Please help: Game keeps "not responding" ever since I moved


buzsaw

 

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My game keeps freezing where i still hear the regular sounds of the game but i have to cntrl, alt, delete, and end my game. I dont think its an internet connection issue since my wireless internet signal strength is excellent and the status always says "not responding" when i cntrl, alt delete the program. This problem started happening ever since I moved. I am not good with computers and was wondering if anyone has user friendly suggestions. I attached the COH helper info if that helps. Please help if you can, I want to play lol!!!

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at November 6, 2010 19:21 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: DX300
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2558MB
.Net Memory Report: 1948MB out of 2557MB available
Page File: 5739MB (494MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD1600JS-22MHB0) 95148MB out of 148664MB (64%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD1600JS-22MHB0) 3054MB out of 3945MB (77%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4482B) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.2180 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 6600
Video Memory: 128.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.7519
Driver Date: 5/16/2008 11:01:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: SigmaTel Audio
Driver File: sthda.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.4618.0000
Driver Date: 7/18/2005 6:40:40 PM

WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: D945GCZ
Motherboard Version: AAC99321-402
BIOS Manufacturer: Intel Corp.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: GATEWA - 34
BIOS Release: 20050915000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 1
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Medium?

World Texture Level: Medium
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Disabled
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance

Gamma Correction: 0.702
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Compatiblity
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.660
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 490804 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1850.201009101722.18T2r
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found


 

Posted

Update your videocard drivers to the most recent version. They're horribly out of date and could be(probably are) the cause of your problems.

Also make sure to update windows (turn autoupdate on if you forget to do it on a regular basis!)

Edit: make sure to remove your old video drivers before you install the new ones.


@True Metal
Co-leader of Callous Crew SG. Based on Union server.

 

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You might have jiggled somthing loose in the move , try takin the side off the case and reseat your hardware if your not sure how get a friend to do it.


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Nuria Dark

 

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Another call for Video and Windows updates to be run - those drivers are ancient in computing terms, and Windows XP Service Pack 3 came out in May 2008, so your OS is 2 and a half years old and has probably had none of the security updates since at least then, either.

Also, your video card is fairly feeble in today's terms, but it shouldn't prevent you from actually playing the game.


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Thanks for your suggestions everyone. I feel like the videocard drivers are not the issue since I had no problems before the move. I still am going to update the drivers though. The box my cpu was in was banged up a bit so I am going to bring my computer to a computer repair shop since I have a feeling something got loose in the move. I guess that is what shipping something cross country via ups will do .

Also, how do you stop rubber banding? I never had that issue before so does that mean it is an internet connection issue? How do you fix it? Thanks!