C&C The first decade - Red Alert 2 / Yuri revenge ingame freeze

[dev00790]

The first decade is patched to latest version v1.02.

Screen freezes and graphical corruption on ingame toolbar at same instance when playing. Only get this problem when play other people online. Happens virtually every time, with both games.

When I reset PC (yet again) after a freeze - Windows produced a dump file upon reboot which is also shown below, along with "serious error" contents and dxdiag log.

Serious error contents:

BCcode: ea
BCP1: 881165C0
BCP2: 884DAA00
BCP3: 881DB758
BCP4: 00000002
OSVer: 5_1_2600
SP: 3_0
Product: 256_1

The contents of dump file:

----- 32 bit Kernel Mini Dump Analysis

DUMP_HEADER32:
MajorVersion 0000000f
MinorVersion 00000a28
DirectoryTableBase 0b2c04c0
PfnDataBase 81a00000
PsLoadedModuleList 8055d720
PsActiveProcessHead 805638b8
MachineImageType 0000014c
NumberProcessors 00000002
BugCheckCode 000000ea
BugCheckParameter1 881165c0
BugCheckParameter2 884daa00
BugCheckParameter3 881db758
BugCheckParameter4 00000002
PaeEnabled 00000001
KdDebuggerDataBlock 8054d2e0
MiniDumpFields 00000cff

TRIAGE_DUMP32:
ServicePackBuild 00000300
SizeOfDump 00010000
ValidOffset 0000fffc
ContextOffset 00000320
ExceptionOffset 000007d0
MmOffset 00000000
UnloadedDriversOffset 00000000
PrcbOffset 000012f8
ProcessOffset 00001f48
ThreadOffset 000021a8
CallStackOffset 00002400
SizeOfCallStack 00000a30
DriverListOffset 00002e30
DriverCount 0000008f
StringPoolOffset 000058a8
StringPoolSize 000013a8
BrokenDriverOffset 00000000
TriageOptions 00000000
TopOfStack a44245d0
DebuggerDataOffset 00001068
DebuggerDataSize 00000290
DataBlocksOffset 00006c50
DataBlocksCount 00000001


Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 3) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible

Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055d720
Debug session time: Thu Sep 04 20:27:24 2008
System Uptime: 0 days 0:19:04
start end module name
804d7000 806e4000 nt Checksum: 001F442E Timestamp: Sun Apr 13 19:
31:06 2008 (4802516A)

Mini Kernel Dump does not contain unloaded driver list
Unable to examine unloaded module list
Finished dump check

------- dxdiag is below

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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/4/2008, 21:52:45
Machine name: PC
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2814MB RAM
Page File: 460MB used, 4241MB available
Windows Dir: D:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
------------
DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: The file ctaud2k.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

---------------
Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0611&SUBSYS_23301682&REV_A2
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 960 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.7519 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/16/2008 14:01:00, 6108928 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 5/16/2008 14:01:00, 6557408 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4551-11CF-6D68-3B0303C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0611
SubSys ID: 0x23301682
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2

 

[tallguy1618]

You might get more help if there wasn't a mountain of stuff to sort through lol.

 

[dev00790]

Ok. First post edited: cut most of dxdiag out. Any help would be apprieciated. Can repost rest if required. Thanks.

 

[Master Exon]

Well, I seem to remember when EA bought Westwood and left Yuri's revenge filled with glitches in the network code. 50% of all 4 player Yuri's revenge games would crash.

Yuri's revenge was so unstable we pretty much had no choice but to go back to RA2 vanilla. Anyways, I play Dawn of War now, you should try that out, it's much better than RA2.

 

[gamerk316]

TFD had enough bugs to sink a battlship. Theres an entire thread on the official forums for special game fixes...

I've gone so far as to re-install the origional games, as they actually seem to work.