Game gets stuck and crashes all the time

[Nowi Ribak]

Hello dear friends,

I really started enjoying sorting through the first turn, until a problem started occuring - the game freezes after ~30 min of playing, always when I click in unit windows (nothing specific, doesnt matter if air, navy or LCU or base) and I cannot select or do anything anymore (i.e. crashes).

I run the .exe with following specifications:
War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -deepColor -cpu3 -skipVideo -px1366 -py768 -fd -multiaudio -altFont

Small but modern laptop, Intel i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz 1.99GHz
8 GB RAM
64-Bit-System
graphic: Intel UHD Graphics 620
Performance should not be a problem

It really messes up my gaming experience, because you would expect a certain amount of stability from a visual excel spreadsheet ... do I have to save every 15 min now?

Please give some assistance, I will specify further if you need more information.

Thanks very much in advance

[zakblood]

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https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-UHD-Graphics-620-GPU-Review-Benchmarks-and-Specs.239936.0.html

Due to its lack of dedicated graphics memory or eDRAM cache, the HD 620 has to access the main memory (2x 64bit DDR3/DDR4).

the UHD 620 is most suited for casual games

as you don't mention what O/S your using etc

[BBfanboy]

Others reported that problem and had to install "switches" in the startup icon to get the computer to work with the old game engine.
See the sticky called "Slow Performance" at the top of the Tech Forum. Read through to understand about switches and then try setting some in your direct shortcut icon properties (the one that points to the game executable, not the Autorun.exe file shortcut that the game automatically installs on your desktop).

If you need further help, just post here again, preferably with screenshots.

[zakblood]

Video/Graphics: 128M minimum, 256M recommended

applies to dedicated cards, not onboard, which can be something else all together, but sounds like something else tbh after 30mins, if it's always 30mins then something internal has been set to happen at a given time, not game related, so try screen savers power saving or anything else which turns on after 30 mins, can even be a app or program working in the background, or a windows one starting up or just going on after a set time AV for instance, without more information and details, it's hard to say other than guess

[Nowi Ribak]

Thanks for the first few replies - OS is Win10.

I will experiment with switches some more.
Will come back if problem stays.

[Korvar]

A couple recommendations:

1. Use windowed mode if possible (-wd instead of -fd). Fullscreen mode tends to have more graphical issues, and I've written a 'fullscreen windowed' mode guide if you want the best of both worlds.
2. If you're comfortable accessing your BIOS, there is often an option to increase the memory allocation for your integrated graphics.
3. You may want to try using the -SingleCpuOrders switch as well; I use it with the -cpu3 switch to combat a similar, although less severe issue. My game's responsiveness tends to slow down over time - it rarely if ever crashes, but the interface becomes less responsive. It is cured by restarting the game. The above switches seem to slow down the process a little.

[Yaab]

Uhm, I am running WITP AE on Intel HD 520 card with no problems. Intel i3 , 8GB RAM. Maybe -dd_sw switch would help here?

[zakblood]

yes but it also depends on what else a given system runs in the back ground, some work, others lag or crash or freeze, that's how it works, no 2 systems are the same, as your setup will be different to his, so maybe a switch error, maybe something else, but guess work to find out what it is or could be i'm sorry to say

[Korvar]

Agreed.

SeaBee will increase the speed at which you can iterate switch combinations to find the 'sweet spot' for a particular system. Yaab is also correct - I forgot to mention -dd_sw, it often helped with game interface lag.

[Nowi Ribak]

Thanks for the further replies, I am now going in for the next test run.
Enjoy a nice Sunday!

EDIT: the switch -dd_sw is a gamechanger, I now get instant response from every button, whereas beforehand it may have taken a split second. THANK YOU!

2nd EDIT: -dd_sw did the trick, game is running smoothly for several hours.
Thanks guys [8D]

[Aksully]

So how does one add the switch to -wd? Thx. Just got the game and when I hit Play Game it goes full screen low resolution and I get pixel issues when scrolling the map. Someone must have this game working correctly on a modern Windows 10 high end desktop!! Thx in advance.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Aksully

So how does one add the switch to -wd? Thx. Just got the game and when I hit Play Game it goes full screen low resolution and I get pixel issues when scrolling the map. Someone must have this game working correctly on a modern Windows 10 high end desktop!! Thx in advance.

I already answered in your own thread about resolution issues - just read the stickied thread called "Slow Performance" near the top of the Tech Forum. After you understand that we can talk about your issues more effectively.