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  • n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP! :(

    Hello all in Vana diel land!
    My name is Amanda (irl) Renesme (IG). I've been playing collectively for about 4 years now, but just recently really got back into playing.
    I'm currently running a 24MNK/10WAR (yeah I need to lvl sub, i know, i know! )
    I've been trying to lvl as much as my real-life job will allow, but it seems like every time I try to play hard core (an hour+), there's a problem with my game...

    I've noticed that what usually happens is I'll be in the middle of something, usually/lately it's been a fight, and I'll notice that the sound sort of screws up. It should be playing the monk's "combo" sounds or something like that, but it's like the sound is confused; I'll only hear the battle music, wind (as I'm fighting in Buburimu), maybe a few footsteps here or there, and that's about it. Shortly thereafter, the game freezes and closes on it's own with a popup that states "PlayOnline has stopped working".

    It's driving me crazy, and not to mention worrying me because if I'm ptying with someone, I don't want this to happen and me leave a player stranded...

    I've seen similar problems to this elsewhere through google, but I was wondering if anyone on here would be so kind as to help me figure out what's going on...

    I'm running Windows Vista and from what I can tell, have the correct POL version is downloaded. Though there may be some settings I'm missing here or there, so if anyone would be willing to help me I'd truly appreciate it!!!

    Renesme, Asura Server, Windurst.

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    Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

    It could be that the audio files you have are corrupted.

    It might just be best to do a full reinstall if they are.

    Does it do it any other time, such as in the town, or only when you are in a fight?

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    • #3
      Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

      Seems like its only when I'm in a fight. Would corrupted sound files cause the pol viewer to quit?

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      • #4
        Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

        It would cause the game itself to crash if you try to play a song that is corrupted. Try it with a party, or an area that has different battle music.

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        • #5
          Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

          Could also be driver conflict, if you have changed or updated drivers recently, or if an update to the game changed something that is conflicting now.

          I suggest updating at least your sound card's drivers if you haven't already and I guess reinstalling the game if that doesn't work.
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          • #6
            Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

            I've been playing in parties with my hubby and its happened in e. Sarutabaruta as well as bubu, tahrongi and seeems like there was 1 other place...it could be the audio files. Ill try to uninstall and reinstall to see if that fixes the problem.

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            • #7
              Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

              Try Rays fix first since that's the best thing to do instead of a 13 hour DL lol.

              It seems like it might be the windy side that is the issue lol.

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              • #8
                Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

                Yeah lol ill look at it in the am, hopefully the sound card is all that needs to be updated... whew 13 hours is a long time lol

                Thanks for the ideas! If anyone else has anything else in mind, feel free to leave it here

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                • #9
                  Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

                  Well I updated the sound card drivers and was super excited because I thought I had fixed the issue. I was just playing leveling up in Bubu, close to mhaura, we were able to play about 2 hours before the sound got all confused and upon trying to enter mhaura, it kicked me off...any ideas OTHER than doing a reinstall? Thanks all!

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                  • #10
                    Re: n00b, "POL has stopped working" PLEASE HELP!

                    I have no idea to be honest, I'm not one of the tech guys.
                    But I had a problem when sound would disappear and I knew I'd be kicked off. I havent a clue how I fixed it.
                    I also had a graphics problem once when avatars were near me. Sometimes the latest drivers arent the best ones to use. I had to stop updating my nvidia because the latest drivers from the site didnt like the game. maybe you can roll back the drivers to previous ones before you had the problem?

                    Just a suggestion from a technophobe lol

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