Game freezes in Chapter 2 - Page 2

Stratos · 02-12-2004, 05:53 PM

Not that it will make you feel any better Tiela, but I've experienced some problems with HotU as well; difficulties starting the game and the occasional game crashes. I never had this with NWN and SoU alone. HotU seems less stable than the other two.

SpiritWarrior · 02-12-2004, 08:59 PM

Tiela are you running XP or 2K?

philip · 02-16-2004, 05:16 AM

Might this cause the problem:

Craig Welburn - Live Team Programmer -

Game Crashes:
We did identify a problem where some information stored on a familiar could become invalid and cause the game to crash at this point. If you have a familiar summoned, try unsummoning it before talking to the battle herald. That should allow you to get around the problem until the 1.62 patch is available.

Tiela · 02-17-2004, 05:19 AM

Spirit Warrior, I'm running XP. Epona, I'm sorry to hear about your computer troubles. I know that's really frustrating.

Phillip - I'm really excited by your information. I did have a familar summoned, so I wonder if that could help me. Also, it turns out that I was smarter than I thought I was - I had previously saved a copy of my game in another folder before uninstalling. So, if I can ever get NWN reinstalled, I think maybe that will help. I moved on to Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon already, but it should be a fairly short game, so I'll give reinstalling NWN a try in a week or two. Thanks so much for the information!

[ 02-17-2004, 05:21 AM: Message edited by: Tiela ]

Tiela · 02-28-2004, 11:25 PM

I finally managed to get NWN reinstalled. Then I reinstalled both expansion packs and updated through the opening screen. I loaded the game I had saved in a separate file, and I finally got the cut scene everyone was talking about! My computer did freeze during the actual fight a few minutes later, so I took phillip's advice to unsummon my familar, which I didn't really need for the battle, anyway. After that, I had no problems at all.

Thanks so much to everyone for your help. Now I can finally finish the game! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 02-28-2004, 11:27 PM: Message edited by: Tiela ]

philip · 02-29-2004, 06:40 AM

Good to hear it works. BTW did you update to version 1.62 as that bug is fixed according to the patch details. Unless this is another bug which they couldn't find because the game crashed before this.

Tiela · 02-29-2004, 02:16 PM

I think I have the latest patch installed. It may have just been a random crash that I didn't need to unsummon the familiar for. I haven't had the game crash in any other place, though. I have resummoned my familiar (in Cania), and the game is running fine now, though.

philip · 02-29-2004, 02:39 PM

Could be just random. i hear HotU makes the game less stable sometimes.

Stratos · 02-29-2004, 02:41 PM

The game can crash if there's alot happening on the screen at the same time, it happened once or twice for me as well when I played through HotU.

02-12-2004, 05:53 PM	#11
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 43 Posts: 3,888	Not that it will make you feel any better Tiela, but I've experienced some problems with HotU as well; difficulties starting the game and the occasional game crashes. I never had this with NWN and SoU alone. HotU seems less stable than the other two. __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.

02-12-2004, 08:59 PM	#12
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	Tiela are you running XP or 2K? __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...

02-29-2004, 02:41 PM	#19
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 43 Posts: 3,888	The game can crash if there's alot happening on the screen at the same time, it happened once or twice for me as well when I played through HotU. __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.

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02-16-2004, 05:16 AM	#13
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	Might this cause the problem: Craig Welburn - Live Team Programmer - Game Crashes: We did identify a problem where some information stored on a familiar could become invalid and cause the game to crash at this point. If you have a familiar summoned, try unsummoning it before talking to the battle herald. That should allow you to get around the problem until the 1.62 patch is available.

02-17-2004, 05:19 AM	#14
Tiela Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 28, 2002 Location: CA Posts: 24	Spirit Warrior, I'm running XP. Epona, I'm sorry to hear about your computer troubles. I know that's really frustrating. Phillip - I'm really excited by your information. I did have a familar summoned, so I wonder if that could help me. Also, it turns out that I was smarter than I thought I was - I had previously saved a copy of my game in another folder before uninstalling. So, if I can ever get NWN reinstalled, I think maybe that will help. I moved on to Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon already, but it should be a fairly short game, so I'll give reinstalling NWN a try in a week or two. Thanks so much for the information! [ 02-17-2004, 05:21 AM: Message edited by: Tiela ]

02-28-2004, 11:25 PM	#15
Tiela Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 28, 2002 Location: CA Posts: 24	I finally managed to get NWN reinstalled. Then I reinstalled both expansion packs and updated through the opening screen. I loaded the game I had saved in a separate file, and I finally got the cut scene everyone was talking about! My computer did freeze during the actual fight a few minutes later, so I took phillip's advice to unsummon my familar, which I didn't really need for the battle, anyway. After that, I had no problems at all. Thanks so much to everyone for your help. Now I can finally finish the game! [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 02-28-2004, 11:27 PM: Message edited by: Tiela ]

02-29-2004, 06:40 AM	#16
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	Good to hear it works. BTW did you update to version 1.62 as that bug is fixed according to the patch details. Unless this is another bug which they couldn't find because the game crashed before this.

02-29-2004, 02:16 PM	#17
Tiela Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 28, 2002 Location: CA Posts: 24	I think I have the latest patch installed. It may have just been a random crash that I didn't need to unsummon the familiar for. I haven't had the game crash in any other place, though. I have resummoned my familiar (in Cania), and the game is running fine now, though.

02-29-2004, 02:39 PM	#18
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	Could be just random. i hear HotU makes the game less stable sometimes.

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