Lock On strange in-game "freeze". Help appriciated.

[ClearDark]

Hey guys, before posting this i've searched along the forums and couldn't find similar topics which describe my problem. So here it is:

 

I use TrackIR4 with latest drivers, sometimes when i fly the game view will freeze. Meaning that if i turn my head around the view wont pan to the sides. I can see the game is still running however. I cover distance, i hear engine sounds. Its pretty much still going but i cant do anything.

 

Also, sometimes when it happens and im angled down to the ground. If i crash, my plane will go "under" ground and i see some very nasty graphical glitches.

 

If i ALT+TAB out and ALT+TAB back in, it will restore functionality. But only for several seconds/minutes. (Very variable).

 

Sometimes even alt tabbing doesnt work and after alt tabbing a few times the game screen will flicker with and then LockOn crashes.

 

 

Im running:

Windows XP Pro 64Bit

Intel E8400 Core Duo

ATI Radeon HD 4870 (512MB) with Catalyst 8.7 drivers

 

All my settings are set to maximum (all high, max distance, full shadows, heat blr on) running a resolution of 1680x1050 on a SyncMaster 2253BW Samsung.

 

Any help would be appriciated.

 

Thank you,

CD

[PoleCat]

The problem you are having sounds like a lockup rather then a TIR related problem to me.I have not heard of too much success with LockOn under 64bit OS perhaps someone else running this OS can offer you some advice on that. Try running in windowed mode instead of full screen. Also try setting visib rng to med. I know of no one off hand who sets visib rng to high or all settings on high for that mattter even with a high end system. This alone should increase performance some what.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Out

[S77th-konkussion]

Turn OFF heat blur.

Shadows to "all planar"

MAKE SURE that the in-game resolution & your desktop rez are the same.

 

graphics\config.lua

 

set aspect ratio to 1.6 (do this last as it will reset to 1.3333323 everytime you make a change in lock on options)

 

Polecat is right- 64 bit systems have been troublesome. One of our guys was never able to get all 3 lock on items running together. (track, SST, and lockon) He could get 2, but not all 3)

 

He switched back to 32 bit- and it's mostly fine, now.

[Medic88]

am on dual boot with xp64 and 32 and 32 is fine 64 the game will freeze or i get a black screen

[ClearDark]

Thanks alot guys. LockOn works perfectly on my 32bit OS. Guess its time for another dual boot.

 

Thanks again for the quick and swift replies!