Random Freezes.

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So, I'm having an interesting problem with the latest ToA. At random points while playing, the game will freeze, and seem to "flicker" back and forth between one image in the next. During gameplay, this manifests as the zoom function appearing to go in and out, or when scrolling, the screen flciker right to left or left to right. When loading a savegame, this sometimes manifests as the screen flickering between the loading screen and the game itself.

Note that while this happens, the game itself is unresponsive, but vista apparently finds nothing wrong with this, as the only way to exit the game involves pressing alt+f4 or using the task manager to end the game. This, unfortunatley, means no error is logged in the GalCiv debug.err or SmartException. I'll go ahead and post the dxdiag section of the debug file to provide system information, but there is no log for the error itself.

Debug Message:  *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 7/19/2007, 16:16:03
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
Machine Name: YUKI
Operating System: Windows Vista惻Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion dv9000 (RP248UA#ABA) 
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBLv
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T5200  @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.6GHz
Physical Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 892MB used, 3417MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce Go 7600
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0398&SUBSYS_30BB103C&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256 MB
Current Display Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0010.9746
Driver Date: 12/7/2006 00:25:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes
 


Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Internal Speaker/Headphone (Conexant High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5045&SUBSYS_103C30BB&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: CHDART.sys
Provider: Conexant
Driver Version: 4.08.0000.0000
Driver Date: 11/19/2006 07:32:16
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 1
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
 
Sound device 1:
Description: SPDIF Interface (Conexant High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5045&SUBSYS_103C30BB&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: CHDART.sys
Provider: Conexant
Driver Version: 4.08.0000.0000
Driver Date: 11/19/2006 07:32:16
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 1
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
 


Debug Message:  *********END dxdiag info.*********
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
That is not the entire debug file (which is needed).

Other than that, you are running some pretty old video and audio drivers. And you don't have the correct monitor driver installed.

Those video drivers are known to be buggy in Vista,
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yep, Vista-nVidia drivers prior to version 101.41 have some significant issues. The latest is 175.XX, which you can get from nVidia's website.
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I've tried to update my drivers at least a dozen times, however, all current nvidia driver installations claim that there are no available drivers for my current hardware setup, and the HP update service insists that I am up-to-date. Also, there is currently no laptop support for Omegadriver's vista nvidia drivers. I take this to mean I am essentially out of luck, and have simply resorted to saving my game with religious fervor, though it is still rather irritating when the freeze occurs shortly after loading my game.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You might have better luck with these.