RO Crash, Then dissconnects from server

[lyosha]

Hey, just got a new comp with vista unfortunatly. It has Directx10 and when i run RO or its mods i can play for about 30 minutes then it will just freeze not allowing me to alt-tab or anything, after waiting about 1 minute it will unfreeze but it will be like ive timed out, so all i have to do then is dissconnect and reconnect.

Specs:
Vista
Nvidia 8200 geforce
Quadcore

 

[Yoshiro]

Try running the game in windowed mode and see what is happening during that freeze.

 

[fiftyone]

Er, Yosh, wats dat ting u got there, Mudkips or watever..

 

[lyosha]

ive reached a problem, i was trying different graphics settings and changed my display to Software in the list that displays Directx 3D 9.0 and Directx 3D
Now whenever i start my game it gives me an error unabling me to start the game, any fixes to return all settings to default without having to go ingame?

 

[fiftyone]

In this situation its best to just delete the RO system folder.
When you restart Steam verify the integrity of your RO local game files with the Steam tool provided.

 

[lyosha]

Delete the whole folder or just the INI? because i tried doing just redorchestra.ini and it didnt work so ive just reinstalled the game and that didnt work.

EDIT: Just deleted all RO files and folders from my computer and am currenty reinstalling, that should sort the immediate problem but i am likely to still get the crashes, any more insights?

 

[fiftyone]

Try what Yoshiro suggested.
If you have re-installed the game, its probably not RO at fault.

Why is this happening after 30 mins or so of playtime.
Saturation.
Is that an integrated GPU chip?
If so how much memory is allocated?
Set Vista to best performance...

This only happens in RO ?

Might help, might not.

 

[lyosha]

playing it in windowed mode seemed to work, what causes it to freeze in full screen then?

 

[Sined]

Im running Vista x64 8800gts (dx10)and have had no real problems related to vista or RO.
Im glad Yoshiros suggestion of windowed worked.
Things to keep in mind are "run as admin" is handy and OFTEN fixes things
and "XP Compatability mode" may work around some probs, but not for me ...yet.
My RO is set to Direct3D9
see attachment

Also my cache for RO is around 300meg (change it in an ini somewhere
and while your there set purge cache to like 300+ days (from memory)
Natch im an admin on Vista and UAC is OFF
Hope that helps


PS Vista=MicroSofts attempt to throw computing back into the Dark ages!

 

[fiftyone]

Undo trilinear filtering.
"X" force AA screen shots.

Make sure your screen refresh if W/S is set to 60mhz (not 59).

You can set your Render device to DX9, I believe.
Do not touch the third and fatal option...

 

[Zetsumei]

try a test without anti aleasing or anistrophic filtering, it is possible that the vidcard is somewhat overheating.

 

[lyosha]

Yeah your right, its overheating thats causing the problem, i just noticed my GPU is at 75C

 

[Sined]

well spotted Zetsumei