JohnTheWarder Report post Posted April 14, 2010 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] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Learner Report post Posted April 14, 2010 Have you tried FPS limiting and reducing some things like shadows & reflections to see if EL is stressing your system out too much? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnTheWarder Report post Posted April 14, 2010 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dipi Report post Posted April 14, 2010 just for being sure...you aren't talking about "the blue screen" of Windows, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnTheWarder Report post Posted April 14, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnTheWarder Report post Posted April 15, 2010 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxine Report post Posted April 17, 2010 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnTheWarder Report post Posted April 17, 2010 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 postGood luck. Thank you, but this hasn't stopped the issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnTheWarder Report post Posted May 6, 2010 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? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Learner Report post Posted May 6, 2010 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulB Report post Posted May 6, 2010 You could try this... Go toC:\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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites