the ??? error

MaSeL · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 261 **Location:**

TBH, I'm getting the ??? error a lot more since a month or so. Almost everytime I'm in town. Sometimes my comp even restarts when I enter town. I'm afraid it's

a) a bad graphics card or driver
b) bad coding

As I'm willing to give Joymax the benefit of the doubt I'll blame it on my vid card : GEFORCE FX GO 5350 with a driver that is like 2 years old, but can't seem to find a new one for it

Zucker11 · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 4

Did you try to cut off your Antivirus Tool when u log in? A friend did it and it worked for him

Hellzowner · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 820 **Location:**

MaSeL wrote:

TBH, I'm getting the ??? error a lot more since a month or so. Almost everytime I'm in town. Sometimes my comp even restarts when I enter town. I'm afraid it's

a) a bad graphics card or driver
b) bad coding

As I'm willing to give Joymax the benefit of the doubt I'll blame it on my vid card : GEFORCE FX GO 5350 with a driver that is like 2 years old, but can't seem to find a new one for it

With the part you said about "computer restarting", thats most likely your memory conflicting.

Logik · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 432 **Location:**

my friend is getting the same thing...

he logs in and then they dc him right away...

i think he go in a glitch or something

ok WTH IS GOING ON THERES MORE FRIENDS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

Zucker11 wrote:

Did you try to cut off your Antivirus Tool when u log in? A friend did it and it worked for him

that was one of my first guesses since i installed a new one, but i turned it off completley and still not workin.

Centerfold · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 7 **Location:**

Hey Mike its Paece the ??? error has something to do with your gfx card

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

Centerfold wrote:

Hey Mike its Paece the ??? error has something to do with your gfx card

no actually it doesnt most of the time. JM has said that if you get it your drivers r outdated, but lots of ppl, myself included, update their drivers and still get it. its really this

Wikipedia wrote:

Crashes
Quite often, the game will crash without warning or explanation, possibly endangering the validity of player accounts. The actual cause of the random crashes are due to faulty coding and overlooked bugs in the system which cause memory leaks, errors and stability issues.

yes, even wikipedia knows that JM fails. so we, the gamers, are forced to find unique and random solutions that work for individual cases on this the god of all errors until the ppl at JM get off their lazy asses and fix it.
/rant

MaSeL · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 261 **Location:**

mike2005 wrote:

yes, even wikipedia knows that JM fails. so we, the gamers, are forced to find unique and random solutions that work for individual cases on this the god of all errors until the ppl at JM get off their lazy asses and fix it.

Wikipedia is written and updated by normal users like you and me, don't believe everything that is written there. Don't get met wrong, part of the problem probably is Joymax fault, but just because it is written in wikipedia, it isn't the truth or fact.

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

MaSeL wrote:

mike2005 wrote:

yes, even wikipedia knows that JM fails. so we, the gamers, are forced to find unique and random solutions that work for individual cases on this the god of all errors until the ppl at JM get off their lazy asses and fix it.

Wikipedia is written and updated by normal users like you and me, don't believe everything that is written there. Don't get met wrong, part of the problem probably is Joymax fault, but just because it is written in wikipedia, it isn't the truth or fact.

i know that, but its still sad that it says it.

GrindingEternaly · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 366 **Location:**

guys i've got the same problem as you. its a error with your drivers software and the best way to fix it is updating your driver donwloading the features. if you use nivedia go to there website and download the newest patch. should fix the problem.
also theres a topic about it in news and announcments

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

GrindingEternaly wrote:

guys i've got the same problem as you. its a error with your drivers software and the best way to fix it is updating your driver donwloading the features. if you use nivedia go to there website and download the newest patch. should fix the problem.
also theres a topic about it in news and announcments

ok if you had read the rest of the topic u would have read that that solution has been posted already and that i have tried it. IT DID NOT WORK.

GrindingEternaly · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 366 **Location:**

well then its not a driver problem. my only other bit of advice is clean out your computers fan if you can . fixed my ? errors the first time it happened.

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

allright i guess ill c if that does anything. i dont think itll do anything but at this rate ive become quite doubtful of any solution posted anywhere.

MiKe 51-50 · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1284 **Location:**

I seen those errors before I installed direct x on my laptop.

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

MiKe 51-50 wrote:

I seen those errors before I installed direct x on my laptop.

if you're not going to take the time to read the rest of the topic then dont bother posting. i have installed the latest version of direct x on my laptop at least 3 times now so i know thats not the issue.

Spanktastik · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 689 **Location:**

Hmmm you said you installed new antivirus right before it happened?

My neighbor did the same thing before he was unable to log onto one of his online games. He turned it off, still didint work. Eventually he uninstalled the antivirus program and it went back to normal.

My suggestions are:

1. Uninstall the new antivirus program, or any new program that has the capability of blocking anything (firewall etc)... in fact, I would system restore to before you installed it to get rid of any registry changes it may leave behind.

2. Open that badboy up and check to make sure the graphics card is plugged in snugly, not burned out or damaged in any way, and not all dusty and dirty. Especially the fan or whatever cools it.

C. Reformat as a last resort and start freshhh. Im pretty sure you know how to do that, but if not, send me a PM.

Hurry back soon nub, miss your leetness.

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

ok to any1 gettin this error ive heard that the mirrors the official site links u too are missing some important files and data in their download, so im personally downloading it from the torrent right now to c if that will make a difference. prblm with the torrent is u need other ppl on it for it to work, so any1 else whose is havin the ??? error and downloaded it from anything else should get on the torrent and we can all hopefully get back in game faster. even if u have already downloaded and successfully installed sro with the torrent pls get on it so we can have u as a peer, especially if your not even usin your comp.

KittyKat · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 179 **Location:** DSRO

I had same sh1t awile ago. I just reinstaled SRO and it helped

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

well ive reinstalled sro from the torrent now and still no results :banghead:

xPerxz · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 11

somethings weird about some computers. like my local internet cafe their comps sucks alot and they can still play sro with a little lag. mine is better then theirs and i can't even play cuz of this error. the big difference is my internet is faster then theirs, when they play cs: scoure the thing ask the graphic card etc..

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

i reformatted today, and all ive got to say is im back full time.

Hellzowner · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 820 **Location:**

mike2005 wrote:

i reformatted today, and all ive got to say is im back full time.

So, does that mean you fixed the error?

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

Hellzowner wrote:

mike2005 wrote:

i reformatted today, and all ive got to say is im back full time.

So, does that mean you fixed the error?

yup

edit: ok the ??? error doesnt come up anymore but now in about 5 mins it just completley freezes forcing me to ctrl+alt+delete

2nd edit: increased my virtual memory and im fine again

_LOGOS_ · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 1 **Location:**

Haven't been able to play it since the euro update.
It gives me that same old ????? error everytime I launch the game.

I updated everything and it still doesn't work.
I can play the Japanese and Korean sro so I don't think it's my computer that's giving me all this trouble.

oh well, I guess that's what you get from free games. sigh.

xzaz · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 1574 **Location:**

did you guys who have the problem reinstalled DX?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=nl

Else choose your own bloody language

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

i figured out what my prblm was. i had recently put on a new firewall but i exited out of it completley so i didnt think it was that. when i reinstalled it however the ??? error popped up again at the same time as b4, so i unistalled and sro works fine.
lesson learned: Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security sucks

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