YES!
I have this EXACT same problem. I posted about this ages ago and never saw anyone with the same problems!
Originally i would get the freezing in the first main area (after the tut) and was never able to fix it. Since a minor hardware change i tried again and got all the way to sentinel island.
Now, if i play from cold (just turned the PC On) i will get about 20 minutes of play before the freeze happens. Once a freeze has occurred it will always happen within seconds of play until the PC is rebooted.
I noticed about the sound effects; if you crash and your just in the world then you will hear the sounds you expect to hear BUT if your in a menu of any kind and you freeze you will still ONLY HEAR WORLD SOUNDS. Like it kicks you out of the menu then freezes, idk. You shouldnt be able to hear your character swinging a weapon when the freeze happened on the map or something!!
I am hastily trying the new patch but i dont expect positive results. I paid good money for this game and it is totally 100 percent unplayable. Im so glad you guys have reported the same issue, i honestly thought my PC was broken and i PAID MONEY FOR NEW PARTS to get this game working.
I have tried running the game at various different graphical settings, it makes no difference (aside from the stuttering on MAX but im happy to play medium settings really)
SPECS:
2.8GHZ Athlon x2
2GB Kingston HyperX RAM
9800GT
550W PSU
EDIT: Oh lovely, the auto updater CRASHED now. Seriously larian, what the hell?
Last edited by sensay; 17/01/10 11:59 AM.
