Game Either Freezes, Crashes To Windows.

[testie]

I have been trying to fix this problem for the past 2 days with no luck. Here is my info. I downloaded and saved my video cards updated drivers to a burned CD. I then flushed my system by formating my C drive and reinstalled win98.

Here is what I have

PIII 600 100MHZ
Intel740 8MB AGP card
Monster II 12MB PCI card
Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer 5.1
Direct X 8.1
192MB Memory


I tried to fix it with the swap file but no luck. I am able to play lower end gams like Diablo 2 and Delta Force Land Warrior but when I play higher end games like this and even Blade Of Darkness the game will either crash to windows with no explaination, Get a general fault in operationflashpoint.exe or the game totally freezes my computer. I then have to reset it and start over. I am thinking about getting a cheap newer card in a GForce 2 64MB AGP card to see if that helps but its getting frustrating. Please let me know if there is anything you want from me to post. I am at my wits end. Note: My PC is 4 years old and its a BH6 Motherboard from ABIT..


Thanks

[Placebo]

I would definitely suggest getting a new graphics card as soon as possible, Intel cards seem to be fraught with problems, something like a GF2 will give you a massive performance boost

[testie]

I bought a PNY Verto GeForce2 MX400 64MB card and installed it. I still have the crashes and freezes but not nearly as often. I can at least play it for a short time before it does one or the other. Any other sugestions???


Thanks

[Placebo]

Sure you uninstalled all old gfx card drivers? Boot into safe mod, go to display adaptors and make sure only your new card is listed in there.....

You downloaded and installed the latest gf2 drivers I take it? Do you have the latest BIOS for the mobo? And the latest AGP driver if applicable?

What version of Opf are you running?

[testie]

All the old gfx drivers are sitting in the system directory now. I am not sure how to uninstall them being I removed both cards from my system and there not in the control panel. Remember these are 4 year old cards. What was the key to boot in safe mode?? I have not done that in a long time. I thought it was F8 or F10 but it didn't work.. I have now DL the new drivers for the Geforce from PNY and will install them now.. Yes I have the latest drivers for my Abit. They stopped making them in 99. Not sure about the AGP driver, again the mobo is 4 years old and I do not think there was a seperate BIOS for the AGP slot.

Thanks..

[Suma]

See also OF RANDOMLY CRASHED topic . When you will send us crash files as written there, we might be able to pinpoint your problem.

[testie]

Well after the new drivers for the GeForce2 card I was able to play it for 2 and a half hours straight using campagin mode. I would still like to get rid of the old video card drivers so they don't casue a problem. I am also only running version 1.2 so I will DL the upgrade to 1.3 and see but looks like the major part of my poblem was the fact my Intel740 couldn't handle the load. So for all you people crashing you might want to look at your video card. If its a low on memory like a 8mb or 12mb or 16mb card you might want to get a 32mb or 64mb card. They are cheap now. I picked up my GeForce2 card with 64mb for only $80.00. I figure it will give me another year on my PC before I need to replace it. Thanks for everybody's help. If I have any further problems or crashes I will send an email to teh support group..

[Placebo]

Abit BH6 is a fine card, was my former card, used to let me OC my P3 500 to 570mhz and still be stable

Anyways, to remove old graphic card drivers you need to first reboot into safe mode, as you rightly said it's F8, the problem you're having in getting to the option menu is prolly timing, press F8 once the computer has gone past the BIOS screen (ie the screen which shows your processor speed and "counts" your ram) once in safe mode go into control panel/system (I'm a lil hazy after that as I don't use 98 anymore) basically find the tab that lists your hardware, expand "display adaptor" and if you have old drivers installed they should be listed in there, right click any old cards listed in there and select "remove" (or it could be uninstall) once all old cards have been removed reboot

[testie]

Thanks I removed the old video card drivers. Before I did that earlier today I installed version 1.3.. Sure enough when I got to a part of the game that had more graghpics it threw me back to windows. I could hear all the crunching from the either the card or the CPU. I will try it again and see if removing the old drivrs helps or not.. If not I will send an email to the help group.. Maybe they can think of something, or I'll go back to 1.2

[testie]

I have done everything and yet there is certain times it freezes or throws me back to windows. I noticed this happens on the single game Ambush. I have yet to finish this one without locking or throwing my back to desktop. It also has a hard time with missions using NV. Here is what I have done. I followed all the suggestions and Now I upgreaded my memory to 384MB. I also am using version 1.30. I seem to crash more on 1.30 then 1.20. I have sent in all the information to the support group for Codemasters and the support listed here. I got one respone asking for more info but yet to have an solution. I am at my wits end. I understand this is a very demanding game on the system but I think there is still a good amount of bugs in it. Thanks to all your help. It has improved my game play with it but I think it has nothing to do with my PC now..