Games Quit bug.

Post by **Jenny** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:13 pm

I'll be playing random multiplayer and Quake would shut down completely, back to desktop... woulda thought there be a error message at least. :icon33:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:38 pm

Might be hardware issues.

"Check your ram." © ToxicBug 2002-2005.

Post by **dr3_theL33tqaker** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:03 am

I heard several ppl having this problem actually ...SO am I

Playing for some ramndom time...then game (wether its MP or SP) , crashes on desktop...without any particular error...leaving gamma all screwed..

MY PC perfectly ran DOOM 3...

Athlon 3200 64bit (@2.3) 300mhz OC
1024 kingston 333mhz 1- 512x2
GeForce6800 BFG OC (128mb)
Onboard sound
Soltek K8Tpro mobo (such a shit)LOL...

any ways ...post your specs...maybe well see whats wrong

Post by **d3fin3d** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:27 am

I get the same random desktop crashes. Doom 3 ran fine (in that regard).

My system hardware is pretty dodgy:

AMD 2600+ (underclocked from a 3000+ due to stability issues)
1gb RAM
Geforce 6800 GT 256mb (agp)

I'm probably going to get an AMD 64 3500+ (to remove this performance bottleneck) with a mobo capable of both AGP and PCI-e gfx cards so I can easily upgrade later if PCI-e becomes the dominant standard.

Post by **dr3_theL33tqaker** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:31 am

MAn, can you plz post your SPECS...??? what pc do you use..

We might figure out what is wrong then

Post by **DooMer** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:35 am

try to make a log.

seta logfile "1"
seta logFileName "console.log"

The next time it crashes, open console.log in q4base, and see if there are any errors at the end.

Post by **Jenny** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:16 am

3.4 Prescott, Pentium, oc to 3.7
6800GT oc
1GIG Geil RAM
Audigy 2 zs (openAL drivers)
P4C800-e dlx

Post by **dr3_theL33tqaker** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:46 pm

I was thinkin here ...all of us have Geforce's GFx , so might be that or drivers (i use newest ones), i doubt it has anything to do with CPU or MOBO. Then it could also be the software issue...wich i hope it is.

Ill try reistallin windows freshly and will post my results later.

Any luck with you guyes?

Post by **Jenny** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:49 pm

ye, i use latest drivers 78.01

Post by **surgeon62** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:07 pm

I have a Geforce 6800GT. Started out with 78.01 drivers and had no problem. Loaded 81.85 and started crashing to the desktop. I read somewhere (?) that 77.77 worked best so I went back to those and the crashing went away.

You might want to try changing drivers.

Post by **Psyche911** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:13 pm

I'm getting it too, but I figured it was because of my overclock. I don't usually run my CPU this high, but I needed a little more grunt for Quake 4.

I'll try the log like Doomer suggested.

P.S. I'm on an ATI 9800 Pro.

Post by **Jenny** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:49 pm

Nothing in log..

Any else have a router?

Post by **clkou** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:20 pm

I've had this error probably 3 times since I've been playing and I've probably put 20 hours or more into the game. So, it's not a constant problem, but obviously it's never fun when it happens, and it leaves my windows environment in fullbright mode and I have to reboot.

My system specs are 3.2 MHZ P4 with 2GB of RAM and GeForce 6800 Ultra with 256MB of RAM.

The first time the error occurred was during a FFA battle on Bloodwork - I was strafing from the SSG to an enemy coming up a bounce pad.

The second time the error occurred, I was at the end of a FFA battle and wanted to manually set/check my weapon binds. I got to the menu and it suddenly crashed - it's possible the server map was changing at that time, too.

The third time, I had been waiting to participate in a Tourney and had "readied up". It counted down to put us in the bracket, but sadly for me, it crashed.

I downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers released on October 20, 2005 before the third crash.

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:29 pm

I just had it happen to me, half way into testing something... :icon33:

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:32 pm

I got two crashes to desktop during the SP. They just happened out of the blue, BAM!

Post by **Jenny** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:39 pm

Your PC overclocked?
You use a router?

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:41 pm

yes and yes

but because so many people have the same problems (sudden random crash, screwing up gamma), I'd bet on it being some kind of bug in the game.

EDIT: and I have a R9800Pro, so it's probably not graphics drivers

Post by **RooKie** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:29 pm

clkou wrote:I've had this error probably 3 times since I've been playing and I've probably put 20 hours or more into the game. So, it's not a constant problem, but obviously it's never fun when it happens, and it leaves my windows environment in fullbright mode and I have to reboot.

.

this problem happened to me once in quake 3, all i did was go on the game again then exit it, dont reeboot, its a waste of time

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:38 pm

my computer reboots faster than quake4 starts up, loads menu's and quits again

also, my q4 crashed last night (left the screen fullbright). i restarted quake4 and played some, quit the game and windows was still too bright. so it seems restarting quake4 doesnt always help

Post by **Icon of Sin** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:39 pm

I was having this issue but mostly on servers running PunkBuster. I rolled back my video drivers to 77.77 and still experienced the issue. I forwarded port 24349 for Punkbuster in my router and all is fine now. I played for about an hour straight with no crashes or lock ups. This was on the same server that kicked me out 3 times in a row at the start of a second match.

Post by **Icon of Sin** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:41 pm

MKJ wrote:my computer reboots faster than quake4 starts up, loads menu's and quits again

also, my q4 crashed last night (left the screen fullbright). i restarted quake4 and played some, quit the game and windows was still too bright. so it seems restarting quake4 doesnt always help

When the game crashes and windows is to bright just run this file.

http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/gammafix.exe

Will correct it instantly.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:49 pm

indeed

(one of my computers is named Icon of Sin btw. fun stuff )

Post by **Icon of Sin** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:52 pm

MKJ wrote:indeed

(one of my computers is named Icon of Sin btw. fun stuff )

How sweet... just kidding, I have been using this screen name in online gaming since Doom 1. Hell My registration date for here was 5 years ago.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:55 pm

aye. i made a habit of naming my computers after doom terms, back in the day. Icon of Sin and The Inmost Dens are the ones that stuck

Post by **clkou** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:56 pm

RooKie wrote:this problem happened to me once in quake 3, all i did was go on the game again then exit it, dont reeboot, its a waste of time

I tried that for Quake 4 hoping it would behave as Quake 3 did, but alas, it didn't, so I had to reboot. But, for kicks and giggles, I'll try loading up Quake 3 if Quake 4 ever does that to me again and see what happens.

Games Quit bug.

Games Quit bug.

same here ...man