Computer lockup at exit? -- US version

[unmerged(1434)]

Although I may have missed it, I haven't read of this before. Every time I exit out of the game, I get a complete lockup. I can't even reboot with ctrl-alt-del, but must turn the computer off. Has this problem been reported?

I am also getting the white dot at startup but it only lasts a few seconds then the game works fine.

 

[Griffon]

I got the same thing. Then upgraded to Win2000 and the problem was gone.

Why? I don't know, but at least your not alone

 

[unmerged(1498)]

That happens to me if I leave the in-game music on, but not when I have it off.

 

[unmerged(1434)]

I'm running Windows ME. It doesn't matter whether I'm running the music or not.

 

[unmerged(1226)]

The game doesnt lock up with me on exit... but it takes a while to exit..i dont know why

 

[unmerged(490)]

I often get a lock up on exit too (with or without sound). It sometimes recovers if I leave it a while (a few minutes).

 

[unmerged(1434)]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll let it sit for a few minutes the next time I exit and see it that works.

 

[Remise]

Lockup, etc.

The game often locks up for me (in the U.S. version) on exit. In addition, if I am playing while online, it also dumps me from either AOL or Mindspring, pretty much most of the time. Plus there are random dumps when I am in the game, which also knock me off line and either lock up my screen, or just my keyboard.

 

[Shaytana]

yep, same thing here...hope they fix it with the next patch...

 

[unmerged(1434)]

Well, I tried letting the computer sit after I exit. Sometimes it remains locked up, sometimes it works again after a few minutes.

My workaround has been to save the game then alt-tab out of it.

 

[unmerged(1403)]

Just to be sure you are all having problems and are running Windows ME? The game box does not list Win ME on it for the US version .

 

[unmerged(1434)]

Originally posted by Michael Le Drew
Just to be sure you are all having problems and are running Windows ME? The game box does not list Win ME on it for the US version .

I can't speak for the others, but I'm running Windows ME. Most software doesn't list Windows ME but most things run fine anyway. If ME is not going to be supported, I think that is a major mistake. Most new computers sold in the US have Windows ME pre-loaded now, so EU could be losing a large share of the US market.

Fortunately, the game itself runs fine. Plus, I'm not having the start up problem that is affecting many US users so I guess I'm lucky in that regard.

 

[unmerged(490)]

I am running ME too (and having lots of problems with it).

It would be a big mistake not to support ME...

 

[Paradox Interactive]

The reason for the game appearing to hang on exit is that Windows ME seems to handle sound differently than the other OSes. It is when the sounds are unloaded the game stops responding, it should start responding after between 5 and 40 seconds.


Patric

 

[unmerged(1434)]

Originally posted by Patric
The reason for the game appearing to hang on exit is that Windows ME seems to handle sound differently than the other OSes. It is when the sounds are unloaded the game stops responding, it should start responding after between 5 and 40 seconds.


Patric

About 70% of the time, this is true. However, the other times, my computer locks up. I've waited as long as 30+ minutes, (to see if it would ever unfreeze) and it was still frozen. When that happens, I have to turn the machine off as I can't even do a ctrl-alt-del reboot.

 

[unmerged(2099)]

I have this problem too, and I'm running Windows 98. Turning off sound doesn't seem to help, and I'm reluctant to leave the computer locked up to see if it recovers because doing that tends to damage my hard drives.

 

[unmerged(252)]

At least you guys can play the game at all. My computer freezes up after the intro movie.

 

[unmerged(1434)]

Originally posted by Vurbil
At least you guys can play the game at all. My computer freezes up after the intro movie.

Ugh. Have you updated to 1.08?

 

[unmerged(1079)]

I have just upgraded to the latest patch. Everything was fine until then, even running Me. Now I get the same lock up as everyone else is complaining about here. The only way out as far as I can see is CTRL-ALT-DEL.

 

[unmerged(577)]

Memory Leak??

I upgraded to 1.08 and seem to be having a new issue. I regularly leave the game paused all night and into the next day to play again. With 1.07c I never had an issue. Now every time the game is left for 12+ hours, the PC is very slow and I have a low virtual memory error. This is on a Win 2000 with 144 MB RAM and 1 GB free hard disk.