Diplomacy Crashes my system

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Hi,

I just did the pre-buy for the Diplomacy expansion to SoSE and SoSE:Entrenchment. As part of this transaction, I was given a download of the Diplomacy beta. I downloaded it, and after it downloaded and installed, I was given the option of running the program. I did, and it blanked out the screen, as SoSE and Entrenchment do (I run them full screen, 1920 X 1200 on a Dell 2407WFP). However, the graphics that start up the game never appear, and I lose control of the system (i.e. I have to power off the system, it does not respond to Crtl-Alt-Del to bring up the taak manager, or to Alt-TAB to allow me to change windows), and I have to power the system down. Figuring this may be something that required me to restart the system, I power up the system (getting the standard Windows "System was not shutdown properly" warning screen), clicking on "start the system normally" and Windows comes back up fine. I try to restart Diplomacy, same thing (screen blanks out, need to power down the system with the power switch, etc.). SoSE and SoSE:Entrenchment run fine, and show no outstanding patches on Impulse.

System is:

Mainboard: Intel DG33FB, Bios version is DPP3510J.86A.0572.2009-0715.2346

CPU: Intel Q6600, 2.4GHz

RAM: 8GB DDR2-800

Video Card: EVGA nVidia 8600GT OC, 256MB GDDB3 (685 GPU Clock, 810MHz memory, 1500MHz Shader), PCI-E X 16 slot.

Video Drivesrs are nVidia Forceware 191.07

OS: Vista Ultimate 64 bit, SP2, Build 6002. Windows Update shows no outstanding updates.

 

Kostas

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

The beta starts with fresh settings, which means running at 800x600 to start with. Sometimes monitors/driver/resolution combinations have bugs in Vista; I lived through one with an 8800GTS and a Chimei 22".

 

Just for kicks, go into the beta.user.settings in your user\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins\Settings folder and set the resolution manually:

VideoAdapterOrdinal 0

VideoIsWindowed FALSE

VideoRefreshRate 60

VideoFullScreenWidth 1920

VideoFullScreenHeight 1200

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks, that did it! Seems like this is a bug that should be addressed, but as this is a beta, it may be understandable. I don't understand why it wouldn't just start at some baseline resolution and then you could get into the video settings and go from there.

 

Kostas

Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Glad it worked - it's worth noting that the glitch is most likely independent of Sins as it's been a recurring problem with nVidia drivers on Vista. Try setting low resolutions in other games.