Game crashing constantly
By
Atomic_Avenger,
Posted on: 2012-03-15 01:27 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Well for starters, please go to hyperstrike's post about asking for help.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=231628
Currently, there is no unofficial good nvidia driver list. Please make sure to inform us what driver you are using and which 560 version you have.
The more info you give the more likely things can be worked out. There are plenty of players who have nvidia cards who have no issues with the game.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
Card: Zotac GTX 560
Driver: 260.99
CPU: Intel Q9550
Ram: 4gb
OS: Windows 7, 32bit
I ~have~ read the post regarding common causes for crashes and none of the issues listed apply (Memory checks out fine, PC and graphics card are not overheating, etc.) and I have no issues playing any other game out there but CoH crashes constantly.
Very frustrating.
Now the crash report is saying that there are corrupted Pigg files however when I run the verification scan everything comes up fine.
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Sounds, to me, like you may need to set the page file to a higher limit. Sorry, I can't remember how or where, but I think that is it.|
Originally Posted by Atomic_Avenger
Now the crash report is saying that there are corrupted Pigg files however when I run the verification scan everything comes up fine.
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Either that or, you may have a bad spot on your hard drive or RAM that the game is written to which causes a crash every time whatever is written there is loaded.
This would likely require new hardware then.
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
Try this:
Disable your virtual memory (and Hybernation file if on a laptop), reboot into safe mode, do a full system defrag, re-enable the file(s) [set the VM to 1.5xphysical or 6Gb in this case, it's the number windows suggests], and reboot. Run the game's file checker and see how it acts.
If that doesn't do it, give more info using the CoH Helper thing and the Hijack This tool..."I" don't have links, but there's an abundance of like threads.
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Originally Posted by Atomic_Avenger
I've just come back after a three year absence and right now the game is crashing more than it did during launch week 8 years ago.
Tonight I was trying to play a new character in Atlas Park and the game crashed five times in the first hour of play. Is there some known bug where the game has issues with Nvidia 560 cards or is it something else? |
At this point we REALLY need the information you can gain from reading this thread:
Bare descriptions of your hardware tell us exactly two things.
Jack
and
*PANCAKE*
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
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Great, better add strawberry topping to this dessert now...*grumbles about imagery*|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Jack
and *PANCAKE* |
So yeah, we either need some info as described in the mentioned link or Hyperstrike's gonna be forced to make us all breakfast to keep us civil. Once that's posted, then we can better attempt to pool our brains together without the zombies noticing too quickly.
first off do a little house cleaning of the pc..the video drivers you posted are old nvidia last was 285.x for there older cards there now putting out drivers for windows8. also if your using hd audio from realteck on your mb download there newer driver last time i looked it was 2.6x. also run the intel chipset updater to see that you have the newest chipset drivers for your pci bridge.
you also want to run ccleaner and then run windows defrage or defragler,.
two other things to check when you have the newest nvidia drivers loaded is gpu set fan speed. if you have a small case you may want to turn the fan speed up so that your gpu does not over heat and lock up..there a few programs that you can watch in real time your gpu temps. one last thing is boot of a bootable iso disk or usb stick and run memtest over night on your system ram. if there a bad stick or bad bit it could cause lock up and data errors. if the system 2 or 3 years old also run a hd fitness test from the hd maker to check your hard drive.
I've just come back after a three year absence and right now the game is crashing more than it did during launch week 8 years ago.
Tonight I was trying to play a new character in Atlas Park and the game crashed five times in the first hour of play.
Is there some known bug where the game has issues with Nvidia 560 cards or is it something else?