SittingDuck
1st Oct 04, 12:25 AM
As per Totmacher’s request via a pm**, I am reposting the information I gathered for him regarding my system and what I found to work consistently.
Out of the box I myself had no problems with the English version of DoW, I did however have at least one friend who had been dropping off during direct connect game play. I, being the host, wanted to make sure all my bases were covered in an effort to keep him on hook with my Direct Connect session. What I found was the following:
Updating my 4 in 1 drivers for my NForce 2 mobo, (full specs listed below), to nForce _5.10_WinXP2K_WHQL_english.exe actually caused my system to crash to the desktop during a hosted session. Previousely I had been running on nForce_4.27_WinXP2K_WHQL_international.exe, but decided since it is always a good idea to be on the latest official drivers for your hardware, I would run an update.
Finding this to be the only variable on my side I reinstalled my older nForce 4.27 drivers. Since then I have had no issues outside of the NAT issue. (Which I know the Dev team can easily remedy)
The following information is as detailed list of my system specs. If further details are required by the Dev team, please let me know.
AMD 2500+ Barton (not OC'd)
EPOX EP-8RDA+ Nforce2 click on me *** (http://epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8RDAplus)
Current Drivers: nForce_4.27_WinXP2K_WHQL_international.exe ###
Utilizing the onboard nic and sound with no issues
2 x 512MB PC3200 Corsair (Matched pair) dual channel enabled
ATI 9500 Pro 128 MB (not OC'd)
80 GB WD 7200 8MB Cache
120 GB WD 7200 8MB Cache
LiteOn CDRW 32x12x40x
Win XP Pro SP2
McAfee 7.0
Linksys
WRT54G v.2 (Updated) DHCP (no static IP)
### Previously installed nForce_5.10_WinXP2K_WHQL_english.exe which caused my game to crash to the desk top after about 10 minutes of "direct connect" hosting. I reinstalled my current drivers listed above and have not had any issues at all.
***
Chip set: nVidia AGPset (nForce2 Spp-128 + nForce2 MCP)
DRAM module (main memory): 184pin 128bits GDR DIMM x of 3 for GDR 3200 memory, storage location: 64MB to 3GB
Card locations: PCI x 6 8X AGP x 1 (only 1,5V)
Onboard I/O: Winbond W83627HF LPC I/O integrates Game with FDD, parallel, serially and nearly IR interface
Onboard PCI/IDE: nVidia MCPà CONTROLLER, PCI Rev. 2,2 Compatible, ACPI Compliant power Management, PCI bus IDE interface with PIO/Ultra Dma-133 x 2 (up to 4 non removable disks)
I/O Connector: PS/2 mouse and PS/2 type keyboard, VGA, COM1, COM2, printer, audioa/from, MIC connections. Game interface with specially RS232 cable
USB: Supports USB 2,0 specification, USB port x 6 (2 x optionally)
BIOS: Award Plug & Play BIOS
Integrated AC 97 audio: Digital audio
Auxiliary functions: exclusive KBPO (key board power on), for hardware monitoring function with W83627HF, STR (Suspend ton RAM) river save function, CCU Vcore, and Clock attitudes in the BIOS, MEMORY volume days attitude in the BIOS, AGP Vcore attitude in the BIOS, Wake on LAN function
Form factor: 305mm x 245mm ATX
** Awesome -- thank you very much, I'm glad you were able to successfully remedy the problem, and I hope you can finally enjoy the game the way it's intended .
If you don't mind, could you post a separate thread with the following:
1) Your configuration as per above
2) The previous version you had
3) The crash issues you had
4) The fact that downgrading your MB drivers to the above version fixed this
Send me the thread link and I'll make sure one of the Admin's makes it a sticky.
Thanks!
Updated Hardware Note: I have since upgraded to an ATI 9800 Pro 256 MB Video card and have not experienced any stability issues. I am running the latest drivers for this card and have my in game settings maxed out. My primary video settings are set to balanced.
Out of the box I myself had no problems with the English version of DoW, I did however have at least one friend who had been dropping off during direct connect game play. I, being the host, wanted to make sure all my bases were covered in an effort to keep him on hook with my Direct Connect session. What I found was the following:
Updating my 4 in 1 drivers for my NForce 2 mobo, (full specs listed below), to nForce _5.10_WinXP2K_WHQL_english.exe actually caused my system to crash to the desktop during a hosted session. Previousely I had been running on nForce_4.27_WinXP2K_WHQL_international.exe, but decided since it is always a good idea to be on the latest official drivers for your hardware, I would run an update.
Finding this to be the only variable on my side I reinstalled my older nForce 4.27 drivers. Since then I have had no issues outside of the NAT issue. (Which I know the Dev team can easily remedy)
The following information is as detailed list of my system specs. If further details are required by the Dev team, please let me know.
AMD 2500+ Barton (not OC'd)
EPOX EP-8RDA+ Nforce2 click on me *** (http://epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8RDAplus)
Current Drivers: nForce_4.27_WinXP2K_WHQL_international.exe ###
Utilizing the onboard nic and sound with no issues
2 x 512MB PC3200 Corsair (Matched pair) dual channel enabled
ATI 9500 Pro 128 MB (not OC'd)
80 GB WD 7200 8MB Cache
120 GB WD 7200 8MB Cache
LiteOn CDRW 32x12x40x
Win XP Pro SP2
McAfee 7.0
Linksys
WRT54G v.2 (Updated) DHCP (no static IP)
### Previously installed nForce_5.10_WinXP2K_WHQL_english.exe which caused my game to crash to the desk top after about 10 minutes of "direct connect" hosting. I reinstalled my current drivers listed above and have not had any issues at all.
***
Chip set: nVidia AGPset (nForce2 Spp-128 + nForce2 MCP)
DRAM module (main memory): 184pin 128bits GDR DIMM x of 3 for GDR 3200 memory, storage location: 64MB to 3GB
Card locations: PCI x 6 8X AGP x 1 (only 1,5V)
Onboard I/O: Winbond W83627HF LPC I/O integrates Game with FDD, parallel, serially and nearly IR interface
Onboard PCI/IDE: nVidia MCPà CONTROLLER, PCI Rev. 2,2 Compatible, ACPI Compliant power Management, PCI bus IDE interface with PIO/Ultra Dma-133 x 2 (up to 4 non removable disks)
I/O Connector: PS/2 mouse and PS/2 type keyboard, VGA, COM1, COM2, printer, audioa/from, MIC connections. Game interface with specially RS232 cable
USB: Supports USB 2,0 specification, USB port x 6 (2 x optionally)
BIOS: Award Plug & Play BIOS
Integrated AC 97 audio: Digital audio
Auxiliary functions: exclusive KBPO (key board power on), for hardware monitoring function with W83627HF, STR (Suspend ton RAM) river save function, CCU Vcore, and Clock attitudes in the BIOS, MEMORY volume days attitude in the BIOS, AGP Vcore attitude in the BIOS, Wake on LAN function
Form factor: 305mm x 245mm ATX
** Awesome -- thank you very much, I'm glad you were able to successfully remedy the problem, and I hope you can finally enjoy the game the way it's intended .
If you don't mind, could you post a separate thread with the following:
1) Your configuration as per above
2) The previous version you had
3) The crash issues you had
4) The fact that downgrading your MB drivers to the above version fixed this
Send me the thread link and I'll make sure one of the Admin's makes it a sticky.
Thanks!
Updated Hardware Note: I have since upgraded to an ATI 9800 Pro 256 MB Video card and have not experienced any stability issues. I am running the latest drivers for this card and have my in game settings maxed out. My primary video settings are set to balanced.