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Tormy

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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2009, 07:47:45 am »

It has nothing to do with overheating imo, this is a system error. Try to disable DEP perhaps. More informations can be found here.
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2009, 03:21:56 pm »

It has nothing to do with overheating imo, this is a system error. Try to disable DEP perhaps.

I tend to agree that if you can run a different fort, that heat is probably not the problem.  So I retract that diagnosis.

But I don't think turning off DEP is the answer.  I don't think that at all.  You turn off DEP for badly written programs which need to execute code in memory areas not tagged as containing code.

That's not what's going on here.  So don't turn DEP off, it will leave you more at-risk of infection by malware.
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2009, 09:03:58 pm »

this thread would probably be best placed in Bug Reports.
ive tried posting there but nobody responded
and how do i upload a save?
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2009, 09:40:03 pm »

That link I provided is to the Dwarf Fortress File Depot. It's a great place to upload things like this. You will need to sign up for an account, I believe.

Theoretically the save file should be in your df folder\data\save, but if I remember correctly Vista stores saves in a different place for some reason. I may be wrong, though, so look there first. Zip up the appropriate folder and upload it there.
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #19 on: March 30, 2009, 07:16:31 am »

It has nothing to do with overheating imo, this is a system error. Try to disable DEP perhaps.

I tend to agree that if you can run a different fort, that heat is probably not the problem.  So I retract that diagnosis.

But I don't think turning off DEP is the answer.  I don't think that at all.  You turn off DEP for badly written programs which need to execute code in memory areas not tagged as containing code.

That's not what's going on here.  So don't turn DEP off, it will leave you more at-risk of infection by malware.

Well, he can turn it on again, after he has stopped to play with DF. It's worth a try.
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #20 on: March 30, 2009, 03:59:31 pm »

i click upload put in the information but when i go to look for the save there is a lot of files in the world 11 folder
which file is the one im looking for
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #21 on: March 30, 2009, 04:02:29 pm »

The whole folder is the save file. Upload the entire world 11 folder.

You might need to compress it into a .zip or .rar file first.
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #22 on: March 30, 2009, 04:07:57 pm »

ok how do i compress it then
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #23 on: March 30, 2009, 06:00:58 pm »

I assume Vista has a compression utility built in, but I can't trust Vista. Try right-clicking on the folder and there should be an option like "compress" or something. It might be in the "send to" menu as "zip file" or something of that manner.

If that doesn't work, I suggest using Google.
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #24 on: March 30, 2009, 06:11:50 pm »

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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #25 on: March 30, 2009, 06:48:18 pm »

Personally, I'm suspicious that it might be a RAM problem.  I don't know a good memory test program, but it's -very- common for some applications to trigger bad RAM while other applications don't, even when they seem to be using the same amount.  I've seen references to programs like memtest86; you might search on that and let it run for a couple hours or overnight, see what it does.
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #26 on: March 30, 2009, 07:01:54 pm »

if its a ram problem then how come i'm able to play a bigger fortress with out any problems?
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #27 on: March 31, 2009, 04:19:45 pm »

any body find the problem?
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #28 on: March 31, 2009, 11:59:56 pm »

I'm unable to test it, as it needs the catmouth mod, and I hate screwing around with body parts. Anyone else? This would seriously be more likely to get Toady's attention if you posted the save in your thread in bug reports.
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Re: DF keeps crashing
« Reply #29 on: April 01, 2009, 02:46:21 pm »

by catmouth mod do you mean the fix to stop the message from spamming?
and i'll post the save in my thread on bug reports
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