Game hanging up...

Slick Rick · 02-05-06, 08:48 AM

Hi guys....well I may have finally done it...I may have worn my Silent Hunter CD out......it seems that lately when I am playing the game...it will get hung up and skip like a old record used to do....the music will get stuck and keep repeating itself and I wont be able to move my cursor...the only thing I have been able to do to get it unstuck is hit ALT TAB...this usually does the trick, but this happens quite often now......quite annoying I might add....also it seems if I time compress a lot, the display will move in slow motion on anything above 128.....anyone else experiencing this????

Gizzmoe · 02-06-06, 01:06 AM

That could be caused by all kinds of things, maybe itÂ´s a sound card related problem, maybe a graphics card problem or maybe something completely different. Some things you could try:

Try some other games, if they show a similar behaviour you know that itÂ´s a general problem with your system.

Check you system for viruses and spyware (with Spybot and AdAware).

Move all gramophone files to another location to see if that is maybe the problem. They are in data\sound\gramophone.

Disable the hardware sound acceleration (Start/Run/dxdiag, Sound tab).

Install the latest soundcard driver, if that doesnÂ´t help install an older version.

Try the same with the graphics card driver.

Slick Rick · 02-06-06, 07:40 AM

Thanx for the tips....I have updated my graphics and sound card drivers in the past and this has just started occuring...so I dont think it is the issue...I run adaware, spybot and a couple of others..so I think I have that covered....I have not tried the gramophone files move....where should I move them to?? I am not a big gamer...Silent Hunter is it......so I am going to have to find another one I guess.....and like I said....it seems to only happen on a regular basis when I TC a lot...I appreciate your input though..thanx....Rick

Kaptan Tommy · 02-06-06, 09:27 AM

Once the game checks my disk, I just take it out - for the rest of the time I'm playing. I try to handle it with 'kid gloves' because I know I'm screwed if it gets messed up...

Gizzmoe · 02-06-06, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Slick Rick

I have updated my graphics and sound card drivers in the past and this has just started occuring...so I dont think it is the issue...

Drivers can break, it happened to me a few days ago. Reinstall them, maybe it helps.

Quote:

I have not tried the gramophone files move....where should I move them to??

DoesnÂ´t really matter, create a new directory on drive C (like C:\Backup) and move all gramophone files there.

02-05-06, 08:48 AM	#1
Slick Rick Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Whats left of Florida Posts: 396 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Game hanging up... Hi guys....well I may have finally done it...I may have worn my Silent Hunter CD out......it seems that lately when I am playing the game...it will get hung up and skip like a old record used to do....the music will get stuck and keep repeating itself and I wont be able to move my cursor...the only thing I have been able to do to get it unstuck is hit ALT TAB...this usually does the trick, but this happens quite often now......quite annoying I might add....also it seems if I time compress a lot, the display will move in slow motion on anything above 128.....anyone else experiencing this???? __________________ Wasserbomb!!!!

02-06-06, 07:40 AM	#3
Slick Rick Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Whats left of Florida Posts: 396 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Thanx for the tips....I have updated my graphics and sound card drivers in the past and this has just started occuring...so I dont think it is the issue...I run adaware, spybot and a couple of others..so I think I have that covered....I have not tried the gramophone files move....where should I move them to?? I am not a big gamer...Silent Hunter is it......so I am going to have to find another one I guess.....and like I said....it seems to only happen on a regular basis when I TC a lot...I appreciate your input though..thanx....Rick __________________ Wasserbomb!!!!

02-06-06, 09:27 AM	#4
Kaptan Tommy Planesman Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Carson City, NV Posts: 182 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Once the game checks my disk, I just take it out - for the rest of the time I'm playing. I try to handle it with 'kid gloves' because I know I'm screwed if it gets messed up... __________________ Quit farting around reading the forums and sink some ships!

02-06-06, 01:06 AM	#2
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	That could be caused by all kinds of things, maybe itÂ´s a sound card related problem, maybe a graphics card problem or maybe something completely different. Some things you could try: Try some other games, if they show a similar behaviour you know that itÂ´s a general problem with your system. Check you system for viruses and spyware (with Spybot and AdAware). Move all gramophone files to another location to see if that is maybe the problem. They are in data\sound\gramophone. Disable the hardware sound acceleration (Start/Run/dxdiag, Sound tab). Install the latest soundcard driver, if that doesnÂ´t help install an older version. Try the same with the graphics card driver.