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Originally Posted by hokiecsgrad
I'm having the same problem, but it didn't start until I got to the "Follow the guiding fires" or whatever that mission was. Up to that point, the game worked perfectly. Now, I can't play the game for more than maybe 30 seconds before it locks up. I do get the Windows XP box asking if I want to report the error. I do and then the system drops me back to the desktop.
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This is very similar to my experience. I played the game for some time with no problems. I can't say exactly at which point the problems started, but it was about the same time, i.e. the 'Guiding Fires' level. At first, I had just an occasional hard lockup with short looped sound (which eventually stops) and my only choice was to physically power off. Now, I'm on 'Center of Gravity' and I can't play for more than 60-90 seconds before it happens.
I have tried killing all processes except essentials, re-applying XP SP2, uninstall/re-installing the nvidia drivers and changing soundcards - even no soundcard at all. I've applied AMD dual-core drivers and optimizers, turning off hardware acceleration on the soundcards, windowed/fullscreen and none of it has made any difference at all.
My Machine specs:
AMD Athlon X2 4600+
Nvidia 7800 GTX
MSI MS7185 MB
Creative ZS2 (now removed, using onboard AC97 sound)
2048mb RAM, dual channel
2x120Gb SATA drives, no raid
I have HL2, Farcry, Brother In Arms, F.E.A.R, BF2, Oblivion, Battle For Middle Earth II, The Movies, Call Of Duty 2 and CIV 4 installed and they all run fine.
Come on tech guys from 3DR and HH, we need some help! This game will have to go back to the retailer on friday if there isn't any progress by then (7 day return policy), which will be a great shame as it's so f***ing good! The fresh approach to the the gameplay puzzles and the fantastic enviroment and level design really make this game stand out - I'd love to finish it.