More CTDs in 1.2 than in 1.1...

GuillermoZS · 04-21-07, 11:49 AM

Hi,

it seems Memory management issues haven´t been fixed in the patch and it also seems they are worst now... I´ve suffered CTDs now on hiting ships, map zooming/scrolling, external views,... where never happened before...

Is someone else having this problems too?

maerean_m · 04-21-07, 12:29 PM

I've never had any CTDs so far, yet I've even played SH4 for 8 straight hours

.

I only use the excellent mod with the black dials in the HUD (

).

Steps to take:

1. Uninstall SH4 and do a clean install of SH4 1.0
2. Launch SH4.exe and wait for the auto-patcher to tell you that a patch (1.2) is available, so you install the official patch from ubisoft.
3. Try it for a while, unmoded. See if you encounter any CTDs.
4. Install only the mods that are mentioned to be compatible with patch 1.2, and maybe one at a time to detect any mods that causeCTDs by themselves.

Hope this helps

sbrengard · 04-21-07, 01:52 PM

You are not alone ... I am also getting many more CTDs using the 1.2 patch. I'm thinking its video related. Seems to happened more often as I switch views.

Snowman999 · 04-21-07, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbrengard

You are not alone ... I am also getting many more CTDs using the 1.2 patch. I'm thinking its video related. Seems to happened more often as I switch views.

Ditto. I was able today, by changing graphics settings, to get for the first time the shaking water bug and the screen flash bug. And I had a CTD while doing a simple transit from Midway, no contacts, on the surface, simply going from the nav map to the external view with the F11 key. Goodbye career.

This is rapidly becoming not fun. I turned the game off and went back to my War in the Pacific epic.

NefariousKoel · 04-21-07, 02:52 PM

What vid cards are you guys using?

I've not had one CTD since 1.2 and I've put some time in on it.

NEON DEON · 04-21-07, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NefariousKoel

What vid cards are you guys using?

I've not had one CTD since 1.2 and I've put some time in on it.

After re-installing the game, patching to 1.2, and defragging the hard drive, I have had no CTDs too.

AVGWarhawk · 04-21-07, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NEON DEON

Quote:

Originally Posted by NefariousKoel

What vid cards are you guys using?

I've not had one CTD since 1.2 and I've put some time in on it.

After re-installing the game, patching to 1.2, and defragging the hard drive, I have had no CTDs too.

Exactly what I did after my first CTD.....this was my last CTD

. Just need to look at your system and figure it out sometimes.

vanjast · 04-21-07, 03:05 PM

The CTD's might be linked to the size of your PC's virtual memory(mine is 8GB), as well as the graphics card memory (as all the game objects are loaded here - some mods increase the number of objects so resulting in memory problems). Also make sure there are minimum background processes running?

TDK1044 · 04-21-07, 03:08 PM

I had no CTDs with 1.1 and also none with 1.2

CCIP · 04-21-07, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TDK1044

I had no CTDs with 1.1 and also none with 1.2

Likewise. Well, I did have maybe one or two, but for reasons that have so far been explained.

I think most of the complaints as far as stability are related to problems in people's system rather than the game - at worst, perhaps the fact that the game is not optimized for their particular system.

MadMike · 04-21-07, 03:19 PM

Reinstalled SH4 with 1.1 and 1.2, some of the mods were already present in my game files. So far so good...

Yours, Mike

oritpro · 04-21-07, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GuillermoZS

Hi,

it seems Memory management issues haven´t been fixed in the patch and it also seems they are worst now... I´ve suffered CTDs now on hiting ships, map zooming/scrolling, external views,... where never happened before...

Is someone else having this problems too?

No CTD's here (yet); However, I just rebuilt my system because the hard drive died a couple days before 1.2 was released and I just rebuilt it yesterday.

I have done one patrol, so far so good.

NefariousKoel · 04-21-07, 04:36 PM

If anyone is having CTDs I'd recommend uninstalling SH4, deleting any files left over in Program Files and My Docs folders. My uninstall took them all out but you should check as it's helped some other people.

I think installed a straight 1.2 patch. You don't need to install 1.1 that I've seen.

AVGWarhawk · 04-21-07, 04:51 PM

This is what else I do for smooth sailing. Once the game is loaded I cache all the screens. Doing this allows the computer to throw up the page you are asking without hesitation next time you call it up. What does this do for you? Easy, say you come up on a convoy, rough weather. At this time your computer is running top end to make it work for you. Now, hit the U key for TBT and this page has not been cached...oh oh, computer says stop, let me get that page for you and in the mean time I'm dropping the other crap while I do this. BAM, ....CTD

. So once all screens/stations are cached allows the computer not having to stop to go find it. It is hanging out in virtual memory and not spinning up the hard drive looking for it. Seems simple but it is very effective.

I played another 4 hours today. No CTD. My wife hates the game....she is having a CTD

. Maybe I should spool her up in the virtual memory as well.

CaptainHunter · 04-21-07, 05:08 PM

Thanks for the tip....AVGWarhawk

04-21-07, 11:49 AM	#1
GuillermoZS Gunner Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Vigo, Spain Posts: 100 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	More CTDs in 1.2 than in 1.1... Hi, it seems Memory management issues haven´t been fixed in the patch and it also seems they are worst now... I´ve suffered CTDs now on hiting ships, map zooming/scrolling, external views,... where never happened before... Is someone else having this problems too?

04-21-07, 12:29 PM	#2
maerean_m Captain Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 529 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've never had any CTDs so far, yet I've even played SH4 for 8 straight hours . I only use the excellent mod with the black dials in the HUD ( ). Steps to take: 1. Uninstall SH4 and do a clean install of SH4 1.0 2. Launch SH4.exe and wait for the auto-patcher to tell you that a patch (1.2) is available, so you install the official patch from ubisoft. 3. Try it for a while, unmoded. See if you encounter any CTDs. 4. Install only the mods that are mentioned to be compatible with patch 1.2, and maybe one at a time to detect any mods that causeCTDs by themselves. Hope this helps __________________ Kilroy was here

04-21-07, 02:52 PM	#5
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	What vid cards are you guys using? I've not had one CTD since 1.2 and I've put some time in on it. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

04-21-07, 04:36 PM	#13
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	If anyone is having CTDs I'd recommend uninstalling SH4, deleting any files left over in Program Files and My Docs folders. My uninstall took them all out but you should check as it's helped some other people. I think installed a straight 1.2 patch. You don't need to install 1.1 that I've seen. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

04-21-07, 04:51 PM	#14
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This is what else I do for smooth sailing. Once the game is loaded I cache all the screens. Doing this allows the computer to throw up the page you are asking without hesitation next time you call it up. What does this do for you? Easy, say you come up on a convoy, rough weather. At this time your computer is running top end to make it work for you. Now, hit the U key for TBT and this page has not been cached...oh oh, computer says stop, let me get that page for you and in the mean time I'm dropping the other crap while I do this. BAM, ....CTD . So once all screens/stations are cached allows the computer not having to stop to go find it. It is hanging out in virtual memory and not spinning up the hard drive looking for it. Seems simple but it is very effective. I played another 4 hours today. No CTD. My wife hates the game....she is having a CTD . Maybe I should spool her up in the virtual memory as well. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-21-07, 01:52 PM	#3
sbrengard Nub Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You are not alone ... I am also getting many more CTDs using the 1.2 patch. I'm thinking its video related. Seems to happened more often as I switch views.

04-21-07, 03:05 PM	#8
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	The CTD's might be linked to the size of your PC's virtual memory(mine is 8GB), as well as the graphics card memory (as all the game objects are loaded here - some mods increase the number of objects so resulting in memory problems). Also make sure there are minimum background processes running?

04-21-07, 03:08 PM	#9
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I had no CTDs with 1.1 and also none with 1.2

04-21-07, 03:19 PM	#11
MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	Reinstalled SH4 with 1.1 and 1.2, some of the mods were already present in my game files. So far so good... Yours, Mike

04-21-07, 05:08 PM	#15
CaptainHunter Loader Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 86 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the tip....AVGWarhawk