Curse

Prince Karnn · Mar 27, 2006, 01:54 PM // 13:54

Hi,

My game keeps on freezing, it freezes everytime i play, it just depends on how long it will take. Sometimes i can have about and hour of playing, but other times it will be like 3 mins after loading it up.

My pc specs are:
1024 mb
3.0 ghz
Windows XP SP2
nvidia geforce fx 5500
80 gig HD || 33 gig free

I have got the most recent drivers for my gfx card and i just finished anti virus / spyware scans and i have nothing.

I have re-installed the game about 3 times and i dl the game client incase its my game discs, but nothing helps.

I used to play the game alot, and it never happened, but since i started playing again, its been happening all the time, for about 1 month now.

Ohh, none of my other games freeze (css, bf2, hl2), all high requirment games but only GW does it.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

EDIT: I 'de-dusted' my comp, but it still doesnt work. im sure i have done everything, but nothing has happened

dronex · Mar 27, 2006, 03:11 PM // 15:11

Uh oh, soo i dont think is temp problem since you play other games normaly ... so im guessing its some driver problem

lates drivers arent always the best solution ... maybe try older drivers. (i use 81.98 and i dont have any problems with them)

Haroldinium · Mar 27, 2006, 03:28 PM // 15:28

i had the same problem, i could play sims 2 properly but gw froze my pc up a lot. i took my pc case off and now nohing ever freezes. give it a try?

Prince Karnn · Mar 27, 2006, 03:47 PM // 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haroldinium

i had the same problem, i could play sims 2 properly but gw froze my pc up a lot. i took my pc case off and now nohing ever freezes. give it a try?

wot? do u mean just taking it off and just leaving it off? ill try that...ty

Doull · Mar 27, 2006, 03:58 PM // 15:58

I've been getting these issues too.

I've been playing gw regularly and the freezes began sometime around the first download for factions. Perhaps new sound stuff?

Its only on gw, its abouta 10 sec freeze (once every 50 mins?) and its only on my 1.7gig machine. Game settings dont affect it, and it was fine before then. No driver changes in the meantime (before freeze started) driver update doesnt help.

Prince Karnn · Mar 27, 2006, 04:21 PM // 16:21

at least u only get a temp freeze now and then

it rly get anoyin having to keep restarting my pc...unless i get it fixed, i guess i will have to give up the game

dronex · Mar 27, 2006, 05:30 PM // 17:30

did you try to set the hardware accelaration for the sound and sound quality to the minimum ? i read it helps...

edit:

run->dxdiag (set to no accelaration or something)

restart gw and try ... dunno if helps

Prince Karnn · Mar 27, 2006, 05:33 PM // 17:33

umm...and how do i go about doing that

Edit: ok ill give that a go, ill report back on my findings :P

Prince Karnn · Mar 27, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24

well, i did wot u said i should try, i got some time from it, but yet again it froze

dronex · Mar 27, 2006, 07:27 PM // 19:27

soz im out of ideas good luck.

Prince Karnn · Mar 27, 2006, 07:59 PM // 19:59

well tnx anyway

i am fresh out of idears now. its not overheating, its not cloged up with dust...the last thing i can try is the old drivers idear, after that if it doesnt work, i am going to stop playing. Its not good for my pc, having to restart it all the time

McMullen · Mar 28, 2006, 05:21 PM // 17:21

I've got the same problem too, sometimes i'll get a graphical glitch just before the game freezes for a moment.
Also it only happens with guild wars.

My PC specs are:
1.4ghz pentium 4
512MB RAM
Nvidia Geforce 2MX
DirectX 9.0c (although GW says i have DirectX 8 installed, but i installed 9.0c from the GW disk)

Also, the GW support is down at the moment

Anyways, this problem started happening with the newest update (version 16.555, hit F11 ingame and the version will be at the bottom left of the options window).

sigried · Mar 28, 2006, 06:17 PM // 18:17

Ummm what about your video card i hae the same video card and let me tell you its crapp the only diference is that i only had the game freez on the Inventory menu

read this may help to

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...d.php?t=138418

McMullen · Mar 28, 2006, 06:19 PM // 18:19

I don't think it has anything to do with my graphics card though, i've had the game for 8 months and this is the first time it's randomly froze.

Prince Karnn · Mar 28, 2006, 07:20 PM // 19:20

i was on guild wars support, and they basicly dont hav a clue just like us. i am wateing for an other email, but im not holding my breath.

if it does get it fixed, i will post it here ok.

sigried · Mar 28, 2006, 10:17 PM // 22:17

we i had the same githc with my grafic card and now i have wasted the Nvidea FX 5500 but this is my case im not sure how do the cards react in some computers.

Anet does not have a clue on how to fixe things they are just lazy support.

McMullen · Mar 29, 2006, 06:22 PM // 18:22

I've found that playing the game in windowed mode instead of full screen makes things better, i've not experienced any freezes yet.

So, hopefully this is a temporary solution for everyone

*edit*
Game froze..

Prince Karnn · Mar 29, 2006, 08:29 PM // 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by sigried

Anet does not have a clue on how to fixe things they are just lazy support.

that is very true. they just dont no how to fix the problem. but i hope (wish) that when they hav there down time to fix the servers, it will fix the problem !!!

ohh i rly do hope

blackpawn · Mar 30, 2006, 06:30 AM // 06:30

the update notes said Guild Wars now uses DirectX 9 if you have it. maybe that is causing new problems for your computer. have you tried running Guild Wars with "gw.exe -dx8" that will tell it to use DirectX 8 instead. Maybe this will work better and give some hint as to what the problem is.

McMullen · Mar 30, 2006, 11:11 AM // 11:11

Quote:

Thank you for contacting the Guild Wars customer support team. Unfortunately, as we have stated previously, due to your system specifications we can not offer support for this issue. We recommend searching the various fan sites, forums and articles on the internet, where you should be able to find an answer / solution to your query.

You can find a list of forums and fansites at the following link:
http://www.guildwars.com/community/default.html#forums

The online manual is available here:
http://www.guildwars.com/manual/default.html

Please feel free to contact the support team again if you encounter any other problems.

Kind regards.

Feeling a bit ripped off since i shelled out £30 for the game, only problem with my graphics card is that it doesn't support post-process effects..

Anyways, could anyone who has this problem and has a PC that meets their requirements send a message to their tech support and post any solutions that may be of some use?