Freeze in multiplayer start

[Lancier]

Hello.
When i am trying to start a multiplayer game, it freezes for 2-3 times in dep.phase for short times then freezes forever so i have to close fog2 medieval. No problem in single player. Any idea?

[rbodleyscott]

This might happen in replay if opponent goes away from keyboard for a long time durimng his turn.

[Lancier]

This might happen in replay if opponent goes away from keyboard for a long time durimng his turn.

In fact it happens just before whole battle starts.. At 1st turn..setup/deployment phase before my opponent plays.

[pipfromslitherine]

Can you post the contents of the error.log file from Documents/My Games/FieldOfGlory2 immediately after you have one of these hangs.

Thanks

Pip

[Lancier]

Can you post the contents of the error.log file from Documents/My Games/FieldOfGlory2 immediately after you have one of these hangs.

Thanks

Pip

Freeze again.

WD: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Field of Glory II Medieval
FN: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Field of Glory II Medieval\dbghelp.dll

[pipfromslitherine]

That isn't the whole contents of the log, I wouldn't imagine?

Cheers

Pip

[Lancier]

Thats all i have, played and froze again. I checked the log, thats it, yes.

I was playing on my old computer so it must be smth about my new one..

[Lancier]

Started testing fog2 (ancient) no freeze in mp there, strange.. Only medieval.

[Nijis]

Experiencing the same issue, also with Medieval, during the load/play through of the opponent’s turn. I will try to get the log contents.

Sometimes the computer shuts down completely, sometimes I reach a very odd situation where I can give keyboard commands (win-r, ctrl—alt-delete) and enter text in fields, but cannot interact otherwise with open windows.


OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
System Model Alienware Aurora R7
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz, 3696 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Graphics card GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

[Nijis]

Error log for when it freezes, but I still can use the keyboard:
20250501_063840
VER:10515 BUILD:10009 Jun 4 2024
PLATFORM: WINDOWS
WinVer:10.0.26100.3912
0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
CPU String: GenuineIntel
Stepping ID = 10
Model = 14
Family = 6
Extended model = 9
CLFLUSH cache line size = 64
APIC Physical ID = 2
CPU Brand String: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
Cache Size = 256K
Found DirectX Version Number: 4.09.00.0904
Creating Device.....
MonkeyInitStart
MIS: Found DD
MIS: IsHW
MIS: SetCoop
MIS: Setting Disp Mode
MIS: Done Init 3D Device
MIS: Tex Enum
MIS: SDRS
MIS: Init Decal Render
TS: Start
TS: IAPSent
TS: UILoaded
INITIAL LOAD 8458
TS: BattleObj
TS: Managers
TS: BFBB
TS: LT
TS: InitDLUI
TS: Messages
TS: Ended
Received stats and achievements from Steam
Rebuilding the Device....
SUCCESS!!!! Rebuilding the Device....
MPV:10515
TIMEOUT: 1209600
VCHECK: 266
MPV:10515
Playing as: 1
TICKS IN REPLAY:3832
LOADTIME: 16922
Rebuilding the Device....
Rebuilding the Device....
Rebuilding the Device...

This is followed by hundreds of "Rebuilding the Device" messages, interspersed with occasional moves:
265: ALL_FIGHTMELEE : 25, 33, 33, 0 : BE725F59
Rebuilding the Device....
756: ALL_Move : 10, 42, 29, 0 : 72E03EFC

It ends with just a very long string of "Rebuilding the Device" messages

[Nijis]

When I restart the game after the above freeze, I get this error message:

This device does not support the queried technique.
ERROR
Failed to create device for renderiing. Invalid resolution, or cannot run without at least shader model 3.0
(0) : Failed
ERROR

I can fix that by reinstalling the driver. I then restart the game and the computer shuts down, which I suspect is related to the driver reinstallation, but I can post the error message.

Apologies if this is simply a hardware problem with my driver, but the specific link with FoG2:Medieval, plus the original poster's similar issue, made me think that this might be related to the game.

[pipfromslitherine]

Check your OPTIONS.TXT file in Documents/My Games/FieldOfGlory2. See if the REZX and REZY values are what you would expect for your display. You can also try running the game in windowed mode to see if that helps.

You shouldn't have to keep reinstalling your video drivers.

Cheers

Pip

[Nijis]

Thanks! I’ll try that. It could be that I have graphics card issues that have nothing to do with FoG.