Anyone here play Lotr:o, having issues with it crashing

[QueBert]

Friends computer, Windows 7 64 bit (recently installed) with a p45 MB + ATI Radeon 4850. It BSOD'd on her 3 times last night while she was playing LOTR:O. ntoskrnl.exe for all 3 crashes when I looked at the dumps, I know this is more of a computer help question but I figured since it's a game, maybe somebody else here is having the same issue. From looking at the dump I can't be 100% it's LOTR:O that's causing it, but she's only having problems with her PC while playing that game.

 

[gothamhunter]

This game can cause some stability issues if certain things aren't properly set.

Make sure that you have v-sync enabled, and set to 60, otherwise this game will eat up as much system resources as possible to give it the best render, which can cause some BSOD's (happened to me all the time when I first started playing).

Also, there should be a troubleshooting choice in the options windows (all the way at the bottom I think?). Go in there and set the max FPS to 60, and there should be some settings in there for generic/general settings and turn them down.

If you change these settings and you see that it's working fine now, start with the Troubleshooting area and gradually increase settings again until you find your breaking point.

I'd recommend always leaving v-sync on and at 60 since there's no point in it trying to push out more FPS than your screen/monitor/eyes can see.

 

[acheron]

hm. I have a very similar setup (p45 and 4850, though I'm on W7 32-bit) and don't have any problems with LOTRO on more or less the highest settings. gothamhunter's suggestions are worth a try though, maybe you can at least confirm if LOTRO is the problem or not.

 

[lupi]

As one that has had the game since release, never had anything even near a crash except when I had sli going way back when.

 

[gothamhunter]

As one that has had the game since release, never had anything even near a crash except when I had sli going way back when.

SLI is what was causing my crashes in relation to those settings. Getting rid of one of my cards without any tweaking fixed it, or keeping the SLI and doing the tweaking fixed it too.

 

[cronos]

Does she have the latest video card driver installed?

Also, I remember vaguely that a certain ATI card has known problems with LoTRO. I may have confused this with another game though.

 

[manko]

I haven't had any crashes or problems like that on Win 7 64 with an Nvidia card.

You might do a search or post here too:

LOTRO Technical Support Forum