Slith

I don't know what driver I was using when it worked fine, I suppose I could go through each previous driver and test... but I don't really have time for that. Anyways, I think I've managed to narrow down the problem a bit more. The crashes seem to be happening during artillery strikes, and particularly when observing from outside a vehicle.

I'm almost certain it is not a cooling problem, I've had that happen to me before, and the display gets very strange, which isn't happening here. Anyways, updated to the latest Nvidia driver, didn't fix the issue. I should add that when the game crashes I'll get a driver error pop-up and the computer will drop to the desktop looking like it's in safe mode and will be at a default resolution [looks about 800x600]. Steel Beasts will still be running, but opening it just gives a blank white screen. If I use ctrl-alt-dlt to end the process, the entire screen goes black and the computer becomes unresponsive and requires a reboot. I'm really quite sure it's a driver/software issue and not a hardware issue. I'm not having problems with any of my other games currently and they tend to be more graphically demanding than Steel Beasts. Additionally, I didn't have these problems until I updated my drivers. Playing the game fine Update driver to 195.62 A few months later play Steel Beasts again and get random crashes Update to 197.45 Still getting these crashes I will try getting the latest directx in case that is the issue.

I've been running Steel Beasts PE on my 8800GT with no problems until recently. I believe the 195.62 Nvidia display driver might be causing issues. I can play for a few minutes to a few hours, until at some point the game just 'crashes'. Actually seems more like a GPU glitch or something - I can hear shots still being fired, and tanks are still moving, but the display just goes black. If I alt-tab out of the game and then open it up again, the screen will be completely white instead of completely black. This same issue occurs when I try to run a livestream of the game. Once the livestream software is turned on, tabbing back into the game will cause this same graphical glitch. Tabbing in and out does not otherwise cause these issues. Occasionally this will also completely freeze up my computer and force me to reboot. I'll edit here if updating to the latest Nvidia driver [197.45] helps or not.

What modification/directx tool are you using to get the bloom/HDR, etc. in the game? [Or is this just post-processing?] Only thing I've found was http://boris-vorontsov.narod.ru/download_en.htm this, but the version I downloaded [For GTA] has a tendency to cause texture problems after 10-15 minutes of playing.

If I recall correctly, I was in the TC's position and unbuttoned, staring at all the enemy tanks through binoculars as they shot at me. Which is probably why the TC got killed so quickly.

I've gotta one-up you. Just had an instant action game using the Leopard 2E - My main gun took a hit from an ATGM and was disabled, so I decided to ram the enemy. Made it about 15 meters before someone else hit my track and immobilized me. Then I sat there acting as target practice. The fifth round that hit me killed the TC, after that it wasn't until the 25th-30th round before the tank took any more actual damage. From rounds 30-38 I lost comms, sprung a fuel leak, lost the gunner and driver, and a whole bunch of stuff. The 39th round FINALLY blew up my Leopard and ended the scenario. http://www.mediafire.com/?ozm0n0jzi2y - Here's the link to the AAR if anyone's interested.

Got my upgrade today! Turns out it DID get shipped to my neighbor.

I ordered mine on the 25th of March... still waiting. They started shipping March 29th/30th so if people in Europe are getting theirs after just a couple of days... I'm starting to think mine's gotten lost somewhere. Is there any way at all that I can check what the situation is with my order ID number? I did see a postal truck stop by, but at my neighbors house, with a small package box in one hand. Maybe they got the address wrong?

Still hoping mine comes in today. With a bit of luck, and some elbow grease at customs, it just might happen. Wish I had a tracking number to see where the package was, though.

Well, if he does that, he doesn't get to use the 8GB's of RAM that he has.