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Game freeze every few minutes?

August 6, 2008 9:44:36 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Hi all,
I am 3 hours into a HUGE map SP game.  My TEC control about 15 planets.  The game now freezes for about 10 seconds every 1 or 2 minutes.  Its become unplayable.  Is this a known issue?  Any work around?

I have all my settings on max but the game is playable - never shown any lag in the biggest space battles.  Restart/reboot didn't help.  Is it a map issue?

Really don't want to abandon this game since its the first one I am winning

Thanks.
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Reply #1 August 6, 2008 10:08:54 PM
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Make sure everything is up to date. (Drivers, game [saves don't work across versions though], etc.)

Also, what are your system specs?
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Reply #2 August 6, 2008 10:46:51 PM
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I only bought the game the other day. Drivers are all up to date.

Xeon Dual core 3.0 ghz, 4 gigs of ram, 8800 GTS Nvidia with 512mb. Should be ample. And it was fine up until the 3 hour mark.
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Reply #3 August 6, 2008 11:11:24 PM
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Ahh - there is the issue. You need a higher spec mark to play past the 3 hour mark
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Reply #4 August 6, 2008 11:12:29 PM
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If you're running Vista, check that your video drivers are at least version 175.

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Reply #5 August 6, 2008 11:42:11 PM
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Ahh - there is the issue. You need a higher spec mark to play past the 3 hour mark

The only differences between solomani's setup and mine is that I'm running a Core 2 Duo at that speed and using an 8800GT. I've hit the 20 hour mark on 1.05 without lag half that bad at increased speeds. Is the difference really that much?
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Reply #6 August 7, 2008 9:47:25 AM
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XP pro, sp3. Drivers are 175.19 (ie the latest).

Turned out to be something running in my tray. Funny it only affected performance 4 hours in. Won after 11 hours

Thanks for the reply all.
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Reply #7 August 7, 2008 10:47:06 AM
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That's good. What was it that was interfering?
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Reply #8 August 9, 2008 6:28:12 PM
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uTorrent. It wasn't downloading or anything just dormant waiting to start (I have my torrent client only download between x and y times).
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