Cloney 0 Posted January 30, 2003 I recently decided to turn on OFP for a few flights in my trusty UH-60. So im flying along and OFP freezes. At first I'm shocked, its never done this before. So i reboot and again it freezes. I thought that it was my DX9 uninstall which might have made things dicey in the system, so i restored to my Dx9 Settings. I try again and I freeze up. So, I'm starting to think that its a problem with the fan on my GPU. I unplug the various cords and cables and blow some dust out of my video card fan. I slap the case back together and start up OFP. No luck, i still get freezes in game, it varies but its usually in the first few minutes of play. So I decide to reinstall the Det. 41.09 drivers, low and behold, I still get freezes. While messing around, i find out that I can hit ALT-TAB a few times and I am returned to my PC desktop. Strange. I test this a few times and found that it was the game and that the OS enviornment was still functional. I click back in the game and it unfreezes. I know there are issues with this game and joysticks that aren't correctly configured, but I tried uninstalling and playing and i still got freezes. I'm really not sure what this problem could be and there aren't any error .rpt files in my OFP directory. Anybody have any ideas as to whats going on? I mean, I've been playin OFP for over a year and I've had Resistance since July so I don't think that is the issue. This is a fairly recent things, as in the past couple of weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted January 30, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Cloney @ Jan. 30 2003,23:49)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">This is a fairly recent things, as in the past couple of weeks.<span id='postcolor'> Did you install any new hardware or software back when this started? The closest item in The FAQ can be found by searching for "input delay". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted January 30, 2003 Thats a Negative Avon, I just find it odd to think that it came out of nowhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted January 30, 2003 Single-player missions will stop running if you Alt-Tab away from OFP, or if some other program gets the input focus. It's possible that some program running in the background popped up a window and got the focus, and didn't restore it back to OFP. I'd take a close look at the other processes on your system and try shutting them down to see if that fixes the problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted January 30, 2003 Do you have AGPx4 enabled? This option can lead to freezes in OFP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted January 30, 2003 I doubt it is enabled since I haven't changed anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spitfire 0 Posted January 31, 2003 What's your graphics card? Try downgrading your Detonators. At least on my system the latest Detonators seem to cause freezes and CTDs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted January 31, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Spitfire @ Jan. 31 2003,11:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Try downgrading your Detonators. At least on my system the latest Detonators seem to cause freezes and CTDs.<span id='postcolor'> I 2nd this, some of the latest detonators exhibit exactly this effect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BratZ Posted January 31, 2003 Like Frag said ,a window could be popping up that you can't see or such But back in the UT days,having your AGP aperature set too high in your bios would cause similiar lockups. I try to match or half your video card (128mb video card -64m or 128m aperature) Of course its relevant to how much system ram you have.Default is half your ram I think. So if you have 512mb ,the aperature is prolly at 256 right now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted February 1, 2003 thanks guys! Im going to try downgrading my detonators. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted February 1, 2003 I've tried changing the detonators and I've even reinstalled windows XP. Still, I get the stupid freezes. Could there be something wrong with my video card physically? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spitfire 0 Posted February 1, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Cloney @ Feb. 01 2003,22:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I've tried changing the detonators and I've even reinstalled windows XP. Still, I get the stupid freezes. Could there be something wrong with my video card physically?<span id='postcolor'> Everything is possible, but first I'd check all BIOS settings, especially the ones regarding AGP slot (mainly 2x/4x and aperture size) and your RAM speed settings. Though if your memory was set to too fast, you'd more likely suffer from BSOD's (Blue Screen Of Death) rather than freezes in OFP. How many sets of detonators did you test? Sometimes you'll need to go way back, like a year or so. Or, better yet, if you remember using some detonators that worked well with OFP, try those. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted February 1, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Cloney @ Feb. 01 2003,22:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I've tried changing the detonators and I've even reinstalled windows XP. Still, I get the stupid freezes. Could there be something wrong with my video card physically?<span id='postcolor'> How about your RAM? All RAM chips same manufacturer, speed, etc.? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Well this only started happening recently, I had used the 41.09's successfully for a little while with no problems. This problem only started happening in the last couple of weeks Avon, The RAM is all from the same manufacturer and is installed correctly. I'm starting to think it may be a problem with heat inside the case of the CPU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted February 1, 2003 I'm starting to get the feeling that my video card is going to hell. I tried ghost recon and it is also displaying similar problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted February 2, 2003 How stable is your computer with software other than OFP? Some things to try: o Use MemTester or DocMem to test your RAM. o Leave 3DMark running overnight in infinate loop mode and see that it still runs 10hrs later or so. o Use SiSoftware Sandra to do some stress tests on your system. (Edited name) o Run other games and see if they have any problems or similar effects. (You mention Ghost Recon is playing up to). o Double check you havn't left some overclocking on anywhere eg. cpu, ram, vid, ide. Hopefully you can isolate the problem or get some piece of mind where the problem isn't with a few of these tests. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted February 2, 2003 Thanks for the suggestions Greg! I will try some of these out but its getting kinda late here so I'll test it out tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kermit 0 Posted February 2, 2003 I've supposedly given up and left yadda yadda but meh. Maybe you should try reinstalling Windows. You aren't supposed to uninstall DirectX 9; I think that is why you are having problems. When you reinstall windows, make sure you install DirectX 8.1 (if none of your games, like Mechwarrior 4 or Soul Reaver 2, have it on the installation disk and you cannot find it online because it's a real bitch trying to find anything online, e-mail me and I'll send it to you). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spitfire 0 Posted February 2, 2003 If you have a Pentium processor you may be right about the CPU heat problem. Intel CPU's do just that when they overheat, compared to AMD processors plain crash&reboot. It would also explain why the game works after you have alt-tabbed yourself to the desktop. It takes only a couple of seconds for the CPU to cool down and Intel processors still may keep working after "cooling off" a little. Or, the overheating problem could be in your graphics card, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted February 2, 2003 I suspect the graphics card, I've never had an overheating problem with the CPU, as it is a Pentium 4 and has the "throttle back" feature. I may go to the store and buy a cheap card to troubleshoot my machine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted February 2, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Kermit @ Feb. 02 2003,08:51)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I've supposedly given up and left yadda yadda but meh. Maybe you should try reinstalling Windows. Â You aren't supposed to uninstall DirectX 9; I think that is why you are having problems. Â When you reinstall windows, make sure you install DirectX 8.1 (if none of your games, like Mechwarrior 4 or Soul Reaver 2, have it on the installation disk and you cannot find it online because it's a real bitch trying to find anything online, e-mail me and I'll send it to you).<span id='postcolor'> Yup, I reinstalled Windows and all and I upgraded to DX9 right after I installed. I hadn't even installed any games yet. So i guess I've ruled that out. Like I said before, Im starting to think its my GPU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taly01 0 Posted February 3, 2003 It was in helicopter flying that my sound card lock ups were worst! Try turning the hardware sound accel. down in the DirectX control panel, easier than pulling cards out of your machine:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
