Windows 7
Computer > Properties
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Control Panel > System and Security > System
Advanced System Settings > Advanced tab > Settings (under Performance) > Advanced tab > Change (under Virtual memory)
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Computer games bugs and conflicts
Conflicts
Bugs
- Terraria and Mumble (creative sound card bug?)
- Grand Theft Auto IV and Mumble (same as Terraria?)
- Grand Theft Auto IV and Process Explorer (securom restriction)
- Battlefield 3 and Process Explorer (punkbuster bug)
Bugs
- Singularity has no sound on my Audigy 1. Tried installing OpenAL but didn't help. Works with another sound card.
- Screen in BattleField Bad Company 2 sometimes flashes black frames. Sometimes screen becomes black for several seconds. This is on my GTX 275. Tried several different NVidia drivers versions (even betas) with no success. Very annoying bug.
- I couldn't play Battlefield 3 CO-OP mode unless I forward port 3659 from the router to my computer. I can then host the game and invite another player. I didn't have to make a rule in Windows Firewall. It probably already works if UPnP-style NAT traversal is enabled on your router, but I highly discourage its use due to potential security problems.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Terraria vs Mumble Conflict
There is currently a problem starting Terraria when you also have Mumble running.
Apparently that a lot of people have problems starting the game, but no one seems to be sure of the issue. Some say it's because of the .NET or XNA framework and others say it could be a conflict with creative sound cards.
Of course, you should check if you have the latest .NET and XNA framework installed. Be sure to have the latest Creative drivers for your card (mine installed automagically with Windows Update optional updates). You could try verifying Terraria game cache integrity under Steam.
I was getting a "Terraria stopped working" window with the follwing details:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Terraria.exe
Application Version: 1.0.4.0
Application Timestamp: 4eea0a07
Fault Module Name: RTSSHooks.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4d4fb7eb
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000a5f2
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 3084
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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A workaround is to stop Mumble, start Terraria, then restart Mumble. This conflict could very well happen with something else than Mumble. I have a Creative sound card (good old Audigy 1), but I don't know how to fix this issue so I am unsure if it's related.
What kind of sound card do you have? Did you have the same issue using another sound-related software?
EDIT: Not just Terraria! Grand Theft Auto 4 also crashes on start if Mumble is open.
Apparently that a lot of people have problems starting the game, but no one seems to be sure of the issue. Some say it's because of the .NET or XNA framework and others say it could be a conflict with creative sound cards.
Of course, you should check if you have the latest .NET and XNA framework installed. Be sure to have the latest Creative drivers for your card (mine installed automagically with Windows Update optional updates). You could try verifying Terraria game cache integrity under Steam.
I was getting a "Terraria stopped working" window with the follwing details:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Terraria.exe
Application Version: 1.0.4.0
Application Timestamp: 4eea0a07
Fault Module Name: RTSSHooks.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4d4fb7eb
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000a5f2
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 3084
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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A workaround is to stop Mumble, start Terraria, then restart Mumble. This conflict could very well happen with something else than Mumble. I have a Creative sound card (good old Audigy 1), but I don't know how to fix this issue so I am unsure if it's related.
What kind of sound card do you have? Did you have the same issue using another sound-related software?
EDIT: Not just Terraria! Grand Theft Auto 4 also crashes on start if Mumble is open.
Friday, August 12, 2011
start programs rapidly
Monday, June 6, 2011
hidden scheduled task
When running a batch file or ruby script (even .rbw) or anything that does not have a GUI, a cmd window normally pops up. This is surely unwanted when scheduling a task with those kind of programs. Sadly, I don't see any checkbox to hide the window at runtime in the scheduled task wizard.
The best way I found is posted at http://serverfault.com/questions/9038/run-a-bat-file-in-a-scheduled-task-without-a-window.
Schedule a .vbs script containing something like:
There are other tools like hstart and cmdow that lets you do pretty much the same thing, but I prefer using built-in tools a lot more.
The best way I found is posted at http://serverfault.com/questions/9038/run-a-bat-file-in-a-scheduled-task-without-a-window.
Schedule a .vbs script containing something like:
Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WinScriptHost.Run Chr(34) & "C:\Scheduled Jobs\mybat.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WinScriptHost = Nothing
There are other tools like hstart and cmdow that lets you do pretty much the same thing, but I prefer using built-in tools a lot more.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
events/
Debian Squeeze on my new (used) T61.
events/1 take 50% cpu for some time every 2 secondes or so.
Seems to be related to Wicd. Doing a "ifconfig eth0 down" solved the problem, but I still don't know the root cause.
T61 specific problem? Lots of posts on forums about this. Lots of people also "fixed" this by removing the battery for a couple of minutes... Pretty strange.
events/1 take 50% cpu for some time every 2 secondes or so.
Seems to be related to Wicd. Doing a "ifconfig eth0 down" solved the problem, but I still don't know the root cause.
T61 specific problem? Lots of posts on forums about this. Lots of people also "fixed" this by removing the battery for a couple of minutes... Pretty strange.
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