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gigthulhu
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Hello there. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, so please forgive me if I've got it wrong.
Okay, so Neverwinter has been crashing on me on a VERY regular basis since Mod 3. But it's gotten ridiculous with Mod 4. I literally can't get from the entrance of PE to the Harpers without crashing at least once. And I've lost many dragon kills because of said crashes.
I heard from a guild mate that he managed to reduce his crashing by uninstalling and reinstalling. So now that the summer festival is effectively over, that's what I'm planning to do. My question is this:
Is there a way I can uninstall and reinstall, without having to redownload the entire 5+ gigs of the game? If I got to redownload the whole thing, is there a way to download stuff like the graphics and skins and such, and store it in my computer? I ask because my connection is not that great, so it'd be very frustrating to start from the beginning every time I have to shut down (it's lightning season right now).
Thanks.
Okay, so Neverwinter has been crashing on me on a VERY regular basis since Mod 3. But it's gotten ridiculous with Mod 4. I literally can't get from the entrance of PE to the Harpers without crashing at least once. And I've lost many dragon kills because of said crashes.
I heard from a guild mate that he managed to reduce his crashing by uninstalling and reinstalling. So now that the summer festival is effectively over, that's what I'm planning to do. My question is this:
Is there a way I can uninstall and reinstall, without having to redownload the entire 5+ gigs of the game? If I got to redownload the whole thing, is there a way to download stuff like the graphics and skins and such, and store it in my computer? I ask because my connection is not that great, so it'd be very frustrating to start from the beginning every time I have to shut down (it's lightning season right now).
Thanks.
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Just a head's-up.
so u can forget about reinstalling helping u at all.
While reinstalling, I've run dxdiag, and it says I'm fine. Although I haven't made sure my Direct X is the most up to date yet.
In terms of connection speed, I don't think that's the reason for the crashes, as I'm generally not experiencing lag (unless I've got a torrent or download in the background). I think the crashes seem to be memory related? Memory overflow/leak? Sorry, not a particularly technical person.
Thanks again all. If you've got any more advice or suggestions, I hope you'll share.
If hardware errors are not the problem, I'd say it's time to scrape the drive clean and throw on a fresh install of Windows.
In my case I think I've gotten a series of unlucky bugs that now include being
unable to open the Flower Rewards. (Started with Heroic Rewards staying
stuck on the screen.) Both had the same infinite 'open another'? problem
without actually ended or giving anything.
Does a reinstall fix obscure bugs?
to the OP: You probly did this, but... I run my game on a laptop.
Not only did I have to put all the obscure graphics settings near their
lowest, but also had to buy a USB powered tray of fans to blow the
heat out. The game would grind to a halt the longer I used it.
Works well now.
Does anyone know if there's any temp files or cache or whatever I should check in relation to Neverwinter?
Haha, I'm just gonna take advantage of the fact you guys are actually helpful. A rare thing in forums eh?
Come to think of it, you should also run chkdsk if you haven't already. I find when things start crashing on me it's often that the hard disk needs some maintenance - both on my PC and my Macs... you might also want to check for bad blocks, too if you machine is a year or more older (let it run overnight as THAT can take a really long time).