S.T.A.L.K.E.R problems...

deadeyeselh · Dec 31, 2007, 02:02 AM

Im pretty sure im not the only one in the world having problems with stalker, considering they made a patch 4 days after release..., but this is really starting to piss me off. Everytime i play for about 2-15 minutes, the game will freeze and i can't do anything about it, no ctrl-alt-del or anything, i heard this problem and others like it have something to do with ATI cards or drivers, is there anything i can do to fix this problem, any help would be apreciated, thx.

BlueMak · Dec 31, 2007, 02:04 AM

350 watt power supply? Is that enough?

Anyway, is your system drivers and windows updates, up to date?

deadeyeselh · Dec 31, 2007, 02:16 AM

My video driver is CCC 7.11, my windows updates are pretty well recent, and yeah im gonna get my 430 watt in soon, its been sitting on my desk...

BlueMak · Dec 31, 2007, 02:37 AM

Have you tried playing the game with disabled screensaver, anti virus, internet connection, messengers, voip, anything that is not 100% needed by the game to run?

IT might be one of them interfering.

deadeyeselh · Dec 31, 2007, 03:05 AM

every time i play a game i only keep on the things i need to keep the computer running, anything like msn i close

BlueMak · Dec 31, 2007, 05:06 AM

Do you play any other graphics intensive games like this one? I wonder if it is a STALKER only problem because of the game or perhaps your PC over heats or perhaps your memory has problems.

Also, try for AA and AF choosing the option "let the application decide". I seem to remember that Stalker had a problem that if you forced some AA / AF then the game would crash.

Also, make sure you read the release notes of the graphics drivers in case it is a known issue with the graphics card that require something special to be done.

deadeyeselh · Dec 31, 2007, 10:08 PM

i play call of duty 4, doom 3, battlefield 2, a few others, yeah i tried the AA. I think it it might be a memory problem, cuzz a stick did fry a while back, getting new motherboard and RAM soon so that might be it, surprised it didn't take the motherboard with it. thats why i only have one gig, the two black RAM slots are unusable, but any other game I play fine, a beat COD 4 in 2 1/2 days without one bit of lag with the bad motherboard, hopefully the new board and RAM will come in soon, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. might be crashing becuase my RAM might not be able to handle the open world. I may just get the second stalker instead.

deadeyeselh · Dec 31, 2007, 10:19 PM

one question, how do i upload an avatar?

BlueMak · Jan 1, 2008, 05:33 AM

From the CP top of the page. But I think you need a certain amount of posts before you can do that. I might be wrong.

deadeyeselh · Jan 2, 2008, 05:46 AM

ok

Dec 31, 2007, 02:02 AM	#1
deadeyeselh DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	S.T.A.L.K.E.R problems... Im pretty sure im not the only one in the world having problems with stalker, considering they made a patch 4 days after release..., but this is really starting to piss me off. Everytime i play for about 2-15 minutes, the game will freeze and i can't do anything about it, no ctrl-alt-del or anything, i heard this problem and others like it have something to do with ATI cards or drivers, is there anything i can do to fix this problem, any help would be apreciated, thx.

Dec 31, 2007, 02:04 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,247 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	350 watt power supply? Is that enough? Anyway, is your system drivers and windows updates, up to date? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 31, 2007, 02:37 AM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,247 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Have you tried playing the game with disabled screensaver, anti virus, internet connection, messengers, voip, anything that is not 100% needed by the game to run? IT might be one of them interfering. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 31, 2007, 05:06 AM	#6
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,247 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Do you play any other graphics intensive games like this one? I wonder if it is a STALKER only problem because of the game or perhaps your PC over heats or perhaps your memory has problems. Also, try for AA and AF choosing the option "let the application decide". I seem to remember that Stalker had a problem that if you forced some AA / AF then the game would crash. Also, make sure you read the release notes of the graphics drivers in case it is a known issue with the graphics card that require something special to be done. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jan 1, 2008, 05:33 AM	#9
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,247 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	From the CP top of the page. But I think you need a certain amount of posts before you can do that. I might be wrong. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 31, 2007, 02:16 AM	Thread Starter #3
deadeyeselh DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	My video driver is CCC 7.11, my windows updates are pretty well recent, and yeah im gonna get my 430 watt in soon, its been sitting on my desk...

Dec 31, 2007, 03:05 AM	Thread Starter #5
deadeyeselh DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	every time i play a game i only keep on the things i need to keep the computer running, anything like msn i close

Dec 31, 2007, 10:08 PM	Thread Starter #7
deadeyeselh DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	i play call of duty 4, doom 3, battlefield 2, a few others, yeah i tried the AA. I think it it might be a memory problem, cuzz a stick did fry a while back, getting new motherboard and RAM soon so that might be it, surprised it didn't take the motherboard with it. thats why i only have one gig, the two black RAM slots are unusable, but any other game I play fine, a beat COD 4 in 2 1/2 days without one bit of lag with the bad motherboard, hopefully the new board and RAM will come in soon, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. might be crashing becuase my RAM might not be able to handle the open world. I may just get the second stalker instead.

Dec 31, 2007, 10:19 PM	Thread Starter #8
deadeyeselh DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	one question, how do i upload an avatar?

Jan 2, 2008, 05:46 AM	Thread Starter #10
deadeyeselh DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	ok