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Hertzyscowicz

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[40d18] Dwarf fortress causes computer to lock up
« on: March 12, 2010, 09:46:35 am »

I'm running DF on a laptop, so I tend to get pretty low FPS, and so I often the game on for extended periods of time when nothing interesting is happening. However, I've noticed that occasionally, if the game is left to run for a very long time, my computer will freeze

The nature of this freeze is that the actual Windows view becomes laggy to the point the cursor takes minutes to respond to the touchpad if it responds at all, and any keyboard commands are unusable. Naturally, this means I can't use taskmanager or anything else to see what exactly is wrong. The only way I've managed to recover from this is shutting tho computer down by the power switch.
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Re: [40d18] Dwarf fortress causes computer to lock up
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2010, 06:31:19 pm »

Computer specs and operating system?
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Re: [40d18] Dwarf fortress causes computer to lock up
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2010, 06:38:47 pm »

Have you messed with the process priority at all, in the init file or otherwise?
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