even flash my motherfucking BIOS - CTD:mad:
I re-install/patch and try all of the above again - CTD:mad:
I've been at this for 5 hours. -CTD:mad:
CTD:mad:
CTD:mad:
CTD:mad:
CTD:mad:
etc...

Fuck SOE in thier lame asses.

[Mr1337Duck]

Welcome to my world. Haven't played PS for more than 7 months. It just kept crashing. SWG is fun, though.

[Exano]

I t hink in my almost year of playing PS, I hardly EVER CTD'd.

[SDM]

The second I spawn it goes into a sound loop, freezes, and dumps me to desktop. I even tried an old GeForce 5200, with latest drivers - CTD:mad:

[Setari]

heh i dont get hardly any CTDs anymore :D

[SDM]

heh i dont get hardly any CTDs anymore :D
Well wtf did you do?

[Lartnev]

Could it be a virtual memory issue or something like that?

[SDM]

Could it be a virtual memory issue or something like that?
I have 1Gb of ram, and I've never had to mess with VM settings before when I played.

[Lartnev]

Well I'm just wondering why it loads up and then crashes to desktop, and one of the first things that happens once you've entered the world is texture caching as you move around. Hmmm.

Have you tried using Full scan? I know you said you'd reinstalled, but it wouldn't hurt to try that if you haven't already.

[1024]

its probably something with your vid card. usually when tis your vid card, it crashs/freezes/breaks as soon as you have to render something.

[Corrosion]

its probably something with your vid card. usually when tis your vid card, it crashs/freezes/breaks as soon as you have to render something.
He said he tried 2 video cards, an ATI, and a Geforce 5200

[1024]

you think i took the time to read the entire thing. im doing this and studying for finals at the same time.

[Indecisive]

Try switching up your sound driver selection before you go in game. Like in the server selection screen.

Options, sound--ect

[Sputty]

I miss you on IRC SDM

[Hamma]

:lol:

I havent CTD'd since beta that I can recall.

[Indecisive]

Bah, I CTD'd yestuday after choosing to respawn at sanc.

[AztecWarrior]

I had one CTD in 2 days of playing (recently)- I was about to HART down to a battle-heavy continent.

[JetRaiden]

:lol:

I havent CTD'd since beta that I can recall.

same here. I dont know what you guys are talking about.

[BUGGER]

After this last patch I've gotten the most bugs all year. I dont crash to the desktop, i crash to the restart button. If it happens, it will usually happen only on one continent.

Really, its been a year now, so for its aniversary they decided to make it beta again.



Otherwise, even with my crappy ass computer that meets all the minimum requirements, I get no bugs whatsoevar.

[martyr]

neither of my machines have given me any ctds in the last four months

[BUGGER]

Justa random note, now whenever i look at ctd's, i think std's....

[JetRaiden]

I think all these bugs people whine about are probably their own fault with a faulty video card driver or something. I have basically no bugs whatsoever.

[Rbstr]

Hmm i've only had in the past few months CTD's of my own doing (ala OCing)

[AztecWarrior]

I don't CTD, but it can play like ass during high-heat battles. Other than turning down graphics or upgrading system specs, what can I do?

[OneManArmy]

well if you bothered to read the lisence agreemnet, you would see that being a rump ranger causes CTD.

after talking to a rep and reading up on the issue I've found its more of a software value fault than anything intentional.

[Lartnev]

I've CTDed a couple of times whilst loading a continent from the HART shuttle. And once because my PC overheated :)

Apart from that it's stable.

[Neon Apocalypse]

fuck them they didnt reactivate my account, i used a 90 day game card twice and it wasnt reactivated

[ChewyLSB]

I used to CTD all the time, then I updated my driver's. Now I rarely CTD, and if I do, it's because of my piss poor computer.

[jsloan31]

I don't CTD. My system just freezes up, but I don't CTD :p.

[Mag-Mower]

only one CTD for me in the past 6 months... Im happy! i got Sunshine!

[SDM]

*UPDATE*

It works now. Still not sure what it was, I changed 3 things and then it worked.

1) In my Device manager my video card was there twice.

SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 ATLANTIS - secondary (omega 2.5.44)
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 ATLANTIS (omega 2.5.44)
I disabled the "secondary"

2) I reset the video card's OpenGL settings to default. I'm not sure how they got changed... I havn't changed anything since my last format about a month ago.

3) I set reserved memory for textures (within PS) to 256Mb.


Fuckit who knows...... anyways, I'm going to go play.:D

[Ivan]

Name Empire Server?

[xmodum]

Man, this CTding sucks, I CTD about 5 times a day when I play, and my comp completely restarts twice also.
I barly CTD EVAR on the last patch, but since the last one went live, CTDing is the norm for me.

[SDM]

Name Empire Server?
SonicDeathMonkey is NC Emerald, and I have a n00b Terran on Emerald named SDMv2.

[Knightwyvern]

I find that the most helpful thing to do is reinstalling the sound drivers, because PS has more sound problems than anything else (at leats for me.) If I have a PS problem, I just reinstall the sound drivers, restart the comp, and it works.