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[Bozu]

"Strange graphic issue + Lock up/Freeze (got to reset) http://screencast.com/t/JvkDbvZfLT

Got the Big World 6.0 with only standard mods. This strange graphic issue doesn't seem to occur with original game, but with BGT.
Usually I can handle myself with problems like that, but this time i'm clueless.
It's really annoying. Specially because I was planing to convert an oooold mod of my own to BWP (still weiduing it, by the way, so nothing related to the issue). It can run for about 25min, 1hour, 10min… it`s random. The game suddenly goes blurry like THIS: http://screencast.com/t/JvkDbvZfLT

After this strange graphic effect, it goes running for about 20 or 30 seconds and then it freezes.

Trying to save the game is useless (if possible...) because it’ll not load (file is corrupted).

There is no AntiVirus or background running. This PC was intended to be devoted to BG.
So, I Initialy suspected it could be happening due to:

1.The size of the override folder. But I did a clean install, biffed and it’s now around 200mb, which (I think) is not much. It didn't help anyway.
2. Something related to corrupted savegames. But it's not. By the way Beregost crashfixer utility is great, although it can't help here
3.Direct X thing. Did a downgrade, and then an upgrade. It was useless. Reinstal graphic card drivers. Also useless.
4.Config files: Tried to disable the vertex padding. Tried another resolution, even tried without graphic 3D acceleration…. Didn’t work.
It's happening in both windowed and fullscreen modes.

5.I reduced the number of mods (all of them are for standard class for Big Project, so it’s supposed to be ok). Another thing, I didn’t went crazy installing every single mod, but only about half of the standard mods suggested for BGT instructions (strictly followed). Did'n work too....

Finally I formatted the system, fresh windows XP, and did a clean install again.
Game apparently was free of this problem for about... half a day.

The monitor is widescreen, but didn`t put a widescreen mod on by that time. Resolution used ingame: 1024 / 32bit, but it seems worthless to change that, since it also happening in 800.
The card on that machine (and I would like to kept that one dedicated to BGT… ) is NVidia 6200 GeForce Turbocrap. I upgraded the drivers, and it didn`t change a bit… Also tested other 3D applications (far heavier than the old BGII…) and they work fine (so, I think it`s not the card).
I tried to create a profile for ToB and BGmain on the NVidia panel, disabling VSync, and a few other things. Good for nothig....
At last, I've tried Rivatuner, but it could'nt help.
But as I recall, I've played IE games on that very same machine without problems before (was BGII SoA, without ToB).

Again, I formated all again and tried a fresh install. Installed the widescreen 1440 x 900, this time.
The game was fine for a about 4 days. Now it`s happening again...

Any ideas or am I doomed?

The most sincere thank's in advance.

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Edited by Bozu, 31 March 2009 - 09:51 AM.

[Leomar]

"Strange graphic issue + Lock up/Freeze (got to reset) http://screencast.com/t/JvkDbvZfLT

Got the Big World 6.0 with only standard mods. This strange graphic issue doesn't seem to occur with original game, but with BGT.
Usually I can handle myself with problems like that, but this time i'm clueless.
It's really annoying. Specially because I was planing to convert an oooold mod of my own to BWP (still weiduing it, by the way, so nothing related to the issue). It can run for about 25min, 1hour, 10min? it`s random. The game suddenly goes blurry like THIS: http://screencast.com/t/JvkDbvZfLT

After this strange graphic effect, it goes running for about 20 or 30 seconds and then it freezes.

Trying to save the game is useless (if possible...) because it?ll not load (file is corrupted).

There is no AntiVirus or background running. This PC was intended to be devoted to BG.
So, I Initialy suspected it could be happening due to:

1.The size of the override folder. But I did a clean install, biffed and it?s now around 200mb, which (I think) is not much. It didn't help anyway.
2. Something related to corrupted savegames. But it's not. By the way Beregost crashfixer utility is great, although it can't help here
3.Direct X thing. Did a downgrade, and then an upgrade. It was useless. Reinstal graphic card drivers. Also useless.
4.Config files: Tried to disable the vertex padding. Tried another resolution, even tried without graphic 3D acceleration?. Didn?t work.
It's happening in both windowed and fullscreen modes.

5.I reduced the number of mods (all of them are for standard class for Big Project, so it?s supposed to be ok). Another thing, I didn?t went crazy installing every single mod, but only about half of the standard mods suggested for BGT instructions (strictly followed). Did'n work too....

Finally I formatted the system, fresh windows XP, and did a clean install again.
Game apparently was free of this problem for about... half a day.

The monitor is widescreen, but didn`t put a widescreen mod on by that time. Resolution used ingame: 1024 / 32bit, but it seems worthless to change that, since it also happening in 800.
The card on that machine (and I would like to kept that one dedicated to BGT? ) is NVidia 6200 GeForce Turbocrap. I upgraded the drivers, and it didn`t change a bit? Also tested other 3D applications (far heavier than the old BGII?) and they work fine (so, I think it`s not the card).
I tried to create a profile for ToB and BGmain on the NVidia panel, disabling VSync, and a few other things. Good for nothig....
At last, I've tried Rivatuner, but it could'nt help.
But as I recall, I've played IE games on that very same machine without problems before (was BGII SoA, without ToB).

Again, I formated all again and tried a fresh install. Installed the widescreen 1440 x 900, this time.
The game was fine for a about 4 days. Now it`s happening again...

Any ideas or am I doomed?

The most sincere thank's in advance.

This looks like a graphic card issue, so you don't need to install the BWP again and again. We know of some problems with NVidia GeForce graphic cards.

You can look here if the advices will help you with this:
http://www.shsforums...showtopic=30840

And for testing use in BG the lowest graphic resolution and reduce/turn off all special graphic effects.

Greetings Leomar

Edited by Leomar, 31 March 2009 - 07:01 PM.

[Bozu]

[/quote]This looks like a graphic card issue, so you don't need to install the BWP again and again. We know of some problems with NVidia GeForce graphic cards.

You can look here if the advices will help you with this:
[url="http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?showtopic=30840"]http://www.shsforums...showtopic=30840[/url]

And for testing use in BG the lowest graphic resolution and reduce/turn off all special graphic effects.

Greetings Leomar
[/quote]


[size=7]T[/size]hank you Leomar, I agree.
For the first time I saw it happening in plain ToB (didn't happen before...). I've a system shut down too, right from the desktop (was not even playing...) so, I'm convinced it's the graphic card memory passing out. I've to say that at least, was very strange not seeing that happening in other (harder) aplications before, but perhaps the problem is random or appears only under certain conditions.

Kind regards