R1Q2 freezes

[Lohmatiy]

Hello,

Every so often, R1Q2 freezes and stops responding. Well, there is not much to add to that problem description. I suspect that R1GL might be the culprit, since for each time R1Q2 freezed, there is a corresponding nvlddmkm error (which is, well, just a generic error…) in Event Viewer, as follows:

Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

Event ID: 14
EventData
   \Device\Video5
   CMDre 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000001
   0000000002003000000000000E00AAC0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I tried several versions of the NVidia drivers to no avail. This happens neither in Windows nor in any other OpenGL/DirectX game. Turning off link state power managament in Power Options didn't help. I ran 3DMark for a couple hours, FurMark, Memtest86+, and Intel Burntest without any errors, so I am pretty sure it's not a hardware issue.

Windows 7 x64, GTX465, Core i7.

Anyone got any suggestions?

[VaeVictis]

Hello,

Every so often, R1Q2 freezes and stops responding. Well, there is not much to add to that problem description. I suspect that R1GL might be the culprit, since for each time R1Q2 freezed, there is a corresponding nvlddmkm error in Event Viewer, as follows:

Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

Event ID: 14
EventData
   \Device\Video5
   CMDre 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000001
   0000000002003000000000000E00AAC0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I tried several versions of the NVidia drivers to no avail. This happens neither in Windows nor in any other OpenGL/DirectX game. Turning off link state power managament in Power Options didn't help. I ran 3DMark for a couple hours and Intel Burntest without any errors, so I am pretty sure it's not a hardware issue.

Windows 7 x64, GTX465, Core i7.

Anyone got any suggestions?

idk... turn off multithreading in your nvidia control panel? old games dont like new hardware

[Lohmatiy]

idk... turn off multithreading in your nvidia control panel? old games dont like new hardware

Thanks, but it didn't help.

[UUD-40]

How often does this happen? Maybe you can try a different version of r1gl.

[Lohmatiy]

How often does this happen? Maybe you can try a different version of r1gl.

It happens at random intervals (could be a minute between two consecutive freezes, or 10 minutes, or 50 minutes). I'd say every 30 minutes on average.

It still freezes with R1GL 0.1.4. I don't think it's worth trying even older versions, since the 0.1.4 version was released in 2004.

[UUD-40]

I guess you could "pinpoint" the problem by trying the default opengl renderer. Does r1q2 crash then?

[Lohmatiy]

Yes. The default renderer is rather old anyway for a modern 400-series NVidia card (and is long unsupported), so in light of my card being stable during stress-testing, I thought I'd not mention it.

[UUD-40]

Thats about as far as my technical know how will take you, I'm throwing in the towel.

Maybe there are other options for modern q2 renderers? 

[Lohmatiy]

Thanks for trying to help, though.

On a side note, I tried Q2Pro, one of the anticheat-enabled clients. It does not freeze. Q2Pro seems to have a built-in renderer. However, Q2Pro's handling of physics and aliases and graphics is miserable compared to R1Q2/R1GL, IMHO (or I am just too used to the way my mouse and aliases work in R1Q2). I'd still like to have the problem solved in R1Q2/R1GL.

[quadz]

It still freezes with R1GL 0.1.4. I don't think it's worth trying even older versions, since the 0.1.4 version was released in 2004.

Have you tried the original ref_gl, just for diagnostic purposes?

[Lohmatiy]

Have you tried the original ref_gl, just for diagnostic purposes?

I guess you could "pinpoint" the problem by trying the default opengl renderer. Does r1q2 crash then?

Yes. The default renderer is rather old anyway for a modern 400-series NVidia card (and is long unsupported), so in light of my card being stable during stress-testing, I thought I'd not mention it.

[quadz]

Yes. The default renderer is rather old anyway for a modern 400-series NVidia card (and is long unsupported), so in light of my card being stable during stress-testing, I thought I'd not mention it.

Oh.  Sorry, somehow I don't quite understand what you've said there.

(a) You did try the old renderer, and it was stable?
(b) You did try the old renderer, but it was NOT stable?
(c) You didn't want to try the old renderer because it was old?
(d) ... ?

[Lohmatiy]

Yes. The default renderer is rather old anyway for a modern 400-series NVidia card (and is long unsupported), so in light of my card being stable during stress-testing, I thought I'd not mention it.

Oh.  Sorry, somehow I don't quite understand what you've said there.

Oops. Sorry, I forgot to quote UUD-40's question. He asked me if r1q2 crashed then. I said yes. So, no, the default renderer is not stable in R1Q2. It still freezes.

[CodeBlack]

EEk im having the same problem on my new system...
random freezes like yours, same error same everything 
time to try q2pro i guess..

[Punk_FAS]

I was having freezes, or really "crashes" of R1Q2 until recently.  I disabled Anticheat, and that seemed to cure the problem.  Not sure if you're running AC or not.