Galactrix Vista Crashing

BrianCumminger · 02-26-2009, 06:47 AM

The new Puzzle Quest Galactrix is a great game, but it crashes and closes every hour or so. I've tried disabling the steam overlay but that didn't seem to help. I'm running Windows Vista Business 64-bit, GeForce 8800 GTS, single monitor, running fullscreen. Anyone else have this problem or have a work-around?

lahoreh · 02-26-2009, 08:36 AM

I use Vista Home 64 bits with a GTX 285 and runs perfectly, not a crash...

02-26-2009, 08:47 PM

Crashing for me too. Vista 64 - GTX 260 - Dual monitor.

I checked the Infinite Interactive forums and it seems many others are having the same problem.

Rumtruffle · 02-27-2009, 04:56 AM

for what its worth i havent had any problems at all on vista 32bit home premium + 8800gt with 182.06 latest whql drivers.

02-27-2009, 12:22 PM

What antivirus is everybody using?

02-27-2009, 02:15 PM

Same here, Vista Ultimate 64, Sapphire 4850, AMD Athlon X2 64 5600+, 4GB DDR2 800. Running AVG Free antivirus and Spybot S&D.

There's a thread at Infinite Interactive, so we aren't alone on this. Actually, I'm noticing the only people who've listed their processors have all been running AMD- is anyone getting this with an Intel chip?

02-27-2009, 08:26 PM

Vista 32-bit Home Premium
9800 GT w/182.06 drivers.

Mine crashes right around 25min to 35min.

BrianCumminger · 02-27-2009, 09:25 PM

This happens on both my Vista 64-bit desktop and Windows 7 64-bit Laptop. As I posted in the Infinite Interactive thread, here's the software that's common between my 2 PCs:

Steam
Windows Live Sync
ESET Nod32 Antivirus
Locate32 (desktop search)
O&O Defrag 11
VMWare Workstation 6.5

Ahrel · 02-27-2009, 11:46 PM

No crashes as of yet for me, running Windows 7 64-bit on my MacBook Pro via Bootcamp. Will try on my desktop with Vista 64 bit later, I dual boot XP and Vista and have recently begun using XP again (for no particular reason other than I hadn't used it in over 3 months). My friend asked me if I was having any crashes in Vista, so I've been trying ot get it to crash in Windows 7 (since I was busy with something in XP).

Any particular moments that cause crashes or is it completely random?

Rumtruffle · 02-28-2009, 12:49 AM

i use kaspersky internet security '09. as i said no crashes.

schnitz76 · 02-28-2009, 11:38 AM

Yep having crashes too. Vista 64, AMD x4, ATI 4870, 4GB RAM

02-28-2009, 01:15 PM

Crashes without fail about every 20 mins. Last crash was during a boss fight. Needless to say, game is unplayable until fixed.

lucidique · 03-01-2009, 09:11 AM

Same thing here. Windows Vista 32. Game crashes after half an hour, everytime.

Hope they fix it, because it is a great game.

edit : Crashes appear to be random. Idle or not. I am running AVG Free 8 in the background.

GregN · 03-02-2009, 12:15 PM

Same here. Vista 32, AMD 64x2, GF8500, 4GB. AVG8. Crashes every time between 20-30 minute. I can just launch it and leave it idle, and it will crash anyway. It's as if the game has a crash timer...

03-02-2009, 05:07 PM

Found a temporary fix!

After reading in the official puzzlequest dev forums the popular opinion is the the crash is due to a memory leak and ONLY with Vista machines with AMD processors.

So I had the task manager running in my second monitor while playing galactrix. and I could see the usage slowly climb during play until the inevitable crash 20 - 30 min into it.

So I came up wit this:

Download CleanMem, start up galactrix, alt tab out and run the program. Played 2 hours straight using this method. (although i had to run it again after the first hour, due to memory usage getting too high)

Hope this helps.

02-26-2009, 06:47 AM	#1
BrianCumminger Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 7	Galactrix Vista Crashing The new Puzzle Quest Galactrix is a great game, but it crashes and closes every hour or so. I've tried disabling the steam overlay but that didn't seem to help. I'm running Windows Vista Business 64-bit, GeForce 8800 GTS, single monitor, running fullscreen. Anyone else have this problem or have a work-around?

03-01-2009, 09:11 AM	#13
lucidique Join Date: Sep 2004 Reputation: 1 Posts: 86	Same thing here. Windows Vista 32. Game crashes after half an hour, everytime. Hope they fix it, because it is a great game. edit : Crashes appear to be random. Idle or not. I am running AVG Free 8 in the background. Last edited by lucidique: 03-01-2009 at 09:13 AM. Reason: Adding more infos.

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02-26-2009, 08:36 AM	#2
lahoreh Join Date: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 15	I use Vista Home 64 bits with a GTX 285 and runs perfectly, not a crash...

02-26-2009, 08:47 PM	#3
TheForsaken Guest Posts: n/a	Crashing for me too. Vista 64 - GTX 260 - Dual monitor. I checked the Infinite Interactive forums and it seems many others are having the same problem.

02-27-2009, 04:56 AM	#4
Rumtruffle Join Date: Oct 2007 Reputation: 38 Posts: 1,620	for what its worth i havent had any problems at all on vista 32bit home premium + 8800gt with 182.06 latest whql drivers.

02-27-2009, 12:22 PM	#5
TheForsaken Guest Posts: n/a	What antivirus is everybody using?

02-27-2009, 02:15 PM	#6
simplicio Guest Posts: n/a	Same here, Vista Ultimate 64, Sapphire 4850, AMD Athlon X2 64 5600+, 4GB DDR2 800. Running AVG Free antivirus and Spybot S&D. There's a thread at Infinite Interactive, so we aren't alone on this. Actually, I'm noticing the only people who've listed their processors have all been running AMD- is anyone getting this with an Intel chip?

02-27-2009, 08:26 PM	#7
psoRanger Guest Posts: n/a	Vista 32-bit Home Premium 9800 GT w/182.06 drivers. Mine crashes right around 25min to 35min.

02-27-2009, 09:25 PM	#8
BrianCumminger Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 7	This happens on both my Vista 64-bit desktop and Windows 7 64-bit Laptop. As I posted in the Infinite Interactive thread, here's the software that's common between my 2 PCs: Steam Windows Live Sync ESET Nod32 Antivirus Locate32 (desktop search) O&O Defrag 11 VMWare Workstation 6.5

02-27-2009, 11:46 PM	#9
Ahrel Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Reputation: 9 Posts: 559	No crashes as of yet for me, running Windows 7 64-bit on my MacBook Pro via Bootcamp. Will try on my desktop with Vista 64 bit later, I dual boot XP and Vista and have recently begun using XP again (for no particular reason other than I hadn't used it in over 3 months). My friend asked me if I was having any crashes in Vista, so I've been trying ot get it to crash in Windows 7 (since I was busy with something in XP). Any particular moments that cause crashes or is it completely random?

02-28-2009, 12:49 AM	#10
Rumtruffle Join Date: Oct 2007 Reputation: 38 Posts: 1,620	i use kaspersky internet security '09. as i said no crashes.

02-28-2009, 11:38 AM	#11
schnitz76 Join Date: Jul 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 28	Yep having crashes too. Vista 64, AMD x4, ATI 4870, 4GB RAM

02-28-2009, 01:15 PM	#12
paralistalon Guest Posts: n/a	Crashes without fail about every 20 mins. Last crash was during a boss fight. Needless to say, game is unplayable until fixed.

03-02-2009, 12:15 PM	#14
GregN Join Date: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	Same here. Vista 32, AMD 64x2, GF8500, 4GB. AVG8. Crashes every time between 20-30 minute. I can just launch it and leave it idle, and it will crash anyway. It's as if the game has a crash timer...

03-02-2009, 05:07 PM	#15
TheForsaken Guest Posts: n/a	Found a temporary fix! After reading in the official puzzlequest dev forums the popular opinion is the the crash is due to a memory leak and ONLY with Vista machines with AMD processors. So I had the task manager running in my second monitor while playing galactrix. and I could see the usage slowly climb during play until the inevitable crash 20 - 30 min into it. So I came up wit this: Download CleanMem, start up galactrix, alt tab out and run the program. Played 2 hours straight using this method. (although i had to run it again after the first hour, due to memory usage getting too high) Hope this helps.