Intermittent freezing anyone?
By
Eislor,
Posted on: 2010-02-08 01:52 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Is the audio looping? If so it's an error on your side. Your processor is either getting caught trying to execute a loop or is simply running too slow. It may be running at a different speed than your video and audio cards. Either that or your video drivers may not be functioning properly.
If the sound is playing in a consistent stream the issue becomes a bit more vague. It could just be lag or a lack of adequate memory. I need more information to narrow it down.
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Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? The Windows 7 video drivers for OpenGL don't seem too hot.
1. Right click on the program's shortcut.
2. Click on Properties.
3. Click on the Compatibility tab
4. Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for box.
5. Click on the drop down menu arrow and select Windows 98 / Windows ME.
6. Click OK.
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Nope, no looping, and it's not happening very often, perhaps once every 10-20 minutes, but usually when using powers that make more noise with bigger groups, like Fulcrum Shift and the likes. I'm ruling out memory and lag because the mrs don't freeze when it happens to me, and 8GB RAM should be enough, even with odd memory leaks accounted for.|
Originally Posted by Timeshadow
Is the audio looping? If so it's an error on your side. Your processor is either getting caught trying to execute a loop or is simply running too slow. It may be running at a different speed than your video and audio cards. Either that or your video drivers may not be functioning properly.
If the sound is playing in a consistent stream the issue becomes a bit more vague. It could just be lag or a lack of adequate memory. I need more information to narrow it down. |
I'll post a dxdiag when I get home.
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Originally Posted by n10cd123
Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? The Windows 7 video drivers for OpenGL don't seem too hot.
1. Right click on the program's shortcut. 2. Click on Properties. 3. Click on the Compatibility tab 4. Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for box. 5. Click on the drop down menu arrow and select Windows 98 / Windows ME. 6. Click OK. |
Thanks to both of you for the input!
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Instead of a DXDiag, post a CoHHelper report and a HijackThis log. That gives us the best shot at figuring things out.
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I should be back home from work in about.. 11 hours, so I'll do it then.
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---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at februari 9, 2010 18:22 (+01:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: EP45-DS3P
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 5924MB out of 8190MB available
Page File: 13269MB (3109MB currently in use)
C Drive: (INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC) 31300MB out of 76216MB (41%) free
D Drive: (SAMSUNG HD321KJ) 297253MB out of 305241MB (97%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 280
Video Memory: 4077 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9621
Driver Date: 2010-01-12 05:03:33
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speaker (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5998
Driver Date: 2009-12-08 11:20:14
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5998
Driver Date: 2009-12-08 11:20:14
WMI Information
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Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: EP45-DS3P
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20080930000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
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3D Resolution: 1676x1024 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: 11, -26
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10,000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1,000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
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Shader Detail: High
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World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1,000
Entity Detail Level: 1,000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
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Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3,000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0,070
Music Sound Volume: 0,000
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Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
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Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
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Code:
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Scan saved at 18:24:16, on 2010-02-09
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Unbelievable. You, [subject name here], must be the pride of [subject hometown here]!
Before the re-install did you see this stuttering in CoH? If not you might want to roll back your video drivers, I'm using the 191.07 drivers myself with no problems (albeit for 64 bit Vista).
Looking at your HijackThis log, do you need the VM tray and MS messenger running in the background? If not you might want to disable their "run on start up."
I really don't see any problems so far, my next question would be about your internet connection. Check your Netgraph the next time your playing and see if it goes wonky in time with the freezes. (In this case "wonky" is indicated by Red and/or Yellow spikes in your Netgraph or the green bars get very high, indicating a high ping.) You see your Netgraph by typing "/netgraph 1" to turn it on and "/netgraph 0" turns it off.
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Nope, no stutter before reinstall. Smooth as silk. I'll do a reinstall of the gfx drivers to see if the install went bad somehow. If that doesn't work, I'll roll back to 191.07 and try that.
I'm ruling out network problems since netgraph shows nothing and the mrs is playing just fine next to me when it happens. I'm also gonna disable vmware and messenger during a session to see if that helps.
Thanks!
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Unbelievable. You, [subject name here], must be the pride of [subject hometown here]!
I just reinstalled W7 x64 on SSD and also updated videodrivers to latest from nvidia.com. Now I experience occasional and seemingly very random freezes where the video bit locks up for 1-2 seconds, but audio keeps going in the background.
Is this only happening to me or do others experience it as well? I'm just looking for a clue wether this is CoH related, or windows/hardware related so I get an idea of where to start troubleshooting. My current train of thought is that it's non-CoH related, and rather a driver issue.
Not temperature related due to watercooling and the highest temp in the system is the CPU which never goes above 55°C/131°F.
Oh yeah, overview of hardware as well:
CPU: Core2Quad stable@3.4Ghz
GFX: Nvidia 280GTX
RAM: 8GB OCZ XTC PC8500
MB: Gigabyte EP45-DS3P
HD: Intel X25-M 80GB
Thanks.
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Unbelievable. You, [subject name here], must be the pride of [subject hometown here]!