Crashing to desktop - 2.24d

Hello all,
I used to be able to play empires but it would crash after hour + of gameplay.
Temperature monitoring shows:

30 motheboard
60 peak gpu
51 avg gpu
42 peak cpu
38 avg cpu
30 - 40 hdds

all temperatures in Celsius.
i have no new parts or old parts taken out, the event log doesnt show any errors or read errors.

I am able to play Fallout3 at high settings 1280x1024 resolution for as long as i want.

WOW
Burnout paradise
Supreme Commander
BF 2
all run good without any crahes.

here are my crash dumps

http://rapidshare.com/files/271473275/empire-crash-dumps-25-08-2009.zip


and attached is what i have installed right now, if you need more info ask.

 

None of these crashdumps seem to be originating from empires code. Are your drivers up to date and windows patches up to date?

also, what windows version are you using anyway?

 

windows xp sp3, updated to august autopatcher.

the dumps should be in the %username%/source sdk base 2007 folder, right ?


i am able to play tf2 and hl2, yesterday i was able to get into the game and it would crash about 10 seconds in the game after picking class.
now the game crashes right before joining server, so the loading bar completes and bam - desktop.#


EDIT:



nvidia
nv4_disp 6.14.11.8618 - nVIDIA ForceWare 186.18

Code:

 Computer:  
   Computer Type   ACPI Multiprocessor PC  
   Operating System   Microsoft Windows XP Professional  
   OS Service Pack   Service Pack 3  
   Internet Explorer   8.0.6001.18702  
   DirectX   4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)  
   Date / Time   2009-08-25 / 23:53  
   
  Motherboard:  
   CPU Type   QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 2966 MHz (9 x 330)  
   Motherboard Name   Foxconn P35AP-S (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, 2 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)  
   Motherboard Chipset   Intel Bearlake P35  
   System Memory   3328 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)  
   DIMM1: Corsair XMS2 CM2X2048-6400C5   2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)  
   DIMM3: Corsair XMS2 CM2X2048-6400C5   2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)  
   BIOS Type   Award (03/05/08)  
   
  Display:  
   Video Adapter   NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)  
   3D Accelerator   nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX  
   Monitor   Samsung SyncMaster 910N/912N/913N/915N [19" LCD] (HVEY611167)  
   
  Multimedia:  
   Audio Adapter   Realtek ALC888/1200 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller [A-2]  
   
  Storage:  
   IDE Controller   Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926  
   IDE Controller   Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920  
   IDE Controller   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller  
   Storage Controller   AHWSEW6J IDE Controller  
   Disk Drive   WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0 (465 GB, IDE)  
   Disk Drive   WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 (465 GB, IDE)  
   Disk Drive   WDC WD6400AAKS-00A7B0 (596 GB, IDE)  
   Disk Drive   WDC WD6400AAKS-00A7B0 (596 GB, IDE)  
   Optical Drive   ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:8x, DVD+RW:20x/8x, DVD-RW:20x/6x, DVD-RAM:12x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)  
   Optical Drive   UFSZ IVK1U78XYNW SCSI CdRom Device  
   Optical Drive   UFSZ IVK1U78XYNW SCSI CdRom Device  
   Optical Drive   UFSZ IVK1U78XYNW SCSI CdRom Device  
   Optical Drive   UFSZ IVK1U78XYNW SCSI CdRom Device  
   SMART Hard Disks Status   OK  
   
  Partitions:  
   C: (NTFS)   24999 MB (17411 MB free)  
   D: (NTFS)   596.2 GB (236.9 GB free)  
   E: (NTFS)   596.2 GB (149.1 GB free)  
   H: (NTFS)   465.8 GB (232.8 GB free)  
   V: (NTFS)   437.3 GB (224.8 GB free)  
   X: (FAT32)   4086 MB (86 MB free)  
   Total Size   2123.8 GB (860.7 GB free)  
   
  Input:  
   Keyboard   HID Keyboard Device  
   Keyboard   PS/2 Keyboard  
   Mouse   Logitech HID-compliant G9 Laser Mouse  

 

Hey all,

Empires still wont work

i have reset default video settings,
installed the 190.62 nvidia drivers,
used suggested super low cfg found on this forum,
i have tried -setdxlevel 70 90 80 95

i have tried reinstalling empires from several installers

30/08/2009 23:03 846,593,704 empires2_23_full_client.exe
30/08/2009 21:51 880,937,052 Empires_2.24b_client_full.exe
30/08/2009 21:09 120,791,689 Empires_2.24b_client_patch.exe
24/05/2009 03:06 5,333,391 Empires_2.24d_Client_hotfix.exe

i have deleted steam (but not cached game source files)
still no joy.

the game crashes either just before entering a server, or just before spawning if i create my own server.

 

Wow, basically, you have the same pc as I do. Only thing different is some of the installed programs like avast and whatnot that sometimes mess with steam stuff but since other source games work... Have you tried running the game without sound?

 

i have disabled the sound, this allows me to play on a locally created game.
joining a server still crashes.

 

Assuming it really is a sound related problem:

Maybe you need realtek/foxconn drivers for that onboard soundcard/motherboard.

I think the sounds in empires aren't serverside so if everything fails and you are dead-set on it you could try editing the sound scripts to see if you can isolate what crashes you. Aside for the soundscapes on some maps I don't recall people having had problems with something yet, though.

 

i have tried latest realtek drivers and stock foxconn drivers, still crashes at server join and some time after creating own game.

BTW while joining game i get 300fps (loading screen) and after creating my own game in game i only get 22 fps max.

i usually get about 100 fps while choosing class not 22 fps.

I have tried disabling the sound in device manager, it didnt help.


i able to play flawlessly, counter strike source, dod source, hl2, hl2 deathmatch, tf2.

 

i have no custom mods installed

 

Well I'm out of ideas, the only thing I can suggest is joining #empiresmod irc on gamesurge. There is always someone there and occasionally one can find help there.

 

try running it in windowed with a forced res.

An example:

-windowed -noborder -w 1920 -h 1200