geldorave Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 I was running through The Esseles (Republic) and reached the ending scene and then the programme crashed. It said Windows was looking for a solution. Tried it 3 times at it was at the exact same part where the programmed stopped working altogether.
Prototypemind Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 (edited) Known issue. It can be fixed by some people by running certain editions of their video card drivers, but for others there are odd fixes like tabbing out to desktop before the screen goes black, running in windowed mode, not running in windowed mode. It seems it's not a bug they've been able to replicate easily so it hasn't been taken care of yet. Edited January 23, 2014 by Prototypemind
Jedi_riches Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Which graphic card drivers are affected? I have had a AMD card currently in my computer but I am building a new machine which has got a EVGA Nvidia GTX 780ti 3GB card but wonder if that will stop the issue?
geldorave Posted January 24, 2014 Author Posted January 24, 2014 I'm using ATI Radeon HD 6700. I guess I should go update my driver and see how it goes. Im fine with other FPs, its just Esseles I have this problem. Ah well..
Stoofa Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 This is a day 1 bug that is still with us over 2yrs later. As it's a FP most people do at some point I'd have thought it should have been a priority - but there, what do I know? Only solution I know is just before the final hyperspace animation, alt-tab out of the game and allow it to continue. You'll hear the game continue, then alt-tab back in and you'll be able to complete the FP as normal.
geldorave Posted January 24, 2014 Author Posted January 24, 2014 This is a day 1 bug that is still with us over 2yrs later. As it's a FP most people do at some point I'd have thought it should have been a priority - but there, what do I know? Only solution I know is just before the final hyperspace animation, alt-tab out of the game and allow it to continue. You'll hear the game continue, then alt-tab back in and you'll be able to complete the FP as normal. Thanks Stoofa, your suggestion solved the problem!! Will test it again to see consistency..
geldorave Posted January 27, 2014 Author Posted January 27, 2014 Just a quick update, Alt-tabbing solved the problem. Thanks all for the help and suggestions. Cheers!
Jarnaktane Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Yes, alt-tabbing fixes it, but seriously... the game has always crashed people out during the travel at the end, but at least one person gets kicked at the final conversation point every single time now. I ran it a dozen times over the last week on several different characters, and it crashed without fail for at least one member. Why a dozen times? Because I wanted the quest completion and the 15 Planetary comms you get for the first run on a toon. Haha, just wanted to add my grrr without starting a new thread!
Ancaglon Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) I found that it crashed for me every time if I spacebar'd the conversation, but would (usually) work OK if I let it run through. Regardless, there's clearly a serious problem in the game engine whenever it tries to deal with "Jump to Lightspeed" cutscenes, whether it's The Esseles, Black Talon, or Boarding Party, and it's still around after 2 years.... it might actually be simpler to change the "script" so it's an external view of the ship shooting away than it is to fix the engine. Edited January 28, 2014 by Ancaglon
Jedi_riches Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I thought that my brand new computer with a EVGA nvidia 780ti graphics card would stop this but even on the newest of cards this still happens. AAAAHHHHHH!!!!
Rekia Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) I'm having this problem too. It's very frustrating for me to try and remember to alt tab at the right time so I don't crash. I've never made it through Black Talon or Esseles without crashing, maybe one day I'll remember to attempt the alt tab fix. I remember playing this game in 2012 and having this problem. I can't believe it's not fixed yet since it's something that affects so many people and it's the first flashpoint that most players are going to try. For reference, I have an Nvidia 660 TI. Edited January 31, 2014 by Rekia
DakotaDoc Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) This bug has been around soooooo Loooooonnnnggg that it is now a feature. I have it too. almost every time I am Esseles and Black Talon I see someone else with the problem. Edited January 31, 2014 by DakotaDoc
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