agreton Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 My problem is kind of odd, I've looked through the forums but I haven't seen anything that quite describes my problem. Firstly I have tried this on two seperate computers and I get the same problem from both computers. Also, I do have a legit copy of JK2, though I always use a burned copy to keep my original from getting scratched. When I try to join a multiplayer game JO will usually start to load the map, however shortly after the screenshot is gotten after the map loads, the game crashes. Sometimes this also happens if I'm just trying to input a password into a game that is locked also. Now, I've reformatted and used a fresh install of both WindowsXP and Windows 98, I've downloaded all of the most updated drivers for my video cards, my sounds cards, I've updated the VIA chipset drivers and the problem persists. The annoying thing is that it seems to have started for no reason at all. My first computer 500Mhz AMD K6-2 256M Ram FIC 503 Motherboard Soundblaster Live Netgear 10/100 Fast Ethernet Dual Boot WindowsXP/Windows98 Radeon 7000 64M PCI My second computer 900Mhz AMD Duron 256M Ram Asus Motherboard (not sure of exact brand at this time) Muse XL Netgear 10/100 Fast Ethernet WindowsXP Radeon 9000 128M AGP One of the real oddities of this problem is that if I uninstall JO and reinstall and patch it to 1.04 the game runs fine the first time I run it. However if I close it and do something else, or if I reboot and try to play JO again, the problem comes back, it crashes as soon as I get into a game, or try to put a password into the pword field of a locked game. I've tried using both my original JO cd and my burned copy of JO but the problem persists. I've even tried rolling back drivers to older updates when the newer catalyst drivers didn't solve the problem and still it persists... I don't understand why this is happening and I hope someone here will be able to help me. Thank you in advanced, if there is anymore information I can provide please let me know. Agreton Neevosaiden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreton Posted August 9, 2003 Author Share Posted August 9, 2003 I also forgot to mention that I've tried this with both the DX8.1 and DX9 and the problem is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Do you have any programs running in the background? Also, have you tried lowering the video detail and running in like 800x600 resolution. Also, one thing to be considered is possible cpu heat and whether you have proper cooling... Possibly check the cpu fan to make sure it is providing sufficient cooling inside the case. Also, the amount of CPU speed and RAM requirements are a little more that what the 500 can handle, although its listed as a MINIMUM specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreton Posted August 10, 2003 Author Share Posted August 10, 2003 No programs are running in the background except what windows requires to continue running. Between 12 and 14 processes depending on wether or not I end tasks for savedump and a couple others. My resolutions on both comps are set to 640x480 and everything else to the very lowest setting jedi outcast will let me set. JO ran fine for the longest time on both computers, I've been playing since the game came out, the problem just started happening recently and even recreating my partition tables and formating for a new install of windows doesn't even seem to fix the problem T_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfano Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 i have the same kinda problem it loads fine and dandy but after about 3-4 mins of play in multiplayer the game freezes and i have to restart comp. also this happens somtimes when configuring force powers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 what kind of specs you have alfano? Usually its more specs/hardware than software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfano Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 ive got p4 2gh 256mb ram 64 meg geforce 4 mx 420 win xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Are you usually trying to load up a large map like Duel of the Fates? If so, you may need to increase the HunkMegs option... to do so, access the console (hold shift and press the ~ key next to the #1 on an english keyboard) Then type: set com_HunkMegs xxx/2 where set com_Hunkmegs is the option to set, XXX is the amount of RAM you have, and the /2 to cut the amount of RAM in half.. so in others words, if I were to increase, I would type set com_HunkMegs 768/2 or in reality set com_HunkMegs 384 see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfano Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 thanks ill try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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