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Sorry, One More Problem

J.R.

Sorry, One More Problem

by J.R. » Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:00:45

I find that periodically, while racing on a track, the game would freeze. It
would freeze for about five seconds, then continue. Unfortunately, 5s is
added to the timer. This is ridiculously dumb, I'm looking for a solution as
we speak.

My hardware acceleration is low, antialiasing off, the other anti-something
option is also off.

Thanks,

J.R.

Dave Henri

Sorry, One More Problem

by Dave Henri » Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:21:20



  Which sim?   5 seconds is a loooooong time...My first thought was your
swap file has filled up and windows is transferring it to the hard drive.  
But no way should it take 5 seconds...more like a little hiccup.  How much
ram do you have?  
  Have you covered the windows end by running scandisk and defragging your
hard drives?
dave henrie

J.R.

Sorry, One More Problem

by J.R. » Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:40:38




> > I find that periodically, while racing on a track, the game would
> > freeze. It would freeze for about five seconds, then continue.
> > Unfortunately, 5s is added to the timer. This is ridiculously dumb,
> > I'm looking for a solution as we speak.

> > My hardware acceleration is low, antialiasing off, the other
> > anti-something option is also off.

> > Thanks,

> > J.R.

>   Which sim?   5 seconds is a loooooong time...My first thought was your
> swap file has filled up and windows is transferring it to the hard drive.
> But no way should it take 5 seconds...more like a little hiccup.  How much
> ram do you have?
>   Have you covered the windows end by running scandisk and defragging your
> hard drives?
> dave henrie

My system setup is as follows:
P4 2.53GHz
1024MB Kingston DDR-RAM
GeForce 4 Ti4600
Sound Blaster Audigy
Logitech Momo Wheel

I have tried the following:
Increasing/Decreasing Anti-aliasing and Other Video Settings
Re-installing Video Card Drivers
Re-installing Sound Card Drivers
Running the 3D thing selecting a lower bit rate (16-bit down rom 32)

None of these work. However, on my last attempt, it took five 1:35 (suck,
eh?) second laps of Monza before it froze up.

Basically, sound freezes, video freezes, and these usually last five to
seven seconds. Once I get one, they will periodically occur approximately
every 10 seconds after the last one has finished until I exit the program.

Regards,
J.R.

J.R.

Sorry, One More Problem

by J.R. » Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:52:29






> > > I find that periodically, while racing on a track, the game would
> > > freeze. It would freeze for about five seconds, then continue.
> > > Unfortunately, 5s is added to the timer. This is ridiculously dumb,
> > > I'm looking for a solution as we speak.

> > > My hardware acceleration is low, antialiasing off, the other
> > > anti-something option is also off.

> > > Thanks,

> > > J.R.

> >   Which sim?   5 seconds is a loooooong time...My first thought was your
> > swap file has filled up and windows is transferring it to the hard
drive.
> > But no way should it take 5 seconds...more like a little hiccup.  How
much
> > ram do you have?
> >   Have you covered the windows end by running scandisk and defragging
your
> > hard drives?
> > dave henrie

> My system setup is as follows:
> P4 2.53GHz
> 1024MB Kingston DDR-RAM
> GeForce 4 Ti4600
> Sound Blaster Audigy
> Logitech Momo Wheel

> I have tried the following:
> Increasing/Decreasing Anti-aliasing and Other Video Settings
> Re-installing Video Card Drivers
> Re-installing Sound Card Drivers
> Running the 3D thing selecting a lower bit rate (16-bit down rom 32)

> None of these work. However, on my last attempt, it took five 1:35 (suck,
> eh?) second laps of Monza before it froze up.

> Basically, sound freezes, video freezes, and these usually last five to
> seven seconds. Once I get one, they will periodically occur approximately
> every 10 seconds after the last one has finished until I exit the program.

> Regards,
> J.R.

Update
Setting my 3D Settings (Monitor max 1280x1024) to 800x600, 16bit, 75Hz,
still freezes me after five laps (approx. six minutes into playing). Length
of freeze is still a good seven seconds.

J.R.

Txl

Sorry, One More Problem

by Txl » Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:55:23

WHICH GAME ?
J.R.

Sorry, One More Problem

by J.R. » Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:41:59

F1C 99-02

J.R.

Haqsa

Sorry, One More Problem

by Haqsa » Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:34:55

Try turning of all unnecessary background stuff.


Larry Lindstro

Sorry, One More Problem

by Larry Lindstro » Sun, 19 Oct 2003 02:45:29


> I find that periodically, while racing on a track, the game would freeze. It
> would freeze for about five seconds, then continue. Unfortunately, 5s is
> added to the timer. This is ridiculously dumb, I'm looking for a solution as
> we speak.

> My hardware acceleration is low, antialiasing off, the other anti-something
> option is also off.

> Thanks,

> J.R.

Hi J.R.

   Are you running online?  

   F1C has a "feature" that pauses the sim, but not the clock,
when a driver enters the session.  All drivers experience this.  
I've approached a hard corner, I think it was the first ***
right hander at A1, with a competitor in my mirrors, paused
while a new driver entered the race, and suddenly was following
that same car into the corner.  So apparently not each driver
has exactly the same pause.  But I believe all drivers experience
a similar problem.  Apparent also is that collision is turned off
when this happens.  

   When this happens to me, I try to hold the wheel and pedals
in the position they were in when the sim froze.  

   If the pause is happening in a different situation, never
mind.  

                                                        Larry

Charlie

Sorry, One More Problem

by Charlie » Sun, 19 Oct 2003 04:43:23

Try disabling Fog Table Emulation yet?

(right click desktop, properties, settings, advanced, GeForce Settings tab,
D3d, uncheck Enable Fog Table Emulation)


> Try turning of all unnecessary background stuff.



> > F1C 99-02

> > J.R.

J.R.

Sorry, One More Problem

by J.R. » Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:37:47

Running at a good 50 (100 when I want to, by turning everything off) FPS
now.

It's just the freezing that's screwing me up.

I just disabled the fog thing and I'll try it out.

Cheers,
J.R.

J.R.

Sorry, One More Problem

by J.R. » Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:31:31

Running at a good 100 FPS now.

It's just the freezing that's screwing me up.

I diabled the fog thing and it still does it periodically. Has anyone else
EVER encountered this problem? Help!

For reference, please visit the "Sorry, One More Problem" thread below.
Thank you!

Cheers,
J.R.

Dave Henri

Sorry, One More Problem

by Dave Henri » Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:42:40



  glad you got the fps up.  Try going into directx and turning DOWN the
sound hardware acceleration one or two notches...start>run>dxsetup should
get you there.
dh

Andre

Sorry, One More Problem

by Andre » Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:50:36



Good - err, what is?

In what?

Why not keep whatever you are talking about in that thread then?
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J.R.

Sorry, One More Problem

by J.R. » Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:51:14

Using Outlook, it's too far down for anyone to read...at least I think it
is. :)

J.R.

Dave Henri

Sorry, One More Problem

by Dave Henri » Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:51:26



  As I have done just now, with many email/newsgroup readers you can
highlight JUST the relavent portion and then click the reply button.  Then
only the part you highlight is shown in the above quote.  I'm using Xnews
currently.
So rather than having to scrolllllll down long posts, courtesy would also
imply using this or some other method to trim the extra postage.  


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