Crashing in GWX 2.1 after perfect installation

Nuoz · 06-21-08, 09:28 AM

Hi, first of all hello again, i keep coming back because i love this game. I love GWX too but as of late i came across problems installing GWX 2.1. The game crashes sometimes for no apparent reason. My specs should be enough: Dual core 2.14Gh, 2GB SDRAM. I seem to crash at completely random times but all of those in the surface and around other ships. As anyone run across such problems? Thank you.

Letum · 06-21-08, 10:38 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...2&postcount=10

Nuoz · 06-21-08, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...2&postcount=10

Are you sure that is it man? I don't remember seeing any baloons when i crash. Although i will try your solution, thanks for posting!

Nuoz · 06-21-08, 02:10 PM

It turned out it didn't work. I will now test to deactivate my AV system (AVAST in case you know any issues please report to me and the devs of course).
My gut feeling is i'm doing something wrong but i don't know what that might be.Could this be a faulty instalation? I did have to reinstall the game but i'm not sure what i did wrong. I began by uninstalling the 2.0 version, delete game folder (but i forgot the my documents one at this point), then i applied the 1.4b patch and remembered to delete the My Documents folder before i proceed to install GWX 2.0 and 2.1 in this order of course.

Letum · 06-21-08, 04:01 PM

SH3 is very, very sensitive to the activities of other programs. Close down as many as you can. Even those you can not see running.

Make sure you know what you are doing first.

Nuoz · 06-21-08, 05:03 PM

It seems it was AVAST Antivirus software.

irish1958 · 06-21-08, 05:22 PM

You really should follow Letum's advice and shut down everything you don't need. Enditall is good; I use FS autostart myself and I close everything. This frees up memory for the game, which it needs in harbor and with a lot of particles. I also disabled the damn balloons in registry.

06-21-08, 09:28 AM	#1
Nuoz Sparky Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Here Posts: 155 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Crashing in GWX 2.1 after perfect installation Hi, first of all hello again, i keep coming back because i love this game. I love GWX too but as of late i came across problems installing GWX 2.1. The game crashes sometimes for no apparent reason. My specs should be enough: Dual core 2.14Gh, 2GB SDRAM. I seem to crash at completely random times but all of those in the surface and around other ships. As anyone run across such problems? Thank you. __________________ "Listen, 'sir', it's real simple. Add the number of times we dive to the number of times we surface. Divide that number by two. If the result doesn't come out even, don't open the hatch"

06-21-08, 10:38 AM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...2&postcount=10 __________________

06-21-08, 02:10 PM	#4
Nuoz Sparky Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Here Posts: 155 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It turned out it didn't work. I will now test to deactivate my AV system (AVAST in case you know any issues please report to me and the devs of course). My gut feeling is i'm doing something wrong but i don't know what that might be.Could this be a faulty instalation? I did have to reinstall the game but i'm not sure what i did wrong. I began by uninstalling the 2.0 version, delete game folder (but i forgot the my documents one at this point), then i applied the 1.4b patch and remembered to delete the My Documents folder before i proceed to install GWX 2.0 and 2.1 in this order of course. __________________ "Listen, 'sir', it's real simple. Add the number of times we dive to the number of times we surface. Divide that number by two. If the result doesn't come out even, don't open the hatch"

06-21-08, 04:01 PM	#5
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	SH3 is very, very sensitive to the activities of other programs. Close down as many as you can. Even those you can not see running. Make sure you know what you are doing first. __________________

06-21-08, 05:03 PM	#6
Nuoz Sparky Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Here Posts: 155 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It seems it was AVAST Antivirus software. __________________ "Listen, 'sir', it's real simple. Add the number of times we dive to the number of times we surface. Divide that number by two. If the result doesn't come out even, don't open the hatch"

06-21-08, 05:22 PM	#7
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	You really should follow Letum's advice and shut down everything you don't need. Enditall is good; I use FS autostart myself and I close everything. This frees up memory for the game, which it needs in harbor and with a lot of particles. I also disabled the damn balloons in registry. __________________ Irish1958