Game´s freezing statistics

[Rad]

As Pieter wrote elsewhere I opened here this topic, dedicated to game´s freezing, so as we could somehow documented where, how long and in what circumstances the game´s freezing occurs.

In my game freezing occurs in various locations and quite frequently. So far in Redmond, Conceicao, Cuba and so on and as I could registered it have happened at land in towns where was quite many people. The time of freezing is about from 15 second to 1 minute and in Cuba case even longer so that I have to load game because I have no patience to wait longer. But I still have some wage suspition that it could be in relation to sound somehow. In the past when some extra sounds could be selected in BuildSettings.h when I didn´t use this option the performance slightly inreased and some smaller freezing disappeared. But maybe I am mistaken and it is a false trace, I don´t know. Please, put here your experiences, occurences, time and your opinion what could cause that. It could help with identification and removing of these unpleasant freezings. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />

 

[skull]

Hi Rad, Ihaven't had many game freezes other than Cuba which CCC already explained, although did have one last night in Redmond Port after passing through gate. I was running to dock an game froze but did not crash. Suspect possibly NPC tried to open dialog with my character as I was running away, there were no NPC directly in front of me but behind me as I ran past NPC, perhaps toggling off always run in towns might help. Possibly I'm way off base here as this is just speculation. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

 

[Rad]

Hi, Skull. My game usually don´t crash too because of these freezings but if I have to wait for about 30 -50 second quite frequently so, it isn´t pleasant. The same thing happened regularly in AlexusB Add-on and I didn´t like that. And I didn´t start to fight on the sea yet because I am still at the beginning of my playing. I will see what will be happening in these cases. Do you have any personal opinion what could cause this freezing ? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />

 

[Pieter Boelen]

BTW: I recall you said in another thread as well that it might be sound-related, but that the toggle for it is gone. It might have been moved into InternalSettings.h, but I don't think it's removed. We don't usually remove stuff from the Build mods. Except the truly superfluous and crappy stuff. But we did not remove a sound-related toggle.

 

[Rad]

Pieter, it seems to me I just discovered what causes a substantial portion of these freezing problems. Nosie brought me at this thought as he told he doesn´t had any problems with his playing while he had new buildings switched off. So, I went into BuildSettings.h and adjusted the item Enable BuildingSet to 0. After I banned these new buildings most of these freezing problems disappeared. I played about 2 hours and no freezing appeared in my game only at end of this 2 hour playing only in Redmond before tavern some smaller repeated freezings occurs but they were nothing to comparison with extesion and frequency of the previous freezings that I experienced in my game. Maybe those new Buildings aren´t optimalize well yet or something similar. Anyway I am glad my game behave much more reasonably and fluently now. And if anyone´s game crashes very often completely, so, check if you don´t have adjusted on your sound cards using of 5.1 speakers. The game doesn´t like it very much. Instead of that switch your settings of speakers from 5.1 or 4.1 to 2.1. Under these sound conditions game crashes substantially less frequently. Maybe anybody else could try this switching off and on of the item Enable BuildingSet so as it could be proved surely that something isn´t alright or optimalized what about these new buildlings concerns. I hope I don´t mistake, I am not completely sure, but I think it is this way. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />

 

[Hawkwind]

Hello Rad, had'nt noticed the new post, i will try turning off the new buildings and try the game again from the start but don't think its an issue as i only visited the new islands once and never Cuba except as part of a trade mission. The instances of freezing was minimal, perhaps 5 seconds tops at the new ports, but never ventured inland so unable to comment on those instances.