Freeze at start of battle

[ignac007]

I have a problem with Cossacks which seems to be different than any of the problems described on this forum.

When I start Cossacks all the menus work fine, but immediately when I enter battle the game freezes after drawing the top banner with resources and a few soldiers. By freezes I mean that the display freezes but the music is still playing. I have exactly the same behaviour in all of the Cossacks games (tried CII NW, C EW and AC).

I'm playing on a notebook with only integrated graphics but a lot of more high-tech games work fine so I don't think that's the reason.

Has anyone encountered anything similar or has any ideas?

Thanks.


I noticed this suspicious thing in the log.txt file:

00:15:17 | Info | Initializing D3D Render System...
00:15:18 | Info | D3D Render System was initialized succesfully.
00:15:18 | Info | Creating reflection map. TexMem: 640Mb
00:15:18 | Info | Creating shadow map. TexMem: 640Mb
00:15:18 | Info | Creating terrain cache. TexMem: 640Mb, NSurf: 128
00:15:18 | Info | Creating sprite cache. TexMem: 640Mb, NSurf: 1024
00:15:34 | Warning | DrawBrigsAbility can not find file: Dialogs\v\BrigMarkers.DialogsSystem.xml
00:15:34 | Warning | DrawBrigsAbility can not find file: Dialogs\v\BrigMarkersMini.DialogsSystem.xml



Selected stuff from Dx diag file:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/1/2011, 22:44:07
Machine name: CZPBEDNARIK04
Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.101026-1503)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: 2537WXY
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBLx
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2996MB RAM
Page File: 1992MB used, 3996MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD (Core i5)
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0046&SUBSYS_215A17AA&REV_02
Display Memory: 1305 MB
Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
Shared Memory: 1241 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (50Hz)
Monitor Name: ThinkPad Display 1280x800
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: LEN4035
Native Mode: 1280 x 800(p) (60.047Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: igdumdx32.dll,igd10umd32.dll
Driver File Version: 8.15.0010.2025 (English)
Driver Version: 8.15.10.2025
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/18/2009 12:25:42, 550912 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-4306-11CF-F373-5001A2C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x0046
SubSys ID: 0x215A17AA
Revision ID: 0x0002
Driver Strong Name: oem57.inf:Intel.Mfg:iILKM0:8.15.10.2025:pci\ven_80 86&dev_0046&subsys_215a17aa
Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_C ModeVC1_B ModeVC1_C
D3D9 Overlay: Supported
DXVA-HD: Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

[Spirito]

Try to change the resolution
That work for me

[ignac007]

Unfortunately didn't help, tried all the resolutions. Still the same. The funny thing is that the mouse cursor is still alive as well as the music but all I see is the resource bar and the rest is black.

[Sa0nHa]

For me in only Cossacks 2 I only can see my mouse and the other things are black for about 10 secs at the start of the battle, then the game works fine.

[Spirito]

To many problems on all the cossack games ... i'm really angry about the support ...

[Sa0nHa]

Not many bugs with Back to War, they fixed the most bugs (I remember the retail version always froze for me after about 1 hour)

I hope they will do the same with the other Cossacks games...

[crickard33]

try setting affinity to use only 2 cores, dosnt seem to like quad core cpu ..