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Always
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States376 Posts
December 04 2009 14:23 GMT
#101
actually, oddly enough, my laptop crashed while running broodwar on windows 7 yesterday. it literally just turned off-- complete shut down. i have been on windows 7 for a few weeks though, and it's only happened once-- maybe my problem isn't the same as yours..
"Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error." - Linus Pauling
grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
December 04 2009 15:16 GMT
#102
On December 04 2009 22:45 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
Show nested quote +
Open notepad.

copy/paste:

cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 D:\"SC"\"Launcher"\"Launcher.exe"
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
cd C:\SC\StarCraft\
rem cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 D:\"SC"\"StarCraft.exe"
rem Wait for the game to quit, press Enter to continue
pause
start explorer.exe
exit

Replace those paths with what you have for said files, save as .bat file.
Now when you wish to play start SC by clicking the file you created, it kills explorer until you stop playing. You can also create a shortcut of the file and make it look like SC so it looks prettier.


I tried everything else but only this works, now about 200 games without a crash. If even this doesn´t work then I have no idea what could be wrong. Maybe you guys have some weirdo component that just hates SC.


will all this affinity stuff work for me when i only have one core to begin with? or would all that stuff be redundant?

basically, is there a .bat file like this but for one core computers?
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HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
December 04 2009 15:37 GMT
#103
On December 05 2009 00:16 grobo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2009 22:45 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
Open notepad.

copy/paste:

cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 D:\"SC"\"Launcher"\"Launcher.exe"
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
cd C:\SC\StarCraft\
rem cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 D:\"SC"\"StarCraft.exe"
rem Wait for the game to quit, press Enter to continue
pause
start explorer.exe
exit

Replace those paths with what you have for said files, save as .bat file.
Now when you wish to play start SC by clicking the file you created, it kills explorer until you stop playing. You can also create a shortcut of the file and make it look like SC so it looks prettier.


I tried everything else but only this works, now about 200 games without a crash. If even this doesn´t work then I have no idea what could be wrong. Maybe you guys have some weirdo component that just hates SC.


will all this affinity stuff work for me when i only have one core to begin with? or would all that stuff be redundant?

basically, is there a .bat file like this but for one core computers?


Mm, that affinity is just so that the game uses only on processor that´s what the number one is for I think (processors are named 0 - gazillion). So if you only have one processor I don´t see the reason/need for that affinity part.

So what that .bat file really would do then is that it kills explorer and after that starts Iccuplauncher/BW so the taskbar wont mess the colours. When you quit SC it starts explorer again and also exits the .bat file with a press of enter, for convenience.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
December 09 2009 20:34 GMT
#104
question... I just got a new laptop with windows 7...


Open notepad.

copy/paste:

cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 D:\"SC"\"Launcher"\"Launcher.exe"
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
cd C:\SC\StarCraft\
rem cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 D:\"SC"\"StarCraft.exe"
rem Wait for the game to quit, press Enter to continue
pause
start explorer.exe
exit

Replace those paths with what you have for said files, save as .bat file.
Now when you wish to play start SC by clicking the file you created, it kills explorer until you stop playing. You can also create a shortcut of the file and make it look like SC so it looks prettier.


what does "replace those paths with what you have for said files" mean?

thanks!
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
December 11 2009 22:10 GMT
#105
anyone??
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Julmust
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden4867 Posts
December 11 2009 22:14 GMT
#106
well lets say you, like me, have starcraft on your C drive, in the folder program files -> starcraft and the iccup launcher on the C drive in Program Files -> ICCup -> Launcher then this is the correct way:

cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 C:\"Program Files"\"ICCup"\"Launcher"\"Launcher.exe"
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
cd C:\"Program Files (x86)"\"StarCraft"\
rem cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 C:\"Program Files"\"StarCraft"\"StarCraft.exe"
rem Wait for the game to quit, press Enter to continue
pause
start explorer.exe
exit
AdministratorI'm dancing in the moonlight
grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
December 11 2009 22:17 GMT
#107
It probably means that you should replace those paths with the ones you use, for example, some people might have their SC installed in F:\games\Starcraft

I just noticed one thing, i always had the problem with weird colors in the game lobby and some minor color problems ingame, but i noticed that i had forgot to turn up my monitor's Hz after the format, when i turned up the Hz to what i usually have everything turned to normal again, and i haven't had any color problems since.
We make signature, then defense it.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
December 11 2009 22:31 GMT
#108
Yes your paths should point to the starcraft.exe file wherever it's installed. Xeris' example has it pointing to the CD drive unless your running sc straight from a CD on your CD drive you'll want to change it to the paths to where it is on ur HD.
Julmust
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden4867 Posts
December 11 2009 22:41 GMT
#109
what? no it doesnt have to point to the cd-rom drive? it can point to whatever drive on your computer, HDD or CD-ROM. just because it says D: doesnt mean it's the CD-ROM
AdministratorI'm dancing in the moonlight
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
December 11 2009 23:11 GMT
#110
Anyone who is having crashing on Win7 want to help me develop a fix? Will require remote access to your PC.
AdministratorTwitter: @R1CH_TL
TL+ Member
RaptorX
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Germany646 Posts
December 11 2009 23:23 GMT
#111
instead of creating a bat file, I would try "prio" priority saver... that program sets the affinity and the priority of a program and then you dont have to set it up any more...

I use it for streaming, I set up camtasia and starcraft in one core and the encoder in another and then saved the settings with that program, I dont have to be doing that stuff over and over again.

check the info here:
http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html

if you go to the download area then you look for the last program at the bottom.
I won
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51638 Posts
December 11 2009 23:44 GMT
#112
On December 12 2009 08:11 R1CH wrote:
Anyone who is having crashing on Win7 want to help me develop a fix? Will require remote access to your PC.


do i need good internet
Commentator
Doso
Profile Joined March 2008
Germany769 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-12 00:55:06
December 12 2009 00:52 GMT
#113
On December 12 2009 08:11 R1CH wrote:
Anyone who is having crashing on Win7 want to help me develop a fix? Will require remote access to your PC.


You can count me in, you have to deal with a German Windows 7 though :p

I can confirm that it's a sound issue.

If i let Winamp play MP3 streams in the background Starcraft crashes after a while. If I don't Starcraft runs fine.
ketomai
Profile Joined June 2007
United States2789 Posts
December 12 2009 01:15 GMT
#114
On December 12 2009 08:11 R1CH wrote:
Anyone who is having crashing on Win7 want to help me develop a fix? Will require remote access to your PC.


If needed I will too. Would pretty pro and wizard-like.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51638 Posts
December 12 2009 01:15 GMT
#115
On December 12 2009 09:52 Doso wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2009 08:11 R1CH wrote:
Anyone who is having crashing on Win7 want to help me develop a fix? Will require remote access to your PC.


You can count me in, you have to deal with a German Windows 7 though :p

I can confirm that it's a sound issue.

If i let Winamp play MP3 streams in the background Starcraft crashes after a while. If I don't Starcraft runs fine.


i don't think so

i tried playing without winamp on, and i still crashed.
Commentator
Art_of_Kill
Profile Joined September 2003
Zaire1232 Posts
December 12 2009 01:28 GMT
#116
have the same problem
but when i use windows mode on iccuplauncher it stop crashing ~
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
December 12 2009 01:31 GMT
#117
windows mode works, the .bat file thing worked for me!
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writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-12 02:32:57
December 12 2009 02:30 GMT
#118
To anyone who crashes, as in computer just dies and you have to force a reboot:

Check your PCI hardware, e.g. network card. I was getting constant 0x00000124 bsod's when I upgraded to 7. Turns out the reason was because I was using an outdated driver on my Atheros AR928X that worked fine on Vista, but gave errors on win7.

In particular I was using a modded Atheros driver on laptopvideo2go, and the modded INF was the issue. Updating to a newer release fixed my problems and now I can finally enjoy Win7 with no crashes!

Therefore I advise updating all your drivers, not just using Windows Update but actually checking the manufacturer's website.
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
December 12 2009 02:32 GMT
#119
[image loading]

Poll: What happens?
(Vote): Complete system freeze
(Vote): Windows "Starcraft has stopped working"
(Vote): Windows "StarCraft.exe the instruction at 0xxxxxxxxx referenced memory at 0xxxxxxxxx:"
(Vote): BSOD
(Vote): Crash to desktop, no error or anything

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TL+ Member
inReacH
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Sweden1612 Posts
December 12 2009 09:11 GMT
#120
Hey Rich you're welcome to use my PC if you still need one.

I reformatted to the retail release of 64bit 2 days ago so it's a clean install.
I just went back to my old graphics card and I'm about to see if that works but PM me at anytime and I'll gladly surrender my computer for the greater good.

I'll also PM you my msn right now.
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