Freezes at Startup Screen (PC)

ChgoJesse · 06-20-2008, 06:53 PM

I downloaded and set up my license today. I'm running OOTP 9 on a laptop running Windows XP, 640 MB of RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive that is half full, so I seem to surpass the minimum system requirements.

When I double click on the icon and the page pops up, the little "loading" baseball spins for about 20 seconds before it freezes. Clicking anywhere gives me the "Not Responding" message and I have to force quit.

I checked my running processes and nothing is taking up too much memory (my CPU Usage is only about 3%).

What else can I do?

Neags23 · 06-20-2008, 07:01 PM

Try letting it sit for a long time. Fire it up and go make a sandwich, do a load of laundry and when you come back, if it's still sitting there, we'll proceed. Maybe it's just a first time startup thing.

You can try making sure nothing else is running. Anti-virus programs seem to wreak havoc sometimes. Try temporarily disabling yours. Any downloads going on in the background, lose 'em. Normally, it shouldn't be an issue... I have outlook, utorrent, firefox, textpad and a remote desktop session all open beside OOTP 9, and she's runnin' like a beaut. But just for troubleshooting's sake, have it run lone ranger style and see what happens.

henry44 · 06-21-2008, 01:40 PM

i get the same thing on start up it takes about 1minute for the
game to come up after clicking on the baseball it will say not responding but then it does

Andreas Raht · 06-24-2008, 05:55 PM

If this is still an issue, please send me a PM!

06-20-2008, 06:53 PM	#1
ChgoJesse Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2	Freezes at Startup Screen (PC) I downloaded and set up my license today. I'm running OOTP 9 on a laptop running Windows XP, 640 MB of RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive that is half full, so I seem to surpass the minimum system requirements. When I double click on the icon and the page pops up, the little "loading" baseball spins for about 20 seconds before it freezes. Clicking anywhere gives me the "Not Responding" message and I have to force quit. I checked my running processes and nothing is taking up too much memory (my CPU Usage is only about 3%). What else can I do?

06-20-2008, 07:01 PM	#2
Neags23 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,577	Try letting it sit for a long time. Fire it up and go make a sandwich, do a load of laundry and when you come back, if it's still sitting there, we'll proceed. Maybe it's just a first time startup thing. You can try making sure nothing else is running. Anti-virus programs seem to wreak havoc sometimes. Try temporarily disabling yours. Any downloads going on in the background, lose 'em. Normally, it shouldn't be an issue... I have outlook, utorrent, firefox, textpad and a remote desktop session all open beside OOTP 9, and she's runnin' like a beaut. But just for troubleshooting's sake, have it run lone ranger style and see what happens. __________________ GM Havana Sugar Kings, World Baseball League - 2000, 2003, 2005 WBL Champions Former GM Washburn Sea Wolves Dog Days Baseball - 1981 & 1986 Kennel Cup Champions

06-24-2008, 05:55 PM	#4
Andreas Raht Administrator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hollern/Stade/Germany Posts: 8,992	If this is still an issue, please send me a PM! __________________ Andreas Raht andreas@ootpdevelopments.com Out of the Park Developments

06-21-2008, 01:40 PM	#3
henry44 Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1	i get the same thing on start up it takes about 1minute for the game to come up after clicking on the baseball it will say not responding but then it does