1
DF Bug Reports / [40d] Game randomly freezes Windows on startup
« on: October 28, 2009, 04:56:09 pm »
Dwarf Fortress will sometimes freeze my computer when I start it up, requiring a restart to get my computer working again. The lock-up is immediately after I start DF, and it only does this if I've started it up more than once per "session"(or whatever you call the time between proper shutdowns and restarts; I tend to have my computer hibernate instead of shut down completely because it makes it a thousand times faster to start up again).
I've seen a blue screen error message once or twice, but I haven't seen any recently enough to remember them and post them here(although I will write down the blue screen message if I get one from DF in the future). There's nothing in Dwarf Fortress' error log, presumably because the computer locks up before it can record anything there.
I don't use any mods(other than the few things included with the Mayday graphics pack, but I seriously doubt that would cause DF to freeze my PC at random), & I'm running Windows XP on a laptop. Again, this never happens the first time I start up Dwarf Fortress after a proper startup, only after that.
I've seen a blue screen error message once or twice, but I haven't seen any recently enough to remember them and post them here(although I will write down the blue screen message if I get one from DF in the future). There's nothing in Dwarf Fortress' error log, presumably because the computer locks up before it can record anything there.
I don't use any mods(other than the few things included with the Mayday graphics pack, but I seriously doubt that would cause DF to freeze my PC at random), & I'm running Windows XP on a laptop. Again, this never happens the first time I start up Dwarf Fortress after a proper startup, only after that.