istari Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Just starting to get into CM:SF, and I'm really excited at the potential. To learn the basics, I keep trying a small battle with a manageable # of troops -- the Al Huqf engagement, where a single platoon of US troops + Bradley attempt to capture the center of a small town. The problem is that the game keeps CTD. This has happened 4 times now. It happened at 1 minute, then 3 minutes into the game, then 2 minutes. After restarting 3x and getting frustrated, I downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers. Rebooted, fired up the scenario again... this time I was able to play till turn 6 before it CTD. Very frustrating! Here's my specs: Battlefront download, v1.01 Athlon FX-55 2MB RAM Nvidia 8800 GTS with latest drivers 162.18 (the new version updated 7/26/07) Windows XP Home The CTD seems to happen when I click on the Red button to start a new turn. Any suggestions? I'd love to start playing, but having wasted quite a bit of time now playing the same scenario over and over and CTD every single time, I'm wary of getting any further into the game. Thanks, Chris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istari Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 OK, switched to the Training Campaign and tried playing in Real Time, hoping it was just an issue with Al Huqf. No such luck. Was playing Real Time until 7 minutes into the mission, then put it on Pause to go get some laundry. Came back, and found that CM:SF had crashed to desktop in my absence. I have not had this problem with any other game or application - my system is generally extremely stable. What is going on?! CHris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KG_AGCent Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 *bump* Multiple CTDs while playing IP game with stock scenario. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarUSF Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Hmmm..this may be a different iteration of the Dual Core Optimizer bug. Either install or uninstall it (whichever it is not now; simply run the downloaded file and it will choose automatically) from this page: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9706,00.html at the very top and see what happens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KG_AGCent Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 I am using an Intel Core2Duo e6700 Conroe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarUSF Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Try to set the affinity to just one CPU while you play the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istari Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 OK, I may have egg on my face for this one. I pulled up a CPU temperature utility and found I was running at 70C. Sure enough, the fan was clogged with dust, causing the overheating. Cleaned the machine thoroughly, and no more CTD. So that's my bad. :< However, once i was able to play through Al Huqf the entire way, I found the brain-dead AI that has been described in other forums. The enemy had stayed in their starting positions the entire time, not even moving their AFV. Thinking this game has potential, but I'm hoping the AI gets tweaked in future patches. Until then, this one goes on the shelf. Istari 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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