client crash/freeze

[splinecl2]

I'm having crashes and freezes all over the place. Sometimes it happens just when i start the client and sometimes I get as far as character selection, but never further. The OS always recovers, with a message that the video driver has crashed.

Its obviously a graphics card thing. I'm running Vista 32 with a GeForce 8800 GTX, with the nevest drivers and Vista fully updated. This is the only game I have had problems with so far. At one time I got this crash message:

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A failed assertion occurs
ProcName: client_ryzom_rd.exe
Date: 2007/08/07 21:30:11
File: R:\code\nel\src\3d\driver\direct3d\driver_direct3d_vertex.cpp
Line: 889
FuncName: <Unknown>
Reason: "VertexBuffer->Lock (0, Size, &pbData, D3DLOCK_DISCARD) == D3D_OK"
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Log with no filter:
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Log Starting [2007/08/07 21:29:39]
2007/08/07 21:29:39 client_ryzom_rd.exe INF 9a4 sound_driver_fmod.cpp 157 : FMod Hardware Support: 32 2D channels, 32 3D channels, 64 Total Channels
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Log with no filter:
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Log Starting [2007/08/07 21:29:22]
2007/08/07 21:29:22 client_ryzom_rd.exe INF 9a4 driver_direct3d_vertex.cpp 715 : VAR: 1048575 vertices supported
2007/08/07 21:29:22 client_ryzom_rd.exe INF 9a4 driver_direct3d_vertex.cpp 716 : VAR: Success to allocate 16.8 Mo of AGP VAR Ram
2007/08/07 21:29:22 client_ryzom_rd.exe INF 9a4 driver_direct3d_profile.cpp 73 : PERFORMANCE INFO: enableUsedTextureMemorySum has been set to true in CDriverD3D

2007/08/07 21:30:11 client_ryzom_rd.exe AST 9a4 driver_direct3d_vertex.cpp 889 : "VertexBuffer->Lock (0, Size, &pbData, D3DLOCK_DISCARD) == D3D_OK"
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[daestny]

Please ensure that you are actually configured to run under direct3D and not relying on the autodetect feature to switch the games graphics mode. This can cause the lockups you describe as well as articfacts that are mentioned in this tech support thread