Originally posted by spookydom

It didn't work on my computer at all, but it only just scraped the minimum requirements. Though I am very guted I won't get to play the game antill I can afford a better rig, was very apreciative of the trial as a chance to test it out rather than spend my hard earned cash on a full copy of the game and not know if it would work or not.

Would you mind telling us your specs, just for reference?

Edit: im also going to try to run it on a low end machine , and a higher end machine so i can post a personal review later.

Originally posted by mmo4life

Originally posted by spookydom

It didn't work on my computer at all, but it only just scraped the minimum requirements. Though I am very guted I won't get to play the game antill I can afford a better rig, was very apreciative of the trial as a chance to test it out rather than spend my hard earned cash on a full copy of the game and not know if it would work or not.

 

Would you mind telling us your specs, just for reference?

 

Edit: im also going to try to run it on a low end machine , and a higher end machine so i can post a personal review later.

I think it's my graphics card, which is an Radeon xpress 200m with omega drivers, even though I knew intergrated laptop cards were not suported it does have 256mb ram and had read on the FE forums that a few people could play it with there laptops with similar powerd cards, so thought it was worth a shot. Have intel dual core 1.8 and 2gigs of ram. Feel a bit selfish 4 taking a trial key on a hope but have wanted to play this game since I first heard of it beeing developed :)

Originally posted by spookydom

Originally posted by mmo4life

Originally posted by spookydom

It didn't work on my computer at all, but it only just scraped the minimum requirements. Though I am very guted I won't get to play the game antill I can afford a better rig, was very apreciative of the trial as a chance to test it out rather than spend my hard earned cash on a full copy of the game and not know if it would work or not.

 

Would you mind telling us your specs, just for reference?

 

Edit: im also going to try to run it on a low end machine , and a higher end machine so i can post a personal review later.

 

I think it's my graphics card, which is an Radeon xpress 200m with omega drivers, even though I knew intergrated laptop cards were not suported it does have 256mb ram and had read on the FE forums that a few people could play it with there laptops with similar powerd cards, so thought it was worth a shot. Have intel dual core 1.8 and 2gigs of ram. Feel a bit selfish 4 taking a trial key on a hope but have wanted to play this game since I first heard of it beeing developed :)

Don't feel bad. This is the exact type of info people need to judge the specs for the game. Thanks for the info, i hope to have a 4 system type review very soon.

Thanks again

Originally posted by mmo4life

Originally posted by spookydom

Originally posted by mmo4life

Originally posted by spookydom

It didn't work on my computer at all, but it only just scraped the minimum requirements. Though I am very guted I won't get to play the game antill I can afford a better rig, was very apreciative of the trial as a chance to test it out rather than spend my hard earned cash on a full copy of the game and not know if it would work or not.

 

Would you mind telling us your specs, just for reference?

 

Edit: im also going to try to run it on a low end machine , and a higher end machine so i can post a personal review later.

 

I think it's my graphics card, which is an Radeon xpress 200m with omega drivers, even though I knew intergrated laptop cards were not suported it does have 256mb ram and had read on the FE forums that a few people could play it with there laptops with similar powerd cards, so thought it was worth a shot. Have intel dual core 1.8 and 2gigs of ram. Feel a bit selfish 4 taking a trial key on a hope but have wanted to play this game since I first heard of it beeing developed :)

Don't feel bad. This is the exact type of info people need to judge the specs for the game. Thanks for the info, i hope to have a 4 system type review very soon.

Thanks again

Yw dude, good luck with the review :)

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Originally posted by shamus252
Thats not a game issue, I can tell its its a driver or hardware failure. Could be anything from your GFX Card or Anti Virus.
1. over heating ( which as per above could be caused by dust build up or the heat sink not making correct contact with the processor )
2. the power supply does not supply enough power / wattage - have you upgraded any hardware recently before this started happening ?
3. Bad memory ie RAM or possibly hard drive as per above.

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1. Might be overheating, but I haven't had overheating issues with any other game I've tried.

2. No hardware upgrades recently.

3. The RAM is all good. When I'm not in XP (OSX instead), all 4GB are used.

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Originally posted by maskedweasel
Something I would try, if you haven't already, is to run the game in windowed mode. For starters it aids FPS as any GM will tell you, and it minimized crashes and lock-ups for those that experience it. It also still shows as full screen eventhough the setting is windowed mode.

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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try tonight after work.

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Originally posted by rodingo
Like a few others said, it might be a hardware issue. I had similar problems with other games and I figured out it was my vid card over heating. Some video card manufacturers set the card's cooling fan speed to only 35-39%. I reccomend trying looking into a little application called EVGA Precision. It monitors your cards temp and allows you to manually set the fan speed. Usually 70-75% is ideal to keep the card below 60 degrees (celsius).

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That's just it though. I haven't had any issues with any other game, except FE. I'll try out the app you're suggesting though just in case.

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. Much appreciated! I'm going to keep hammering away at this until I figure it out.

Well hot damn! I ran the game in windowed mode earlier and was able to play for half an hour without any crashing. I didn't have much time tonight, otherwise I would've played longer. Tomorrow evening I'll see if I can play for more than an hour.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Originally posted by Nizur

Well hot damn! I ran the game in windowed mode earlier and was able to play for half an hour without any crashing. I didn't have much time tonight, otherwise I would've played longer. Tomorrow evening I'll see if I can play for more than an hour.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Glad to hear it! Hope to see you in game sometime.

The issue is back. :( And the way it's acting leads me to believe it really is my GPU overheating. At first I can play for around an hour or so before the game locks up. I restart the computer, log back in and this time it crashes after 15 minutes. And the fans are going full tilt when it locks up.

I'm not sure why it's overheating. I'm not overclocking anything. I've got all the settings to as low as they can be and have disabled post FX/shadows/etc. I'm running it in windowed mode. I don't know what else to do, so for now I'm going to shelf the game and hope some future update helps with the problem.

I really like the game. I was in the middle of crafting my horse when it locked up this last time. I'll try to get in a few more sessions before my trial runs out.

Sounds like overheating to me too.

Safe thing to do is get a can of air (compressed air from walmart or a computer shop) and blow out the inside. Dust getting on the cards and fans inside can make the temps rise quite a bit. Blow off the cards and all the fans and exhaust ports. Make sure the computer is off and unplugged first:)

Less safe thing to do, is after blowing everything off and getting it clean if that does not fix issue. Take off side door to improve air flow.  If that works, you just confirmed the heat issue, but it is not safe or a good thing to run it that way for long. You need to add fans or re run all the wiring inside to improve air flow to what is getting over heated.

Running the thing till it shuts down your computer will eventually burn out whatever is overheating if you do not fix the overheating issue. Good luck.

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Originally posted by DarLorkar
Sounds like overheating to me too.
 
Safe thing to do is get a can of air (compressed air from walmart or a computer shop) and blow out the inside. Dust getting on the cards and fans inside can make the temps rise quite a bit. Blow off the cards and all the fans and exhaust ports. Make sure the computer is off and unplugged first:)
 
Less safe thing to do, is after blowing everything off and getting it clean if that does not fix issue. Take off side door to improve air flow.  If that works, you just confirmed the heat issue, but it is not safe or a good thing to run it that way for long. You need to add fans or re run all the wiring inside to improve air flow to what is getting over heated.
 
Running the thing till it shuts down your computer will eventually burn out whatever is overheating if you do not fix the overheating issue. Good luck.

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Thing is it's a laptop. An Apple Macbook Pro at that. The thing's as tight as a cat's butt, so I'm not sure how to even crack it open. It's my work laptop that happens to be a gaming laptop on the side. So far it's been able to handle every other game I've thrown at it (LotRO, VG, CO, WAR, EQ2, Ryzom, CoS, EVE), but it's choking on FE for some reason.

I'll eventually get a real gaming rig. The laptop is nice, but a dedicated gaming rig would be so much nicer.

Originally posted by Nizur

 

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Originally posted by DarLorkar
Sounds like overheating to me too.

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Thing is it's a laptop. An Apple Macbook Pro at that. The thing's as tight as a cat's butt, so I'm not sure how to even crack it open. It's my work laptop that happens to be a gaming laptop on the side. So far it's been able to handle every other game I've thrown at it (LotRO, VG, CO, WAR, EQ2, Ryzom, CoS, EVE), but it's choking on FE for some reason.

I'll eventually get a real gaming rig. The laptop is nice, but a dedicated gaming rig would be so much nicer.

I guess its overheating as well. And next time its best to say its a laptop  you have problem with first of all if you want real help .

Ya no idea then, do not mess with laptops, so dis regard what i said, that was meant for a desktop.

Still say it is over heating though.  Just no idea how to help for a lap top.

 If its a laptop, get a laptop cooler, they are super cheap and sometimes they can drop the temp significantly.  Make sure you aren't using the laptop on a bed, or have the vents blocked on it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834998051

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834999816

take a look at those, one is fairly expensive, the other, fairly cheap.. you can go to any nearby electronics store and get one for pretty cheap too.

I have a buddy who got one for 10 bucks and it worked like a charm for him!

Lemme know if that helps at all.....   cheaper then buying a whole new comp!

Does the OP have anything Overclocked?this can really be a major problem.

I would not turn textures down ,the two things if i remember right were view distance made a big impact and so does shadows,and also the lighting effects,you don't really need those turned up.

As far as memory leaks ,idk i have not played in awhile,so i can't speak for what has happened since the last patch.If there is memory leaks in the program,then everyone will have crashes.Of course those with more memory will have issues later than those with less.Do you perhaps run on only 2 mb?Another problem can be a Hard drive that is near full.

I believe this game has a log file error report no?maybe see if you can look at that or ask Icarus about it.Bah sorry noticed you are running xp witch sees 2 mb.I will add that even though you may have extreme graphic lag at times,hard  to believe ,i never noticed it,but if you did,it would still be very unlikely to cause a crash,so it is a problem on your system or a memory leak,witch at this point i cannot answer because i am not playing anymore.

Ah a laptop, I was going to suggest leaving one of the sides open on your tower to help cool your rig.

Sudden crashes and reboots like what your describing usually are a heating issue.

Originally posted by blakavar

Ah a laptop, I was going to suggest leaving one of the sides open on your tower to help cool your rig.

Sudden crashes and reboots like what your describing usually are a heating issue.

Ich! please don't keep the side of your case open to cool your rig!  It actually does more damage as yo udon't have the wind tunnel anymore to take heat off your components!   I feel like writing with exclamation points today!

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Originally posted by maskedweasel
 If its a laptop, get a laptop cooler, they are super cheap and sometimes they can drop the temp significantly.  Make sure you aren't using the laptop on a bed, or have the vents blocked on it.

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It's not running on a bed. I've got it propped up on a stand to let the air flow around it more. No vents are blocked. I'll still look into the laptop coolers though.

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Originally posted by Wizardry
Does the OP have anything Overclocked?this can really be a major problem.
I would not turn textures down ,the two things if i remember right were view distance made a big impact and so does shadows,and also the lighting effects,you don't really need those turned up.

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Nothing is overclocked. Shadows and lighting effects are turned off. I've got the view distance slider almost all the way left. There's not much more I can do to lower the settings.

BTW, the resolution I'm running the games at is 1920x1200, so that probably isn't helping anything. It's the native resolution of the monitor I'm using. I might try running the game on the laptop's screen itself to see if that helps at all. Smaller resolution and all...

Originally posted by maskedweasel

Originally posted by blakavar

Ah a laptop, I was going to suggest leaving one of the sides open on your tower to help cool your rig.

Sudden crashes and reboots like what your describing usually are a heating issue.

 

Ich! please don't keep the side of your case open to cool your rig!  It actually does more damage as yo udon't have the wind tunnel anymore to take heat off your components!   I feel like writing with exclamation points today!

I keep the side off my Antec 900. Course, I have a blowing directly on to the "guts" of my rig.

All you guys have to undestand who is doing the networking for Fallen Earth then you will understand why it lags and crashes.  Unless you are using pc back from the dinosaur age then it isn't your pc.

Originally posted by SaintViktor

All you guys have to undestand who is doing the networking for Fallen Earth then you will understand why it lags and crashes.  Unless you are using pc back from the dinosaur age then it isn't your pc.

Did you feel your hair move when that thing went "whoosh!", right over your head?