Game displays desktop background
540raven
Join Date: 2009-09-29 Member: 68907Members
Join Date: 2009-09-29 Member: 68907Members
i dont know how else to explain this so that is it, i launch the game, it passes the splash screen, then when it gets to the main menu, the background with the solider standing it front of the windows comes up blurry, like really blurry, then the screen goes black and i am looking at my desktop, it has been resized and is super small and blurry as well, but i still have the ns2 cursor, and menu music playing, nothing on this "desktop" is clickable unless i alt tab or control alt delete but stays blurry until i end ns2.exe then my desktop resizes and goes back to normal and everything is fine. repeated this 5 times, happens every time, i am verifying file integrity right now. the only things that have happened since the last time i played was an update, and i overclocked my video card a bit. No other games are having issues, and my gpu temp is fine, i am not thinking it is a result of my overclock(the oc appears stable). Does anyone have any suggestions?
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amd fx-6100 6 core clocked at 4.1
16 gigs ddr3
Xfx radeon GHz DD 7870 2GB gddr5, Core Clock=1250 Mem clock 1450(msi afterburner)
windows 7 ult, legit, activated, up to date
Any help would be nice
Please, make an shorcut for Techsupport.exe file in the NS2 installdir, put it on your Desktop. Then run the game and when your problem occurs, alt+tab to Desktop and run that Techsupport, do not end the ns2.exe process. After the dump was captured you can end ns2.exe, save and upload the created techsupport.zip
This will give me a look at any obvious errors or mods that may be occurring
NS2 is very CPU intensive, so it can indicate a cooling problem in your system. You can stay at stock clocks if you fine with the ingame FPS, but if you want more, then you have to find out heating spot.
If it is unstable for 1 application, in this case ns2, it is an unstable overclock. 99% stable is still unstable.
NS2 is a better stress test than prime95
Unrelated to this thread, but it also is the best gpu stress test I know of. I can have massively higher gpu clock rate (200mhz+) with every other stress test, benchmark, and game except ns2. Ns2 will crash my gpu driver if I overclock too far.