Alexander Posted February 6, 2001 Share Posted February 6, 2001 After weeks cruising carefree with my badass system- Athlon 850/256k/Windows ME- I'm suddenly suffering from lockups. It's always the same sequence: I load a quick battle with Allied random force, default except for rain. The AI always picks British troops (!?). A couple of minutes into the setup phases everything freezes and it's ctrl-alt-del time. The sound of droning rain, however, continues, unheard by the motionless troops. I had been playing only PBEM until last week so maybe this is a Ver1.11, QB problem. Any ideas? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted February 6, 2001 Share Posted February 6, 2001 If you change any of your QB settings from the ones you posted do you still get lockups ? Do you have this problem with any of the scenarios ? Does the size (number of points) of the QB make a difference ? What sound card do you have ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted February 7, 2001 Author Share Posted February 7, 2001 Thanks for the quick response, Shrullenhaft. I have the Blaster AudioPCI(?) card and the Diamond S540/32m video card. I did a few more desultory tests and it seems that the rain is the culprit. Without the rain, no freeze. But the computer still only picks comonwealth troops- for itself or me. Now, THAT is strange. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted February 7, 2001 Share Posted February 7, 2001 The "rain" issue may either be with the video card or the sound card (as a place to start). Here's the latest driver from Diamond for the S540 (non-Extreme version); 4.12.01.0256 or 8.20.21 dated 5-02-2000: http://www.diamondmm.com/default.asp?menu=support&submenu=Graphics&item=drivers&product=Stealth_III_S540 There is also a BIOS update for your video card. Read the following web page closely to determine the correct BIOS to install. A BIOS update won't fix your current problem, but I'd recommend it if you're going to use the latest drivers. http://www.diamondmm.com/default.asp?menu=support&submenu=Graphics&item=bios&product=Stealth_III_S540 You can get a slightly newer S3 Reference driver from Reactorcritical (v. 8.20.33; dated 10-18-2000). Go to Savage4 section. You may also want to play with the "S3TC" utility at the bottom of the Savage4 listing.: http://www.reactorcritical.com/download.shtml As for audio... Here's the Creative download for a number of their PCI audio cards (outside of the Live line). Your card is sometimes called the Ensoniq AudioPCI (Ensoniq was a company that Creative purchased a few years back). http://www.creative.com/support/files/download.asp?reg=0&OS=WinME∏=sb_ensq&select=Get+Files You may want to keep your Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI CD handy since some of the MIDI sample files probably aren't part of the download. You may also want to do a search on the Tech Support forum for "Savage" or "S540" and see what you find. Some of the issues will probably be in reference to the Savage2000 based video cards. I don't recall any complaints in particular regarding this card and weather effects (which is something else you may want to search for). You may want to try a QB with "snowing" conditions to see if you get the same problem as rain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted February 7, 2001 Author Share Posted February 7, 2001 Tried the falling snow- no freeze. Maybe the rain .wav file is corrupted. Do you know the #? All drivers are up-to-date. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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