Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
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Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
Can players who find themselves entirely unable to enter certain areas of the module without repeatedly crashing list them?
For only those that crash 90+% of the time, or simply can't load at all?
I'm seeing a common theme to almost all of these and would like to confirm my suspicions.
For only those that crash 90+% of the time, or simply can't load at all?
I'm seeing a common theme to almost all of these and would like to confirm my suspicions.
Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
Truth be told, the majority of locations are with Northern Outskirts Cordor, and both districts of Cordor.
What's interesting that I've seen is that these crashes have also reflected in 'pulses'. Those transitioning within a certain time frame are often affected together regardless of location.
What's interesting that I've seen is that these crashes have also reflected in 'pulses'. Those transitioning within a certain time frame are often affected together regardless of location.
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
Shadow Cordor - The Temple District - Massive lag and FPS issues there, everywhere else is fine, just that specific area.
Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
I have noticed that anything that uses 1.69 assets seems to make the game CHUG or crash.
Cordor's nothern outskirts tilset.
The Cultural district and the `house blacony placeables` and stuff like that.
Blackfin, Sencliff and its beaches.
The fugue. (also because its huge and filled with fog)
Bendir Dale.
I think it has to do with how a lot of the 1.69 content was community released and was badly managed, packaged, and processed.
(also all of those places in the shadow plane and anywhere there are particle effects)
vine mine, thorns, caltrops, entangle, evards - these all cause FPS drops for some reason.
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From an area development perspective, I think the entire shadow plane needs to be given a bit of the `a dab will do` philosophy and all the hundreds of fog / mist placeables removed and replaced with one or two. Maybe even add variety by sinking them up with seasonal variables so they show up in different places at different times of the year.
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Bendir Dale uses a lot of 1.69 content and is also very large which I think taxes people. Some of the trees in the area, some of the houses are made from placeables from that patch.
I'd probably say a lot of high crash areas could probably be reduced in placeables and maybe broken up or shrunk.
Cordor's nothern outskirts tilset.
The Cultural district and the `house blacony placeables` and stuff like that.
Blackfin, Sencliff and its beaches.
The fugue. (also because its huge and filled with fog)
Bendir Dale.
I think it has to do with how a lot of the 1.69 content was community released and was badly managed, packaged, and processed.
(also all of those places in the shadow plane and anywhere there are particle effects)
vine mine, thorns, caltrops, entangle, evards - these all cause FPS drops for some reason.
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From an area development perspective, I think the entire shadow plane needs to be given a bit of the `a dab will do` philosophy and all the hundreds of fog / mist placeables removed and replaced with one or two. Maybe even add variety by sinking them up with seasonal variables so they show up in different places at different times of the year.
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Bendir Dale uses a lot of 1.69 content and is also very large which I think taxes people. Some of the trees in the area, some of the houses are made from placeables from that patch.
I'd probably say a lot of high crash areas could probably be reduced in placeables and maybe broken up or shrunk.
Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
I get very slow loads on both districts of Cordor. Only recall crashing 1 in 50 or so in Cultural district.
Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
From my evenings investigation and testing this is looking very much like the approach we need to take. I'm not seeing any single resource causing the problem, but rather the larger more resource intenstive areas, especially those using 1.69. Personally I'm lucky enough not experience any of these issues on my machine, but a great many are, and much is going unreported.Red Ropes wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:13 amI have noticed that anything that uses 1.69 assets seems to make the game CHUG or crash.
Cordor's nothern outskirts tilset.
The Cultural district and the `house blacony placeables` and stuff like that.
Blackfin, Sencliff and its beaches.
The fugue. (also because its huge and filled with fog)
Bendir Dale.
I think it has to do with how a lot of the 1.69 content was community released and was badly managed, packaged, and processed.
(also all of those places in the shadow plane and anywhere there are particle effects)
vine mine, thorns, caltrops, entangle, evards - these all cause FPS drops for some reason.
--
From an area development perspective, I think the entire shadow plane needs to be given a bit of the `a dab will do` philosophy and all the hundreds of fog / mist placeables removed and replaced with one or two. Maybe even add variety by sinking them up with seasonal variables so they show up in different places at different times of the year.
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Bendir Dale uses a lot of 1.69 content and is also very large which I think taxes people. Some of the trees in the area, some of the houses are made from placeables from that patch.
I'd probably say a lot of high crash areas could probably be reduced in placeables and maybe broken up or shrunk.
I think the only reasonable course of action is gradually go through the most trouble areas and reduce both their amount of dressing and if needs be, their size. Too many people use Intel machines for us not to, and its not really clear this is an issue than can be fixed by any other means.
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
As a bit of help from the other side of things, you and I are the only two I know aren't experiencing any of said issues. I'm PM'ing you my DirectX Diagnostic results so we can compare hardware and drivers - maybe we can find a threshold of some kind where the problems are eliminated for them to base their own workaround on?
Can it even work like that? Regardless, it seems to me identifying where problems stop being a thing on a hardware/driver level ought to serve some good.
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
Not that simple Aelryn. Looking through reports on the Beamdog site, there are a number of reports of people using Intel HD 630 and Intel Iris 640 chipsets that are having crashes. I use Intel HD 620 (I play on my work laptop) and have no issues. This listing makes clear that my graphics resources are inferior to theirs, and yet, I have no issues.
Though... looking at dxdiags, it seems I have more video memory available.
My (working) system:
Their (crashing) system:
My drivers are also more recent, so that might be another place to start.
Though... looking at dxdiags, it seems I have more video memory available.
My (working) system:
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
I don't really get any crashes other than the odd ones which happened more frequently in 1.69 for me, and my system doesn't run on Intel, but since people contributed here with FPS drops, I thought I might as well:
Nearly unplayable FPS drops everytime:
Bendir Dale
Greyhammer Village
Occassional FPS drops to a varying degree, from barely notable to unplayable:
Arcane Tower lobby, Shadow plane
Minor FPS drops barely notable:
Cordor Outskirts
Cordor Cultural District
Nearly unplayable FPS drops everytime:
Bendir Dale
Greyhammer Village
Occassional FPS drops to a varying degree, from barely notable to unplayable:
Arcane Tower lobby, Shadow plane
Minor FPS drops barely notable:
Cordor Outskirts
Cordor Cultural District
Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
My crashes in these areas don’t seem to happen when it’s night in game. Hope this helps!
Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
I'm really more interested for now in tracking down the outright intel crashes than FPS drops, but nevertheless you're post is quite interesting. I too get crippling FPS drops in the Earthkin Village, but ONLY when using the NWN Facelift Override.Wordless Truth wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:08 amI don't really get any crashes other than the odd ones which happened more frequently in 1.69 for me, and my system doesn't run on Intel, but since people contributed here with FPS drops, I thought I might as well:
Nearly unplayable FPS drops everytime:
Bendir Dale
Greyhammer Village
Occassional FPS drops to a varying degree, from barely notable to unplayable:
Arcane Tower lobby, Shadow plane
Minor FPS drops barely notable:
Cordor Outskirts
Cordor Cultural District
Are you using that? And if so does the FPS drop go away when removing it?
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
Hi Irongron,Irongron wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:19 amCan players who find themselves entirely unable to enter certain areas of the module without repeatedly crashing list them?
For only those that crash 90+% of the time, or simply can't load at all?
I'm seeing a common theme to almost all of these and would like to confirm my suspicions.
My list is:
Minmir (Hills)
Bendir Dale (all areas)
Cordor (areas, including the Northern Outskirts, Farms, etc)
Sencliff (Island)
Crinti Ruins (East)
This is because of the Intel issue, and although Beamdog released a patch, all that did was prevent crashing on loading the areas. Now I just crash constantly whilst walking around in those areas, or still can't load them at all.
Does this help? Do you need more detailed information?
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
It does help, for sure.
I don't need more detailed information for now. I think we're getting closer to isolating this intel problem.
I don't need more detailed information for now. I think we're getting closer to isolating this intel problem.
Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
Okay, I'm going to reset C&P soon. It would be a huge help if afterwards any player with intel issues crashing in Cordor could check them for improved performance.
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
I'm at work currently - but if you need to hit me up for more testing, let me know.
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We have updated Cordor, and thus far it looks like Intel crashing has been largely elminated.
This would be a massive breakthrough if true (its the worse EE bug we have), but in order to confirm I need as many players as possible who have this issue to go to Cordor ASAP, and check if they are still crashing.
This would be a massive breakthrough if true (its the worse EE bug we have), but in order to confirm I need as many players as possible who have this issue to go to Cordor ASAP, and check if they are still crashing.
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
Alright, that's fair.Irongron wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:29 amI'm really more interested for now in tracking down the outright intel crashes than FPS drops, but nevertheless you're post is quite interesting. I too get crippling FPS drops in the Earthkin Village, but ONLY when using the NWN Facelift Override.
Are you using that? And if so does the FPS drop go away when removing it?
Yep, that's one of the few overrides I use - I think. I'm at work right now so I can't check. I'll check later and test if removing that override helps.
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
I'm going to make a test character, Irongron.Irongron wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:24 amWe have updated Cordor, and thus far it looks like Intel crashing has been largely elminated.
This would be a massive breakthrough if true (its the worse EE bug we have), but in order to confirm I need as many players as possible who have this issue to go to Cordor ASAP, and check if they are still crashing.
I'll hit you up.
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
The fix has worked for me - this is the first time I've been in Cordor since EE dropped.Conz1996 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:52 amI'm going to make a test character, Irongron.Irongron wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:24 amWe have updated Cordor, and thus far it looks like Intel crashing has been largely elminated.
This would be a massive breakthrough if true (its the worse EE bug we have), but in order to confirm I need as many players as possible who have this issue to go to Cordor ASAP, and check if they are still crashing.
I'll hit you up.
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Re: Intel & EE game crahes in certain areas - where?
Sorry, but I can't test that thing with the override.
Because you fixed all the FPS issues I had in those areas. Removing the override would change nothing
Thank you so, so much, Devs!
Because you fixed all the FPS issues I had in those areas. Removing the override would change nothing
Thank you so, so much, Devs!