Serious video crash with GTX 660Ti

[SilentPrey]

Originally Posted by merc4ulfate

I run win 7 Professional 64 bit 16 gigs ram and have never used the LAA with it. I never have an issues with crashes.

Luck? I run Windows 7 Home Premium with 8gb ram and I crash every time I get near a port and sometimes convoys unless I'm large address aware.

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[C:\Steam\steamapps\common\silent hunters wolves of the pacific\MODS]

1_TriggerMaru_Overhaul_2-5
RSRDC_TMO_V502
RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1
1.5_Optical Targeting Correction 031312 for RSRDCv502
1.5_OTC_Realistic Scopes for 16 to 9 RSRDCv502
Improved Ship Physics 2.6_TMO_RSRDC_OTC
OTC_ISP_Crew Mod
Realism Settings

[CapnScurvy]

This discussion has been done before, yet there are those that don't get it!

Large Address Aware (LAA) is an application that changes the execution (.exe) file of the "game" to use the additional memory a newer system may have. No matter what Operating System you may be using.......Windows XP; Vista; Windows 7; 8; 8.1; the new Windows 10 next month....32 bit or 64 bit......they do nothing to help the game use more than the 2 Gb of default memory the game was set to use.

IF you have more than 2 gigs of RAM memory, LAA will increase the games ability to use it. That's for any older game that has the same memory restrictions as Silent Hunter 4 has.

Having a Windows 7, 64 bit system will not allow the game to use more memory.....even if you have 20 gig's of the fastest RAM memory on earth!

You need to change the way the game "processes" the extra memory you have. That's what LAA does. The Operating System does nothing to change how the game uses memory. The game will only use a maximum of 2 gigs of RAM, unless you force it to use more with an app like LAA.

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The other suggestions are valid too:

1. Have the game check/install the DX 9.0c during the "install wizard", even if you have DX 10 or 11. Then check the DX program by going to the "Run" menu and type in "Dxdiag" to check your graphics setup.

2. Make sure the computers integrated graphics card (Intel's) is turned off since you've got a nVidia external card.

3. Although most systems don't need it as much as they did years ago.....reformating and starting over is always a good way to get a clean system. Cleans out the "Registry" like no other app can. It's like washing the blackboard after school, you'll have a squeaky clean slate to work with (get's rid of those porno site left-overs)

[merc4ulfate]

Thing is you do not need more than 2 gigs to get good performance out of the game. Game crashes are due to poor mod selections or orders, corrupt files or incorrect graphic settings more than they are how much ram your using. The game can do anything you want without the LAA.

Yes I understand the why of it being there. It just isn't really needed.

[SilentPrey]

I don't recall ever bothering with playing stock SH4. But I know that with only TMO and RSRDC (and its patch) I would CTD almost every time I tried to return to port. I started saving when about 200 miles out so that I could reload and try again. Usually that would let me end a patrol. Usually.

After I added in OTC it got even worse. Convoys would sometimes crash me out. Getting too close to ANY harbor almost definitely would.

And then I found LAA. I haven't crashed out since. I can load the museum and I can sail straight into Pearl Harbor at the end of a patrol.

The game could do anything I wanted without LAA. Except keep running.

[merc4ulfate]

The whole game crash thing I have always found weird. The only time I have ever had an issue was either incompatible mods in the list or a corrupt file.

Then again I am not prone to unload a mods list then reload another and go fishing.

I began on every new mod list to simply reload the entire game and never get the corrupt issues. Nothing is flawless but if you want the cleanest game then installing a fresh copy and then loading your mods in the proper order will eliminate a huge number of reason that others have crashes.