All of a sudden...reboots & reboots

Leon399 · 08-25-2003, 06:23 PM

Please..I'm looking for any suggestions as to why all of a sudden (Have played on and off for a few months with zero trouble) OOTP5 (I have all the updqate patches) now wants to reboot my computer everytime I try and play. It seems to be a random type of thing meaning that it can happen at just about any time while I have the game loaded. It has happened when playing and it has happened while in league setup and it has happened in other areas of game. With no seeming pattern or cause. I am running Windows XP and have 256k in memory and plenty of hard drive space.

I have tried everything....Closing all other programs...veriying I have the correct DirectX..uninstalling both the game and the elicense and then reinstalling both......but now I am at wits end. Why all of a sudden? I would imagine it is something in my system as the game once worked fine..so where should I look? What would cause this to start and even still continue after I had done full uninstall/reinstall's? Please..Please...anyhelp or suggestions appreciated...

cooper_gd · 08-26-2003, 06:40 AM

Does it happen during anything else? Are you just booting up and playing OOTP? It sounds a little like the virus that was going around the week before last.

cooper_gd · 08-26-2003, 06:43 AM

Here is a thread on this board in regard to it.

Leon399 · 08-26-2003, 08:17 AM

Thanks for reply..but no it's not a virus. I was lucky enough not to get it as I have a firewall that blocked it....though I did spend a better portion of that week fixing everyone I know's machines! LOL...

Ya..It seems to be just a OOTP thing....no other game or app does it...so I am stuck.

cooper_gd · 08-26-2003, 08:44 AM

Maybe you can try d/l an older version and manually updating it... or going ahead and applying the update patch to the already updated version.

Have you tried re-d/l the whole install? Maybe the install file you have was corrupted during transmit.

Uninstall and re-install in a completely new directory or even a different HD?

Someone with more tech knowledge of the game will be better than I from this point. That is very strange.

Leon399 · 08-26-2003, 09:32 AM

Thanks again for the replies..... I have tried just about everything you mentioned. I uninstalled both the game and the elicense, and then reinstalled them...Maybe I didn't wipe everything out completely though....I tried different drive....I have my original game file so I installed that and did the updates one by one (Though I doubt this was really necessary) and still the same. My guess is it has something to do with my system cause the game ran fine for months...but I just don't know what.

Maybe someone out there can tell me how to completely wipe out the game and the elicense (Including anything hanging in the registry) so I can try this totally from scratch knowing it is going to be a total clean install.

Thanks again.

Fearbobafett · 08-27-2003, 11:12 PM

I recently had this problem. Turned off the 3-D graphics, which I forgot about after I got the virus and it had to re-install. Turning off the 3-D graphics did the trick for me. Haven't had a problem since. The game is actually running much faster for me also.

Leon399 · 08-28-2003, 05:22 AM

Thanks for reply..where do I find the 3D graphics option? I'll turn it off and see if it helps me..!

Steve Kuffrey · 08-28-2003, 06:13 AM

Graphics config. file inside the OOTP5 folder.

Leon399 · 08-28-2003, 09:22 AM

My thanks to one and all who pitched in. I used the suggestion posted this morning about the 3D graphics setting and have been up with the game for a couple hours now and no reboot.. It seems to have solved the problem.

Thanks again for all the help and advice.

Peace..

08-25-2003, 06:23 PM	#1
Leon399 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 17	All of a sudden...reboots & reboots Please..I'm looking for any suggestions as to why all of a sudden (Have played on and off for a few months with zero trouble) OOTP5 (I have all the updqate patches) now wants to reboot my computer everytime I try and play. It seems to be a random type of thing meaning that it can happen at just about any time while I have the game loaded. It has happened when playing and it has happened while in league setup and it has happened in other areas of game. With no seeming pattern or cause. I am running Windows XP and have 256k in memory and plenty of hard drive space. I have tried everything....Closing all other programs...veriying I have the correct DirectX..uninstalling both the game and the elicense and then reinstalling both......but now I am at wits end. Why all of a sudden? I would imagine it is something in my system as the game once worked fine..so where should I look? What would cause this to start and even still continue after I had done full uninstall/reinstall's? Please..Please...anyhelp or suggestions appreciated... Last edited by Leon399; 08-25-2003 at 06:31 PM.

08-26-2003, 06:40 AM	#2
cooper_gd All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PopBunker.net Posts: 1,011	Does it happen during anything else? Are you just booting up and playing OOTP? It sounds a little like the virus that was going around the week before last. __________________

08-26-2003, 06:43 AM	#3
cooper_gd All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PopBunker.net Posts: 1,011	Here is a thread on this board in regard to it. __________________

08-26-2003, 08:17 AM	#4
Leon399 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 17	Nope..Not virus.. Thanks for reply..but no it's not a virus. I was lucky enough not to get it as I have a firewall that blocked it....though I did spend a better portion of that week fixing everyone I know's machines! LOL... Ya..It seems to be just a OOTP thing....no other game or app does it...so I am stuck.

08-26-2003, 08:44 AM	#5
cooper_gd All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PopBunker.net Posts: 1,011	Maybe you can try d/l an older version and manually updating it... or going ahead and applying the update patch to the already updated version. Have you tried re-d/l the whole install? Maybe the install file you have was corrupted during transmit. Uninstall and re-install in a completely new directory or even a different HD? Someone with more tech knowledge of the game will be better than I from this point. That is very strange. __________________

08-26-2003, 09:32 AM	#6
Leon399 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 17	We think alike... Thanks again for the replies..... I have tried just about everything you mentioned. I uninstalled both the game and the elicense, and then reinstalled them...Maybe I didn't wipe everything out completely though....I tried different drive....I have my original game file so I installed that and did the updates one by one (Though I doubt this was really necessary) and still the same. My guess is it has something to do with my system cause the game ran fine for months...but I just don't know what. Maybe someone out there can tell me how to completely wipe out the game and the elicense (Including anything hanging in the registry) so I can try this totally from scratch knowing it is going to be a total clean install. Thanks again.

08-27-2003, 11:12 PM	#7
Fearbobafett Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lake in the hills Il Posts: 74	I recently had this problem. Turned off the 3-D graphics, which I forgot about after I got the virus and it had to re-install. Turning off the 3-D graphics did the trick for me. Haven't had a problem since. The game is actually running much faster for me also. __________________ BBTF Home - Philadelphia Phillies 1902-1927 Chicago Cubs 1928-Present

08-28-2003, 05:22 AM	#8
Leon399 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 17	Where? Thanks for reply..where do I find the 3D graphics option? I'll turn it off and see if it helps me..!

08-28-2003, 06:13 AM	#9
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,022	Graphics config. file inside the OOTP5 folder. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

08-28-2003, 09:22 AM	#10
Leon399 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 17	I think we have a winner..... My thanks to one and all who pitched in. I used the suggestion posted this morning about the 3D graphics setting and have been up with the game for a couple hours now and no reboot.. It seems to have solved the problem. Thanks again for all the help and advice. Peace..