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tremmor
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Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Posts: 9
Location: Belgium |
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k, so i installed the game, and i played it for like 2 mins normal
i had no problem whatsoever, BUT:
when i played for 2 mins the game just froze, went to my desktop , and then after 30sec or something the game pops up again and i can continue my game, but only for a few seconds, then it just
crashes --- continues --- crashes --- continues --- crashes --- continues --- crashes --- ....
i'm really getting frustrated about this.
my specs r:
athlon amd 1800+ Xp
Windows Xp pro Sp1
40gig matrox 7200 rpm
10G available on gamedrive
256MB Ram
Geforce3 Ti200 64Mb
PLEASE HELP ME
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:22 pm |
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tremmor
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Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Posts: 9
Location: Belgium |
HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
pleas i'm almost crying :'(
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:37 pm |
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tremmor
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Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Posts: 9
Location: Belgium |
btw:
please explain it verry simple,
i'm stupid, i know.
but i do know how to open dxdiag or something
btw, i have like directX 9.0 a or b , don't know wich
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:46 pm |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
256 MB RAM is only enough for a pocket calculator if you run WinXP. Create a permanent swap file. Size: Min=Max=1500 MB.
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 10:39 pm |
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tremmor
Village Dweller
Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Posts: 9
Location: Belgium |
nope i still have the problem 
would this problem go away if i change to win2000 or winME or something else?
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Fri Oct 31, 2003 12:29 am |
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elkston
High Emperor
Joined: 21 Sep 2002
Posts: 691
Location: North Carolina, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by tremmor
nope i still have the problem
would this problem go away if i change to win2000 or winME or something else?
Not likely. Windows XP is the best Windows OS you can get right now.
Anyway, did you actually reboot your machine after changing the swap file settings? That is required, I beleive.
Also, you've prob. heard this a million times, but make sure you have latest video card drivers, etc.
Once you have verified this, COLD BOOT your machine. Actually turn it off and turn it back on again. And then try out Gothic 2 again. Also, make sure you don't have any other programs running in the backgroud such as virus scanners, Instant messaging, etc...
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Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:21 am |
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tremmor
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Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Posts: 9
Location: Belgium |
i just upgraded to 768Mb ram 
it runs alot smoother now, but i still have the problem
any other ideas?
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Sat Nov 01, 2003 2:06 pm |
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cfmdobbie
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Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
My guess - something other than the game is causing it. Your specs are fine, and while WinME has lower memory requirements you've proved that wouldn't help anyway. Maybe you've got something updating the desktop and requesting focus all the time? Or some hardware that WinXP keeps polling for status info?
Make sure you don't have anything running (aside from the game) that could be causing this. Hold down CTRL+SHIFT and tap ESCAPE - this launches the Task Manager. Take a look through the "Applications" and "Processes" lists for anything suspicious, or anything that shouldn't be running.
Turn off Active Desktop if possible (can you do that with WinXP, or is it too "integrated" to disable?)
Unplug any USB devices like external CD-RWs, digital cameras or scanners.
Give those a try. If it still happens, open the task manager and watch it when you get pushed to the desktop - sort the processes menu by CPU time and see what's working hardest during that time.
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Sat Nov 01, 2003 5:34 pm |
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Neo_Genesis
The Assassin
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Posts: 3050
Location: The Netherlands |
quote:
Originally posted by Gorath
256 MB RAM is only enough for a pocket calculator if you run WinXP
i have windows XP home edition, and everything runs fine. i can play Gothic II at almost the highest resolution.
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Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:25 pm |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
I´m with Charlie. Some program is grabbing ressources G2 should have. It´s time to clean your system.
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Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:33 pm |
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tremmor
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Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Posts: 9
Location: Belgium |
well, i did what you said, and i have an even bigger problem,
Svchost.exe is causing al the trouble, so i stopped it, then my pc crashed, then i ran a deep scan with norton antivirus2004 and my svchost is infected with some sort of W32 virus, and norton can't quarantain it or delete it , i tried adaware also, i cleaned up the whole system, but i can't get the virus away, i think i'm gonna do a little format ,
btw, has anyone got a link for gothic2 version 1.32 english patch?
i have 1.31 english
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