Crashing

[Jqwerty]

I have looked around on the technical forums already for possible ways to fix this, but it seems no one has had my situation.

I had no problem creating my character and logging on. Everything works smoothly for me there. The problems start happening when I press the dreaded "Play" button.

I see the loading "Regnum Online" screen and it loads various things on the bottom for about ten or seconds. Then it does one of a few different things.
~Then my computer restarts. (still seeing the loading Regnum page)
~My game crashes with the Error message saying my program crashed
~I see the game interface for a few seconds & my PC restarts

Then I try to log on again and it says I'm already logged in.
(I can re-log in about five minutes though)

I've tried to install the DirectX Runtimes for June 2007.
I've tested it on OpenGL & Direct3D with different screen size resolutions.

My system's diagnostics look something like this.

OS: Windows XP Home Edition
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel Celeron CPU 2.80Ghz
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce FX 5200
Memory: 512MB RAM
Direct X Version: 9.0c
Sound Card: Realtek AC97 Audio

If you have any suggestions please feel free to post them. I was looking forward to seeing if this game was any fun, but I can't even get into the game.

~Josh

[Froste]

Well, if it resets your computer, something sounds horribly wrong. Maybe a hardware error?

[arlick]

i think like froste. are u sure that your pc arent to hot when it restart? meaby is that.

[Jqwerty]

No it isn't a hardware error. Last night I got it working for about an hour, then I shut it off and went to bed. I tried to get it working again, and I have the same problem. My computer restarts.

The one time I got it working I was using these settings:

Full Screen [x]
Update all new resources sources at once [ ]
Enable sound [x]
Enable music [x]
Force Safe Mode [x]
1024x768x32 Resolution
Direct 3D Renderer

And everything all the way up in the "Advanced Options"

I think I'm going to try it again with Safe Mode on. I'm starting to think that is the key factor whether or not it works. When I tried it today before reviewing what I did last night; safe mode was off.

~Still, I don't think I should NEED safe mode; should I?

[NightTwix]

that sounds very much like a hardware issue.
either heat (cpu/gpu) or bad RAM.

and no, you dont need safe mode.
you could also try if windowed mode works better. but i doubt it.

[Jqwerty]

Well, I was messing around with it and I got it working again. It looks like I have to have Safe Mode on. Oh well, at least it is working now. Hopefully it won't fail on me again.

[ArcticWolf]

Try getting a new driver version for your graphics adapter.

[Jqwerty]

My driver version is up-to-date. Still I can't get the game working without safe-mode on.

[ArcticWolf]

My driver version is up-to-date. Still I can't get the game working without safe-mode on.

Try disabling one graphic option at a time so you could detect what's the problem. Try first disabling particles and post processing... Maybe there's a conflict with some cryptic-code part of the driver.

Also, post every crash bactrace and error that you can find on the c:\program files\ngd studios\regnumonline\liveserver folder

[Jqwerty]

Alright, I'll try that then. What is this about posting the errors?

[blazedd]

Why are all of your graphics settings turned "all the way up" with a Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 and only 512MB RAM?