Author Topic: Screen Freeze (Read 1313 times)

Gandolf · « **on:** August 24, 2001, 04:45:00 PM »

I can fly straight and the framerates stay ok,but if I fire my weapons or try to turn it dropps my framerate drasticly like all the way to 0 help!!!

SKurj · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2001, 06:01:00 PM »

Need much more info Gandolf

System specs please, and a better description of what happens.

SKurj

Gandolf · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2001, 07:13:00 PM »

I'm running Athlon750
256MB ram
64mb nvidia Geforce 2mx 400.
I've tried changing the hardware acceleration,checked the sound to see if it was sharing but it's not.the screen freeze occurs no matter if it's a plane or vehical.whenever I turn or fire weapons it has the sound but goes to 0framerate.

SKurj · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2001, 07:50:00 PM »

controllers?
direct x?
video drivers?
sound card?
win98? me?
Does the game lock up?
does it go to 0 and stay there?
Firewall running?

SKurj

Maverick · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2001, 10:18:00 PM »

Sounds somewhat similar to my situation. Sometimes when I bank the plane I hear that nasty buzzing sound (not the stall horn) and the screen stutters.

Looking at his system we haven't got any hardware in common.

Mav
P3 500 mhz 128 megs RAM
Voodoo 3 3000
DX8.0a
win 98 (version 1)
DSL connection
Firewall and virus protection turned off

Gandolf · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2001, 11:03:00 PM »

I'm running me with directx 8.0
using ms sidewinder ff pro.
I'm not running any firewalls.
no lock-up but as posted by Mav I get that buzzing noise and it stutters badly,It goes to 0 then back to like 20 and back to like7.
my sound is an integrated sound card.my video drivers are all upto date with thous availible on nvidia's site.

[ 08-24-2001: Message edited by: Gandolf ]

SKurj · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2001, 08:14:00 AM »

Mav contact HT and crew, this "nasty buzzing sound" i was not aware of...

SKurj

Gandolf · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2001, 09:30:00 AM »

mav post the solution here so I can fix my game as well.

SKurj · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2001, 09:49:00 AM »

Gandolf.. Mav hasn't solved it yet...

SKurj

Dux · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2001, 12:07:00 PM »

Gandolf, Mav... this sounds like the same mystery I've been having. Tell me, have either of you noticed that your system clock has been losing time? like 15 minutes per day?

Gandolf · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2001, 05:19:00 PM »

No my system clock is alright but that dosen't mean it didn't before a reboot.

Voss · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2001, 07:30:00 PM »

I got this last night. I was using the DX8 build in 32 bit mode. I thought it might be related to aircraft spawning locally, but rolling the plane in a sector while alone presented the same results. I have not noticed any sound problems, but sometimes the screen freezes for something like 20-30 seconds, though mostly it is just a hesitation in frames.

Epox 8kta3 w/ AMD 900 Mhz CPU, 256M. SDRAM, Nvidia GeForce 2 MX w/ 32 Megs.

Maverick · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2001, 10:52:00 AM »

Gents,

Please see post I will put up in hesitations and stutters today. I may have fixed it.

Mav

pimpjoe · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2001, 01:36:00 AM »

i have the same problem....the only solution i have found is rebooting my system and its good for about 3 hours and i have to do it again. i would love to have this fixed.

Baine · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2001, 11:18:00 AM »

My system doesn't freeze, but I do get low frame rates and stall warning buzzers and machine gun fire that won't stop. In other words, I'll almost stall, get the buzzer, correct it and start flying level or whatever. But no matter what I do, the stall buzzer continues, sounding sort of like an echo.
The same thing happens with machine guns.
It's only an occassional problem _ maybe once a week. It usually goes away if I quit and then relog. I always put it down to my system barely meeting the AH requirements, but maybe it isn't.

My system
AMD 400
64 megs ram
SB 16
Voodoo III 16