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Network Crashes

by Dave Anderson · in Technical Issues · 01/27/2007 (8:29 am) · 1 replies

I'm using Ken Finney's book (3D Game Programming All in One, 2nd ed) on Torque in a classroom. My students brought up the Ork Village demo game that came with his book (my system was the server, and everyone else was connecting to it). Most of the 20 students had it running just fine right away. But a few of the computers (Dell PCs) exhibited strange behavior, apparently crashing - the demo simply vanished, leaving just the desktop. These same students would then try it again, and on the second or third try, they were running properly.

I'd like to know what the problem is, and how to avoid it in the future. Any suggestions?
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I teach game development and video at Holyoke Community College in western Mass. Previously, I spent 20 years as a software engineer in television and multimedia. I hold an M.A. in Education, and am a writer of educational materials.

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    Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
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    01/27/2007 (10:34 am)
    Most likely it's a video driver issue. You may want to first check to see if they have the latest drivers on those computers, and next check to see if they have some unusual video hardware. Integrated cards are very rare on desktops nowadays, but it's a possibility.

    Note: OEM drivers are almost never the way to go with OpenGL based software--they are almost always deficient in OpenGL requirements. Best to go to the card manufacturer.