Random blue screening?

[JohnTheWarder]

So EL is blue screening me randomly, it could be after 6 hours of playing, it could be after 15 mins, no factors seem to be contributing particularly.

 

I tried updating video drivers, but it didn't seem to have an effect. ( I did normal install, not the long way through safe mode, but I really hate having to do that.)

 

Vista is telling me that "NVIDIA Graphics Driver has stopped working properly."

 

Computer Specs:

-Vista Home Premium (32 bit)

-Intel Core2 Quad Q9000

-4 gigs o' Ram

-GeForce GTX 260M

 

Here is the error log, but I am pretty sure its unrelated:

Log started at 2010-04-13 19:37:11 localtime (Eastern Daylight Time)

[19:37:11] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main.
[19:37:11] Using the server profile: main
[19:37:11] Warning: Didn't find your data_dir, using the current directory instead. Please correct this in your el.ini . Given data_dir was: "c:\Program Files\Eternal Lands\". Using "C:\Program Files\Eternal Lands".
[19:37:11] Window size adjusted to 1018x742
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_multitexture extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_point_sprite extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_texture_compression extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_shadow extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_EXT_framebuffer_object extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_EXT_draw_range_elements extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_fragment_program extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_vertex_program extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_fragment_shader extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_vertex_shader extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_shader_objects extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_shading_language_100 extension found, using it.
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat extension found, NOT using it...
[19:37:12] GL_ARB_texture_rectangle extension found, NOT using it...
[19:37:12] GL_EXT_fog_coord extension found, NOT using it...
[19:37:12] Couldn't find the GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc extension, not using it...
[19:37:12] GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc extension found, using it.
[19:37:13] Error opening sound configuration file
[19:37:16] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst
[19:37:16] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com
[19:37:16] Error: Can't open file "alias.ini"
[19:37:16] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst
[19:37:17] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst
[19:37:17] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com
[19:37:17] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst
[19:37:17] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst
[19:37:17] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com
[19:37:17] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates190/files.lst
[19:37:18] Failed to download (files.lst) 3 times. Giving up.
[19:37:18] Error: Can't open file "custom_mirrors.lst"
[19:38:47] item_lists.cpp: Failed to open item lists file for read [C:\Users\John\Documents/Eternal Lands/main/item_lists.txt]

[Learner]

Have you tried FPS limiting and reducing some things like shadows & reflections to see if EL is stressing your system out too much?

[JohnTheWarder]

Have you tried FPS limiting and reducing some things like shadows & reflections to see if EL is stressing your system out too much?

 

I don't get locked up or fps drop before I blue screen, its just instant. But I will test out some changes in video settings.

[dipi]

just for being sure...you aren't talking about "the blue screen" of Windows, right?

 

[JohnTheWarder]

just for being sure...you aren't talking about "the blue screen" of Windows, right?

 

 

Yep standard BSOD.

 

edit: Did the proper video driver install today. Uninstall from device manager, than clean driver related files in safe mode, and than install new video driver. Was playing smooth for about 2 hours when once again, out of nowhere was struck with blue screen of death.

 

Also had tried turning off shadows and the other extras and I still ended up BSoDing.

Edited April 15, 2010 by JohnTheWarder

[JohnTheWarder]

Bump for ideas and update.

 

Aside from BSoD it occasionally just makes my whole screen black, which I can't fix without manual restart, but I know at least some processes are running since music will continue to play fine.

I tried some other stuff and I think its also safe to say its not on my end due to fragmented files/ spyware / malware / virus.

 

So I am thinking that my current driver isn't compatible with EL or there is some EL setting somehow conflicting.

[Maxine]

Previously there have been problems with vista that were solved by forcing it to run on a specific core. I had random crash problems till I used this. See this post

Good luck.

[JohnTheWarder]

Previously there have been problems with vista that were solved by forcing it to run on a specific core. I had random crash problems till I used this. See this post

Good luck.

 

Thank you, but this hasn't stopped the issue.

[JohnTheWarder]

Still having the issue. Only EL causes this problem, other games (way more cpu/gpu intensive) don't cause this problem.

 

Should I upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista? Or is there even less support for EL on 7 than vista?

[Learner]

Still having the issue. Only EL causes this problem, other games (way more cpu/gpu intensive) don't cause this problem.

 

Should I upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista? Or is there even less support for EL on 7 than vista?

The issue is usually buggy OpenGL drivers. Most Windows games use DirectX so mfg's pay more attention to that and often let buggy OpenGL versions get shipped.

[PaulB]

You could try this...

 

Go to

C:\WINDOWS\System32 and rename the Win32k.sys file to Win32k.old and then

close the window. Now go back to the system32

folder and you will have a

new and non-corrupt Win32k.sys file.

 

I have had someone I know with the same issue and it was fixed by doing the above quoted.