Crash to desktop.

[merc1083]

Hi Guys and Gals. after a very long time, I have finally got a copy of BC, which is great to say the least.

That said I have run into a small problem, that I hope maybe someone can identify and solve.

So the game is patched up, but beyond that it is stock. I go into quick battle, and decide to play out a little Klingon war. 2 Vorcha class + 12 Birds of Prey + myself in a Vorcha (15 total) versus 2 Vorcha class + 12 Birds of Prey (14 total). after about 10 minutes, and after just finishing off a Vorcha, the game suddenly without warning, crashes to desktop. no error, just desktop. So I hop back in, same scenario, only with myself in a Soverign class instead, same thing, shortly in, about 3 B'rels gone, and back to desktop. Now, I've gone through some posts, and this doesn't seem to match anything specifically. I see alot of ones regarding projectiles, but why would it take 10 mins for this to take effect?

has anyone encountered such an issue and have a solution?

I'm running:

an Intel 6750 Dual Core processor
Nvidia 8800GT video card
640 GB hard drive + 250 GB hard drive
4 GBs of RAM
Windows XP pro.


Thank you to anyone who answers ahead of time.

(btw, both times on that Brinlau I map, if that has any bearing.)

[ACES_HIGH]

do you have any mods installed?

[merc1083]

nope, all stock atm.

have been trying to get a list of must have mods from some friends, but they have been silent, so no modifications yet.

[ACES_HIGH]

You may be using too many ships at once, I can't think of any other reason for it, since your machine has plenty of power to run stock BC, and there weren't any major bugs in stock that should cause that.

[merc1083]

that's too bad if that's what it is.

I absolutely love when you're battling away, and you can see another flotilla of ships duking it out all around you. awesome fun.

[MLeo]

Try turning off damage (in the Graphics options), it's possible that BC (being such an old game) isn't made for that many ships.