Possible reason for game crashes?

[Camaero]

Cheers all, I have had SHIV crash only a couple of times, but when it does, maybe 5 minutes before I get a stuck sound. What I mean is, some sound file gets stuck on repeat and just plays over and over. It goes away with high time compression but comes back on real time. It is a sound of metal clanging, just over and over again. I get very annoyed but then the game usually crashes soon after. Then I get even more annoyed and throw my mouse against the wall in disgust. (not really:lol: )

Has anyone else had this problem before a crash? Or at all for that matter? Thanks!

[daft]

Nope, I've had only 1 CTD so far. And that was after accidentally hitting "A" before patch 1.2 had resolved that issue. Have you tried updating your sound drivers?

[Camaero]

Yeah, my sound drivers are up to date. I have a sound mod or two installed as well so if no one else has this problem I might ask about it in the modders forum. Maybe it is one of the sound mods doing it.:yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

Go to your soundcard or whatever type of sound you are using and reduce the acceleration on it. See if that helps. If not and you are using a sound mod, your computer does not like this sound for some reason. Remove the mod and see how she goes.

[Camaero]

Go to your soundcard or whatever type of sound you are using and reduce the acceleration on it. See if that helps. If not and you are using a sound mod, your computer does not like this sound for some reason. Remove the mod and see how she goes.

Thanks, i'll try it. Won't I lose surround sound by doing that however? Not a huge deal, just curious.

[AVGWarhawk]

Go to your soundcard or whatever type of sound you are using and reduce the acceleration on it. See if that helps. If not and you are using a sound mod, your computer does not like this sound for some reason. Remove the mod and see how she goes.

Thanks, i'll try it. Won't I lose surround sound by doing that however? Not a huge deal, just curious.

No sound will be lost at all. I do not know how the accelerations works but some computers and games it is not a good mix. I have mine reduced and no issues with any applications.

[dean_acheson]

About a week ago, I started getting a huge amount of CTDs, then noticed that I seemed to crash about certain times while transiting to patrol areas....

moved all of my radio stations out of the radio folder, volia- game runs great, but no radio.

how's that for weird? must have been when you crossed from one station to another...