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Old 07-23-2001, 03:16 PM   #1
Max Power
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For some reason BG2 is the most unstable game I've ever played. When I'm in a big battle I'm more worried about the game crashing than me dying. It will either minimize and be "not responding" or "Assertion failed in ChDataType(?) at line 250" or occasionally it just freezes. Would the unsupported resolutions be a cause of this? (I've got it on 1024x768).

All my drivers are updated and all that. The only other thing I can think of is my processors are overclocked and when the sun is out, the comp gets pretty hot which increasing the frequency of the crashes. I've never had this happen on any other game I've played.

It's really annoying when I get halfway through a big fight (multiple times) in good shape and then have to start over.

Anyone else have this problem or know of it's cause (even if it can't be fixed)?

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Old 07-23-2001, 05:03 PM   #2
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BG2 has only crashed once or twice in my 50+ hours of gameplay. And then it usually just hangs, mouse cursor stops moving and needs a cold reboot.

I'm assuming you have the latest patch? And if you really think its caused by overclocking, clock your processor and/or video card down and see if you still get crashes.

Anyway, I hate to say it, but it is something in your configuration, cause BG2 isn't that unstable.
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Old 07-23-2001, 05:07 PM   #3
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The unsupported resolution can cause that, because it's not supported. That means nobody tested it for compatibility with this game.

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Old 07-23-2001, 07:24 PM   #4
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I have never had BG II crash on me in all the many many hours I have played it but then again I have never run the unsupported resolutions.
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Old 07-23-2001, 07:49 PM   #5
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BG2 is one of the MOST stable games i have played.......

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Old 07-24-2001, 01:22 AM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by Max Power:
For some reason BG2 is the most unstable game I've ever played. When I'm in a big battle I'm more worried about the game crashing than me dying. It will either minimize and be "not responding" or "Assertion failed in ChDataType(?) at line 250" or occasionally it just freezes.

Would the unsupported resolutions be a cause of this? (I've got it on 1024x768).

Yes they would be. You can't really say it's unstable if you're using an unsupported resolution - that's like putting a lot of mods into your game and then saying that it crashes all the time.

I think you will experience almost zero crashes if you use a supported resolution. Slowdown, yes. Crashes, hardly ever.

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Old 07-24-2001, 02:17 AM   #7
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I've never experienced any game stability problems with BG2. Why not try one of the 'official' resolutions (say, 800 x 600) and see if the problems go away?
If it doesn't at least you know it's not the higher resolution that is causing the crash.
My screen resolution is 1024 x 768, but I play BG2 at 800 x 600.

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Old 07-24-2001, 02:22 AM   #8
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Yes they would be. You can't really say it's unstable if you're using an unsupported resolution.
Well, I *could* say it's unstable but I can't blame Black Isle for it. I just like to push all my stuff to it's limit.

I'll try it with the supported resolutions and see what happens. Thanks for the responses.

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Old 07-24-2001, 02:22 AM   #9
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Sometimes my game crash when i leave rooms or buildings. Can the patch fix this?

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Old 07-24-2001, 04:35 AM   #10
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Check to see if it's on the list of bugs fixed. www.bioware.com

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