Silkroad Online freeze...

[Auryn]

I've played SRO for a long time, but I quited like a 9-10 months ago.
I wanted to play again with a friend, but SRO freezes...
Even on low settings.. And I used to play it on high settings.
(yes it was after europe was released)

Maybe it's because of my drivers.
But I updated my graphic card driver and also direct x.
Anybody know what to do?

btw I don't think my system isn't good enough, because it used to run the game just fine and it runs other games. The temperature isn't very high inside the computer either, about 25-30°C/80-85°F.
Thanks in advance!

[Auryn]

Can anyone help me?

[tedtwilliger]

This guide i wrote should fix it. Give us feedback to see if it helps.

I use to freeze every time i went to town, or i use to get the ??? error a lot. So what i did is the following ( screenshots included ) and it solved my problems.

First of all to fix those pesky dc errors, we do the following. Go into the silkroad folder in the program files, then for each of the four .exe's right click and go to properties. Whilst in properties go to compatibility, and change the compatibility mode to windows 98/me.



Now do this for each of the four .exe’s They are labeled sro_client, replacer, silkroad and SilkErrSender

Now that should hopefully fix the ??? errors, though i chose to do this next step as well as it fixes problems where my computer just freezes when in town. Note the fact that this must be done every time you load up your client. So its best to do it at the character selection screen, as theres no point doing it if your client closes when you fail to log in on the first attempt.

Now when your client is all nice and loaded up, hit the windows key and proceed to use the crtl alt del combination. When at this screen, right click on the sro_client and click on go to process.



Now from here, right click on sro_client.exe, then go to priority, then set it to high as opposed to normal



Now if you have a dual core computer, like myself, you can also set the affinity so it runs off one as opposed to 2. I don’t know the logic behind it, but it fixed my problem. So now once again right click on the sro_client exe and go to Set Affinity, it should be right below the set priority option. From here, click the boxes so just the 1st cpu is clicked.



Now you must do this each and every time you open the client, but it has been a perfect solution for me. I hope it works for you too.

p.s If theres any mistakes someone please say so and ill fix them. Im very tired so i did this without paying too much attention >.<

[Auryn]

I'll try it today and I'll post later if it works.
Thanks!

btw: the freeze sometimes comes after 1 hour and sometimes after 10 minutes, is that normal?

[Auryn]

Nope, it doesn't fix the problem.
Any other solutions?

[Auryn]

My desktop runs at 1680*1050 resolution and silkroad at 1280*1024 resolution.
Is that a problem or shouldn't it be?

[Auryn]

Nobody has an idea?