planeshift hanging after start

[cirth]

iv found a few times that about a minute after starting the game for no apperant reson, it causes my pc to hang. iv tryed waiting it out but nothing happens. its not just planeshift that hangs, it causes windows xp to hang, and i cant stop or exit planeshift or do anything at all. The only thing i can do is hold down the power button to turn it of.

i havnt been able to track the error down at all as every time its hung iv been ding different things within the game. the only commen factor is that in every case its happened just shortly after starting the game. also as iv had to restart every time i cant give u any diagnose file

im fairly certain that this is not a hardware or software problem external to planeshift as prior to this my pc has never hung in this fashion  

[Karyuu]

Do you meet the minimum requirements? :>

Minimum Requirements:

* Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP, Mac OS X 10.2.6, Linux, FreeBSD or Solaris
* GeForce 2 or higher 3D graphics card
* 1 Ghz CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 1 GB free disk space
* 56k modem Internet connection

Recommended Requirements:

* Windows XP, Mac OS X 10.2.6, Linux or FreeBSD
* GeForce 4 or higher 3D graphics card
* 2 Ghz CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 1 GB free disk space
* Broadband Internet connection

And are there any extra processes running along with PlaneShift?

[cirth]

ye my computer meets the specs;

Windows xp
2.6 GHz P4
1 GB ram
128 bit, 32mb trident cyberaladdin graphics
40+ GB free space
broadband connection

the integrated graphics card is a bit obscure(no one has ever heard of it) but it works very well and have never really had any problems with it.

the only other things i have running in the background is McAfee antivirus(the resident scaner) and lavasoft Ad-Watch (it just checks for adware, dodgie registry changes ect)

[Karyuu]

I\'d suggest running PS without the McAfee, for a test. Have you run any other graphics-intense games before? :)

[cirth]

ye iv played lots of games that are graphicaly intence and never had any issus like this. thats why i was saying above that i didnt think it had a external cause.

ill try running it without McAfee AV running in the background but im not to sure if ill get any results quickly on it, as the problem only occurs once every week r two, so id have to try running it for a few weeks without McAfee AV before ill be able to say conclusivly.

ultimitaly i dont think the problem is dew to other software as  i have been using them for a long period and iv never found any conficts between McAfee and anything else.

has anyone else ever reported anything like this before as this would seem to be a significant issue?

[CerviasG]

I have had this problem too, sometimes it lets me save a diagnostics file other times it won\'t... If you just tap the power button a few times it will shutdown like you restarted the right way lol. Then as it shuts down you can save the file, then get it after you start your computer again.