RE: Hang in SoaSE v1.16

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I checked the recent posts and didn't see one on a hang issue I ham havign with Sins of a Solar Empire. I have updated to the April 22,2009 version via impulse, and the same hang occurs, albeit slightly later in the game.

I have this on a Vista computer, the memory size is just below that required for the 64 bit version, and I have plenty of disk space.

When it hangs, there is a dull sound repeating while hanging, but nothing else in the game is the same when it hangs (not building anything new, not first pirate attack, nothing).

Any ideas?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Verify your installation or its just lagging

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

first, I would suggest updateing the sound and video drivers.

second I would suggest at least 3gb of ram installed

2 sins of a solar empire needs 2GB or ram to run properly, and vista 32 & 64 bit also need atleast 2gb to run properly

the description of the problem suggests that it is the sound drivers that are crashing, possibly from the drivers in memory being overwritten with other information.

hope this helps

harpo

 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

When the dull noise happens, the keyboard and mouse have no effect either.

I have the 3 GB memory in the computer. the CPU is Pentium Dual @ 2.20 GHz. Video Card has 512 MB.

Installation has been verified to version 1.16 twice.

 

 

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

check if there are updated drivers available for the soundcard/motherboard's sound and also the motherboard

harpo

 

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Motherboard - checked - most current driver

Audio - checked - most current driver

Video Card - checked - most current driver

Directx Diagnostic - no problems - Version - Directx 10

Also same error takes place on most current version of GalCiv 2: Dread Lords

 

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

looks like a sound IRQ issue , and would suggest a replacement soundcard and drivers might fix the problem.

harpo

 

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

But the sound works fine until it hangs (voice, background music, etc).

If Stardock would have the game create accessible event logs when it crashes, that would probably help.