Fixing game freeze

[Pirateiam]

When I first loaded RFTS with the 1.40C patch I had continious CTds/Freeze issues. I was able to solve this problem and have now played up to the 7th campaign scenario... 200+ turns and not one crash.

Solution:

Go back to your older video card drivers. I have a Radeon 9600 and I had the latest driver set from thier support site. I backed down to my older driver and it works fine now. I had a similar problem with an older game (2001 era) that was also freezing and it works flawlessly now too. I will have to upgrade to play some newer games but to switch back and forth drivers is not too big of a problem. I think it has something to do with the direct draw calls from the older games, but not sure.

Hope this helps.

[Erik Rutins]

Pirateiam,

Thanks for the info - you should also try the new v1.41 update preview that I posted a link to in the main RFTS forum.

Regards,

- Erik