my computer is freezing

AndreHungry

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

California, Escondido

Scar Meadows [SmS]

W/Mo

19 Jan 2006 at 20:51 - 1
Whenever i start guildwars it has 200+ files to downloadand after it downloads them it exits the download patch and then my computer freezes ... I do not know what is causing this but i think its the new patch for me. I have High speed internet with a modem so i shouldnt have any problems but i have tried 4 times and every time my computer freezes after patch has download.

Res Surection

Res Surection

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2006

Hackers Xtreme [HaX]

19 Jan 2006 at 22:05 - 2
high speed modem big deal, whats ur pc's stats? i think ur hard drive may be full
or ur proccessor isnt good enuf

Dex

Dex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Chicago, IL

Black Belt Jones

R/Me

19 Jan 2006 at 22:12 - 3
Andre, sometimes the updater has trouble with the incremental updates. Try to find a file called GW.dat in your Program Files\Guild Wars folder. Close GW, delete that file, and start GW again. The updater will download one big update. It will take a while, but this oftentimes solves problems with new updates.

Kaguya

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Moon

Mo/

19 Jan 2006 at 22:22 - 4
Ouch. Not something I'd like to do.. Tho the client is playable pretty quickly, even after deleting the whole dat-file.. on high speed connections that is.

Would imagine that isn't something 56k modem users wouldn't like a single bit.

AndreHungry

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

California, Escondido

Scar Meadows [SmS]

W/Mo

19 Jan 2006 at 22:41 - 5
Thanks.. Its still going right now but it hasnt froze yet...

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

19 Jan 2006 at 23:12 - 6
Give it a hot water bottle.

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

19 Jan 2006 at 23:23 - 7
You could try (if you have the physcial cd for guildwars) to do a repair install (if you haven't deleted your gw.dat file). If that doesn't fix it, go with Dex's solution.

AndreHungry

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

California, Escondido

Scar Meadows [SmS]

W/Mo

20 Jan 2006 at 04:02 - 8
umm. Is there a new log in screen ans stuff where you log into your char and it shows a summery of your character or did that happend when i deleted the GW.Dat file?

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

20 Jan 2006 at 04:20 - 9
There is a new login / character creation screen. Once you log in with that character, the summary gets updated. All accounts are stored with anet's server's, not your local pc. Deleting the file will not harm your account in any way.

Dex

Dex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Chicago, IL

Black Belt Jones

R/Me

20 Jan 2006 at 05:39 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by AndreHungry
umm. Is there a new log in screen ans stuff where you log into your char and it shows a summery of your character or did that happend when i deleted the GW.Dat file?
So I take it you're getting into the game now with no freezing...?