posted 02-21-2001 07:38 AM
I had this problem when my computer was running at full speed. After a bad crash, and losing my video card, I have not had this problem. It may have something to do with how the game interacts with your video driver. just a thought
Dogg of Demise
posted 02-21-2001 09:23 AM
How BIG is your character file getting. The char file bloat can cause HUGE hangs and crashes.
ulsterjones
posted 02-21-2001 12:35 PM
The only time I had this problem was when I changed my FSB speed from 105 to 106. Obviously the system became unstable, so I put it back to 105. Works fine now.
TheDuke
posted 02-21-2001 02:34 PM
When it hangs for couple secs/mins... does it also LOOP music/sound? My sound loops so I press reset, never tried waiting for a couple of minutes though... but as the sound loops I just assumes it's complete stuck anyway.
Panthera
posted 02-21-2001 11:27 PM
When it hangs, it's like somebody in a bad b-movie yelled FREEZE - everything just stops, including sound. I've tried fiddling with the sound, but it didn't help. Btw my char file is quite small, about 500kb. It's just one of those mysteriously hangs that I'll attribute to bad coding, just like the error message I get more often than not when going under water. This one doesn't hang the system, but a window appears with an error and I just click OK. Annoying though.
Frostbite
posted 02-22-2001 01:29 AM
hmm. no hanging when using software renderer here, when using voodoo3 hanging starts happening again. char file 950kb now. also tried to turn off all sounds, no difference
Zaknafein
posted 02-22-2001 07:59 PM
My character file is 38kb, so, I don't think that's the problem. I've also noticed that since I changed motherboard/cpu (Duron 800), I've noticed the sound effects, gradually become distorted. I have to go into the Audio options, uncheck/recheck the Special effects, then the sound is ok again... for a little while. I don't believe it the game, as I never had the problem with the old system.
Just another annoyance. I'll probably have to remove/reinstall the sound drivers, and maybe other drivers as well... I just couldn't be bothered.
Kevin
posted 02-23-2001 08:18 PM
This is about the only thing that I have problems with. My system will freeze, but no matter how long I wait, it never resumes... and I can't even use ctrl-alt-del cause the keyboard is locked out. So I power down and when I run scan disc there is always an error. I sometimes can tell when it will happen, but usually not in time to exit and shut down. It seems to do this when I'm in certain parts of the dungeon (the parts I would like to spend more time in ).
My trouble spots are: Level 17 - the whole level! Level 18 - NE area Level 19 - NE area Level 20 - NE area Level 24 - Hell room Level 26 - Ogre Lord room (SW) Level 29 - Graveyard It will not necessarily lock up while I am in those areas. For instance, I often go through the large room on 18 down to 20 for a quick path down. I will then have things lock up when I am down near the Lead Murderer area... Or if I run through the Hell Room, it will lock up there or maybe not until I am in a different area. But if I go to those areas without running through the problem spots (I skip the NE area of 18-20 or the Hell Room) it won't freeze on me. I have tried running in various graphics modes, resolutions, sound setting, etc, etc, etc... but nothing seems to help.
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