Fed up of game crashing.

Col7777 · 04-28-20, 03:59 PM

I will admit some of this stuff scares me.
A while ago I had all my flight sim stuff on a hard drive, all my repainted aircraft and lots of other FS related files all stored on a spare drive on my PC.

I was having problems with my Flight Sim and decided to un-install it and do a fresh install, my mistake I know but I accidentally formatted the hard drive with all my stored files, I was gutted.

I forgot about getting one of those programs that brings stuff back and I reused the hard drive, I did re-install my FS but I missed all my other files and it took me ages to get some of them back but others I had from years ago and are lost.

So going back to the post above, I envisage things going wrong and I will end up spending days/weeks trying to get my PC working again, that's my luck believe me.
I do appreciate any help you guys are giving but when it gets too technical I shy away, I don't mind tweaking the odd file here and there but I know my limits.

Col.

propbeanie · 04-28-20, 08:04 PM

I don't know if you have the funds, but you could go to a used computer shop and pick-up an older desktop that has an OK graphics card and Windows 7 64-bit on it, and use that as a gaming-only machine... Do like I did with mine, and put a Windows XP disk in the box with it, and Win7 "automatically" adopts the XP drive as its child, and offers to dual-boot for you, so you can play games that are no longer compatible with 7. Or, crazier still, have a DOS / Win95 / Win98 machine over in the corner, with a Sound Blaster 16 inside for all them good ole games... Talk about a maintenance nightmare though...

jimmbbo · 04-29-20, 12:31 PM

Unsure how relevant this may be to the OP's problem, but in the recent past I have had a CTD when loading a saved game, and on another saved game the sonar-plotted targets were missing on the surface... Deleting the saved games and starting a new career solved those problems. Annoying but not catastrophic. (Win 10 64 PC, 32GB RAM with NVidia graphics).

Likely an unrelated coincidence, but a bigger problem arose when my PC would freeze and become non responsive at varying intervals from a minute or two to more than an hour.

After using Safe Mode to confirm the bare bones of the PC were working normally, researching the "Windows freeze and not responding" problem led me to clearing the Windows File Explorer history following the instructions at this website
For good measure I also cleared the SH4 saved games and started a new career. The computer has been glitch free for more than a day, SH4 plays flawlessly, and seems to have less stutter at higher TCs...

Col7777 · 04-30-20, 03:31 AM

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the info, I can't get that screen in the link you posted as I'm on Windows 7, I think I have a facility to delete by browsing history and cookies but when I do that I sometimes lose my auto logon to websites, I have to re-do my sign in which can be a pain.

Col.

jimmbbo · 04-30-20, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Col7777

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the info, I can't get that screen in the link you posted as I'm on Windows 7, I think I have a facility to delete by browsing history and cookies but when I do that I sometimes lose my auto logon to websites, I have to re-do my sign in which can be a pain.Col.

This link shows the same process for Win 7...

File Explorer is a Windows feature separate from browser history and cookies, so clearing the browser data would unlikely affect SH4...

Good hunting!

XenonSurf · 04-30-20, 05:42 PM

[EDIT]
Obsolete with response above, I hope it works for you.

LAA and 4GB patch (alternative) work only with 64-bit OS...You go out of RAM if you don't use either of them (CTD), otherwise you must find another solution.

XS

Col7777 · 05-01-20, 03:26 AM

Thanks XS,

I am experiencing something unusual now, when I look in users my documents I no longer see the SH4 folder, I looked in the other folders in case by some quirk it has gone in there but sign of it, yet the sim still plays.

Also I was playing another mission and went to save it and the old saves from the previous were there, not sure where they are on my PC.

Col.

04-28-20, 03:59 PM	#1
Col7777 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 944 Downloads: 260 Uploads: 0	I will admit some of this stuff scares me. A while ago I had all my flight sim stuff on a hard drive, all my repainted aircraft and lots of other FS related files all stored on a spare drive on my PC. I was having problems with my Flight Sim and decided to un-install it and do a fresh install, my mistake I know but I accidentally formatted the hard drive with all my stored files, I was gutted. I forgot about getting one of those programs that brings stuff back and I reused the hard drive, I did re-install my FS but I missed all my other files and it took me ages to get some of them back but others I had from years ago and are lost. So going back to the post above, I envisage things going wrong and I will end up spending days/weeks trying to get my PC working again, that's my luck believe me. I do appreciate any help you guys are giving but when it gets too technical I shy away, I don't mind tweaking the odd file here and there but I know my limits. Col. __________________ Silent and Violent

04-28-20, 08:04 PM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	I don't know if you have the funds, but you could go to a used computer shop and pick-up an older desktop that has an OK graphics card and Windows 7 64-bit on it, and use that as a gaming-only machine... Do like I did with mine, and put a Windows XP disk in the box with it, and Win7 "automatically" adopts the XP drive as its child, and offers to dual-boot for you, so you can play games that are no longer compatible with 7. Or, crazier still, have a DOS / Win95 / Win98 machine over in the corner, with a Sound Blaster 16 inside for all them good ole games... Talk about a maintenance nightmare though... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

04-29-20, 12:31 PM	#3
jimmbbo Run silent, run deep Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 225 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	Clearing File Explorer History Unsure how relevant this may be to the OP's problem, but in the recent past I have had a CTD when loading a saved game, and on another saved game the sonar-plotted targets were missing on the surface... Deleting the saved games and starting a new career solved those problems. Annoying but not catastrophic. (Win 10 64 PC, 32GB RAM with NVidia graphics). Likely an unrelated coincidence, but a bigger problem arose when my PC would freeze and become non responsive at varying intervals from a minute or two to more than an hour. After using Safe Mode to confirm the bare bones of the PC were working normally, researching the "Windows freeze and not responding" problem led me to clearing the Windows File Explorer history following the instructions at this website For good measure I also cleared the SH4 saved games and started a new career. The computer has been glitch free for more than a day, SH4 plays flawlessly, and seems to have less stutter at higher TCs...

04-30-20, 03:31 AM	#4
Col7777 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 944 Downloads: 260 Uploads: 0	Hi Jim, Thanks for the info, I can't get that screen in the link you posted as I'm on Windows 7, I think I have a facility to delete by browsing history and cookies but when I do that I sometimes lose my auto logon to websites, I have to re-do my sign in which can be a pain. Col. __________________ Silent and Violent

04-30-20, 05:42 PM	#6
XenonSurf Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany, Italy Posts: 1,721 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 4	[EDIT] Obsolete with response above, I hope it works for you. LAA and 4GB patch (alternative) work only with 64-bit OS...You go out of RAM if you don't use either of them (CTD), otherwise you must find another solution. XS Last edited by XenonSurf; 04-30-20 at 06:13 PM.

05-01-20, 03:26 AM	#7
Col7777 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 944 Downloads: 260 Uploads: 0	Thanks XS, I am experiencing something unusual now, when I look in users my documents I no longer see the SH4 folder, I looked in the other folders in case by some quirk it has gone in there but sign of it, yet the sim still plays. Also I was playing another mission and went to save it and the old saves from the previous were there, not sure where they are on my PC. Col. __________________ Silent and Violent