thanks
thanks
Okay, so I have the game running without any crashes, and I'm enjoying it, but the only thing is that to make it playable I had to put the settings on low. I'd be fine with that, but the thing is I feel like my rig should be able to handle higher settings than that. Indeed, ETW thinks my rig can handle higher settings than that; almost nothing is grayed out as unavailable (only one check box).
Here is my hardware:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz
2 GB RAM
GeForce 8500GT 512 mb
Windows Vista-32
I defrag once a week, I turned off a lot of non-essential processes, I have tons of room on my hard drive (I even increased my virtual memory allocation), I decreased the in-game resolution, and I increased the power settings to Al Gore alert levels. I realize I'll need a better video card and probably more RAM to run on the ultra settings with all the extras, but I figured this would be good enough to run on medium-high and maintain a smooth framerate in all but the must hectic of battles. Am I wrong, or is something not right with the performance I'm getting?
Before I started playing around with all the individual custom settings I figured I'd ask if maybe there's something I'm missing here.
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Mine constantly crashes from both campaign and battle games. Can somebody please help. Here is my system:
Time of this report: 3/14/2009, 21:59:07
Machine name: HOME-5BB1502475
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.080814-1242)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: NVDAACPI
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 958MB RAM
Page File: 597MB used, 946MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
THANKS!
Last edited by jsberry; 03-15-2009 at 03:09.
Run "Dxdaig" again.
This will get you to the DirectX screens. Hit the Save Information button on the bottom. This will save a notepad file of all of your info. Open this file - go to the third "block" of information, "Display Devices" - and copy over the first 11 lines to a reply. That will tell us what we are working with here.
RAM:
RAM is now dirt cheap*** and you should really max out what you can fit into your mother board. You will need to find out what type odf mobo you have and the type of RAM that it can accommodate. XP will make use of 3 Gigs and change so if your mobo can accommodate 4 Gigs then that is what you want to put in your box.
***I bought on newegg.com recently for $13.00 per Gig.
Last edited by Barkhorn1x; 03-16-2009 at 20:57. Reason: More information
"Après moi le déluge"
Here's my Display info. Is this the problem, or the RAM? (if it matters, MTW1 crashes too). Thanks!
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6100 nForce 405
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03D1&SUBSYS_26021019&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9148 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/16/2006 03:35:00, 4496128 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 8/16/2006 03:35:00, 3959712 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4091-11CF-1550-080603C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x03D1
SubSys ID: 0x26021019
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: {212DC724-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{212DC724-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{212DC724-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{212DC724-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run
OK - I was afraid of this. You actually do not have a video card - you have an integrated graphics card that is part of the mobo.
Chip type: GeForce 6100 nForce 405
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
You are basically dead in the water here as that 256MB is not card memory - but actually the mobo stealing from your RAM. Im guessing you have a Dell or an HP - those b'st'rds are famous for providing a fairly decent CPU and then stiffing you on the RAM and GPU. Your rig is just not a gamers rig and you will not be able to play any games of recent vintage.
In order to play you need to:
- Buy a decent GPU and install it. Go to newegg.com and get at least a 512MB card
- When you install it you will have to go into your mobo BIOS and revise the display setting from Integrated to stand alone card (this should be easy)
- Buy as much RAM as your mobo can handle - it is cheap and it helps
Sorry for the bad news but that's the way it is.
"Après moi le déluge"
Ebuyer if you're British. By decent we mean later models from 2006-present day
Do you know how to do this?
MOHR RAM
RAM solves most problems to do with crashes etc. If you've got XP, two gb will be fine, Vista, you'll need four gb.
Should be a straightforward BIOS setting change. But I've never had on board graphics so I've never had to make these types of changes myself.
Which brings up a related piece of advice. Be sure to get the dimensions of the video card before you buy. Cards today are pretty large and your need to make sure it will fit in your case.
Last edited by Barkhorn1x; 03-17-2009 at 19:41.
"Après moi le déluge"
second the advice about ram, but for both ram and video card make sure it'll fit in your machine as
that is a somewhat old processor. you can google for how to id a motherboard, i found biosagentplus.com
worked on mine for free but i wouldn't recommend using their paid service to get driver/bios updates.
should always get those for free from the manufacturer. Anyhow, clicking the BIOS entry on that id'd my m/b.
your memory is almost certainly DDR, your video card might be AGP or PCIe which is why you need to check before you buy one.
Memory: may I advise you to see this interesting thread: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=238484 -I think that could in some cases quite helpful.
Anyone else experiencing isues on an core i7, Nvidia gtx 200 series and DDR3 system on vista?
Or better yet, could anyone tell me if my hardware is causing the insane amounts of CTDs I get?
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Odd side note to this one, I just had to stick a video card in one of the computers here at work because the on-board IGP was going out. The BIOS for that particular system doesn't have an option to disable the built in video; instead it had a setting that defaulted to using the video card in the slot as priority over the IGP, so it was automatic.
The setting is usually found in the Integrated Peripherals section of the BIOS, though.
Last edited by Quillan; 03-18-2009 at 15:24.
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Ok, so, its possible that CA new that this would be an issue, yet didn't bother to tell people about before thay bought the game, because right now, Empire for me is broken utterly, it was a waste of a hundred dollars.
Last edited by Incongruous; 03-19-2009 at 05:56.
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You didn't really describe your issue so no idea if that memory link is the cause.
is it happening on battle map or campaign map?
after a long time playing?
in huge battles with lare unit sizes?
My CTDs are irritating but they happen on the campaign map primarily, like when I ask a ship to go to a port, or sometimes just clicking on a fleet. When I alt-tab back to windows and check memory I it's
well under 1GB so I know i'm not near the memory limit that link talks about and it doesn't affect me.
I'm just getting crashes due to the unfinished debugging, irritating but I expected it as that's how M2TW was and rome before it and maybe MTW but that's too long for my shoddy memory to recall. If I was sensible I'd have waited a bit longer, but M2TW was like 4 months for first patch and this was 1 week so i'm hopefuller.
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Already posted this in the guild-new members-entrance hall section:
Hello everyone, I've joined the forum just for this...
Everytime I try to load a game in Empire it crashes to desktop and I get a:
AppName: empire.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.0 ModName: empire.exe
ModVer: 1.0.0.0 Offset: 0015e15c
What to do?
My DxDiag:
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: Radeon X1950 Pro
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x7280)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7280&SUBSYS_207217AF&REV_9A
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play-bildskärm
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6925 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2/25/2009 22:41:10, 325120 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: Saknas
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 2/25/2009 23:58:57, 3565568 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-31C0-11CF-126F-78003BC2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x7280
SubSys ID: 0x207217AF
Revision ID: 0x009A
Revision ID: 0x009A
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_B ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run
Yes I've updated my driver for the gfxcard.
And yes I can load an earlier saved game but it still crashes when the turn ends (after the pirates have moved) and I don't have an earlier save so the only solution seems to be to start the campaign all over. Very frustrating!
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me
how much memory do you have?
if you have enough and get that error, maybe this link is useful http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=238484
if it's not memory you may be stuck until they get the next patch out, your video card can handle playing at that resolution and the error shows up in empire.exe so it's not your video card. And I assume you have some free disk space..
I also have an I7-940 CPU and a GTX285 1gb card with 6 gigs of 1600 mhz ram and was up to about a CTD every 15 to 30 minutes. I am running Vista 64 bit also. I also experienced most of my crashes in the strategy map, and occasionally upon exiting or entering the battle map. Constantly losing progress when one has just won a tough battle is no fun, so I had simply stopped playing.
Then yesterday, I came across a post at the Steam forums about Nvidia drivers. It seems that the last two driver releases --182.08 on March 3 and 182.06 on Feb 18 were made so close to the release of the game that CA had no opportunity to play test the game with them. The poster mentioned that he had simply gone back to the previous driver release 181.22 which was made at the end of January and it had all but eliminated his CTD's
I did exactly the same yesterday morning and have not had a single crash in two straight days of playing--at least 14 hours of play time by now. I'm retired, so I can play as much as I want.
I don't know if anybody else has suggested this yet, and it may not work for everybody, but it can can't hurt to try it.
Cheers
P.S. I never got a memory problem message with any of my CTD's--only a Vista message that said Empire had stopped working with the option to close or to seek help on the web, and close anyway.
Last edited by Forward Observer; 03-22-2009 at 01:54.
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I need help. At first the game didnt really work altogether but i managed to fix it by downloading a graphics driver off NVIDIA. Although it aint perfect, it works but for some reason it takes literally ten minutes to load. I'd like to know if i can fix this problem without having to buy a whole new computer. I'll accept buying a new graphics card though...
PS: can someone tell me how you post your "DxDiag" or something like that so i can help
Thanks in advance
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These instructions are for XP only:
- Start
- Run
- Type in = dxdiag
- Allow the application to complete
- Hit the Save Information button and save the text file to an accessible location
Copy ONLY these two sections to a post:
- System Information
- Display Devices = first 11 lines
...then we can tell you what's what.
Tips:
- If you have less than 2 Gigs of RAM that is an issue
- If you have less than a 2.5 Gig CPU that is an issue as well
"Après moi le déluge"
Ok, I've solved the majority of my problems so far, but a pre-existing problem eludes me and all my attempts.------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 3/24/2009, 22:38:58
Machine name: CRONIN-2343FBF0
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: P31-DS3L
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Page File: 445MB used, 12719MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9500 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0640&SUBSYS_400A1682&REV_A1
Display Memory: 1024.0 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.7824 (English)
Basically, I only just switched to the 9500 and added some extra RAM, was going to anyway but this problem predates to when I was running an 8600 with one gig.
In ETW, MTW2+K and DOW2, the cursor "flickers" at varying speeds, and seemingly at random when moused over a manipulable game objects.
Here's the thing, when I got DOW2, this didn't happen. In any game. It was running a bit sluggish though so I updated my drivers, something I hadn't done in ohh, about a year ( I know...) That's when it started happening.
Tried to roll back, tried every available driver version I had available to no avail. So, I'm not entirely certain it was a driver issue at all, might have been a coincedence, besides, it's remained with the new GPU.
Highly irritating and it's only with these games, no others.
ok i still dont have as much info as some of you here but here it is:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/25/2009, 14:49:05
Machine name: ------------
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
Language: French (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: RZ576AA-B14 a6020.be
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+, ~2.4GHz
Memory: 894MB RAM
Page File: 992MB used, 1059MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode
note that the game is already installed.
thanks again in advance...
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You have less than 1 GB of RAM. Simply not enough.
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