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Crashes when launching from select stations and planets.(mul

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Post Sat Mar 29, 2003 1:58 am

Crashes when launching from select stations and planets.(mul

Very interesting. Ill try to be as precise as possible. The one i know for sure is Freeport 9, in omicron theta(sp). Nearly every single time, when im finished with whatever in the station, weither i have a new job or not, i launch. Right after the loading, i CTD(crash-to-desktop) When i load the game back up im sealed inside the dock(depending on if its a station or a planet of course) But if i tell it to dock with the station i will grind threwout the walls until the doors open, then i can fly out of the dock manually. Iv crashed at other places, most of them have been in the neighboring systems. Cant recall the name at this time, but if you go to the nebula to the warp hole to leave omicron theta, the planet and the research station cause the same crash. However most of the other places that i dock, i have no problems. If anyone knows how to correct this, please let me know. Now when im in that area, i have my friends grab the missions. So i dont have to re-launch the game. Also on a side note, i run the server on the same machine that i join the game. Like i mentioned i have no problems elsewhere, threwout the game.

Post Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:49 am

Bump
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Anyone else run across this problem? If theres a solution please post it. Also if its already a planned fix in a future patch, please let me know.

Nog

Post Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:27 am

Try giving more details like system specs. What are the surroundings in the crash? Are all the bases inside of asteroid fields? Nebulas? Mixed Fields? Open space? Any sound problems, other graphics glitches? The more details you can muster, the more likely someone will find a solution.

Post Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:58 am

System Specs
2GHz P4 northwood
512 DDR 2700 Samsung
80GB HD 7200RPM(maxtor)
60GB HD 7200RPM(maxtor)
Biostar(forgot model #) mobo
Radeon 8500 128mb (non-LE)(catalyst 3.2)
Dx 9.0a
let me know if more info is needed
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Like i mentioned any docking facility in the Omicron Theta Sector, and any station in the sectors that you can get to from Omicron Theta. Everywhere else i have no problems. I have no other noticable problems.

Edited by - drako on 31-03-2003 06:00:22

Post Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

I've experienced the same problem, although not in Omicron Theta (at least, I don't think so. Haven't been there yet on this server). It's happened a few random times at various stations, but almost every single time I try to launch from Ainu Depot in Hakkaido (or whatever), it quits to Windows and when I start it up again, I'm in the docking bay and have to dock to get the doors to open, then fly out. The only server I've noticed this on is my own internet server set up on the same machine I play on.

Nog

Post Mon Mar 31, 2003 10:57 pm

Drako: You are the second case of someone running DDR ram having problems in Omechron Theta. In both cases there are also radeon graphics cards involved.

As of yet, this says nothing as there seems to be a problem with many persons crashing as you said.
Freelancer crashes rarely for me and only after it's been running for hours.
However, my system is nothing like yours,

Athelon 1800Xp on a MSI Fuzzy Logic MB,
640 Megs of sdram
Geforce 2 mx card
Vortex audio card.
Directx 9a
Winxp Pro (Not a single windows update package installed)

It would be real nice if there was a place to post system specs in relation to the problems that are occuring. Especially since the are so many different problems
happening.

Post Tue Apr 01, 2003 12:42 am

Well im not sure.. its kinda odd that it happens to be only in that area where i have the problem. It doesnt make sense, unless there is some type of code issue with that area. But what do i know? lol
Editerhaps its a issue running the server on the same machine that is being a client... hmmm. Ill have to test that idea out tommorrow sometime.

Edited by - drako on 01-04-2003 02:30:16

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