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I've pretty much had it with this game crashing!
kempeitai21
Member Posts: 15 Arc User
I've so far had to uninstall and reinstall this game twice trying to get it to work it goes to the blue loading screen that says "Iconian war", then it ****ing crashes! I'm getting really really angry and about to say **** IT! and leave it permanently uninstalled because of this! :mad::mad::mad::mad:
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Try going to your STO install directory, under "localdata" rename Gameprefs.pref to Gameprefs.pref.bak and then try to run the game again.
My 4 year old system was having the same issues. BSD, crashing. In my case it's hardware related, with equipment clearly nearing EOL. New computer arrives next week
Try starting it in safe mode from arc launcher under options.
Is this the first loading screen after hitting "Engage" in the launcher? I think mine's black, not blue.
If that's where you're crashing, it's probably a driver or hardware issue. There's a slim chance it's a networking/firewall issue, but I'd look at your drivers first.
I'd also move your complaint to whichever forum handles technical support. Posters there are better prepared to go through the process of uncovering an issue, and more willing to do so.
Also, try the earlier suggested step of renaming the config file.
If you are overclocking the CPU, RAM or video card you need to change back to stock speed.
it may be the game that triggers the crash but that doesn't mean its the cause of the crash, it could be something as simple as a driver that needs updating or it could even be worse case a sign of a hardware failure.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
This could be true as well, had it happen once after an update.... turned off firewall, launched game... it doensloaded some updates over again, and then worked from then on (with firewall on).
It happens randomly for any kind of possible reason that exist. You either get used to it or move on.
...because he will find an easy way to do it.
-Bill Gates
Nice useless comment you've got there.
but just for future reference;
nobody will miss you either if you randomly disappear off these forums either.
Its simple quantum mechanics son, not rocket science :eek:
. . . and those monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane!
But seriously: stock speed, drivers, disk health check, closing anything running in the background like torrents.
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or maybe
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to – The Outer Limits.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
the romulan rep missions have got stuck so I reported it expecting the to just knock them of out or restet them so I could do them again, but no this is the reply:-
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us. We are sorry to hear that you are having issues with this Tutorial Mission.
Unfortunately, with being such a new Character, if you get stuck within these first few missions, you may need to re-create your Character. We also advise following the tutorial in the order it was presented and refrain from deviating from any of it until you have finished all the tutorial missions. In addition to that, please let the cinematics (if any) run to the end to ensure that the mission updates correctly.
We truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.
Regards,
basically saying we have not built the game properly, but we can't be bothered to fix it, never mind the hours you have spent getting you char to that level, you need to throw it all away and start again, no wonder people are leaving the game,
if they can't fix simple issues like this should they even be running the game?
good job perfect world or I should say "not so perfect world"
No, this is the same old STO forums, where if one person or some people or even thousands of people have a technical problem, there will always be a small cadre who shows up to say "I don't have said problem, so clearly the problem is you and I don't want to hear about it."
The crashing while loading problem has had multiple threads in the support section of the forums. It started with the s10 update for a lot of people. Maybe there was something in that update that doesn't interact well with some people's computers? NOOOOOOOOO, clearly the answer is that these users all changed their machines, OSes, and IPs at the exact same time in the exact same way just so that they could complain here.
There were numerous threads on this when Season 10 arrived.
It's probably not your pc, graphics card, video drivers, directx install or internet connection.
Suggested fixes include...
1. Turning off support for CUDA cores in the graphics config for your card.
2. Start the game in safe mode
3. Go to the display options and where it says 'video card' - 'auto', change that to directx 9
4. Set the mode to windowed, NOT windowed fullscreen, or fullscreen
5. Set your other graphics sliders to what you want.
6. Log out of the game and shut it down.
7. Log back in, once at the character selection screen, you can maximize the window for normal play
8. Before shutting down the game, UN-maximize the window.
Repeat 7. and 8. every time you play, no need to run in safe mode every time.
These steps have managed to cure the problem for a very great number of sufferers.
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Wow, that actually worked! Thanks! I've been using safe mode for over a month now!
so with 5 computers and 6 windows installs sto has been relatively crash free, maybe once every couple of months or so I might get the odd crash to desktop but nothing enough to cause me any bother and certainly never the blue loading screen crash the OP mentioned.
and when you factor in the fact that I probably run sto anywhere from 3hours a day up to 8hours a day that's not bad going in my books.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.