Hive1984
01-17-2004, 16:47
A have a recurring problem with VI - A few minutes into a battle it freezes dead and i have to restart my PC. Usually before ive finished setting up my troops and stuff. I had this problem previously on my old install of WinXP Home and i couldnt solve it. I recently formated and installed WinXP Pro and the problem still occurs, in my first game no less I havnt figured out whats causing it, it may be larger battles but i cant think why. I searched the forums and found some similar problems which were fixed with a simple driver update, i however have the most up-to-date drivers. My specs as follows:
Hardware
Motherboard: Abit Nf7-S with 3.13 Drivers
Cpu type: AMD Barton 2500+ @ 3200+ cooled with a SLK900+TT Smartfan2
Video card: Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro with CATS 3.10
Sound card: Onboard Sounstorm, no other
Ram: 512mb CL2
Monitor: LG Flatron 795FT
Software
Operating system: WinXP 5.1 Build 2600
Directx version: 9.0b
Vid card driver version: Cats 3.10
Sound card driver version: 3.66 (Part of motherboard drivers)
Which Total War game: Medieval/Viking Invasion
Anti-virus software: Can't find the ******* CD so none.
options you use in the game:
screen resolution i play in: 1280x960x32
screen resolution on desktop: 1280x960x32
color bit setting on desktop: 32
smoke and fauna on/off? : On
unit size in game: Default
agp aperture setting (game): 53
pyrotechic setting (game) : 100
Did you run dxdiag? : yep
I am running these tasks in the background: Nothing
i've defragged my system within the last: Er never, OS only a month or 2 old, no large files or anything moved about.
One thing that did make me think was when i installed VI. i installed MTW then went straight to VI and installed that, should i have installed the patch for MTW before installing VI? Obviously this makes the game unplayable and i dislike restarting my PC in that way. This is my first post here btw so hi everyone http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif
Hardware
Motherboard: Abit Nf7-S with 3.13 Drivers
Cpu type: AMD Barton 2500+ @ 3200+ cooled with a SLK900+TT Smartfan2
Video card: Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro with CATS 3.10
Sound card: Onboard Sounstorm, no other
Ram: 512mb CL2
Monitor: LG Flatron 795FT
Software
Operating system: WinXP 5.1 Build 2600
Directx version: 9.0b
Vid card driver version: Cats 3.10
Sound card driver version: 3.66 (Part of motherboard drivers)
Which Total War game: Medieval/Viking Invasion
Anti-virus software: Can't find the ******* CD so none.
options you use in the game:
screen resolution i play in: 1280x960x32
screen resolution on desktop: 1280x960x32
color bit setting on desktop: 32
smoke and fauna on/off? : On
unit size in game: Default
agp aperture setting (game): 53
pyrotechic setting (game) : 100
Did you run dxdiag? : yep
I am running these tasks in the background: Nothing
i've defragged my system within the last: Er never, OS only a month or 2 old, no large files or anything moved about.
One thing that did make me think was when i installed VI. i installed MTW then went straight to VI and installed that, should i have installed the patch for MTW before installing VI? Obviously this makes the game unplayable and i dislike restarting my PC in that way. This is my first post here btw so hi everyone http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif