Computer crashes everytime I cast a spell

[Kentril]

Okay, so I really don't know if it's some crazy coincidence but it's true as far as I can tell. At first I thought it only happened when I attacked something, but now I can tell every time I take out my staff and cast a spell my computer crashes to a solid color (been yellow, red, maroonish, seems random) and seems to try to restart itself (flashes black for a while) and then stops, sits on the solid color until I manually turn off/on the computer. I've been gathering/crafting for a long time today and it hasn't crashed. I started playing about 2 weeks ago and haven't had the problem until yesterday.

I've used RivaTuner to increase the GPU fan speed so I don't think my graphics card overheating is the problem (hits about 62-65C while playing). Really want to continue playing this game so I hope I can figure out what the problem is, thanks.

Quick specs:
Athlon 64 x2 5400+ (2.81Ghz)
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB
2GB Corsair Memory
ASUSTeK M2N-E SLI Mobo

[onsy]

Try reinstalling or updating graphics and audio drivers!

[Temko Firewing]

Try reinstalling or updating graphics and audio drivers!

only thing i can think of.

[choddychod]

Does sound like a sound driver issue.

[Kentril]

So I disabled my sound device, restarted, and hopped onto DF. I killed some stuff, casted some spells, no crash. So I headed back to town and continued to cast spells and then boom crashed again. :( Would disabling it not fix the issue?

[Walking Target]

Have you run the data file validation for DF at all?

[Kentril]

Nope, what's that?

[Numz dePimche]

Eventually it might help. I used to have a freeze/reboot issue with the 8800GTS and I downgraded Nvidia video drivers to version 181.22. That fixed my issue.

[Kentril]

guess i didn't mention it but i'm on windows 7 64bit, those drivers are for xp but i'll try rollin back to 181. was your freeze similar at all to mine? with the solid color screen?

[Temko Firewing]

why are you using Xp drivers on Win 7?

[chaOxz]

Well after the expansion if all goes how its suppose too, you dont need to cast magic xD with mage killer

[Kentril]

why are you using Xp drivers on Win 7?

no i was saying the ones he recommended were XP drivers, so i downloaded the equivalent win 7 ones.

[Kentril]

Here is the last 2 minutes of my client_1.log (just lookin' anywhere now :()... is anyone else's log filled with warnings/errors? I was on for like 22 minutes before I casted a couple spells and crashed and the log is over 2000 lines.

[18:50:00.006 +1259877 T171212 55621754] (warning) [Allocation] Backend: 7168 pages reserved, 6701 pages used
[18:50:00.006 +1259877 T171212 55621754] (warning) [Allocation] Backend: 5294 single page allocations, 259 2-page allocations, 26 3-page allocations, 13 4-page allocations, 3 5-page allocations, 1 6-page allocations, 1 7-page allocations, 1 15-page allocations, 1 20-page allocations, 2 29-page allocations, 3 30-page allocations, 1 34-page allocations, 1 65-page allocations, 1 109-page allocations, 1 112-page allocations, 2 114-page allocations
[18:50:00.006 +1259877 T171212 55621754] (warning) [Allocation] Frontend: 22 pools, 1810019 allocations totalling 335020448 bytes, 35272 freelist totalling 4134112 bytes, 5294 regions, 5294 backend pages
[18:50:00.006 +1259877 T171212 55621754] (warning) [Allocation] Overview: Frontend: 1810336 allocations 369202506 bytes - Backend 28 allocations 469762048 bytes - Private 57994 allocations 1172596 bytes peak 1297684 bytes
[18:50:00.006 +1259877 T171212 55621754] (warning) [Allocation] Overview: Large page count 316 total 78242761
[18:50:00.006 +1259877 T171212 55621754] (warning) [Allocation] MSE: Load 88, AvailPhys 242 MB, AvailPageFile 1570 MB, AvailVirtual 764 MB
[18:50:00.006 +1259877 T171212 55621754] (warning) [Modules::Application] State asRun, average FPS 135, PermGuid usage 0%, TempGuid usage 0%
[18:50:08.028 +1267899 T172394 55629775] (debug) [java::SFFirstPersonViewManager] notifyViewModeChanged() Not changinh to TRUE. FP Mode = FP_MODE_UNARMED
[18:50:11.420 +1271291 T172898 55633167] (error) [java::SFObjectSpace] releaseGUID() Can only release GUIDs from the same objectspace.
[18:50:11.420 +1271291 T172898 55633167] (error) [java::SFObjectSpace] releaseGUID() GUID=[5244,17368,0] aGUID=[5244,16050,1000253]
[18:50:12.307 +1272178 T173032 55634054] (debug) [java::SFFirstPersonViewManager] notifyViewModeChanged() Not changinh to TRUE. FP Mode = FP_MODE_UNARMED
[18:50:24.018 +1283889 T174816 55645765] (error) [java::SFAnimationManager] getAnimationState() AnimationStateInfo is null.
[18:50:24.018 +1283889 T174816 55645765] (error) [java::SFAnimationManager] getAnimationState() ControllerType='MELEE_ONE_HANDED_SPRINT' ActiveDirectionType='ADT_NONE'
[18:50:24.018 +1283889 T174816 55645765] (error) [java::SFAnimationManagerPlayer] doTick() AnimationState is invalid.
[18:50:30.000 +1289871 T175835 55651748] (warning) [Allocation] Backend: 7168 pages reserved, 6701 pages used
[18:50:30.000 +1289871 T175835 55651748] (warning) [Allocation] Backend: 5294 single page allocations, 259 2-page allocations, 26 3-page allocations, 13 4-page allocations, 3 5-page allocations, 1 6-page allocations, 1 7-page allocations, 1 15-page allocations, 1 20-page allocations, 2 29-page allocations, 3 30-page allocations, 1 34-page allocations, 1 65-page allocations, 1 109-page allocations, 1 112-page allocations, 2 114-page allocations
[18:50:30.000 +1289871 T175835 55651748] (warning) [Allocation] Frontend: 22 pools, 1804521 allocations totalling 334423264 bytes, 40770 freelist totalling 4731296 bytes, 5294 regions, 5294 backend pages
[18:50:30.000 +1289871 T175835 55651748] (warning) [Allocation] Overview: Frontend: 1804838 allocations 368738174 bytes - Backend 28 allocations 469762048 bytes - Private 63532 allocations 1239532 bytes peak 1297684 bytes
[18:50:30.000 +1289871 T175835 55651748] (warning) [Allocation] Overview: Large page count 316 total 78242761
[18:50:30.000 +1289871 T175835 55651748] (warning) [Allocation] MSE: Load 88, AvailPhys 242 MB, AvailPageFile 1569 MB, AvailVirtual 764 MB
[18:50:30.001 +1289872 T175835 55651748] (warning) [Modules::Application] State asRun, average FPS 154, PermGuid usage 0%, TempGuid usage 0%
[18:50:30.163 +1290034 T175864 55651910] (debug) [java::SFFirstPersonViewManager] notifyViewModeChanged() Not changinh to TRUE. FP Mode = FP_MODE_UNARMED
[18:50:30.346 +1290217 T175896 55652093] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:33.601 +1293472 T176412 55655349] (error) [java::SFObjectSpace] releaseGUID() Can only release GUIDs from the same objectspace.
[18:50:33.601 +1293472 T176412 55655349] (error) [java::SFObjectSpace] releaseGUID() GUID=[5244,17368,0] aGUID=[5244,16050,1000256]
[18:50:33.952 +1293823 T176471 55655699] (debug) [java::SFFirstPersonViewManager] notifyViewModeChanged() Not changinh to TRUE. FP Mode = FP_MODE_UNARMED
[18:50:34.075 +1293946 T176488 55655822] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:35.560 +1295431 T176709 55657308] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:36.705 +1296576 T176884 55658452] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:36.808 +1296679 T176899 55658554] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:37.002 +1296873 T176926 55658749] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:37.353 +1297224 T176970 55659099] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:46.647 +1306518 T178275 55668393] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:51.680 +1311551 T178983 55673427] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:57.501 +1317372 T179799 55679247] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:58.168 +1318039 T179885 55679914] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml
[18:50:59.224 +1319095 T180024 55680971] (debug) [java::SFFirstPersonViewManager] notifyViewModeChanged() Not changinh to TRUE. FP Mode = FP_MODE_UNARMED
[18:51:00.008 +1319879 T180122 55681755] (warning) [Allocation] Backend: 7168 pages reserved, 6705 pages used
[18:51:00.008 +1319879 T180122 55681755] (warning) [Allocation] Backend: 5296 single page allocations, 260 2-page allocations, 26 3-page allocations, 13 4-page allocations, 3 5-page allocations, 1 6-page allocations, 1 7-page allocations, 1 15-page allocations, 1 20-page allocations, 2 29-page allocations, 3 30-page allocations, 1 34-page allocations, 1 65-page allocations, 1 109-page allocations, 1 112-page allocations, 2 114-page allocations
[18:51:00.008 +1319879 T180122 55681755] (warning) [Allocation] Frontend: 22 pools, 1830512 allocations totalling 337293632 bytes, 16143 freelist totalling 1991872 bytes, 5296 regions, 5296 backend pages
[18:51:00.008 +1319879 T180122 55681755] (warning) [Allocation] Overview: Frontend: 1830830 allocations 371057426 bytes - Backend 28 allocations 469762048 bytes - Private 38773 allocations 940900 bytes peak 1297684 bytes
[18:51:00.008 +1319879 T180122 55681755] (warning) [Allocation] Overview: Large page count 317 total 78328683
[18:51:00.008 +1319879 T180122 55681755] (warning) [Allocation] MSE: Load 88, AvailPhys 241 MB, AvailPageFile 1569 MB, AvailVirtual 764 MB
[18:51:00.008 +1319879 T180122 55681755] (warning) [Modules::Application] State asRun, average FPS 142, PermGuid usage 0%, TempGuid usage 0%
[18:51:10.240 +1330111 T181489 55691987] (error) [java::jmp] simplifyMessageQueue() : State is not mapped: [attackmode_2handed_idle (46)]. Anim = spider_doom.xml

[Kentril]

still happening and still only when i cast spells :( please any more ideas on what could be causing this?

[Walking Target]

Nope, what's that?

In your start menu -> programs -> darkfall, there should be a repair/validation tool you can run. It will start the lobby and prompt you for your username and password like usual, but instead of going straight to the game it will validate the DF datafiles are not corrupt and patch them as needed. This actually fixed blue screen computer crashes for me. Apparently something got corrupted.

Your error logs mentions paging a lot. Are you familiar with how to check this? I am not sure for windows 7, but it may be similar to vista:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/26/tweak-windows-vista-virtual-memory-change-or-disable-paging-file-size/

Not sure that will correct your issue, but it might at least be worth a shot.

Also as a general recommendation, you may want to upgrade to at least 4 GB of RAM or more. Not sure how hungry Win 7 is, but 2 GB would be a bare minimum for me. I am running XP on 4 GB right now. RAM is pretty cheap these days. Again, check your paging space if you do this. Win 7 should auto adjust it for the new RAM, but having never used it, I would still want to check for myself that it is sufficient.