OC Executable causing instability in everything.

Panda X · Post by **Panda X** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:49 pm

So a friend and I wanted to play OC again so we downloaded. Firefox for him and I crashed when it finished downloading, his was corrupt so he redownloaded it in Chrome, which also crashed when finishing the download. Explorer then hung on both of us trying to do anything with the file, rename, copy, delete, run, etc. Luckily for me it eventually ran but for him it took a good 30 minutes before the installer ran which drug his system to a near halt forcing a reboot. The fact that this both happened to us at the same time was the reason I posted this, if it was just one I wouldn't worry.

We both use Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600.

Steam · Post by **Shana** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:02 pm

Problem on your side, never heard of or had that problem, using Windows 7 too.

Vasili · Post by **Vasili** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:50 pm

Are you using Wireless?

If so, get an Ethernet cable and plug it in.

Steam · Post by **Neico** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:41 pm

W0rf0x wrote:Problem on your side, never heard of or had that problem

shiftey · Post by **shiftey** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:19 am

It does take a good 50 seconds t start on both my computers but other then that I never had a problem. Maybe you're clicking it too much?

Panda X · Post by **Panda X** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:07 am

W0rf0x wrote:Problem on your side, never heard of or had that problem, using Windows 7 too.

If it was on my side then why would the same exact symptoms show with two people, one twice?

Also are you on x86 or x64? We both are on x64.

Vasili wrote:Are you using Wireless?

If so, get an Ethernet cable and plug it in.

No. And you don't need to add emphasis on ethernet, I know what it is.

Steam · Post by **Shana** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:11 am

Panda X wrote:
W0rf0x wrote:Problem on your side, never heard of or had that problem, using Windows 7 too.
If it was on my side then why would the same exact symptoms show with two people, one twice?

Because it doesnt happen to anyone else?
Besides, installers can take a lot of resources while they run, since they have to extract and copy a lot of compressed files in order to install the mod.
Dont blame us for it.

Edit:
x64.

Panda X · Post by **Panda X** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:32 am

W0rf0x wrote:
Panda X wrote:
W0rf0x wrote:Problem on your side, never heard of or had that problem, using Windows 7 too.
If it was on my side then why would the same exact symptoms show with two people, one twice?
Because it doesnt happen to anyone else?
Besides, installers can take a lot of resources while they run, since they have to extract and copy a lot of compressed files in order to install the mod.
Dont blame us for it.

Edit:
x64.

Not when it runs. It's when it's done downloading and/or handled in explorer. Once it's running it's fine.

I downloaded it again on another computer, sure enough:

Explorer also hung again but I didn't get a screen.

Ny · Post by Ny » Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:11 am

That's normal. When a download finishes it copies from your internet temp folder to your specified download location. When this happens the Firefox/IE will become unresponsive, you just have to wait it out. Firefox also virus scans their downloads too, this can add extra waiting time. Just be patient, get a drink or snack and come back in like 5 minutes or so

Panda X · Post by **Panda X** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:21 pm

Ny wrote:That's normal. When a download finishes it copies from your internet temp folder to your specified download location. When this happens the Firefox/IE will become unresponsive, you just have to wait it out. Firefox also virus scans their downloads too, this can add extra waiting time. Just be patient, get a drink or snack and come back in like 5 minutes or so

It only happens on this one file. Also I have the virus scanner disabled.

Steam · Post by **Neico** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:13 pm

firefox always does it, but normally the files aren't big enough / don't contain high compressed data to let you see that it does that every time, just wait... (the installer actually is about 3x bigger without the compression so you can guess how much a scanner must do in order to scan that file)

RocketRunner · Post by **RocketRunner** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:36 am

Going off what Neico said, you should temporarily disable your scanner if it is creating a time-sink.
Plus, if you are using Windows 7, I'd recommend getting any latest patches.
I myself can run OC just fine and I use Vista Home Premium.

Panda X · Post by **Panda X** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:45 am

RocketRunner wrote:Going off what Neico said, you should temporarily disable your scanner if it is creating a time-sink.
Plus, if you are using Windows 7, I'd recommend getting any latest patches.
I myself can run OC just fine and I use Vista Home Premium.

Going off what I said earlier the scanner is disabled. This is the only file to ever do this. And I've had 1GB+ archived installer files and this never happens. Just the one very lone file.

fug's Obsidian clips · Post by **fug4life** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:21 am

Erm, I think I've seen you playing on an OC server, when I was browsing the other day?

All I can say is there are sooo many factors contributing to why an executable of a large file may take time to open. If you now have it open, then no problemo.

If not get an older version of the mod, and patch it up. with the use of the smaller files.

Panda X · Post by **Panda X** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:53 am

fug4life wrote:

Erm, I think I've seen you playing on an OC server, when I was browsing the other day?

All I can say is there are sooo many factors contributing to why an executable of a large file may take time to open. If you now have it open, then no problemo.

If not get an older version of the mod, and patch it up. with the use of the smaller files.

Doubt it, I've been playing though HL's storyline in coop again with a friend.

Like I said, this is the only file. I've got 1,2,3GB+ files that open/manage instantly. There's no reason why this ONE, only one, ever, file should bring my system, my spare system, and my friend's system to a slow halt.