Bzflag Causes 100% Cpu usage

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:01 pm

Ok

I really liked to play bzflag and it worked really good on my computer. For like 3 months is was fine and then all of a sudden It wont open and brings my cpu usage up to 100 % I really could use some help.

RPG · Post by **RPG** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:27 pm

Do you run windows?

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:18 am

yes windows XP

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:37 pm

what version of bzflag are you using?
what video card do you have?

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:04 pm

I want to run 2.0 and all the new ones... My video card is...a radeon...

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:08 pm

make sure you have the current directX from microsoft and the current video drivers for your card from ATI. Then just install 2.0

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:21 am

I did, I Installed the new direct x and upgraded my drivers.
Still wont work.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:21 am

ok then it may be dying trying to get to the MOTD.

open up your confg, found in your my documents folder, in the folder called my bzflag files. And put the line

Code: Select all

set disableMOTD 1

and then run the game.

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:41 am

wont let me open the file its CFG

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:54 am

open it in notepad or something it's just text

QuantumBeep · Post by **QuantumBeep** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:15 pm

Have your tied completely uninstalling BZ and trying again? What about zapping some spyware?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:19 pm

uninstalling bzflag does not change the config.

more then likely it's dying becaus he's behind some web proxy, and the MOTD is hanging.

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:18 pm

i open it in notepad and nothing shows up.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:24 pm

then you have the wrong file.

you want somethign that has a path like

C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\My Documents\My Bzflag Files\2.0\config.cfg

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:30 pm

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My BZFlag Files\2.0 is what trying to do it too, its in Confg

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:50 pm

if that file is empty then you have some serious problems.

remove the file, re-run bzflag, and see if it makes a new good one.

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:13 am

ok, i deleted it then it made a new one, it was still empty, i was opening it with notepad, i changed it to wordpad and it just brings up a ton of little boxes.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:40 am

that can't be the right file..

give me the full name of the file your trying to open with it's path

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:54 am

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My BZFlag Files\2.0

Confg CGF file 5kb

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:55 am

if that is unreadable, that is your problem. send us your config.

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:57 am

Lol, how do I do that then.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:03 am

use the atchemnt option on the post a reply page ( not the quick reply ) and atach your file.

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:25 am

wont let me, says i cant upload cgf files on this forum

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:26 am

zip it up, or email it to me, my mail addy is at the botom of every one of my posts.

riley66 · Post by **riley66** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:28 am

Ok, I Ziped it