Curse

Unver Ferth · Aug 24, 2007, 06:07 PM // 18:07

I find it hard to believe it is "graphical overload", since I can no longer leave town in any chapter without a lockup.......

Between this and the in-game store preview order no longer available, I'm beginning to regret having spent nearly $500 on GW for our household

moriz · Aug 24, 2007, 06:11 PM // 18:11

i managed to pick up the preorder for $1 CDN at my local futureshop... it's not like you absolutely need to order from the online store.

anyways, post your entire system specs. at least we can look for common patterns among those with the problem.

Screwin McCat · Aug 24, 2007, 06:29 PM // 18:29

Intel pentium D 915 - dual core 64 bit - 2 x 2.8 Ghz, 800 Mhz Fsb, 2 x 2 MB L2 cache
Intel GMA 950
2048 MB DDR2 Dual channel capable
200 GB SATA II harddrive
OS : Windows XP media center edition

night hawk · Aug 24, 2007, 06:34 PM // 18:34

Dude we pretty much know what all the complaints have incommon, they're all intel graphic cards ( so is mine...).
A-Net hurry up plz!

A11Eur0 · Aug 24, 2007, 06:36 PM // 18:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unver Ferth

I find it hard to believe it is "graphical overload", since I can no longer leave town in any chapter without a lockup.......

Between this and the in-game store preview order no longer available, I'm beginning to regret having spent nearly $500 on GW for our household

How in the hell did you manage to do that? All three games for how many people? How many added char slots?

Talk about obsessed...

isamu kurosawa · Aug 24, 2007, 06:38 PM // 18:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by night hawk

Dude we pretty much know what all the complaints have incommon, they're all intel graphic card ( so is mine...).
A-Net hurry up plz!

Thats true, mine is an Intel 910GL also. Strange thing was after the first glitch it reset from 128mb shared to 64mb shared.

jake jacobs · Aug 24, 2007, 07:01 PM // 19:01

i have been having similar issues, but for me the game only freezes up when i do GW:EN stuff. i too have a intel graphics card, but i dont know what the deal is. hopefully Anet will post a patch soon

strikefreedom · Aug 24, 2007, 07:05 PM // 19:05

same prob as everyone else, buti'm using this

Intel 945GM graphics shared card. it seems the problem rises from the intel card overloading.

Celestial_Kitsune · Aug 24, 2007, 07:06 PM // 19:06

It is not exclusive to Intel graphics chip.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zwei2stein

Well, i have lockups too ... ever since first todays update. i dont evne have to enter game, staying on login screen few minutes is enough.

btw: i dont think it is graphics card issue really, i swapped out nvidia card for ati card and it still happens.

Since GWEN introduced new shading, the crash/freeze may be related to that. Some people reported that the issue is solved partially when running -noshaders.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vazu

gw.exe -noshaders fixed my problem. it looks like **** now but at least it works.

The most annoying thing for me personally is that after the crash my resolution is at the minimum and I can't change it anymore because the box is grayed out.

Kha · Aug 24, 2007, 07:21 PM // 19:21

The GW:EN Sneak Peek update is full of bugs for me currently. I have crashed a near 20 times before I finally gave up on playing.

And I have one serious problem: My monk is locked. I can not play play him! Yes, I can log into him, but I can't do anything. I can't open my inventory, I can't open windows, I can't move or talk in chat or even map. He's completely bugged from being able to play. He's my main character and now he's frozen in an outpost/town until ANet fixes the bugs. I don't want to bring any other characters into the new areas cause they will probably end up like him.

Chimeria · Aug 24, 2007, 08:08 PM // 20:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celestial_Kitsune

It is not exclusive to Intel graphics chip.

Since GWEN introduced new shading, the crash/freeze may be related to that. Some people reported that the issue is solved partially when running -noshaders.

The most annoying thing for me personally is that after the crash my resolution is at the minimum and I can't change it anymore because the box is grayed out.

It seems to work for me

I hope it won't crash again, even with minimal resolution

DamFiNo · Aug 24, 2007, 08:14 PM // 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Screwin McCat

has anyone found a way around this yet - I'm missing the whole preview w/e at the moment

adding -noshaders to the gw.exe in the shortcut worked for me.

Snow Bunny · Aug 24, 2007, 09:12 PM // 21:12

Yeah....normally I really am forgiving towards ANet, but with this....

first that utterly idiotic bug that prevented many people from purchasing the pre-view

second, this bug, which is forcing a computer restart every 5 minutes.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

No offense ANet, but perhaps you rushed this a bit?

EDIT: How exactly do you input -noshaders? You go into properties...it says Gw, what else?

Tarja · Aug 24, 2007, 09:39 PM // 21:39

Like most of you, I've never had problems before this blasted preview event.
Before it was just GW:EN related things that caused issues with my graphics card, and then it was just loading into my guild hall with a character that hadn't even gotten the quest to get there -_-'. my screen goes completely black, and a high-pitched screech comes from it for a few seconds. I can still hear the music from where ever I happened to be.

Unver Ferth · Aug 24, 2007, 09:44 PM // 21:44

-noshaders=no fix

still waiting for word that they are working on it..............

tried -dx8 earlier also resulting in crash to desktop in town, so took that off ASAP

blackpawn · Aug 24, 2007, 09:50 PM // 21:50

Don't worry, we're working on it.

Integrated graphics problems are much harder to track down because you can't just swap in a video card. You have to set up an entire machine!

From the thread I understand people have seen this on the 915, 945, and 950. Any others? I've been trying to reproduce the problem on my machines with no luck so far but they've been 965 and 845.

Btw, along with -noshaders you could try -dx8. (Just remember to remove those options once the fix goes in)

isamu kurosawa · Aug 24, 2007, 10:16 PM // 22:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackpawn

From the thread I understand people have seen this on the 915, 945, and 950. Any others? I've been trying to reproduce the problem on my machines with no luck so far but they've been 965 and 845.

I'm having the problems on the 910GL. The machine I'm using can be found here

Not the most powerful machine but i have never had problems before except for the graphics bug introduced and fixed on July 17th 2007.

Neo Nugget · Aug 24, 2007, 10:38 PM // 22:38

Is it fixed yet?I was really hoping to have this fixed by the end of school

Chimeria · Aug 24, 2007, 10:40 PM // 22:40

F11 and then low shade in the graphic options fixed the problem and I could play the whole evening. The qualitiy is not really good, but still enough to play and enjoy the event. Did you all tried this? You can do it before loading your character...
Good luck arenanet and thank you tring to fix this

Ghost Recon · Aug 24, 2007, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Ok the problem is with Intel graphics cards, the problem seems to be with GWEN as people have still been able to play the other campaigns. If people have other computers to use I suggest you use them as with Tech support only work business days you will miss the preview event.