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mattgeo
Posts: 13 Arc User
Hello. I was playing the game early in the afternoon yesterday before the Night Avenger patch was released. I logged out and logged back in a little while later, seeing that the patch was released in the time between.
After the patch, I have frequent occurences of a problem where the game will lock up briefly and I get an error message in the lower right corner of my screen reading "Display driver Intel Graphics Accelerator for Winodws 7 (R) has stopped responding and has recovered" (or something to that effect :biggrin:). Sometimes I am able to move around the main maps for a little while before it happens, usually I cannot go very far inside a lair before it happens though. Ultimately it will keep happening 4 or 5 times in quick succession which locks up the whole computer and causes a blue screen and restart.
I have checked, both through Device Manager and manufacturer website, to make sure my video driver is the most up to date version available. Both claim that it is. The device is Intel HD Graphics, driver date 1/10/2012, driver version 8.15.10.2622.
I had been playing with no problems that I can recall related to display drivers for over a year and a half. It was only right after the Night Avenger release that I have experienced these consistent problems.
Not being the most computer savvy person out there, I was hoping someone can give me an idea as to what I need to do to fix the problem or if this is somehow a result of the game patch. Thanks.
After the patch, I have frequent occurences of a problem where the game will lock up briefly and I get an error message in the lower right corner of my screen reading "Display driver Intel Graphics Accelerator for Winodws 7 (R) has stopped responding and has recovered" (or something to that effect :biggrin:). Sometimes I am able to move around the main maps for a little while before it happens, usually I cannot go very far inside a lair before it happens though. Ultimately it will keep happening 4 or 5 times in quick succession which locks up the whole computer and causes a blue screen and restart.
I have checked, both through Device Manager and manufacturer website, to make sure my video driver is the most up to date version available. Both claim that it is. The device is Intel HD Graphics, driver date 1/10/2012, driver version 8.15.10.2622.
I had been playing with no problems that I can recall related to display drivers for over a year and a half. It was only right after the Night Avenger release that I have experienced these consistent problems.
Not being the most computer savvy person out there, I was hoping someone can give me an idea as to what I need to do to fix the problem or if this is somehow a result of the game patch. Thanks.
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Hope this helps
I have also tried lowering all the video/graphic options to improve performance, including playing at half resolution, but nothing seems to provide a significant or permanent fix. At the moment I cannot seem to even get to the character select screen.
I'm sure the game programmers are really busy right with the multitude of bugs I have read about popping up, so I will be patient and hope for the best. Thanks again.
If I'm unlucky, the game freezes, the speakers start producing a monotone buzzing noise and the only thing to do is power cycle my computer to unlock it. At this point, the game's virtually unplayable.
I figured as much. Just trying to put the issue out there to see if a solution comes forth. I appreciate any and all help/advice.
I play windowed, and never had issues - nothing has changed, etc.
The Secret World runs fine, and I understand is more graphically complex/intense. What happened recently?