Frustrated to tears with CTDs - Page 3

floundericiousWA · 11-04-07, 01:23 AM

I finally got SH3 earlier this year (in around March) after getting a new Dell XPS 410. It has a 1.8 MHz Core Duo processor, 1GB of memory and an NVIDIA 7300LE 512MB video card...

I had no problems playing the game until this summer and was freaking loving it

...then...all of a sudden

I CTD non stop... YOU SUCK AGAIN!

I've updated the NVIDIA drivers to the latest (100 something. something)...no help...

I've read here and elsewhere about turning down the sound acceleration...no joy...

The CTDs come at virtually any time after the game engine gets going (after I'm in a submarine). It happens primarily at station changes (say, going from the watch deck to the map view or map view to exterior or map view to periscope). The screen freezes, the audio drops into a 1 second loop...and the computer takes its pick of CTDing normally, CTDing back to 4-bit 640x480 corrupted graphics view, or just plain freezing so I have to hold down the power button and cold boot.

I have no #()*$*#($* clue what to do with this thing...

NO mods installed
v1.4 patch installed (yes, for my DVD version and yes, for the North America version)
I've updated the NVIDIA drivers...I even dl'd the latest DirectX 9.0c drivers for all the other crap...
I've cleaned out the SH3 folder in my documents...and it gets better..for about 20 minutes...
I've uninstalled and installed fresh...I've defragged...I turn off as many of the obvious processes as possible (ipodservice, e.g.) and the anti-spyware tools

I seem to be able to do an academy mission...80% of the time without a CTD...but as soon as I try career...I'd give it about 35 minutes MAX and it shuts me down...

This is very serious (harumpf!harumpf!harumpf! - sorry, even as pissed as I am, I still have to throw in the blazing saddles ref

)

I'm not doing anything that I can tell differently...I'm () this far from throwing the ****ing thing under my car's tires and burning its entrails in frustration...

Any thoughts?

Ok, any HELPFUL thoughts?

11-04-07, 01:23 AM	#1
floundericiousWA Medic Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Frustrated to tears with CTDs I finally got SH3 earlier this year (in around March) after getting a new Dell XPS 410. It has a 1.8 MHz Core Duo processor, 1GB of memory and an NVIDIA 7300LE 512MB video card... I had no problems playing the game until this summer and was freaking loving it ...then...all of a sudden I CTD non stop... YOU SUCK AGAIN! I've updated the NVIDIA drivers to the latest (100 something. something)...no help... I've read here and elsewhere about turning down the sound acceleration...no joy... The CTDs come at virtually any time after the game engine gets going (after I'm in a submarine). It happens primarily at station changes (say, going from the watch deck to the map view or map view to exterior or map view to periscope). The screen freezes, the audio drops into a 1 second loop...and the computer takes its pick of CTDing normally, CTDing back to 4-bit 640x480 corrupted graphics view, or just plain freezing so I have to hold down the power button and cold boot. I have no #()$#($* clue what to do with this thing... NO mods installed v1.4 patch installed (yes, for my DVD version and yes, for the North America version) I've updated the NVIDIA drivers...I even dl'd the latest DirectX 9.0c drivers for all the other crap... I've cleaned out the SH3 folder in my documents...and it gets better..for about 20 minutes... I've uninstalled and installed fresh...I've defragged...I turn off as many of the obvious processes as possible (ipodservice, e.g.) and the anti-spyware tools I seem to be able to do an academy mission...80% of the time without a CTD...but as soon as I try career...I'd give it about 35 minutes MAX and it shuts me down... This is very serious (harumpf!harumpf!harumpf! - sorry, even as pissed as I am, I still have to throw in the blazing saddles ref ) I'm not doing anything that I can tell differently...I'm () this far from throwing the ****ing thing under my car's tires and burning its entrails in frustration... Any thoughts? Ok, any HELPFUL thoughts?