My game keeps freezing at the first loader. The one that you get after you press to select your character.
Help? Please?
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This is happening to a guild mate of mine. I'll try and be more specific. He has played GW on the same comp since Prophecies release, but just recently the following is occuring:
1. He can log into the character select screen.
2. He can select a character and it starts loading.
3. While it's loading he can hear the background noise (water, birds, etc)
4. We can actually see his toon in the guild hall.
5. But it never leaves the load screen.
He has reinstalled the game. Like I said, this is very recent. Any help, or advice would be awesome. He could contact Anet, but at this point we believe they'd say it's on his end (and rightfully so).
1. He can log into the character select screen.
2. He can select a character and it starts loading.
3. While it's loading he can hear the background noise (water, birds, etc)
4. We can actually see his toon in the guild hall.
5. But it never leaves the load screen.
He has reinstalled the game. Like I said, this is very recent. Any help, or advice would be awesome. He could contact Anet, but at this point we believe they'd say it's on his end (and rightfully so).
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Ok, have they updated their graphics card drivers lately?
Cause, I used to have this problem on my old computer, specs as follows;
*AMD Athlon 3200+
*1 gig of ram
* Windows XP SP2
*GeForce Fx5500 (It's card at the time of the problem)
It was simply the video card's problem, because when I switched a 6600 all the problems with freezing went away. It could have just been a driver issue back then - but I didn't care to update that, I simply just put in a new card and went.
Cause, I used to have this problem on my old computer, specs as follows;
*AMD Athlon 3200+
*1 gig of ram
* Windows XP SP2
*GeForce Fx5500 (It's card at the time of the problem)
It was simply the video card's problem, because when I switched a 6600 all the problems with freezing went away. It could have just been a driver issue back then - but I didn't care to update that, I simply just put in a new card and went.
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You can go to ''Start > Run > type in ''DxDiag'' without quotes, and then the ''System'' tab will display main information like your Processor, operating system how much memory you have etc.
The ''Display'' tab will tell you what video card you have, you can write it down on here or post screen shots if you desire. Also on the right hand of the screen when you're in the display tab, it will tell you which driver you have, what version, what date, etc, that can also be useful information too.
Also, you could try re-downloading your Gw.dat file located in the directory of where it was installed, you just simply delete it, and then launch the game again and it will begin re-building a new .dat file. Mind you that this is re-downloading every file in the game, it can take a long time. It may help because the .dat could have corrupted elements and/or be bloated, and it can cause issues such as these.
De-fragging your hard drive/and or the Gw.dat file wouldn't hurt either.
The ''Display'' tab will tell you what video card you have, you can write it down on here or post screen shots if you desire. Also on the right hand of the screen when you're in the display tab, it will tell you which driver you have, what version, what date, etc, that can also be useful information too.
Also, you could try re-downloading your Gw.dat file located in the directory of where it was installed, you just simply delete it, and then launch the game again and it will begin re-building a new .dat file. Mind you that this is re-downloading every file in the game, it can take a long time. It may help because the .dat could have corrupted elements and/or be bloated, and it can cause issues such as these.
De-fragging your hard drive/and or the Gw.dat file wouldn't hurt either.
manitoba1073
Desert Nomad
(SFC)Star Fleet Command,(TDE)The Daggerfall elite,(SOoM)Secret order of Magi
Joined Jan 2006
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Also, you could try re-downloading your Gw.dat file located in the directory of where it was installed, you just simply delete it, and then launch the game again and it will begin re-building a new .dat file. Mind you that this is re-downloading every file in the game, it can take a long time. It may help because the .dat could have corrupted elements and/or be bloated, and it can cause issues such as these. De-fragging your hard drive/and or the Gw.dat file wouldn't hurt either. |
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manitoba1073
Desert Nomad
(SFC)Star Fleet Command,(TDE)The Daggerfall elite,(SOoM)Secret order of Magi
Joined Jan 2006
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Originally Posted by manitoba1073
Then you got other problems lol. Time to go buy more. But finish listing the rest of your specs. And open the side of your case and tell us if you have 1 stick of ram or more in it too please.
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Just make sure you buy the right kind of ram.. you need to know what type your computer uses - assuming that it is DDR for a basis, but yeah it is important to know.
Mine uses PC6400 - DDR2 for example.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...memor y+guide The guide to memory on here, if you're bored and want a long read.
Mine uses PC6400 - DDR2 for example.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...memor y+guide The guide to memory on here, if you're bored and want a long read.
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Use the Crucial scanner - http://crucial.com/systemscanner/index.aspx
It will scan your system, tell you what memory you have installed and what you can install. Buy your memory from there - Crucial rocks.
It will scan your system, tell you what memory you have installed and what you can install. Buy your memory from there - Crucial rocks.
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Originally Posted by Snograt
Use the Crucial scanner - http://crucial.com/systemscanner/index.aspx
It will scan your system, tell you what memory you have installed and what you can install. Buy your memory from there - Crucial rocks. |
jk.Agreed though, I tend to like Crucial, seems solid.