Random Crashes

[wsdave]

My system is an Asus SLI Deluxe motherboard running an AMD Phenom 9500 Quad 2.21 Ghz processor with 6 GB ram installed.
The operating system is Windows 7 Home which is fully updated. My video card is an AMD Radeon HD 6450. The drivers are fully updated. Video is set to 800x600 32 bit color, hardware rendering is on and I'm running Directx 9.0.
I've installed the Links2ks_107 patch and the LSPN_MAIN_L2K3 patch.
I run Advast antivirus and Advanced System Care in the background. Not aware of any other major programs running.
Lately I'm getting random crashes while in the game. Most of the time it occurs while playing however, I have noticed recently that even attempting to look at the course conditions will stop Links from running and return me to the desktop.
I have attempted to play offline however, I'm connected to cable and cannot disconnect from internet.
I've heard that some background programs will affect Links however, I never had a problem with programs when running XP.
Is there anything else I could adjust or change?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dave

[Redskin]

You might want to go over to Links Corner and read this post.
I had the same problem with Avast and I switched to AVG (free) and everything is back to normal now.
Jim

http://linkscorner.org/forum/viewtopic. ... 543#289543

[wsdave]

Thanks for the reply Redskin.
I have tried everything, including running msconfig and shutting all unneeded processes EXCEPT Avast!
I think you hit the nail on the head.
I will try AVG.
Thanks again - I'll let you know.
Dave

[rwoodworkr]

...I have attempted to play offline however, I'm connected to cable and cannot disconnect from internet.
...

When you play offline, I believe that you are only disconnected from the LSPN server . This is how I play, and it solves any connection issues that may occur during a round. As an added advantage, it very minimally speeds up play.
In the past, whenever my antivirus would run a system scan, it would occasionally kick me out of the game, so I set scans to run only manually. Also, you could try a program like 'Razer Game Booster', which shuts off many conflicting background programs. Then your current game can hog your computer resources unimpeded.

...I have noticed recently that even attempting to look at the course conditions will stop Links from running and return me to the desktop...

Also, you need to run this:

LSPN View Conditions Crash Fix:
http://www.lspn.net/downloads/LSPN_CRASH_FIX.exe
After downloading from link above, double-click the file to install.

[wsdave]

SUCCESS!!!!
I want to thank you both for your help. I'm not sure what exactly solved the issue but I did install AVG and I did forget about that LSPN_CRASH_FIX patch
Anyway - all seems good as I have no issues (so far) and even posted a fantastic round!
Thanks again for all your help.
Dave

[Redskin]

Good to hear you got it all fixed and everything is working like it should.
Jim