CAW won't start on Win10
Couldn't CAW to save my butt, but kept trying until windows 10 when it would briefly show the start screen then shut down with no message. New computer, (PC) figured why not? So installed CAW. Won...
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C:\Users\vgrac>%LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps
'C:\Users\vgrac\AppData\Local\CrashDumps' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Creating the dump worked but no dialogs came up after attempting to start caw. I waited awhile,tried launching again and waited some more. Nothing. See above for second command. Guessing it didn't work because no batch file was created?
Don't know why CCC is on this machine. It was a refurbished model so maybe the video card was swapped out at some point. The adjustments I made to keep the game running smoothly were done with nvidia. Anyway, got rid of amd. Game still works fine, caw still doesn't. What's weird to me is that it worked for a few days some weeks back when I first downloaded it to this machine, then stopped working and as I mentioned before, ts3 broke at the same time. Reinstall fixed the game but caw is still being a p.i.t.a.
Thanks puzzleaddict for your thoughtful help. I ordered Seasons for no reason other than all the good lots and worlds use it. Figured I'd set up the world I wanted in caw to play it but heck if I've gotten along without for all this time I'll get along period.
BTW the Honey thing. Saw those too. Am guessing that anytime it tries to apply a no-longer-valid coupon at checkout it might cause an error? Will look into it as I adore that app.
Thanks again.
@Vgrace573 The resolution of 1050 is an odd resolution. Usually you should follow TV resolutions of 720 and 1080 with 4K now being popular. With that said you should be using a DVI cable to connect to the monitor rather then the vga HD15 cable. The bigger issue is the 320W power supply that comes with the small form factor computer you have. This is probably an unusual power supply that replacement with a higher wattage may (probably) is not available. The 730 video card requires minimum 300W so you are very near maxing the power supply. My first guess would be to take the case off and make sure there is plenty of air flow - check the cooling fan(s). Next make sure there are no bloated capacitors. You have to make sure the health of your computer is up to run at near capacity as my guess would be an aging computer. I have a Dell Inspiron 660s (sff) I use for streaming (no games). I sudden change in a computer's performance merits a close inspection followed by a stress test.
