Screen corruption and total lockup
Dread Lords build 1.50.127
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I would submit a SmartException crash report, but I don't know that it can catch it if the whole computer crashes too. I'm currently running the Dread Lords version 1.50.127; no expansion pack yet. Basically what occurs is this:
I've been playing through the campaign, having not finished it the first time and reformatted, and every thirty to forty-five minutes the screen becomes corrupted. All sorts of bizarre colored blocks, usually a bit of fuscia, red, and yellow, dot the screen every ~48 square pixels. There is also a bit of "scanline-black-smear" every so often. A few seconds later the entire PC freezes and requires a cold boot.
Not fun.
Anyway, my graphics card isn't getting hot, and neither are my other system components. I don't know what's causing this, but it wasn't happening until this update. (No active mods.)
System:
Windows XP Home, SP2 (latest updates).
AMD 64 X2 4800
Geforce 7900GS
2GB G.SKILL PC800 RAM
120GB WD SATA
(And to the folks who remember me... yes, I'm back to lurking again.
)
I've been playing through the campaign, having not finished it the first time and reformatted, and every thirty to forty-five minutes the screen becomes corrupted. All sorts of bizarre colored blocks, usually a bit of fuscia, red, and yellow, dot the screen every ~48 square pixels. There is also a bit of "scanline-black-smear" every so often. A few seconds later the entire PC freezes and requires a cold boot.
Not fun.
Anyway, my graphics card isn't getting hot, and neither are my other system components. I don't know what's causing this, but it wasn't happening until this update. (No active mods.)
System:
Windows XP Home, SP2 (latest updates).
AMD 64 X2 4800
Geforce 7900GS
2GB G.SKILL PC800 RAM
120GB WD SATA
(And to the folks who remember me... yes, I'm back to lurking again.
)
