169th_Maverick Posted November 25, 2007 Posted November 25, 2007 Hey guys my game is crashing too much. Today it crashed 4 times in the last 35 mins. I reinstalled it 2 or so weeks ago which seemed to help for a while, then it starts crashing again. How can I fix this? I'm using a pretty new del e520 with 2 gb ram, intel core 2 1.86 mhz, and a ATI 1350-1600 256mb vid card.
Kuky Posted November 25, 2007 Posted November 25, 2007 Games crashes on me too sometimes... happens to mny off us actually, but to me it happens only online I think... I can't really remember having it crashing when I fly quick missions or any time flying offline. Edit: actually I just happend today that game CTD when flying offline... so, hapens either way for me on occasions PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
muamshai Posted November 25, 2007 Posted November 25, 2007 What temperoary soultions I found: 1. Running game with disabled theme (right click on exe => Compatibility => disable visual themes) 2. heat kills graphics card which leads my system to hang (black screen, no response) This has reduced crashes on my machine to some extend This space is available for your advertisement
SoaringEagle74 Posted November 25, 2007 Posted November 25, 2007 Hey guys my game is crashing too much. Today it crashed 4 times in the last 35 mins. I reinstalled it 2 or so weeks ago which seemed to help for a while, then it starts crashing again. How can I fix this? I'm using a pretty new del e520 with 2 gb ram, intel core 2 1.86 mhz, and a ATI 1350-1600 256mb vid card. Your hardware is above average and should not have difficulties. For example I am using a P4 3.0GHz laptop with 1GB ram and 128 MB ATI graphics card and play ok. One thing I did notice when I purchased the system was that my graphics card (aperture) was set to 64MB in the BIOS which struck me funny so I reset it to 128MB. You might wanna check that out on your system. Since your card is 256MB choose a 256MB aperture. Be sure to save any changes before exiting BIOS...assuming you make changes! If your not comfortable then leave things alone. What graphic settings have you choose for LOMAC? Your probably better off choosing low or at most medium...don't choose high or the game will become unplayable! I use Low and still get a low and choppy frame rate. Also, this might sound obvious but don't run any other applications while starting LOMAC. The game is a resource hog. You might even wanna turn off any antivirus and antispyware applications running in the background. A last suggestion is to let the game and missions load thouroughly before taking off. Don't rush anything. When missions load peek at the CPU led for a clue and judge accordingly. It is really an understatement when people say the game was meant for the future!
Kuky Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 Actually his system is not above average... it's just around average by today's standards. And that video card aperture aplies only to AGP cards and is no longer considered important at all. The aperture is not databuss width of the AGP port as most think or thinking it's amount of data it will transferr. It's the amount of system RAM reserved for video memory. This means (if you still have AGM card) the more RAM you have on video card the less you'd need RAM reserved and less the aperture should be. With cards of 256MB and more you should set it to lowest value of 32 or 64. While I still had board with AGP card I had it to 32MB and 16 was lowest I could use as system would not boot with less than that (probably minimum needed for OS resources). PCI latency is another matter and sets number of CPU cycles reserved for PCI buss (33MHz one) and is still important in game performance. PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
Frostie Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 Might be a good idea to check your systems stability with prime 95 or something, sometimes tweeks need to be made to the memory settings in bios or an update might be required. "[51☭] FROSTIE" #55 'Red 5'. Lord Flashheart 51st PVO "Bisons" - 100 KIAP Regiment Fastest MiG pilot in the world - TCR'10 https://100kiap.org
SoaringEagle74 Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 Actually his system is not above average... it's just around average by today's standards. And that video card aperture aplies only to AGP cards and is no longer considered important at all. The aperture is not databuss width of the AGP port as most think or thinking it's amount of data it will transferr. It's the amount of system RAM reserved for video memory. This means (if you still have AGM card) the more RAM you have on video card the less you'd need RAM reserved and less the aperture should be. With cards of 256MB and more you should set it to lowest value of 32 or 64. While I still had board with AGP card I had it to 32MB and 16 was lowest I could use as system would not boot with less than that (probably minimum needed for OS resources). PCI latency is another matter and sets number of CPU cycles reserved for PCI buss (33MHz one) and is still important in game performance. You might be correct on aperture size as I am not any computer expert...it was just an educated guess on my part! I am going to keep the 128MB aperture though since I noticed a slight improvement in game and system performance in general. On a side note, its absolutely amazing how fast computer performance evolves! My laptop was considered above average several years ago and now is well below average. One thing that really pisses me off is that although they give you a 'ton of extras' (including a huge hard drive) on average systems they always go skimpy on RAM and low quality graphics cards.
thereminqblank Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 Could you describe the crashes? Like what does it result in (crash to desktop, reboot, freeze?), and when it happens (on mission start, randomly, etc)? "Unholy Roller" [sIGPIC]http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/images/userbars/A-10C_UserBar_01.gif[/sIGPIC]
169th_Maverick Posted November 27, 2007 Author Posted November 27, 2007 It only crashes when i'm flying. It shows a box on the desktop that says Lock On has stopped working and needs to shut down.
SoaringEagle74 Posted November 27, 2007 Posted November 27, 2007 What version of LOMAC are you running? Even if you don't have the pay add-on Flaming Cliffs(which should be patched to 1.12B) you still need to patch the basic version! Unpatched you are likely to get more crashes then the rest of us...for example, I remember my computer freezing everytime I choose summary in the mission editor and then clicked on enemy units. Another frequent reason for crashes was overloading a mission with units, both friendly and enemy.
169th_Maverick Posted November 27, 2007 Author Posted November 27, 2007 I'm playing 1.12b FC. It will crash pretty regulaly on the 169th panthers server, however, it also crashes on singleplayer missions too.
SoaringEagle74 Posted November 27, 2007 Posted November 27, 2007 I'm playing 1.12b FC. It will crash pretty regulaly on the 169th panthers server, however, it also crashes on singleplayer missions too. Before purchasing and installing FC(v1.1) did you patch the basic version first? In other words did you go from v1.02(or whatever the last patch released for basic) to 1.1 and then 1.12b? If so, remove everything and reinstall in this order: LOMAC cd FC cd patch to 1.12b This is a well known issue...other than that I don't know what else to say! Perhaps you should check your computer for viruses/spyware, update your drivers, patch windows, check for hardware/software incompatabilities, etc...etc!
169th_Maverick Posted November 27, 2007 Author Posted November 27, 2007 2-3 weeks ago I did that. I uninstalled and installed 1.0 then 1.1 then 1.12b.
S77th-GOYA Posted November 27, 2007 Posted November 27, 2007 Do you play any other games/sims that are as hard on the system as LOMAC? For example, have you tried the Crysis demo or the full blown game? If those work fine, have you tried unpatched 1.1? There may be something slightly corrupt with your patch download. Have you checked your temps and voltages? Defrag? Disk checker? Updated vid driver? So many variables.
Aeroscout Posted November 27, 2007 Posted November 27, 2007 are you running vista? DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices
169th_Maverick Posted November 28, 2007 Author Posted November 28, 2007 I played 1.1 for about 4 months...worked fine. I've played BF2, COD 1 and 2, FEAR, CFS3, and Americas Army...they all work fine. I'm running vista. i'm not over clocking and I don't have any temp sensor.
Manawar Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 If you are not, you might want to run your game without any addons at all. Do a fresh install if needed and make sure that all addons (skin packs etc) are not present. If you are running mods at this point im willing to bet that has something to do with your issue. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
169th_Maverick Posted November 28, 2007 Author Posted November 28, 2007 OK I got a bunch of them: ab mod sound mod cockpit mods (one for every plane) tree mod you name it.
Manawar Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Yep I would certainly start there :thumbup: I think you will nail it. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
169th_Maverick Posted November 30, 2007 Author Posted November 30, 2007 ok i took them all off. It crashed once in about 2 hours....so looking good thanks for your help.
TerrorRO Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Mabe is a vista problem, i got this problem too. instaled LockON (cd version), instaled FC (downloaded version), patched and same error. I don't have mods or something. I have e6600, 2gb ddrII, 8800GTX, Creative x-fi fatal1ty and runing vista home premium x64. All other games run smooth. :pilotfly:
SoaringEagle74 Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 Mabe is a vista problem, i got this problem too. instaled LockON (cd version), instaled FC (downloaded version), patched and same error. I don't have mods or something. I have e6600, 2gb ddrII, 8800GTX, Creative x-fi fatal1ty and runing vista home premium x64. All other games run smooth. :pilotfly: Could it be that you and Maverick downloaded the wrong patch? I almost fell into the same trap. There are several 1.12a/b patches available depending if you got an english or russian version and/or FC(cd version) or FC(download version). If you choose wrong one then needless to say the game will probably be unstable! Also, when playing choose low graphics and keep both friendly and enemy units to a minimum.
169th_Maverick Posted December 5, 2007 Author Posted December 5, 2007 It hasn't crashed for a week!!!! Thanks guys. Yes, I do have the right patch.
169th_Maverick Posted December 19, 2007 Author Posted December 19, 2007 ok guys it's been awhile and I've only 1 or 2 crashes sooooo..... life is good!! Thanks for all your help.
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