Prototype.dll

[byte4554]

So i'm trying to launch prototype and this is the message that I get:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: prototypef.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.1
Application Timestamp: 49ef07ae
Fault Module Name: prototypeenginef.dll
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.1
Fault Module Timestamp: 49ef9366
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00832d03
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 75a1
Additional Information 2: b5117f5af6288a289a2ef6051dbeb27f
Additional Information 3: f412
Additional Information 4: 01b3a27a2e32a1a659c771adbd214d04


Does anyone know how to fix this? I did not buy it on steam, but from gamestop for 25$ so i'm really P,issed off at this.

[pureobscure]

I'm getting the same thing. It's apprently pretty common and may be solved by disabling hyperthreading.

Uhhh, yeah, I'm going to disable hyperthreading on my $1000 Extreme CPU just to play this third rate game. I just wish I read the forum before spending two hours downloading it from Steam.

Good job Activision -- continuing a fine tradition of pure mediocrity!

[byte4554]

I can go to my BIOS menu, but I can't find the hyperthreading options.

[MohoMine]

It might be "Intel HT".

[GRS9]

Originally Posted by pureobscure

I'm getting the same thing. It's apprently pretty common and may be solved by disabling hyperthreading.

Uhhh, yeah, I'm going to disable hyperthreading on my $1000 Extreme CPU just to play this third rate game. I just wish I read the forum before spending two hours downloading it from Steam.

Good job Activision -- continuing a fine tradition of pure mediocrity!

Activision is merely the publisher. A greedy one, at that. But still, a publisher. And why would you want hyperthreading for games, anyway? HT really only gives benefit in other tasks, such as raytracing.

[pureobscure]

Originally Posted by GRS9

Activision is merely the publisher. A greedy one, at that. But still, a publisher. And why would you want hyperthreading for games, anyway? HT really only gives benefit in other tasks, such as raytracing.

I meant more so that I didn't want to boot my computer to change it in bios anytime I want to play. Because then I will never play it

[byte4554]

Okay what to do now. I have a Intel Core 2 Quad which apperently doesnt support hyperthreading. What. The. F&$%

[pureobscure]

Originally Posted by byte4554

Okay what to do now. I have a Intel Core 2 Quad which apperently doesnt support hyperthreading. What. The. F&$%

You could try setting affinity on the process. Maybe set it so it only uses one or two cores?

If you don't know how to do this: Go to the task manager, find the process and right-click on it, and choose 'set affinity'. Try setting it to just use CPU 0 and CPU 1...

I have no idea if it will help, as I deleted my game files, but it's worth a shot I guess.

[GRS9]

Originally Posted by pureobscure

I meant more so that I didn't want to boot my computer to change it in bios anytime I want to play. Because then I will never play it

You don't need 8 cores for anything. Unless you're a raytracing enthusiast/professional, you won't need HT, so you can just turn it off and not turn it back on.

[pureobscure]

Originally Posted by GRS9

You don't need 8 cores for anything. Unless you're a raytracing enthusiast/professional, you won't need HT, so you can just turn it off and not turn it back on.

Actually I have 12 cores. And whether I "need" them all or not is irrelevant. Hyper-threading existed for seven years before this game was released.

I really don't understand why people tend to be such apologists for the (lazy) gaming industry.

[Sygnus21]

From another perspective - I have an Intel i7-950 CPU with Hyper-Threading (HT) enabled and have had no crashes or performance issues.

- Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 rev 1
- Intel Core i7-950 CPU (3.06) OC to 3.82
- 6gig Corsair Dominator RAM at 1600MHz, 8-8-8-20 1T at 1.64v
- ATI HD 6950 2gig GPU - Bios tweaked to a 6970
- Creative X-Fi Titanium Pro soundcard
- 1TB Western Digital HD (games/Data)
- 120gig OCZ Vertex 2 SSD Drive (OS)
- Antec SG850 (850watt) power supply
- HP LCD 22inch monitor @ 1920x1080
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64, SP1
- Latest drivers, updates, and BIOS for hardware & Software.

I only mention this to clear the FUD that this is only a HT issue. I'm not dismissing some people have issues, i'm jut noting that not everyone with HT enabled has a problem.

And pureobscure is right, it's not like HT was some brand new concept that just came out when Prototype was released; so if the game IS having issues with HT, that's poor coding by the developers. It's like a comapny developing a game today that has issues running on Windows 7 x64

Anyway the issue I DO have with the game is more design related like having to run in "Windowed" mode to get a proper resoultuon for my monitor - 1920x1080, or the fact the the save system is atrocious, but those are issues for another thread. Performance wise the game seems to be working for me with my hyper-threaded i7 CPU.

[photonboy]

My HD5870 could run this game fine at 1920x1080. Then I got my GTX 680...

I can only go up to 1280x720/1280x800. Sigh.

The problem apparently is the way VRAM is detected and people over 1
GB are apparently being detected as not having enough.

The problem has been around for a while so it looks like the company has no plans to fix it. Why should they when they have Prototype 2 to sell us?

Seriously, 1280x720 with no anti-aliasing on a GTX 680? Sigh. Screw Prototype 2 then. If they don't support me, I won't support them.

[pureobscure]

Originally Posted by Sygnus21

From another perspective - I have an Intel i7-950 CPU with Hyper-Threading (HT) enabled and have had no crashes or performance issues.

- Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 rev 1
- Intel Core i7-950 CPU (3.06) OC to 3.82
- 6gig Corsair Dominator RAM at 1600MHz, 8-8-8-20 1T at 1.64v
- ATI HD 6950 2gig GPU - Bios tweaked to a 6970
- Creative X-Fi Titanium Pro soundcard
- 1TB Western Digital HD (games/Data)
- 120gig OCZ Vertex 2 SSD Drive (OS)
- Antec SG850 (850watt) power supply
- HP LCD 22inch monitor @ 1920x1080
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64, SP1
- Latest drivers, updates, and BIOS for hardware & Software.

I only mention this to clear the FUD that this is only a HT issue. I'm not dismissing some people have issues, i'm jut noting that not everyone with HT enabled has a problem.

And pureobscure is right, it's not like HT was some brand new concept that just came out when Prototype was released; so if the game IS having issues with HT, that's poor coding by the developers. It's like a comapny developing a game today that has issues running on Windows 7 x64

Anyway the issue I DO have with the game is more design related like having to run in "Windowed" mode to get a proper resoultuon for my monitor - 1920x1080, or the fact the the save system is atrocious, but those are issues for another thread. Performance wise the game seems to be working for me with my hyper-threaded i7 CPU.

What's strange is that our specs aren't too far apart; i7-970 @ 3.2 GHz, Gigabyte G1 Sniper, 12GB Corsair Dominator at 1600 MHz, Creative X-Fi, etc. My video card is a GTX 580. But the game only plays with HT disabled in bios, otherwise it crashes to desktop immediately after loading a game. Very odd...