Patch 1.05 freezes

[Zaki]

I played CK with 1.05 with small problems, but it was OK. Then, I took a brake of couple of weeks. After that, game stops responding approximately 15 seconds after intro, no matter what I do. I uninstalled the game, checked the system with my KAV, installed it again and installed patch, but all that in vain. It's all same story. I purchased the game through Paradox on Demand. It's not that game blocks entire system, I can see Windows mouse pointer when I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, but I can't do anything because of full screen mode (Alt+Tab doesn't work). Game simply stops receiving commands. Mouse is freezed, and shortcuts aren't responding, too. Help, please.

 

[unmerged(21937)]

Intro? As in intro video? If yes, try disabling the videos by renaming your "avi" folder to "avi-backup".

 

[Zaki]

Done so. Now it freezes even sooner. Usualy during the loading sequence, at text "Initializing Sound...". Once I reached the main menu, but that was it - freez again. At least I was able to Alt+Tab to Windows Task Manager which informed me that application is Not Responding, and that CPU is over 95% dedicated to CK.

 

[unmerged(21937)]

Maybe your system runs out of memory? It sounds like a technical problem rather than a bug to me, to be honest.

 

[Zaki]

Well, it does look more like a technical issue, but I have a 512 MB RAM, and everything else is going fine. On the other hand, I turned off everything from sys tray except volume control and local area connection, and I started the game, played for a while, and in january 1067 it freezes again. Could it be that I'm experiencing technical problems with RAM?

 

[unmerged(21937)]

Could be or you could possibly be having some hidden progs eating up the resources. Either way, I'm not really the technical expert around, so you could PM Castellon to move this thread over to Technical Support or alternatively start a new thread there.

 

[Zaki]

I'll opt the latter one.

 

[Grosshaus]

Closed as a duplicate then.