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« on: July 13, 2005, 11:16:49 PM » |
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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
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Eufnoc
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2005, 02:02:28 PM » |
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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 )
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Frodo
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2005, 03:32:21 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2005, 06:06:21 PM » |
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sounds like you are running out of physical memory.  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  |
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« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2005, 12:35:46 PM » |
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aye, i think that a 64mb graphic cards is the minamum requirments.
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2005, 02:59:52 PM » |
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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 |
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2005, 04:30:42 PM » |
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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
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2005, 05:19:52 PM » |
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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.  |
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2005, 05:56:06 PM » |
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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
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« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2005, 09:07:09 PM » |
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That still seems a little low for FO (on high) in my experince.
Do you have any other programs running when your playing?
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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2005, 09:32:46 PM » |
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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 |
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« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2005, 03:39:06 PM » |
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Do you still get lag during battles and on large maps?
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« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2005, 03:52:47 PM » |
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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  other than that no lag |
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« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2005, 05:18:07 PM » |
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WHat about on full?
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« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2005, 05:52:38 PM » |
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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  |
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