Frequent post-patch crashes/reboots from game

[MD_Titus]

I seem to be getting the reboots mostly when hitting a bomber from dead 6 and zoomed into the 30 degree fov...

[Russkly]

I tried the same "Aerial Battle" QM (where it's Spits & Hurris vs 109s & Ju-88s over the channel) with MD = M, VE = M and DD = M.

Played right through until landing (on "Easy" settings just for this test).

Once the actual dogfighting section was over, I switched those 3 elements back to High without problems (not really surprising, I suppose, given that there was no longer any damage to model, for example).

Therefore, I'm going to do the following:

• Wait for the next patch (to see if any optimisation places less stress on my GPU, which seems to be what is causing the reboots).
• Apply the kegetys mods, if something similar hasn't been included in the next patch (haven't seen any official response to these mods).
• Upgrade the GPU to a GTX570! Yup, €300 just to play this game, pretty much.

Questions:

1. GTX570 or Radeon 6950/70? Will only really be used for CoD, RoF & ARMA 2.
2. When starting the QMs, how do you select the plane you want to fly? In the mission above there are Hurris & Spits, and I wanted to fly the Hurri, so I clicked on that icon and the briefing changed accordingly (i.e. target bombers), but then I end up flying a Spit.

Oh, so many questions!

R

[E69_vencejo]

You must click on the little pilot over aircraft´s window. Highlight pilot is the aircraft that you will fly.

[Thee_oddball]

here is something to think about, when loading a mission into the dedicated dogfight server under WIN7 64 it get no problems or errors...but try the same mission under XP SP3 it wont even load....

S!

[Russkly]

Originally Posted by E69_vencejo

You must click on the little pilot over aircraft´s window. Highlight pilot is the aircraft that you will fly.

Thx, that worked.

I suppose I should have read the manual more attentively!

How is the rebooting problem?

Played the "Aerial Battle" QM this morning (in a Hurri now that I understand how to do it!), and went right through to landing without a problem.

Now to try increasing the settings a little to see where the problem occurs...

R

PS Once the rebooting problem is solved, I might even start looking at FPS like everyone else seems to be doing. Secondary problem at the moment.

[sizequeen]

Russkly,

Good to hear you managing to play the game on lower settings. I haven't played for a few days and waiting for Patch #2 to see if it improves matters. I don't like the PC rebooting in that manner

What do you have your Visual Effects and Damage decals set to?

Adam

[Russkly]

Originally Posted by sizequeen

Russkly,

Good to hear you managing to play the game on lower settings. I haven't played for a few days and waiting for Patch #2 to see if it improves matters. I don't like the PC rebooting in that manner

What do you have your Visual Effects and Damage decals set to?

Adam

No, I don't like it either - just says, "Aaaaggghhhhh, massive computer trauma" to me!

I now have VE and DD set to medium; shading to low; also turned roads off (which I don't like, because it detracts quite a bit from the lanscape IMO).

I tried setting the res to 1680x1050@60 instead of 59 (because my monitor's native refresh rate is 60, but CoD seemed to default to 59), but that seemed to incur more frequent reboots, so I've turned it back to 59.

Don't understand that at all.

Regarding the patch, I'm not sure how it will help people in our position, because I'm not sure anyone understands what the problem is - after all there are many out there with systems (and particularly GPUs like ours), who aren't experiencing these terrible reboots, and yet there aren't that many respondants to this thread.

Fingers crossed though.

I still feel I'm going to have to throw €300+ at a new GPU, although I don't know which one to go for.

Good luck your side after the patch - I'll let you know how it affects my system/gaming, if you want.

Sean

[Russkly]

Aaaaaarrrrrggghhhhh!!!!!!

Soooooooooooo frustrating!!!!!!!!!

ASUS SmartDoctor software set to HyperDrive Cooling mode with fan set to go to max. whenever the GPU gets to 60c.

So, the GPU is all set up to keep cool.

Increased VE to high and DD to high.
MD is high.
Everything else low or very low.
Shading medium.
Roads off.

Tried the Aerial Battle QM again last night, and the the system rebooted with MSI Afterburner producing the log attached. Everything is absolutely maxed out, although the temp. is actually OK.

Tried again this morning, but this time just the First Solo Training mission (which is in a Hurri, not a Tiger Moth as per the picture in the briefing; and there are no instructions or guidance as to how to take off, but that's another story!).

Just about to rotate, and BANG! Reboot-a-rama!

Please can somebody help me?!!

It seems so random, and I can't put my finger on what is causing these reboots. Why is it rebooting anyway? Why isn't the system warning me about something before just shutting itself down?

Every time I play now, I'm on tenterhooks waiting for the inevitable BANG, black screen...

R

[sizequeen]

Originally Posted by Russkly

Regarding the patch, I'm not sure how it will help people in our position, because I'm not sure anyone understands what the problem is - after all there are many out there with systems (and particularly GPUs like ours), who aren't experiencing these terrible reboots, and yet there aren't that many respondants to this thread.

Sean

Hi Sean

Sorry to see more frustrated posts-I've avoided COD since last weekend. Played Call Of Duty 4 and FSX Flight Sim instead (and they never reboot the PC!).

As far as I can gather the current version of COD does not support multiple CPUs. At the moment it just hammers the one and doesn't spread the load.

A future patch should address that according to the techie posts. Am hoping it will ease things for the GPU in my GTX470 but I'm not technical enough to know if it will for certain

Gonna hop in my RealAir Spitfire now and do some circuits at Duxford (in FSX!).

Will play COD over the weekend and do some tweaking.

Cheers

Adam

[Russkly]

@ Adam.

Let me know how you get on with the new patch.

For me it certainly seems smoother and faster, but I'm not bothering about measuring FPS yet until I can play without reboot fear.

I have set all video settings to Medium without playing with the Advanced Settings to see if this would help.

So far, so good!

Played the Hawkinge Bomber Attack QM without issues, and then did the First Solo Training Mission (in the Hurri, even though the Tiger Moth is pictured!), which has always been a problem in terms of reboots (in fact I've never actually managed to leave the ground, lol).

Went OK, and I took off!

So, now to do some more testing - perhaps the Attack on London QM...

Fingers crossed.

Sean