Colin Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 I've been having some random freezes on my B&W G3/400 w/ 320MB of RAM and the original Rage 128 16MB under 9.2.2. I'm using the version 6.3.9 of the Rage 128 3D accelerator (don't know if that matters. Is there anything newer?) and the latest OpenGL (1.2.4). I'm using lots of high res textures but I have 120MB allocated to CM. The game seems to play alright but the most part (actually I'm not sure the fog is working now that I think about it) but occasionally the game will hang. The sound continues playing but the cursor disappears and nothing responds. I try to force quit and then the game freezes completly (sound stops) but still doesn't quit. I have to restart. It works fine for the most part but this is annoying. Any suggestions? Also I'm thinking of upgrading to the Radeon 7000. Are there any problems with that card? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturner Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 In the Troubleshooting section of the manual it specifically state: "MacOS 9 (including 9.04) on a G3 or G4 machine appears to cause random system lockups in some cases. Solution: Disable the backside casche. This can be done using the G3/G4 Cache Profiler from Powerlogix http://www.powerlogix.com" I also found that disabling speculative access helped me. Try one (backside cache/speculative access) and then the other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 I've had the same problem on my iMac, as have many Mac users, at least based on previous posts to this effect. The problem seems intermittent and unpredictable, and in my experience disabling the cache really didn't seem to matter. What does seem to matter, although it may be purely superstition, is saving periodically. My freeze ups occur almost exclusively while either watching a movie and changing views rapidly, or just as I'm about to hit GO. I have a suspicion that the problem somehow involves memory, but can't really pinpoint it (and don't have the technical skills to do so). I can go long stretches without any freezes, and then will have two or three in rapid succession. All in all, it's annoying, but not a major hassle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted May 13, 2002 Author Share Posted May 13, 2002 Disable the cache? Is that a good thing to do? Is there anyway I can disable only when running CM? Won't that slow it down more? So many questions now! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Disabling the cache is really a "if all else fails" measure, it'll cause a significant slowdown in overall performance. I have the "random freeze" happening ... hmm... maybe every two months. Only happens with CM. Old Mac upgaded to G3 and OS 9.04. Radeon 7000. I wonder if that was the "slow radeon". There is one Radeon model around that's not really up to much (in 3D performance), forgot which one but could be just that. In that case the "old Radeon" would be a better choise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted May 13, 2002 Author Share Posted May 13, 2002 Ya I know the Radeon 7000 is the 'slow radeon'. The older Radeon is better but it's hard to find and more expensive. Looking at the IMG review shows that the Radeon 2001 is really better at higher resolutions then the 7000 (because the Radeon 7000 has no TCL). However the 7000 runs at a higher clock speed the then Radeon 2001 (183Mhz vs. 166 Mhz). I'm running a 15in moniter that can't go high then 1024 x 768 and I'm sure the card is limited by the CPU as well. http://imgmagazine.com/reviews/view.php?ID=232&Page=3 And I think I've decided I can put up with those freezes because I'm sure disabling the cache will make those turns calculate slower. What I'm really wondering is are there any issues with CM and newer ATI cards? [ May 13, 2002, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: Colin ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Typically, as far as I'm aware, there are no problems with any of the ATI cards & drivers for OS 9.x (as far as CMBO is concerned). Your fog should work if everything is installed correctly. Most of the driver problems on the Mac seem to center principally around the NVidia-based cards. I'm not sure if this has been completely cleared up yet (the'sky' textures are visible with the latest drivers). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted May 14, 2002 Author Share Posted May 14, 2002 Thanks thats all I wanted to know. My fog is working fine. I just never really played foggy maps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopenfaust2 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I bought an iMac G4 in Febuary and I've played CM solid since (everyday). This computer has never locked up once. My other iMac 400 DV SE locked up with the cache off and on, quite a bit. Maybe it is the ATI card. I have no graphics problems at all. Except I can't push as many mods in one of the graphics files because it corrupts all the text in the game. Other than that it runs smooth and fully rendered. I'm blessed with no lock-ups. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturner Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 You should at least try disabling the speculative access, if you don't disable the backside cache. My B&W G3 runs rock solid now. Of course I also had a CD-ROM problem, where accessing the CD-ROM would eventually cause a freeze. I solved this problem first by using a third-party CD-Rom driver from CharisMac. Then by updating the drivers using the latest Disk-burn drivers from Apple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMplayer Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I tried disabling the backside cache and, if anything, it caused more problems than it solved. I generally crash when scrolling around on the screen, but I've found that disabling sound during the orders phase seems to help. [ May 15, 2002, 02:33 AM: Message edited by: CMplayer ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMplayer Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 A very irritating thing is that if it crashes during a TCP/IP, sometimes the autosave doesn't allow one or the other player to put in any orders at all. In many cases one guy's orders are lost, and he is forced to just hit go. Woops. In addition, the previously played turn gets recalculated, which is very frustrating. In TCP I am in the habit of manually saving every turn, for this reason. But there is even a problem with this, which I wish BTS would address. It's not possible to save until after hitting 'done'. That's bad. Most freezes occur while watching the movie. So if it was possible to save the latest calculated result, while still in the movie watching phase, then these freeze-ups wouldn't impact gameplay, except to be an annoyance. As it is now they can ruin a game. [ May 15, 2002, 02:32 AM: Message edited by: CMplayer ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 Originally posted by CMplayer: It's not possible to save until after hitting 'done'.Huh? Or are you only saying that that happens in TCP? 'Cause I regularly save during any part of the orders phase, but I never play TCP. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fate Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 I found i had the odd freezeup with tons of mods. I did a re-install at one point and have ended up with just two mods, the gridded grass/terrain, and the British bagpipe charge sound. Ever since then, no lockups whatsoever. Fate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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