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what actually happens when games freeze?

John Bodi

what actually happens when games freeze?

by John Bodi » Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Nope -- not sloppy programming, just D3D problems with certain cards, I
suspect.  I had similar problems with my Banshee Blaster card in D3D games
before I applied the VXD fix mentioned elsewhere
(http://www.racesimcentral.net/~revolutn/win98_vxd_fix.htm), but once I "freshened" my
VXD files, the D3D problems went away.  It's not uncommon for things in the
Win95/98 OS to become corrupted and degrade over time (must be a Microsoft
"feature"), so I wouldn't blame the game programmers.

Hope this helps.

-- JB




>>none of these...I have no screensaver, the power saver is set
>to never, and
>>I don't overclock...any other ideas? What actually happens is
>that the
>>screen freezes, and whatever sound is playing in the background
>loops over
>>and over again...

>Well this just happened to me while under yellow (NR99) at
>Daytona with 5 to go!!  What happened after that was alot of
>swearing and frustration, amybe a bit uncalled for as I was in
>36th position at the time:)

>This only happens to me in NR99 (always under a caution) and a
>couple of D3D games.  Fortunatly not in GPL or SCGT though:)

>The problem with the D3D games is My Savage 4 card.  I don't
>know about NR99 though as this happened before I had the Savage
>4.  Could be sloppy programming by Papyrus, like when your car
>goes inside another one!  I wouldn't dare to suggest such a
>thing in this forum though.

>Chris
>>--

>>Colin Harris
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>>http://www.racesimcentral.net/
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>>> If your PC is overclocked it can be because it is getting too
>hot



>>> > The title says it all, really...I have a couple of games
>(GP500, SBK,
>>> TOCA)
>>> > that freeze, and the only way to get out is to switch the
>on/off button.
>>> > Now, what's happened that would make a game do this? Is it
>out of
>>memory?
>>> Is
>>> > it DirectX? Drivers? I'm determined to get to the bottom of
>this, cos
>>it's
>>> a
>>> > hell of a pain in the arse.
>>> >  System specs: AMD K6 II 400, 128 Mb RAM, SB Live, Voodoo3
>2000....any
>>> help
>>> > putting me in the right direction would be appreciated.

>>> > --

>>> > Colin Harris
>>> > ColinHarris in N3/NL
>>> > Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league
>>> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>>> > ICQ 25485061

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Chris Bloo

what actually happens when games freeze?

by Chris Bloo » Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Well it ain't my video card as this problem happened with my
last SIS card and also with my Savage 4.  As NR99 doesn't have
D3D support I doubt it would be the card.

This also doesn't explain how you can drive "inside" another car
in NR99?

Chris

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Eldre

what actually happens when games freeze?

by Eldre » Sun, 26 Mar 2000 04:00:00



>Well it ain't my video card as this problem happened with my
>last SIS card and also with my Savage 4.  As NR99 doesn't have
>D3D support I doubt it would be the card.

>This also doesn't explain how you can drive "inside" another car
>in NR99?

You can do it in N3, too.  At least online.  I ran a race the other day.  When
I got lapped, instead of going around me, the ***s drove right THROUGH my
car...sheesh!

Eldred
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Eldre

what actually happens when games freeze?

by Eldre » Sun, 26 Mar 2000 04:00:00


>My guess is a problem with SB Live and AMD.  I replaced by SB live (I
>also have a AMD K7 600 cpu) with a old POS ensonique (sp) and haven't
>had a problem yet with locking up but sound is well, uh lacking. Can't
>have everything.  Where would you put it all.

I don't think it's the SBLive and AMD.  Not as a rule, anyway.  I'm running a
K62-350 and SBLive with no problems.  Not lockups, anyway...
Speed is another issue...<g>
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