farcry just exits...

Livzz · 04-30-2006, 09:13 AM

every now and then during a game of farcry, it just closes... goes back to windows! i've turned off all other open programs like outlook and msn, that i think might be interrupting due to regularly checking email etc, but it still happens.
I've haven't noticed any pattern or regularity to when it happens either - it doesn't happen when i shoot something, when i pause/resume, when theres a lot of action going on... it just happens at random. Once it happened just as the computer clock hit 10pm, but i think that was coincidence.
I've got patches up to 1.33, no mods... and it is a genuine copy.

anyone got any theories??
cheers,
Paul

mrjack · 04-30-2006, 10:12 AM

I've heard that people have had "too fast" computers which caused Far Cry to stutter. There's one on this forum who experienced this, he found a solution.

Livzz · 04-30-2006, 12:49 PM

too fast?!?! your joking... can you give a link to that thread?

OvenMaster · 04-30-2006, 01:45 PM

Whenever I have had programs just close for "no reason", either to Windows or to a black screen and reboot, it was due to either an overheating CPU or my swapfile was too small.
Tom

Livzz · 05-01-2006, 07:10 AM

i thought computers just lock up if the cpu overheats...
I've only got the stock heatsink/fan setup, but i'm not overclocking so it shouldn't be overheating anyway.
whats a swapfile?

davie23223 · 05-01-2006, 07:35 AM

hope this helps...

I had the exact same problem but on different games on this computer. I had a fanless gf4mx440, when playing cs it just closes leading me back to desktop, it also happens randomly playing cs. When playing WoW, after 1-2min playing the game it closes right away. I than baught a Radeon 9600pro and solved all the problem.

You have a 7800GTX and i don't see how that card can't handle Farcry.

Livzz · 05-01-2006, 09:57 AM

and the game was a freebie with that card, so they wouldn't give out games that the card cant even handle... infact it plays it perfectly on the highest resolution and settings

OvenMaster · 05-01-2006, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livzz

i thought computers just lock up if the cpu overheats...
I've only got the stock heatsink/fan setup, but i'm not overclocking so it shouldn't be overheating anyway.
whats a swapfile?

Your swapfile is what's known as Virtual Memory. This is a file on your hard drive that Windows uses when all your RAM is filled up and more memory is needed. If your swapfile/Virtual Memory is too small (either you've fixed the size to something too small, or you have a nearly full hard drive with an automatically-maintained swapfile), you'll run out of space for all the programs you want to run and your PC will crash, or reboot, or give you a Blue Screen of Death.
Tom

Livzz · 05-02-2006, 07:24 AM

2Gb of ram should be plenty... and i'm only using 60% of my harddrive - so the swapfile has plenty of room if the ram isn't enough...

anyone else have any explanations why farcry just quits??

04-30-2006, 09:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Livzz Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 297	farcry just exits... every now and then during a game of farcry, it just closes... goes back to windows! i've turned off all other open programs like outlook and msn, that i think might be interrupting due to regularly checking email etc, but it still happens. I've haven't noticed any pattern or regularity to when it happens either - it doesn't happen when i shoot something, when i pause/resume, when theres a lot of action going on... it just happens at random. Once it happened just as the computer clock hit 10pm, but i think that was coincidence. I've got patches up to 1.33, no mods... and it is a genuine copy. anyone got any theories?? cheers, Paul __________________ AMD X2 6000+ Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (4x1Gb) Kingston DDR2 800 MSI 8800GTS 512Mb 2x WD 500Gb 16Mb 7200rpm SATA-II Corsair HX620 PSU Logitech MX5000 desktop Samsung SyncMaster 206BW

04-30-2006, 10:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,351	I've heard that people have had "too fast" computers which caused Far Cry to stutter. There's one on this forum who experienced this, he found a solution. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

04-30-2006, 12:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
Livzz Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 297	too fast?!?! your joking... can you give a link to that thread? __________________ AMD X2 6000+ Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (4x1Gb) Kingston DDR2 800 MSI 8800GTS 512Mb 2x WD 500Gb 16Mb 7200rpm SATA-II Corsair HX620 PSU Logitech MX5000 desktop Samsung SyncMaster 206BW

04-30-2006, 01:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Red Sox Nation Age: 49 Posts: 1,999	Whenever I have had programs just close for "no reason", either to Windows or to a black screen and reboot, it was due to either an overheating CPU or my swapfile was too small. Tom __________________ Frankenbox III: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ * MOBO: Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 * RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2 667 HDD: WD 80GB Master, Seagate 320GB Slave * OPT: two Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD burners PSU: Antec Basiq 500W * GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x * MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721 CASE: EvTek minitower * SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 * OS: XP Home SP2 * ROUTER: Linksys BEFSR41

05-01-2006, 07:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
Livzz Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 297	i thought computers just lock up if the cpu overheats... I've only got the stock heatsink/fan setup, but i'm not overclocking so it shouldn't be overheating anyway. whats a swapfile? __________________ AMD X2 6000+ Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (4x1Gb) Kingston DDR2 800 MSI 8800GTS 512Mb 2x WD 500Gb 16Mb 7200rpm SATA-II Corsair HX620 PSU Logitech MX5000 desktop Samsung SyncMaster 206BW

05-01-2006, 07:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
davie23223 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 20 Posts: 367	hope this helps... I had the exact same problem but on different games on this computer. I had a fanless gf4mx440, when playing cs it just closes leading me back to desktop, it also happens randomly playing cs. When playing WoW, after 1-2min playing the game it closes right away. I than baught a Radeon 9600pro and solved all the problem. You have a 7800GTX and i don't see how that card can't handle Farcry. __________________ ----------Desktop--------\|--------Gaming Desktop----------\|----------Laptop---------- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz \| AMD Athlon 64 3800+ \| Toshiba Intel Centrino Duo T2050 1.6GHz 768mb SDram (PC-133) \| 1GB DDR (PC2100) \| 1GB DDR2 (PC2-4300) 40GB 7200RPM HD \| 80GB 7200RPM HD \| 100GB 5400RPM HD ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 128mb \| nVidia XFX 7200 GS 512mb \| Intel GMA 950 128MB (Shared)

05-01-2006, 09:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
Livzz Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 297	and the game was a freebie with that card, so they wouldn't give out games that the card cant even handle... infact it plays it perfectly on the highest resolution and settings __________________ AMD X2 6000+ Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (4x1Gb) Kingston DDR2 800 MSI 8800GTS 512Mb 2x WD 500Gb 16Mb 7200rpm SATA-II Corsair HX620 PSU Logitech MX5000 desktop Samsung SyncMaster 206BW

05-02-2006, 07:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
Livzz Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 297	2Gb of ram should be plenty... and i'm only using 60% of my harddrive - so the swapfile has plenty of room if the ram isn't enough... anyone else have any explanations why farcry just quits?? __________________ AMD X2 6000+ Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (4x1Gb) Kingston DDR2 800 MSI 8800GTS 512Mb 2x WD 500Gb 16Mb 7200rpm SATA-II Corsair HX620 PSU Logitech MX5000 desktop Samsung SyncMaster 206BW

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