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Offline BlueHoplite

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EF crashing when starting about 60%
« on: February 01, 2011, 08:38:36 PM »
Sorry to have posted this but I have already tried everything stated in this forum about crashing issue but my problem continues to recur.

I have installed EF 1.3 recently. When I launch it its ok then brings me to what game I want to play (i.e. skirmish, campaign, etc) I usually select skirmish and play the rostov 8 player game where I play and the rest are computers. When I click start, the game meter starts rapidly then suddenly slows down until it reach approximately 60% of the bar. When it reaches 60%, it either hangs up by hearing the music repeating itself in a cycle or I get kicked out and usually brings me to the main menu. My EF 1.3 is updated and I have already downloaded the latest 2 patches and is still not working.

My current config for my WS are as follows

AMD Athlon 7850 Dual Core Processor
2.80 GHz
4 GB ram
Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 SP3

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Cheers to all!
1GB video card

Post Merge: February 01, 2011, 08:40:14 PM
Also I have tried right clicking the launcher in my desktop and assigned it as administrator and still gives me the same result.

« Last Edit: February 01, 2011, 08:40:14 PM by BlueHoplite »

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Re: EF crashing when starting about 60%
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2011, 09:25:21 PM »
Lower your game settings. This is a common problem, you'll find most CoH mods adding the amount of content EF has added will crash more often on larger maps and in games with a lot of AI players.

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Re: EF crashing when starting about 60%
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2011, 09:32:47 PM »
You forgot to upload you warnings.log.
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Re: EF crashing when starting about 60%
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2011, 01:14:36 AM »
I was planning to upload the warning log but before I could do that the game kicks me out to the main menu thus unable to copy the log as to what had happen.

I will go ahead and try lowering the game settings and see how it goes.

Thanks

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Re: EF crashing when starting about 60%
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2011, 01:34:43 AM »
Warnings.log stores the background information while CoH is being executed, no matter if crashes, if CoH ran, it's sure a warnings.log has been saved. You can find it on "Documents\My games\CoH"
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Re: EF crashing when starting about 60%
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2011, 03:04:12 AM »
Thanks so much for letting me know where to find the logs. Did not know where to look for it. How do I attach the log file. I tried to convert it to pdf but its about 388+ pages?

I have followed the advice of Burro Diablo by lowering the game settings. so instead of playing the Rostov Skirmish, I now played the Kursk scenario. The game works for a time until such point where after panning from one location to another where it starts to get screwy. The screen seems to pause and pans from left to right in a repetitive cycle. I usually press ctrl-alt-delete and go back to the game. The game resumes normal but after a few minutes it goes back to its usual panning cycle. Is there anything else that I need to do so that I can play smoothly?

Sorry mods for bugging too much. I know you guys are being bombarded left to right with bugs and crashing questions from users like me. I really appreciate the hardwork and dedication that you guys are giving us.



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Re: EF crashing when starting about 60%
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2011, 06:37:12 AM »
Retrieve the file just after the game crashes, then when posting, click on Additional Options->Attach.
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Re: EF crashing when starting about 60%
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2011, 05:14:34 PM »
Thanks Bishop.

I am attaching the latest game log and hope the info helps.

Thanks once again.