[EM] Game will freeze for just a split second then "jump" *FIXED*

[ahobday]

I'm running Evochron Mercenary 1.508, for the first time on this computer, and this doesn't occur with any other game. Nor did it occur with Evochron Mercenary on my old computer.

I loaded into the game, and it runs fine, but every 5 seconds or so (Not consistently 5 seconds, that's just to give you an idea of the frequency) the game will lag or freeze very briefly and then the view will "jump" to a new location.

So if I was turning, using the mouse, to the right, the view would suddenly lock up and then immediately jump to wherever I would have been facing had it not locked up. That is, the lock-up doesn't last any time at all, really.

My computer specs are:

AMD Phenom II X4 955BE
4GB DDR3 RAM
Geforce GFX 460 768mb

All video options are set to "High".

[Edited on 12-9-2011 by ahobday]

[Edited on 10-6-2011 by Vice]

[Maarschalk]

What is your frame rate when the view lock-up happens? Does it happen in both Multiplayer online and Single player ofline? Are there any other background task running that where not running on your old computer?

[MMaggio]

Maarschalk is right. It sounds like a memory problem for sure.
Could you try lowering the video options and try again and please make sure there are no open browsers or otther programs running in the background.
I don't mean to be tedious, but do you have the latest drivers for your vid card installed?
This game does require a lot of memory.
If all the above do not resolve the problem, you may have to wait for Vice tto reply.
Good Luck.

[ahobday]

I couldn't find any way to display the FPS (Without downloading a third party program to do it, like FRAPS).

I also lowered every detail setting to minimum, none of which helped.

BUT! It's not important, since MMaggio's tedium was the saviour: I just needed to update my graphics driver.

It's too easy to believe that updating your graphics driver wouldn't help at all, when you're playing much more intensive games without problem on the current driver.

Anyway, thanks for forcing me to get my ass in gear, MMaggio! And you too, Maarschalk!

This one is solved.

[Maarschalk]

Good to hear your problem got solved!

To Display your frame rates in Evochron Mercenary press and hold down the tilde ~ Key and you should see your frame rate, update rate and ranking points in the left top corner. The first number is your frame rate. :P

[Edited on 9-12-2011 by Maarschalk]

[MMaggio]

You may pat me on the back when I see you on MP!