Hard Locks - Spoiling my experience!

[obiwanquinobi]

Well, the game as a spectacle is stunning. It’s beautiful beyond belief. The characters are stunning, the voice acting is amazing and in all honesty it’s exceeded my expectations so far.

Now my problems:

I can’t play the game for any prolonged period of time, because it keeps hard locking my machine up. The first lock up occurred when I first started the game and was setting up my keys/controls. I have tried all sorts to clear this up.

• Loosening RAM timings
• Down clocking my CPU (From Stock)
• Down clocking my Graphics Card
• Lots of different sets of drivers (from DNA’s OMEGA, CATALYSTS)

I don’t have any heat issues with CPU or Graphics – all temps are well within the acceptable range.

I have no problems with other games, and just for a test I played MOHPA for 2 ½ hours constant last night @ 1600x1200 all details to full – my system didn’t flinch one bit?!

I also have the problem with the hitching/pausing that so many people have been experiencing - which is apparently down to sound?!.

I also have a problem with texture flickering on character models (legs mainly) – this is pretty consistent and is a bit annoying – but to be fair I’ve not been able to play for long enough for it to bother me a too much.

Just wondering if anyone else has had the hard locking issue – this seems to be an isolated problem so far (Just me) the others will more than likely be sorted with driver updates (hopefully).

Specs: XP3200+@Stock - 1GB Corsair DDR 400 - X800 Pro VIVO @16 Pipes 500/500 - Using Omega 4.10 at present.

 

[appoooh]

I had the same problem -- my machine was hard locking regularly, regardless of what I was doing in the game. It hard locked while I was configuring graphics options, it hard locked after I left the game in pause mode in order to post a letter / collect my dinner. It hard locked just before I entered the teleporter in the intro.

What fixed things for me was to set autosave to 0 in the console. I haven't had a lockup since, and I've been playing straight for over two hours.

Also, if you're experiencing stuttering issues with sound, setting the sound quality option to medium mostly remediates the problem.

BTW, the game is a masterpiece.