Topic: sfc3 randomly crashing :/

[Mackie]

and i havent got a clue why its doing it.
it does it during battles never in menus though...

specs

sfc 3
latest patch  (1.01 build 542 2 )
GAW mod 1.5

puter
p4 nw 2@2.4
512
ati rad. 9700

only thing i could think of first hand was overheating but i havent had any overheating issues since i put up  a new set of fans (intake&exhaust)

so.... anyone?

[Red_Green]

Sorry This looks like a bugger. What is build542?  The latest is 534b.  I have a crash problem as well but it is specfic. When I start the game when I am online, it crashes. Must be a software conflict with my IP software and the game. A long time ago I read David Ferrel say in a post something about a memory leak in the game.

You might try closing  out all unneccessry programs before you start the game. There are only 2 necessary ones. System tra.y I believe and I forget the other. This will rule out  a software conflict problem.(usually the result of 2 programs accessing the same memory block at the same time).  If it still crashes then there it is something else.

So if its not software it may be a problem with certain ships or something. See if you can load the replay file and try to determine what ships are in the game when it crashed. Sometimes a bad break model will crash a game. If it crashes when a ship blows up, that might be the problem.

[Mackie]

Sorry This looks like a bugger. What is build542?  The latest is 534b.  I have a crash problem as well but it is specfic. When I start the game when I am online, it crashes. Must be a software conflict with my IP software and the game. A long time ago I read David Ferrel say in a post something about a memory leak in the game.

You might try closing  out all unneccessry programs before you start the game. There are only 2 necessary ones. System tra.y I believe and I forget the other. This will rule out  a software conflict problem.(usually the result of 2 programs accessing the same memory block at the same time).  If it still crashes then there it is something else.

So if its not software it may be a problem with certain ships or something. See if you can load the replay file and try to determine what ships are in the game when it crashed. Sometimes a bad break model will crash a game. If it crashes when a ship blows up, that might be the problem.

I havent got the slightest idea where that number came from, i intented to say 534b
ill take a look though, thanks

[Mackie]

apparently closing everything helped, thanks again :p
and oh by the way, im on Windows 2k ...

[Red_Green]

apparently closing everything helped, thanks again :p
and oh by the way, im on Windows 2k ...

NP I wished it worked for my IP sfc3 conflict. But if I close my IP software I can't be online to play  Ughhhh and  ARggghhhh