My Game Gets Stuck every 2 minutes

[GEnaro_esparragoza 0]

When i start OFP, everything goes on right, but then after 1 or 2 minutes the game starts to get stuck and the sound too, then the game totally stops for 20 - 30 secs, and then returns to normal, then after a minute it gets stuck again  :crazy and that happens for ever!!!

i didn't have that problem before, until now

My system Spec:

Pentium IV 1.7ghz

256mb Ram

Geforce 2 Mx 64mb

Windows Xp Service Pack 2

[BraTTy 0]

Have you done the usual "Spyware" scans?

[GEnaro_esparragoza 0]

no...but now that you say it, i will try, can you recommend any software for searching spyware?

also i'm uptdating my nvidia driver

[Heatseeker 0]

Spyware and viruses can really mess up your machines performance, be sure to have it clean, also i wouldnt recomend the latest nvidia drivers for your card has many people report issues with new driver versions and old games and/or graphics cards.

addaware

spybot:s&d

But if performance degradation is that serious i would lean more towards some nasty viruses there .

[GEnaro_esparragoza 0]

OK, i just have done a full deep ad-ware search, and deleted every thing that the program found, and installed the new Nvidia Drive, and the problem is still happening, i start ofp and play, and 3 minutes after the game becomes sluggish and so the sound and 1 sec after it stucks with the sound looping, and after 10 secs everything runs perfectly, after another 2 or 3 minutes, stucks again with the same things that i have just described.

pLZ, i'm addicted to OFP, and i even wanted so start Making Missions, and and IslaNd but this happens also in Buldozer, also happens when i play a flash game called Drag Racer Online, but the times it needs to take to stuck it's like 10 - 12 minutes. it sucks to be playing like that.

HELP!!!

[theavonlady 2]

Search The FAQ for words like "lag" and "stutter".

EDIT: Just looked at your system specs. With only 256MB of RAM, you're asking for a performance bottleneck, especially if playing OFP V1.75 and above.

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

AVon is right. 256MB is not doing you any good. This might cause your problems. I had crash problems a lot (even with normal programs like paint ) untill I upgraded my RAM from 256 to 1536mb.

And even if it's not the problem, getting more RAM is a good idea.

[NeMeSiS 11]

Search The FAQ for words like "lag" and "stutter".

EDIT: Just looked at your system specs. With only 256MB of RAM, you're asking for a performance bottleneck, especially if playing OFP V1.75 and above.

not true, ive almost the same specs (a FX5200 instead of a geforce 2), and hell! the minumin specs are 64mb  

[theavonlady 2]

Search The FAQ for words like "lag" and "stutter".

EDIT: Just looked at your system specs. With only 256MB of RAM, you're asking for a performance bottleneck, especially if playing OFP V1.75 and above.

not true, ive almost the same specs (a FX5200 instead of a geforce 2), and hell! the minumin specs are 64mb  

We're talking about his RAM on the motherboard, not the RAM on the graphics adapter.

[NeMeSiS 11]

Search The FAQ for words like "lag" and "stutter".

EDIT: Just looked at your system specs. With only 256MB of RAM, you're asking for a performance bottleneck, especially if playing OFP V1.75 and above.

not true, ive almost the same specs (a FX5200 instead of a geforce 2), and hell! the minumin specs are 64mb  

We're talking about his RAM on the motherboard, not the RAM on the graphics adapter.

i know, i have 256mb aswell, and about 1,7ghz, the only difference between our computer is de 3d card, so its not his RAM

(altough i could be better to have more RAM, but thats something else :P )

[Heatseeker 0]

Bah, it could be lots of stuff, like too many addons

I noticed a significant improvement upgrading to 1 gig of ram in Nogova, much better responce and a bit smoother too, 512 is fine for cwc islands but for Nogova 1 gig is perfect .

[GEnaro_esparragoza 0]

No, It's not the addons cuz i reinstalled flashpoint, i only have it upgraded to 1.96, but i a lot of time before y also had 1.96 and a lot of addons and no proble, until now.

And i just have done some Power Point Point Stuff, and when previewing, the same thing happened! it got stuck!!!

I Want TO PLay OFP =(

BTW, how do i quote?

[BraTTy 0]

Next question is what virus software are you running and I hope you are disabling it before you play OFP

[theavonlady 2]

Next question is what virus software are you running and I hope you are disabling it before you play OFP

Or, related, when was the last time you did a full virus, spyware and trojan scan?

[GEnaro_esparragoza 0]

Well, Thank you all guys, this recomendations will be useful for me in the future, but i'm gonna start over again, i'm doing a master reboot, i had this problem a lot of time ago (2 years ago) and i solved it that way, so i'm going to do it again.

Thank you all, i like the help that brings me this community.

Thanks The Avon Lady for your faq.

 

MOderators, you can close this thread if you want to i'm over

thank you all again.

[GEnaro_esparragoza 0]

OK NOW THIS REALLY SUCKS

i used The Quick Restore Cd that came with mi pc to erase all the S#it, and start over again, so my computer is like when i first bought it, no a single program installed, also i added another 256 ram, so now it's 512, i HAVE ONLY installed flashpoint GOTY edition, and still gives me that damm problem, i will describe it again:

i start flashpoint, (although that happens seeing large flash animations, powerpoint presentations, and happened too seeing the combat photography thread,), i start flashpoint, and all runs well, faster cuz the 512 ram , but after 1 or 2 minutes the game starts getting stuck giving me like 1 fps for 1 sec o 2, then freezes, then again 1 fps 1 sec or 2 and then return to normal fast playing, that problem last like 10 - 15 seconds, then 2 minutes after happens again, and keeps happening and so on. that happens also with the other aplications that i mentioned above, exactly the same, and the sound gets an echo like efect.

PLEASE HELP, it's a fresh flashpoint installed.

i never had this problem, NEVER, i had 1.96 months ago with tons of addons and never happened, also a year ago didn't happened too, until now! i just have reinstalled windows with the QuickRestore Cd an hour ago and the first thing i did was test flashpoint but didn't worked!

[wheres my rabbit ? 10]

wot soundcard you got ? try turning on and off hardware acceleration

wot gfx driver version you running on that old card ? newer nvidia drivers dont work so well on the older cards try and get driver from your cards manufacturer website rather than nvidia (or at least check their site to see wot the last driver version was that they released for your card)

e.g. i have a fx5600 and the last version leadtech updated to on their site was 66.93 they haven't updated there site to newer drivers for this card ...i tried newer drivers and they fooked my flashpoint and other games

[scars09 9]

i would go a step futher as wheres my rabbit?, i would take the soundcard out of the system, if onboard disable in bios and after reboot try ofp. Looping sound could really be a performance drop (from a virus or often even worse, a anti virus software) but a hardware defect could be possible aswell. And if soundcard is disabled and prob is gone u have the solution. A ramtest should be done aswell, and maybe a look in dxdiag if something strange with directx. Soundcarddrivers update aswell.

Hope that helps

Scars

P.S: Is the soundcard a soundblaster live??

[BraTTy 0]

After you used your restore cd's.You will still need to update directx and i would recommend you use www.windowsupdate.com to patch up your windows

[GEnaro_esparragoza 0]

ohhh...

i'm going to take the computer to a friend who is computer technician (correct spelling?) to get it rapierd. i will tell you what did we found out.

anyway, thanks for the help.