Being popped out to Windows periodically. - by TheDorkProject
TheDorkProject on 8/12/2002 at 17:44
I'll be playing Arx and it'll be going fine, and then all of a sudden for no apparent reason I'm just back in windows, Arx is closed...
it's quite annoying, and happens without fail if I play for 10 minutes or so.
It's really frustrating, does anyone have any idea what I might do?
Shadowcat on 8/12/2002 at 20:32
Ah, CTDs are frustrating... it's undoubtedly some sort of hardware or driver issue. I don't know if anyone can help, but you'll have a better chance if you tell us the details of your machine:
motherboard, cpu, memory, sound card, video card, windows version, etc
Try playing without sound (if there's a disable-sound option in the setup menu, that is -- I don't mean switching your speakers off :) and that should indicate if it's an audio-related issue (it's amazing how often this is the case).
Have you updated your video drivers? That's another common problem.
matt4001 on 9/12/2002 at 09:31
This happened to me. Installing the 1.15 patch stopped it.
xman on 9/12/2002 at 14:54
Crashes to desktop (CTD) can come from many sources : either from the game or from some configuration problems with your OS or drivers, or from a hardware problem (usually too high overclocking).
But, since I finished Arx Fatalis (under Windows XP SP1 with patch v1.14 for Arx) without encountering ANY CTD, I think that there must not be many critical bugs left in Arx and then I believe that your CTDs are NOT because of Arx.
If you are overclocking your machine, I suggest that you reduce your overclocking. Otherwise, I advise you to change/update some drivers or reinstall your OS.
