CGSilva5 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I've been playing FM for quite some time. Been playing the latest version since it came out and never had any issues. But suddenly in the last few days I've been having issues where my game will freeze up. It'll occur when I click on something (it can be anything, a news item, bringing up a player's profile, stopping a holiday, etc). It's not automatic, sometimes it'll happen not long after I load up a game and sometimes it'll happen after hours of gameplay. I believe this started to happen once I downloaded the latest patch (10.3). So I got suspicious and decided to just uninstall and reinstall. This time I stayed away from the latest patch and just stuck with 10.2. I started a new game, everything seemed fine and then unfortunately it happened again. I'm very frustrated and I was hoping that I might be able to get some help from you guys. Just to give you an idea of what my computer is like: I'm running Windows XP I have 2.5 GB of RAM My video card is a Nvidia G-Force 8600 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 2.20 GHz Now I know it may not be the best, but surely my system is strong enough to run FM. I'm able to play games like Half-Life 2 on optimum settings and Left 4 Dead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 How many laegues are you playing??? I would patch it for sure:thup: and of interest have you checked how much ram/cpu usage game is showing when its running Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSilva5 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 I'm running some tests right now, loading different size databases and tracking my CPU usage like you mentioned. It appears that I may have been going overboard... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSilva5 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 I'm a little confused at the moment... no matter what size database I choose, my CPU usage for FM will range from 0-5 when idle and no matter what size database I choose, my CPU usage for FM will range from 85-99 when on holiday...however, rarely is it lower than 95. I tested with 18 running leagues. 5 running leagues and also with only 1 running league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest O-DOG Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I've been having issues where my game will freeze up. It'll occur when I click on something (it can be anything, a news item, bringing up a player's profile, stopping a holiday, etc).It's not automatic, sometimes it'll happen not long after I load up a game and sometimes it'll happen after hours of gameplay. This happened to me with 10.3 as well. I updated my graphic card drivers and it seems to have resolved itself (touch wood!) I also have an NVIDIA card so suggest you try updating and see if that helps you too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSilva5 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 I updated my drivers as well and I didn't seem to work...I may have to look deeper into it. Perhaps there's more to update and download that I'm not currently aware of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest O-DOG Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I updated my drivers as well and I didn't seem to work...I may have to look deeper into it. Perhaps there's more to update and download that I'm not currently aware of. Sorry I should have mentioned that I updated Java at the same time as updating my graphic card drivers so im not sure which one actually solved the problem. Did you also update Java? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSilva5 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 Sorry I should have mentioned that I updated Java at the same time as updating my graphic card drivers so im not sure which one actually solved the problem. Did you also update Java? I have Java and it appears that I have the latest version (version 6 update 18). I also checked thoroughly into updated drivers for my video card and apparently I have the latest updates all installed. I tried to start a new game today, went to scroll through my news items and it did it again. F--k! Idk what's wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-Producer Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I get freezes also on Apple Mac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSilva5 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 Doesn't look like I'm gonna find much help...I'm pretty sure my processor is rather poor in today's world (AMD Athlon 64). Perhaps I need to look into getting a better processor. EDIT I should rephrase that...I have received a lot of help, thank you to everyone. What I meant to say was that it doesn't look like I'm going to find the quick fix I was hoping for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-Producer Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Make sure the cache folder is cleared this will help a little. I have a decent processor and graphics card and I still get freezes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSilva5 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 what's the cache folder? and how do I clear it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-Producer Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 what's the cache folder? and how do I clear it? If its PC not got a clue, do a google search. For Apple Mac you go to your library folder and in their is the cache folder. You select all the contents and throw it in the bin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSilva5 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 well I cleared the cache folder and so far so good...let's hope it continues. thank you to everyone for your help, if I'm lucky the problem is solved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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