Crashes at single-player start.

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A little more definite than some of these other crash reports, the last two times I've tried to play in the full game (since I bought it -- these are the only two games I've tried to start after the demo) have crashed very early on. The map is Random - Small, and the first time, it crashed without the CD, second time, with the CD in the drive.

I'm running on Vista, if that helps. Brand new install, Halo 2 is crashing as well. >.< Probably unrelated, since that crashes after about and hour.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
um what is ur system specs if they don't match sins u might get that.

otherwise i would say UPDATE UR DRIVERS that helps sometimes.

ur computer could be overheating to, i sometimes get that problem after a long time playing.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Graphics: GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB
Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
Proc: AMD Athlon 4200+ 2.2 GHz dual-core
RAM: 2.5 GB DDR1

Yeah, I think I should be able to run the game fine.

And this is a brand-new install of Vista, so my drivers are up-to-date. I even let Vista do an extra check for me just now.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
it crashed without the CD, second time, with the CD in the drive.
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The game doesn't require the disc to play, so that'd be a non-factor. Make sure you've patched the game up to 1.05 though, as that most certainly can be a factor.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
It's at 1.05, I downloaded the 1.05 bonus pack immediately after I registered. Today, I'm going to uninstall and try playing the CD version with no patch.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Hi,

Is the resolution in the game set the same as your desktop resolution? I found my game was crashing because of a difference in this.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Confirmed 1.05 is crashing, 1.00 is not. And yes, 1440x900 is my desktop (monitor's native), and that's what I run the game at. Everything at Highest, Bloom enabled, runs extremely well.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
did u get a message talking aboput a mini dump?

cause i get this message at the begining.
c:\DOCUME~1\Kuba\LOCALS~1\Temp\Sins Dump/Sins-v1.00-2008-06-00-01-49-1884-824.dmp

cause i get it with and without the 1.05 patch....

i can only play right after i install it. and yes i have above system spects and i get no problem in game its just getting to the game that im having issues wiht.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
I'm having this same problem but about 30 min in. It seems to be running perfectly with not noticable problem then it just freezes and I can't do anything but restart my computer. I have the 1.05 patch too and my comp has 2.2 ghz processor with dual 7900 gts nvidia graphics cards. I was playing on a small random map too, is that it?
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
did u get a message talking aboput a mini dump?
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If you get a minidump, send the file referenced in that message in an email to [email protected]. They will check it out and let you know if there's anyhting you can do to fix it on your end.
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
I actually sent one of the crashes through Xfire, are you guys getting feedback off of their crash detection software?
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
I actually sent one of the crashes through Xfire, are you guys getting feedback off of their crash detection software?
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Doubtful. Please send minidumps to IC support directly.

Also note that Xfire itself has been known to cause crashes where otherwise there would be none, so you might try playing with Xfire not running.
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
I have basically the same system as SharkyRockon. It worked flawlessly until I installed 1.05 and now it is unplayable. It crashes 5 seconds or less in to any single player game (if I can make it through the main menu without crashing).

I am using ForceWare 175.16
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
Yep, I'm still having this problem where even on the lowest settings my game still crashes at least 15 minutes into the game, freezing my entire computer and forcing me to restart the system manually.
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
I am having the same issue with XP. It runs fine if I put it in windowed mode.
But full screen it will lock up, if I move the mouse the cursor will sit there for about 15 seconds before it moves. I saw a post that going back to 174.X drivers fixed it. So I installed the latest 174.X. It definately got better, I started a saved game I had and it worked great for about an hour. Then I was going to go into the menu for something, as soon as I clicked menu the menu came up and it froze.