Curse

iriyabran · Feb 28, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Happens to me 1-2 times in a month and it's very annoying.
As i'm playing my interface gets bugged i close the game and when i doubleclick the exe again it starts downloading instalation and overwrites the existing dat file. I cannot fix it and the only way seems to be reinstall which is a lot of downloading even with the instalation cds.

EternalTempest · Feb 28, 2007, 08:28 PM // 20:28

It sounds like when it crashes, it corrupts the gw.dat file, and the game see the damage and it then re-install it.

I would use the -image command to make sure you have the entire game downloaded and verify it's working. I would back up the gw.dat file once a month.

It could be hardware or software related... I would use this program http://www.memtest.org/ and have it check your memory for physical errors.

Dex · Feb 28, 2007, 08:48 PM // 20:48

I agree with EternalTempest. This sounds like a RAM problem to me, but could also be a hard drive problem. I've also seen bad IDE drivers do things like this. I'd start out with Memtest86+ as ET suggested and go from there.

tijo · Feb 28, 2007, 09:32 PM // 21:32

Backing up your Gw.dat file won't fix the problem but it's probably the best solution until you figure out what the problem is and fix it.