Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations

when i've played 1v2 2v3 2v4 3v3 games it just closes to desktop with the tray icon and mouse pointer things still running. i sometimes play with unlimited resources but i've played plenty of times with normal and it always within about 20-40 minutes into game closes to the desktop. no error message or anything. now and then i get through a full game without it crashing but mostly in 1v1 games. i've read all other topics in technical before posting and couldn't find anything that helped. i always close background apps before playing, i do that anyway with any game. i use avg antivirus and sygate firewall which i close before playing. any help would be appreciated and soz if i'm being repetitive with a crash topic lol thanks again
 

ok if you go to C:\program files\activision\star trek armada 2 fleet operations\fo data (i think somthing like that) you will find a file called log.txt could you send that (make sure you send that after it has crashed )

ok will do next time it crashes, just after i posted last night i played a 2v2 game with 2 feds(me and AI medium) v 2 borgs (AI hard and AI easy) and it didnt crash but bit of a lag once the big battles were going this was prob cos of the amount of ships on screen. next time the game crashes i'll put the log file in here.  

sounds like you are running out of physical memory. :unsure:
try turning off all elaborate graphical features, and set it all to the barest minimum i know it will look like cr*p but hey that could solve your problem :)  

aye, i think that a 64mb graphic cards is the minamum requirments.

what are the specs of your comp, not too much detail just
proccessor speed
physical memory
graphics card + memory

i mean if you can play A2 comfortably with everything set at about half way then you really shouldn't have any problem to be honest :unsure:

 

intel pentium 4 2.4ghz
512mb RAM
Geforce FX 420 with 64mb of memory

i'd that have thought that was enough to play the game ok

yeah thats more than good enough to play with quite high settings, wierd
only thing i can suggest is that you submit a copy of that log file eufnoc was talking about about, maybe that will shed some light on the problem. :ph34r:  

i don't have the cinimatic window on whilst playing and i have medium graphics. i'll put the log file mentioned on here next time it crashes. i'm planning on getting a 128mb or 256mb graphics card off ebay soon so hopefully things will run a lot smoother. another thing i have around 7gb of space free on my 60gb hard drive lol would that affect the game in anyway??

thanks again for your help guys

That still seems a little low for FO (on high) in my experince.

Do you have any other programs running when your playing?

the pc i use to play fo on ain't as powerfull as that,
256mb ram, same graphics card , 1.8Ghz processor
and it plays flawlessly with all graphical settings at the middle.

the geforce mx 420 card is a good solid reliable card, although it strains under the latest games it can easily handle fo at the middle notches. reckon the problem lies elsewhere, perhaps a crappy download :unsure:  

Do you still get lag during battles and on large maps?

the only map i've ever had any real problem with lag was "betrayal" as soon as it loaded up it started playing like a slide show :D  other than that no lag

WHat about on full?

tied it just now, a slide show when involved in some big skirmishes, but nothing at the start when the teams are building up there armadas. saying this i don't have it on high settings, everything at the middle for me, i'd rather have good gameplay than graphical flair. a good mix is nice though :P  

just installed a new graphics card, a geforce FX 5500 128MB however my motherboard only supports 4x not 8x AGP, the card supports both 4x and 8x. the game plays noticably better although i haven't tried it with 4v4 but so far its played good with minor skipping when there's lots going on on screen, the graphics were on full since i had reinstalled the game and left the defaults on, turned off the cinematic window though. problem solved...for now lol.

i'm also thinking of getting a new motherboard but i don't have a clue really of what to look for, i know what i want from the board but does it have to be compatible with my computer etc, am i able to take my CPU off my existing motherboard and onto the new 1, same with the memory? if anyone got any advice pm/email/msn me or post in here. thanks

maybe i could help you finding something new although i am on the amd site of computing :shifty:. it also depends on what you are willing to spend on a new mainboard. maybe you should also consider that there are only few differences between 4x agp and 8x agp as these cards - even newer ones - never reach 8x speed and i don't think the gf5500 does. have you thought about formatting, it may help - or just uninstalling a few programs you don't use but are running in background aka. desktop toys or something.

i don't really have any desktop toys or anything of the sort, i'm aware of how much computer resources they consume so i tend to stay away from them. i have been clearing some stuff off my computer lately, uninstalling old programs, putting lots of my music and films etc onto dvds so i can reformat and reinstall windows as i think the last few times i did that it kept some of my data on the drive and made it unaccessible leaving me with just over 17gb free on a 60bg hard drive! :mad: it was my own fault tho lol. the only thing i'm worried about when installing windows is that i'm sure i read somewhere that XP Home can only be reinstalled 3 times! i've reinstalled twice now.
with a new motherboard i'd like it to be cheap as chips but i wouldn't sacrifice power and functionality too much for value as i'm looking for a PCI Express ready motherboard, maybe a 64bit processor, but that would be a while off yet as many programs aren't 64bit compatible. i've just ordered a 512mb stick of RAM off crucial.com so i'll have a 1gb of memory to work with :D
 

no worries, you can install windows xp as often as you like :)
yes, then we will wait and see what happens after you have reinstalled. pci-e is nice, but you should think of getting a bigger hdd too and both does cost money along with the board

i'll let u know in here how the reformat goes. another reason i want a new motherboard is so i can get a seriel ata hard drive, using an ide at the mo, i've seen some converters (SATA to IDE) but i'm can't be arsed messing about with them. at the moment i've been browsing ebuyer.co.uk and ebay for parts but i'm relucant buying off ebay in case summt goes wrong and i got no warranty then have i? ebuyer have some good deals now and then though

the best thing you can do is register at a forum dealing with such questions. i recommend you register over at www.neowin.net and post a question for a new mobo fitting your needs at their forums. i am sure you will get an answer within minutes.

excellent thanks doca! for a meanie admin ur helpful! :lol: thanks again mate