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Title: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: Ardy123 on October 05, 2010, 04:28:08 AM
Recently, as of the latest patch, sometimes when in a fight with many cons, the screen will occasionally hang for half a second or so, causing all sorts of challenges when flying (and I'm sure causing me to warp to my opponents too). Has anyone else been experiencing this?

I would normally file a bug, but I'm not sure it's a bug in the game... interested if others are experiencing it before I file something.

Thanks
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: uptown on October 05, 2010, 04:29:38 AM
Same here. Thought I was going to disco twice. After a sec or 2,  it just came out of it.
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: Traveler on October 05, 2010, 08:07:21 AM
I have noticed the "hang" the very first time I press the ALT + R keys to start the recorder.  It hangs the screen for just a second or so.
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: CAP1 on October 05, 2010, 08:15:54 AM
I have noticed the "hang" the very first time I press the ALT + R keys to start the recorder.  It hangs the screen for just a second or so.
i hqad this one last year.....but since all of these recent updates, i haven't had it.
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: ImADot on October 05, 2010, 08:55:47 AM
I have noticed the "hang" the very first time I press the ALT + R keys to start the recorder.  It hangs the screen for just a second or so.

Try cleaning out your AH2 folder of old films - put them somewhere else.  What happens (especially with screenshots) is when you take one, the program needs to scan your folder for existing files to determine what name/number is available for the new file.  AHSS001, AHSS002, etc.
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: MutleyBR on October 05, 2010, 09:15:03 AM
I have noticed the "hang" the very first time I press the ALT + R keys to start the recorder.  It hangs the screen for just a second or so.

Hi Traveler and friends.

Hangs, when pressing Alt+R(to star AH film recording), usually is caused by too many films in AH films folder.

If you want to keep those films, I suggest you create a folder AH Backups anywhere and under that create FILMS_01, FILMS_02, etc folders under that one.

From time to time, move all your films from AH films folder to those folders, keeping number of files low in AH films folder.

Mutley   :salute

Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: Traveler on October 05, 2010, 09:20:48 AM
Try cleaning out your AH2 folder of old films - put them somewhere else.  What happens (especially with screenshots) is when you take one, the program needs to scan your folder for existing files to determine what name/number is available for the new file.  AHSS001, AHSS002, etc.

that's not the issue, my folder is empty.  I empty it after I review the files.    But I only noticed the issue, it's an issue, not a problem because I just do an ALT + R in the hanger and it hanges for a bit, perhaps a second, and is not a problem after that.  No matter how many times I ALT + R.  So it doesn't happen to me in flight.  

I only noticed it after change to the new field layouts.  
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: MutleyBR on October 05, 2010, 09:23:20 AM
that's not the issue, my folder is empty.  I empty it after I review the files.    But I only noticed the issue, it's an issue, not a problem because I just do an ALT + R in the hanger and it hanges for a bit, perhaps a second, and is not a problem after that.  No matter how many times I ALT + R.  So it doesn't happen to me in flight.  

I only noticed it after change to the new field layouts.  

Roger that.  :aok

Mutley  :salute
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: L0nGb0w on October 05, 2010, 09:54:02 AM
I've had this happen lately too.  Just cruising along on auto pilot, and when I make a move to look under or behind myself, the screen pauses for a second or two.
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: BrockS on October 05, 2010, 11:50:07 AM
Roger that same here. Also had my screen hanging when I released my vox transmit buttons. I switched my headset from a usb port to the mini-jack on my computer and that seemed to help but still get the pause (not long enough to effect  the framerate counter) when looking out of the side of my cockpit and banking.

I've had this happen lately too.  Just cruising along on auto pilot, and when I make a move to look under or behind myself, the screen pauses for a second or two.
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: dedalos on October 05, 2010, 02:23:58 PM
Recently, as of the latest patch, sometimes when in a fight with many cons, the screen will occasionally hang for half a second or so, causing all sorts of challenges when flying (and I'm sure causing me to warp to my opponents too). Has anyone else been experiencing this?

I would normally file a bug, but I'm not sure it's a bug in the game... interested if others are experiencing it before I file something.

Thanks

I get it too.  I hear a like a beep sound and the screen will freeze for half a second or less.  Then normal for 30 seconds to a minute and then again.  It happens even if there is no other traffic around
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: gyrene81 on October 05, 2010, 03:10:02 PM
Two questions...does it happen in offline mode, especially flying low...and are you using an Nvidia GeForce graphics card?
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: BillyD on October 05, 2010, 03:14:54 PM
I had it for a long time while I played.....then I cleaned out all my downloads ( work stuff, music stuff, sheep and Silat porn )

I guess the temp memory it freed up helped the situation
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: Ardy123 on October 05, 2010, 03:18:42 PM
Havent' tested the first, but yes, I have an Nvidia Gforce GX275. When I get home, I'll check and see if the driver is crashing and windows is reloading the driver. I have the latest x64 vista/7 (258.96) driver though... IF it is a driver issue, maybe if HTC can isolate the issue, maybe with some sample code, etc..., the issue can be filed with NVIDIA if its a driver issue.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/driverqualityassurance.html (http://www.nvidia.com/object/driverqualityassurance.html)
or
http://developer.nvidia.com/page/home.html (http://developer.nvidia.com/page/home.html)
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: CAP1 on October 05, 2010, 03:27:16 PM
it's that dood doing a modem blink, causing you to have em....... :noid :noid
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: dedalos on October 05, 2010, 04:32:40 PM
Two questions...does it happen in offline mode, especially flying low...and are you using an Nvidia GeForce graphics card?

Ratheon.  Have not tried off line
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: RoGenT on October 05, 2010, 09:58:20 PM
Seems to happen in offline as well, plus being this computer is 10+ years old doesn't help much.
Title: Re: Strange inopportune screen hangs
Post by: Ardy123 on October 06, 2010, 12:40:11 AM
It looks like I'm not the only one so I posted an official bug report here
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,298007.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,298007.0.html)

Also, I think I narrowed it down, what is going on is windows is 'resetting' the driver because of a 'Video hardware error'. To see if this is the reason for you, go to

control pannel->Problem Reports and Solutions->view problem history

From there you should be able to select 'view a temporary copy of these files' where a folder will be opened and there should be a crash dump file.


here is what it should look like

Description
A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

Problem signature
Problem Event Name:   LiveKernelEvent
OS Version:   6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.1
Locale ID:   1033

Files that help describe the problem
WD-20100703-0054.dmp
sysdata.xml
Version.txt

 View a temporary copy of these files
Warning: If a virus or other security threat caused the problem, opening a copy of the files could harm your computer.

Extra information about the problem
BCCode:   117
BCP1:   FFFFFA80061014E0
BCP2:   FFFFFA600251BF9C
BCP3:   0000000000000000
BCP4:   0000000000000000
OS Version:   6_0_6002
Service Pack:   2_0
Product:   256_1