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semper fidelis
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Help!!!
My computer crashes when loading some areas. Circus tent, Council of Six building, Roenall estate, etc. I've tried reinstalling, got the patch, and downloaded fixpack from Baldurdash, but nothing seems to stop this problem. Sometimes, I get error messages (how kind!): "Assertion failed at ChDataType.cpp at line 250." Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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my info is from [url="http://www.bioware.com"]www.bioware.com[/url] BG2 known issues...
@Semper, the first thing you could try is clearing out your cache data file.
If you are getting error messages though, I would hazard that the game has not installed properly, so would suggest you reinstall. Did you get any error messages whilst installing?
'CRC errors occur when the installer compares the file it just copied to your hard drive to the source on the CD and finds that they are different. There are two possible causes:
Bad CDs. Take your copy of the game and try installing it on another computer. If you get CRC errors then you need to get your CDs exchanged for new ones.
If you have multiple CD/DVD drives, only install from one and do not try to use all of your drives. For some reason, this is confusing InstallShield.
If you cannot do any install without getting some sort of error or crash and you have about 5 Gig of free hard drive space, you can try to copy all 4 CDs to your hard drive, then run the install from there. Please note, you must copy all 4 CDs to the same directory for the install to run. If you get prompted for the next CD, then you have not copied the files over properly, or you have missed some.
Try turning off DMA for your CD/DVD drive. For some people, this has allowed them to install. You can find this checkbox by going to your Control Panel, then to System, then to the Device Manager tab. Find your CD/DVD drive and bring up its Properties, then go to the Settings tab.
Try turning off your CD/DVD read-ahead. For some people, this has allowed them to install. You can find this slider by going to your Control Panel, then to System, then to the Performance tab. Down in the Advanced Settings frame, press the File System... button and move the slider all the way to the left. You may need to restart for this setting to take effect. '
For me, a reinstall with the DMA and read ahead turned off was a slow process but worked. For my sister, she ran a full install after copying all her disks to her hard drive.
Good luck
my info is from [url="http://www.bioware.com"]www.bioware.com[/url] BG2 known issues...@Semper, the first thing you could try is clearing out your cache data file.
If you are getting error messages though, I would hazard that the game has not installed properly, so would suggest you reinstall. Did you get any error messages whilst installing?
'CRC errors occur when the installer compares the file it just copied to your hard drive to the source on the CD and finds that they are different. There are two possible causes:
Bad CDs. Take your copy of the game and try installing it on another computer. If you get CRC errors then you need to get your CDs exchanged for new ones.
If you have multiple CD/DVD drives, only install from one and do not try to use all of your drives. For some reason, this is confusing InstallShield.
If you cannot do any install without getting some sort of error or crash and you have about 5 Gig of free hard drive space, you can try to copy all 4 CDs to your hard drive, then run the install from there. Please note, you must copy all 4 CDs to the same directory for the install to run. If you get prompted for the next CD, then you have not copied the files over properly, or you have missed some.
Try turning off DMA for your CD/DVD drive. For some people, this has allowed them to install. You can find this checkbox by going to your Control Panel, then to System, then to the Device Manager tab. Find your CD/DVD drive and bring up its Properties, then go to the Settings tab.
Try turning off your CD/DVD read-ahead. For some people, this has allowed them to install. You can find this slider by going to your Control Panel, then to System, then to the Performance tab. Down in the Advanced Settings frame, press the File System... button and move the slider all the way to the left. You may need to restart for this setting to take effect. '
For me, a reinstall with the DMA and read ahead turned off was a slow process but worked. For my sister, she ran a full install after copying all her disks to her hard drive.
Good luck
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