Windows 7 64bit hating Freelancer issues

[titanbot]

I've recently installed Windows 7 64bit. Since then, Freelancer has started acting up (freezing, crashing) all out the blue (while flying, while in jump gate, etc).

Did anyone else encountered this? If yes, how can I fix this?

Thanks,

titanbot

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[Danny-boy]

I'm running windows 7 64bit and have absolutely no such issue, so I doubt that is the cause of your issues.

[Moberg]

Running Windows 7 64 bit too and do not have any problems.
Perhaps you should try to reinstall Freelancer and Discovery. Let them run in admin mode incase permission issues prevented some files from installing.

Also make sure that you have the latest GPU drivers, you should also check possible motherboard drivers (helped me fix a network issue and could help with your issue, too).

[tothebonezone]

Yes, I have.

No, I have no idea what the problem was.

My PC fried out a couple months after those issues occurred so I can't tell you if that was the cause.

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[Exploration]

I run Windows 8.1 and had that problem, though a simple reinstall fixed it. I ran the mod installer .Exe as an administrator and run the game exe+launchpad as administrator also. However i found toying about with the compatability modes seemed to fix a couple graphics bugs i had.

-However saying this, Windows 8.1 has been better actually in compatabiltiy with all my other games, especially those which need Games for Windows Live. Had no issues, infact got better FPS since i switched to 8.1. I suspect Windows is getting a bit too advanced for disco on that front, either that or i should have ran the admin stuff first

[tommyt127]

i see you have a skype address

some users report skype messing with game performance
do you have it running in the background?

if so, consider using a secondary skype source (mobile, second pc, carrier pigeon etc)

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[Alestone]

Don't know if you are running FL Companion, but I found that the game is a lot more stable when run in windowed mode. There is a thread about it in the Help forums.

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[tommyt127]

I found that the game is a lot more stable when run in windowed mode

only on my old laptop
The opposite is now true

Some more information on the system you have will probably help.
for example: cpu, graphics, ram, any background programs

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[titanbot]

Thank you all for your replies. I have re-installed the whole deal (game+mod).
For safety, I'm running Freelancer in compatibility mode (Windows XP SP3), as an administrator. This was very strange, it's basically the only issue I got with the new 64bit OS so far.

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[titanbot]

It's still spewing the same errors (although not as often). Can a dev please answer this? Could DEP from Windows have any adverse effects?

Regards,

titanbot