really annoying glitch -_-

Ice771x · Post by **Ice771x** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:11 pm

ill be walkin around or grinding or somethin, and my screen will just freeze. but i can still hear stuff going on around me, and when i dc and log back in, im in a totally different spot. everything keeps happening-i keep moving and all-but my picture just stops.

does anyone know how to fix it?

cool2fool · Post by **cool2fool** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:31 pm

it's not a glitch. I have that problem when play on my brother computer. And it's not graphic problem , because the computer has a really good graphic card. I wanna know hwo to resolve that too.

numatan · Post by **numatan** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:15 pm

There's really several things that can cause this issue, but I will try to cover a few possibilities here.

Try a complete virus/spyware scan with multiple tools, not just one.
Disable any unnecessary programs and services before loading SRO, especially those requiring Internet access.
Defrag the hard drive. Defrag it again. And again, until you have large chunks of blue with no red.
While you're at it, defrag the page file and registry too: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/PageDefrag.mspx
Upgrade the firmware on your router (if you use one).
Make sure you have the most current video drivers.
If you're using a wireless network, try using a wired connection. Some wifi routers have a "speed boost" mode that causes packets to arrive out of sequence. This can cause a lot of problems with some online games.

It sounds like a network issue, like maybe the connection is getting choked.

Hope this helps.

Chaby · Post by **Chaby** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:52 pm

Similar thing happens to me. I have r9600xt gpu. Sometimes while I play picture freezes, monitor goes off, then back on and message pops up that ati gpu crashed and restarded and bla bla bla. It happens a lot, at least once a day, and it's annoying. :twisted:

btw. after that tinh pops up, theres a report a problem, which I did. It offered me a solution, but it didnt help -.-

Frozen · Post by **Frozen** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:59 pm

Hey Chaby if you go into your catalyst control panel there's
an option in there to turn that off. Used to happen to me until i turned
it off now it never happens

numatan · Post by **numatan** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:01 pm

Chaby wrote:Similar thing happens to me. I have r9600xt gpu. Sometimes while I play picture freezes, monitor goes off, then back on and message pops up that ati gpu crashed and restarded and bla bla bla. It happens a lot, at least once a day, and it's annoying.

btw. after that tinh pops up, theres a report a problem, which I did. It offered me a solution, but it didnt help -.-

I don't have an ATI box in front of me atm, but I remember having this problem a lot after installing the Catalyst Control Center. Perhaps reinstalling the driver without the CCC might help.

Also, is the card overclocked? If so, you may want to drop the GPU and/or memory settings a tad.

dodledoy · Post by **dodledoy** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:25 pm

happens 2 me aswell but i don't think u can fix it.

Mage Pker · Post by **Mage Pker** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:13 pm

its probably just lag + ur computer sucks

this only happens to me when im playing during peak hours.

iGod · Post by **iGod** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:34 pm

Stopped happening to me after i got rid of my ati card....

Airbeat · Post by **Airbeat** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:40 pm

this has happened to me too, and i have new pc with really good graphic card and all that stuff..
When it happened to me, i had to restart the hole computer, coz everything was frozen :banghead:

Ice771x · Post by **Ice771x** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:50 pm

my computer doesnt suck. its pretty much brand new. ive gt a geforce go 7400 and a gig of ram. i dont usually lag at all. its just a reeeeeeeally annoying problem.

Stallowned · Post by **Stallowned** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:53 pm

By far the most annoying bug/glitch/whateveryoutocallit

You then ahve to close it with ctrl/alt/delete. Which takes like 5 minutes.

And then when you try to start back up, there's a 9/10 chance you will get the ??? error each time you load, which means computer restart time :banghead:

Eukanuba · Post by **Eukanuba** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:06 pm

That used to happen to me a lot.....like every fifteen minutes in the evenings. The problem was my connection. A call to Verizon resulted in a technician coming out the next day. About an hour later, everything (not just SRO) was better than it had ever been.

Check the lights on your modem to see if your connection is good or not.

Ice771x · Post by **Ice771x** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:20 pm

my modem says everythings fine and my connection (wireless) is....low.

hmm. maybe ill try moving downstairs near the router and ill see what happens lol

DragonTalon · Post by **DragonTalon** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:48 pm

Mage Pker wrote:its probably just lag + ur computer sucks this only happens to me when im playing during peak hours.

Yeah i think its just lag. It used to happen to me.

Dreadroze · Post by **Dreadroze** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:26 pm

Ok. I think i know whats going on with games that freezes and shuts down or whatever it is. I dont know if its this but i think your graphic card is getting too warm. My sisters computer had this problem and whatever the graphic card was too warm else the whole cpu /syst is too warm, get a new good fan or something. Try open the compscale to cool it down or whatever u wanna call it lol, bye.