dumped back to desktop

[unmerged(53605)]

hello,

been having problems for the past few weeks with hoi2. it keeps throwing me out to the desktop. it seems to happen in spurts; i.e. sometimes i play and it will be fine, other sessions it happens every few seconds, and i have to just close down.

NOTE: it's not crashing. i can still go back into game.

any thoughts? are there any settings i can change on my pc? etc.


thanks,

isca

 

[Castellon]

Okay let's try some standard things.
1) Make sure you have the latest patch for the game.
2) Rename the AVI folder to AVI_back
3) Set the color depth to 16BIT
4) Turn off everything in the background like E-mail/ICQ/Messenger, Virus protection and everything in the system tray beside the clock.
5) Run a Virus check and a Adware/Spybot checker
6) Update your Windows, update your Video card drivers and audio card drivers. Then repeat steps 1-4.


Please run a DirectX Diagnostic:
Start menu –Run - then type Dxdiag, then select each tab across the top of the window, and run the tests on each tab. Then select “Save All Information” button in the lower right of the window. This will bring up a dialog box to allow you to select a name for the file where the information will be saved. You can save it right on the desktop as this will make it easy to find. Then copy the contents of that file from the start to the heading that says “DirectX components” then paste what you have copied into a post in this thread.

 

[unmerged(53605)]

Thanks

Thanks, Castellon. I've performed all your steps. I'll be playing later, with fingers firmly crossed!


Isca

 

[Castellon]

Okay if it crashes again then post the DXdiag output.

 

[unmerged(53605)]

seems fine, but...

without the avi file, it never switched from the loading screen to the game menu. once i switched that back from avi_back to avi, it all worked fine.

still haven't played much, but all well so far...

isca

 

[Castellon]

very strange, you are the first person to ever report such a thing.