Guild wars has always been a bit of a problem for me, it freezes unexpectedly every few hours, sometimes few days. Its playable, just annoying when it happens.
I decided to upgrade my graphics card drivers which i did and restarted.
Then when i went onto guild wars i got all sorts of wacky stuff popping up all over the place.
Heres just one screen as an example
i then restarted and the problem seems to be okay for the moment, guild wars is running alright, though if it persists i'll reverse the changes.
Any idea what causes these problems -_-?
Problems after upgrading graphics drivers
RahlMyron
Etta
Your pc spec please?
The pic is a warrior hench skin, lol I've never seen anything like this before.
Your dat file could be corrupted as well. Also are you using any mod?
The pic is a warrior hench skin, lol I've never seen anything like this before.
Your dat file could be corrupted as well. Also are you using any mod?
Brianna
That looks like texture corruption, that is very similar to what textmod does to grab textures out of the game.
Delete your gw.dat file found in the directory, and re-download all of the files, and for re-downloading I suggest doing -Image. If the problems persist then try reverting drivers; it could just be the only solution.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command_Line
Delete your gw.dat file found in the directory, and re-download all of the files, and for re-downloading I suggest doing -Image. If the problems persist then try reverting drivers; it could just be the only solution.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command_Line
fusa
Are you using textmod? It will occasionally do that, cover a whole screen with a texture, just need to minimize it then maximize until its gone.
RahlMyron
Im not using any mod. The problem only started once updating my graphics driver, i think im going to roll it back now and see how it goes >.<
Etta
What card are you using? The driver itself shouldn't have any effect on the dat file.
RahlMyron
NVIDIA Gforce 8600 gt
the problem is now gone, however it has started freezing again. Can't win either way..
the problem is now gone, however it has started freezing again. Can't win either way..
fusa
Try going back to 169 drivers, I had a lot of problems with 175, including freezing.
RahlMyron
Following your advice i switched back to 169 and it seems to have resolved both issues. Thank you very much for the help!
Hott Bill
Now that was the coolest glitch on the planet.
zamial
I am a big fan of nvida products. This is a PERFECT example. especially when it comes to nvidia's drivers.
If it aint broke dont update it.
If it aint broke dont update it.
Lord Sojar
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Originally Posted by zamial
I am a big fan of nvida products. This is a PERFECT example. especially when it comes to nvidia's drivers.
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fusa
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Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief
The new driver release is excellent. Upgrade to it. If you have problems, they are on your end, because I have put the new drivers through torture tests, and they passed each one.
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zamial
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Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief
The new driver release is excellent. Upgrade to it. If you have problems, they are on your end, because I have put the new drivers through torture tests, and they passed each one.
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I tried the 175 drivers 3 times, 1 time in beta. 175 drivers did work but in gw it left disembodied shadow from:me,heroes/hench and dead monsters. It was amusing to watch master of whispers shadow run on the ground without him.
Maybe on P06 and 17?/18? the drivers will work for me. Btw I did dl the drivers, boot into safe mode and run driver sweeper to completely rid myself of old drivers , before installing the new drivers.
@fusa, please refrain from flaming rahja. As I see it, nvidia is, hands down better than radeon. If you want crappy drivers look at ati and creative. In comparison nvidia is really good.
Ruricu
I've been fiddling with the same bug myself, and, after just updating to the 175 series of drivers today, it persists. I'll try -image'ing my dat file again to see if the problem persists and report back if I remember to do so.
EDIT: Problem still persists after an -image. Woohoo.
EDIT: Problem still persists after an -image. Woohoo.
Syrax
I have the 175 drivers from nvidia (tech support in NC told me to try to reinstall the driver) and my GW, and my whole pc for that matter, keeps freezing and I can't do anything else but push the reboot button. Perhaps I should try going back to the 169 drivers and see if that works?
Snograt
A rollback is always worth a shot. On the other hand, the 175 drivers are known to work, so you really need to identify what in your pc is causing them to hang.
Syrax
Yea, contacted Tech Support in NCSoft. They are a bit slow to answer. 2 days since I sent it 