Freeze

fatherted13 · Post by **fatherted13** » 2007-07-17 22:22

Ok, so just installed the new version, about 5 seconds into any server, my system totally freezes. I had this with the0.5 too. Any ideas?

Superior Mind · Post by **Superior Mind** » 2007-07-17 22:45

Hey man. Did you try updating all of your drivers?

Post by **KingofCamelot** » 2007-07-17 22:50

Sounds to me like a paging file issue. Does your HD activity light go crazy while you're 'frozen'?

fatherted13 · Post by **fatherted13** » 2007-07-18 15:18

'[R-DEV wrote:KingofCamelot']Sounds to me like a paging file issue. Does your HD activity light go crazy while you're 'frozen'?

So do you suggest higher PF?

Long Bow · Post by **Long Bow** » 2007-07-18 15:19

How much system ram do you have? Running XP or vista?

fatherted13 · Post by **fatherted13** » 2007-07-18 15:27

1gb ram ,xp pro, 2.8ghz pentium d

geogob · Post by **geogob** » 2007-07-18 15:48

1 Gb of RAM is not enough to run PR smoothly (in my experience, my 2 Gb are borderline. Will upgrade to 3 Gb as soon as possible).

Make sure you run your system for minimal memory usage. Close all other programs. Unload all unnecessary junk (quicktime, realplayer, motherboard monitors, anti-viruses, software firewalls, virtual drives). Close IM tools. Install minimal drivers, without heavy interfaces. In short, make sure your system and associated services use as less memory as possible.

fatherted13 · Post by **fatherted13** » 2007-07-18 15:53

well it used to run fine on my old pc, which again, only has 1gb ram, Should i up the page file size?

geogob · Post by **geogob** » 2007-07-18 15:58

Yes that might help.

PR .6 has much larger maps that tend to use even more memory than .5 (something I noticed very quickly during the public beta testing phase). The destroyable buildings may also increase memory requirements.

fatherted13 · Post by **fatherted13** » 2007-07-18 16:31

upped the page file, and i just get ctd's before i even manage to load a map now. Ill try updatin PB, but after that,im out of ideas

geogob · Post by **geogob** » 2007-07-18 16:39

Uninstalling and reinstalling could be something to try.

But maybe you are having other issues not memory related. I'd run a SMART diagnostic on the hard drive (google for available freeware tools). Maybe a memory test.

As mentionned previously, updating video/sound drivers is a good idea as well.

fatherted13 · Post by **fatherted13** » 2007-07-18 16:41

right, ive updated PB, im gona try repatchin to 1.41, see if that has any effect. Managed to get about 30 seconds of a game, then a CTD

fatherted13 · Post by **fatherted13** » 2007-07-18 18:17

ok, repatchin, updatin PB and increasing pge file appears to have worked. Cheers guys, mods, this can be closed