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Ok guys, i finally got this game working. It seems to be running fine every time i start it up. A few days ago i got my self a copy of windows 7, I did a fresh install, downloaded Comodo. Then I started dLing all my necessary drivers for my rig, Bios, GPU drivers etc. So from this clean install that’s all i did, get my rig up to date . Finally I started to install GW 2 let all the updates download for the game. I held my breath and started it up, it loaded perfectly and just to be on the safe side I pulled an all nighter an played the game 12 hours straight lmao ( I needed to quench my GW thirst ok) I never got any crash during that time non what so ever. thats all i have installed on my PC as of now.
Im not sure of the exact problem i was having before but here are the few possibilities.
1) I was running Xp which did play the game twice for 5 hours straight but then i continued to get the crash an was unable to play for a month or so.
2) It may have been other programs that was conflicting with GW2 I think I had read somewhere that GW 1 was causing issues with GW 2 installed but that im not 100% sure of I’m having trouble remembering.
3) It could have just been the game itself, i’m not sure if they released any other patches during the time I couldnt play, although i did try often and did get some of the updates they had with still the same issue.
I also have a crappy GPU compared to some i’ve seen people say they have its a Geforce GT 610 (lol) Im able to run the game in PvE on low setting with shaders on medium with about 25 – 35 FPS (even during world events, I have not tried WvW because frankly I’ve waited flipping long enough to play this game, let alone having to figure out what my problem was on my own so im not about to go WvW since i hear there is still some issues with that). Some people did reply to my other posts an made helpful suggestions. So all you people that have GPU’s that blow mine out the water give this a shot.
All in all If you want to play this game as much as I did, then do what I did.
Fresh install windows 7, get your internet security up then make sure ALL your drivers are installed and up to date then immediately make yourself a backup for your system. after that install GW2 and only that. Hopefully this will solve other peoples problems. I will start in the next few days to install the other programs i had previously to see how GW2 copes with them by running GW2 after every new program install just to be on the safe side. Hope this helps guys!
If things remain fine and i dont have anymore issues I will post an I’m sorry to Arena net for being really upset that I couldn’t play their game for almost a month straight.
Well I just upgraded to service pack 3 and same thing just like I thought it would be……screen stutter to black screen. Whenever this happens I have to manual reboot cause my drivers get messed. So lame.
You’re new computer would surely run better if you upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 or 8.
Well I was supposed to upgrade to windows 7 but skipped out on it because I wanted this game Asap! Looks like I should have just gone for the windows 7, my own fault for being too eager I guess……lesson learned for next time.
To Nitro: ya I was aware of that, when i looked at the pack though it had said something like mainly for developers if I remember correctly so that’s why i didn’t bother with it. It’s sooo frustrating man, cause the little time I did get to play I didn’t want to stop, that’s how good this game is to me. I will give it a shot an download service pack 3, hopefully that works or Arena net gets in touch with me, which isn’t looking good right now.
I’ve had this game for what feels like a month already……out of the 30 times or more I’ve tried to play this game its only worked 2-3 times. When i did get to play it was around 3-5 hours. So I know my computer can run this game, it plays others with no problem. The First crash happened while I was creating my 1st character, I had to manually reset and couldn’t play for the rest of the day. Days later I tried a few times to play and it finally did for a while, then couldn’t play again for some time. Also out of all those times the game crashed the only time I got to send a report was twice…..every other time I had to manually reset or a held shut off.
I got a Brand New Computer just for this game. I’m not computer illiterate an know some things, I’m pretty sure that everything has been updated properly on my system. So please don’t ask me to reinstall anything unless your absolutely sure. I’ve read other posts on here that seemed very similar to my own and have tried the things you recommended…..NOTHING WORKED! This is very frustrating. Guild Wars 1 works fine I actually installed that 1st just so I could see how everything looked maxed out and it looked VERY NICE! Guild Wars 2 I installed after and it looked BEAUTIFUL maxed out although I getting horrible FPS so I just looked at what I could and turned it down to medium which runs decently 25-30 FPS I believe even during events that I did take part in.
I’m sure you guys are really busy I’ve seen many of the forums for windows and mac. I wouldn’t mind if I could run the game every time and then encountered a bug while I was playing to then report but I can’t run this pretty much at all! Since the 2 or 3 times I’ve played it hasn’t worked since…….I am seriously a BIG FAN. I got GW 1 late but was instantly hooked, it only took 2 months for me to have the other expansions that’s how much I enjoyed it. It just REAALLLLYY sucks to sit here look at the game case, the desktop item of GW 2 and I know there is no point in clicking because it won’t run. PLEASE do something for fans like me who love Guild Wars and went to lengths just to get to play GW2. I don’t want to sit here another month without getting to play this game, if that’s the case please direct me to where I can get a refund please and thank you. I’ve included the items you need below. I HOPE someone from Arena Net gets back to me with a solution or a very soon to be update.
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Crashing is usually a hardware fault.
Not true. Funny how we all have similar issues then. Its the game. Why can some of us run other games just fine except this one?
This game stresses your system WELL beyond other titles. Actually this game stresses your system even more than Rift & that was relentless.
Believe it or not, your system may not be stable just because it can run “OTHER” games…[/quote]
Never played rift, sorry. I don’t believe we’re all having hardware issues. My friends are experiencing the same things. and if that’s the actual case then they need to take a look at what they have for system requirements an change it.
Waow.. that’s negative. I’m sure you did not crank up any staff member’s will to personally address you or want to fix this faster.
Either way i haven’t got a reply from them anyway and I don’t even think they’ve posted anything on these forums saying “To our dedicated fans, we’re sorry for the issues and are looking into these matters to try an resolve everything as quick as possible”. Where is the customer appreciation. It sucks that i had to trade in some fav games of mine AND shell out some cash just so I could get this game. I’ve read plenty of these forums and a lot of people are having the same problems if not slightly different. We all have the right to be upset, I’m a big fan of GW but i wasnt expecting this. I got a brand new computer for THIS game that from what I’ve seen passed recommended specs on plenty of sites, i test my gpu on the nvidia site it passed.
Crashing is usually a hardware fault.
Not true. Funny how we all have similar issues then. Its the game. Why can some of us run other games just fine except this one?
Hey man i feel your pain believe me, i traded in some great games i liked for this one that i thought was going to be epic beyond proportions. Granted i have been able to play only twice for like 3-5 hours when i should be able to play when i want for however long i want. I honestly didnt think the first release month was going to be like this, maybe a few small issues but nothing serious. Guild Wars 1 had me hooked, one of my fav all time MMO an GW 2 was supposed to top it for me. Looks like they didn’t do enough testing and weren’t prepared. An with the crash Arena.net is even lucky if they can get any feedback from their report system……out of the 15 times this game has messed up on me i was only able to send a report once. I sure hope they fix this soon cause im soooo disappointed, i cant even recommend this to any of my friends now. Sorry for the rant but I’m just as angry as you! Im tired of risking my computer possibly getting messed up from having to reset or a hard shut off, i know Arena.net isnt going to by me a new PC……
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Got it working…….last night i downloaded new drivers for my motherboard i was hesitante to try GW2 fearing it wouldnt work but it did. i played for maybe 5 hours with no problems. my system is not O\C. i was getting between 20-25 frames which runs decently considering. i just tried running it and it went back to the same problem. this is very frustrating.
Also i run GW 1 just fine minus a bit of lag from the background DL’s, and LoL runs fine too so i dont know whats going on im sooo disappointed that i cant seem to play this game. im going to try a reinstall of GW2 or maybe a driver change for my GPU. if nothing works i’ll be disappointed i wasted money on this game.
Hi everyone i was hoping someone could help me with a problem. So i fiinnnaallly get a copy of guild wars 2 here in canada. i install it off a semi fresh windows install on my new computer. The game updates i run it an everything is going well, i start to create my character taking my time to look at all the different settings. Half way through this the game crashes for some reason. So i attempt a restart, login to my account, press the play button as it starts it goes into full screen an begins to flicker showing the guild wars 2 name at the top window then going to black screen back to showing guild wars 2at top window an then back to the black screen. it keeps flickering like that now. im unable to get to any screen now except that annoying flickering. this is such a bummer for me i was soooo excited for this. if anyone has had the same problems an managed to fix it please get back to me. my system specs are as follows.
AMD FX 6100 six core processor 3.30ghz
4 gb ram which is actually 3.48gb
motherboard is 970a-g46
graphics card – nvidia geforce gt 610 2gb ddr3 hdmi+dvi
I reinstalled directx 9c an still nothing.
i didnt want to take the chance to reinstall guild wars 2 itself because it was just working fine an lets be honest it takes a crap load of time an im just waaaayyyy to eager to play this game. PLEASE if anyone knows what my problem is i would appreciate the help sooooo much. If you need to know anything else just ask me as i will be browsing for solutions. hopefully a full reinstall isnt necessary.
Thanks everyone.