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Posted February 28, 2013
Driftmoon plays for 30-70 mins then Driftmoon and Windows 8 OS shutdown immediately.
No warning - no error in event logs.

Hardware and OS as follows
Lenovo thinkpad W500
3Gb Ram
Core2Duo 2.53Ghz
Windows 8 Pro 64Bit
Graphics - Mobile Intel 4 Series Express

Note windows Update is active and patches applied
Driftmoon has patch 2.0.1.8 applied

Any Suggestions on how to fix issue~?
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Posted February 28, 2013
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Tarkadelphis: Driftmoon plays for 30-70 mins then Driftmoon and Windows 8 OS shutdown immediately.
No warning - no error in event logs.

Hardware and OS as follows
Lenovo thinkpad W500
3Gb Ram
Core2Duo 2.53Ghz
Windows 8 Pro 64Bit
Graphics - Mobile Intel 4 Series Express

Note windows Update is active and patches applied
Driftmoon has patch 2.0.1.8 applied

Any Suggestions on how to fix issue~?
Driftmoon is currently at version 1.002, I wonder where you got that version number from? :)
If the whole OS is shut down, then it's usually not a problem with the game, but a problem with hardware, or a driver. The first thing I would do is check the CPU and GPU temperatures, and check that you have the newest drivers, especially the graphics driver. I once had a faulty power supply that constantly crashed my computer after about two hours running. I'm still not ruling out the possibility that there might be some problem with the game code, but it should always bring up the Driftmoon crash log sender.

And thanks for the report, we'll keep an eye out for this!
Posted February 28, 2013
It's the numbers GOG are using on their installers. The original is 2.0.0.6 and the latest patch is 2.0.1.8.
Post edited February 28, 2013 by thornton_s
Posted February 28, 2013
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thornton_s: It's the numbers GOG are using on their installers. The original is 2.0.0.6 and the latest patch is 2.0.1.8.
Good to know, thanks! I wonder where they get the numbers, they're certainly not the date, nor the magic numbers that I use... :)
Posted February 28, 2013
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Tarkadelphis: Driftmoon plays for 30-70 mins then Driftmoon and Windows 8 OS shutdown immediately.
No warning - no error in event logs.

Hardware and OS as follows
Lenovo thinkpad W500
3Gb Ram
Core2Duo 2.53Ghz
Windows 8 Pro 64Bit
Graphics - Mobile Intel 4 Series Express

Note windows Update is active and patches applied
Driftmoon has patch 2.0.1.8 applied

Any Suggestions on how to fix issue~?
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ville.monkkonen: Driftmoon is currently at version 1.002, I wonder where you got that version number from? :)
If the whole OS is shut down, then it's usually not a problem with the game, but a problem with hardware, or a driver. The first thing I would do is check the CPU and GPU temperatures, and check that you have the newest drivers, especially the graphics driver. I once had a faulty power supply that constantly crashed my computer after about two hours running. I'm still not ruling out the possibility that there might be some problem with the game code, but it should always bring up the Driftmoon crash log sender.

And thanks for the report, we'll keep an eye out for this!
Hi thanks for the reply, - My laptop is always updated by the Windows Update so the drivers should be good.
The problem only occurs when I run Driftmoon. I have since found that the Fullscreen Windowed mode (!? what ?) works fine all the time - maybe the Intel video driver is at fault? not sure where I can get a newer version of the driver windows 8 seems to keep itself up to date for all the other drivers.
I will try compatibility mode and let you know.


Update: Real fullscreen compatibility mode does not help so I'll go back to fullscreen windowed
Post edited March 01, 2013 by Tarkadelphis
Posted March 06, 2013
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Tarkadelphis: Driftmoon plays for 30-70 mins then Driftmoon and Windows 8 OS shutdown immediately.
No warning - no error in event logs.

Hardware and OS as follows
Lenovo thinkpad W500
3Gb Ram
Core2Duo 2.53Ghz
Windows 8 Pro 64Bit
Graphics - Mobile Intel 4 Series Express

Note windows Update is active and patches applied
Driftmoon has patch 2.0.1.8 applied

Any Suggestions on how to fix issue~?
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ville.monkkonen: Driftmoon is currently at version 1.002, I wonder where you got that version number from? :)
If the whole OS is shut down, then it's usually not a problem with the game, but a problem with hardware, or a driver. The first thing I would do is check the CPU and GPU temperatures, and check that you have the newest drivers, especially the graphics driver. I once had a faulty power supply that constantly crashed my computer after about two hours running. I'm still not ruling out the possibility that there might be some problem with the game code, but it should always bring up the Driftmoon crash log sender.

And thanks for the report, we'll keep an eye out for this!
Update for you:
Windows 8 fullscreen - causes OS shutdown after sometime during play
windows 8 fullscreen with XP compatibility mode - causes OS shutdown after playing sometime
NOW Windows 8 fullscreen (windowed) - causes shutdown sometime during play
Also windows 8 with game windowed - causes shutdown sometime during play

I will install this on another computer with windows 7 or windows Home server and update you
Posted March 06, 2013
Please drop me a mail, (ville@monkkonen.net), and we'll see if there's something we can do. It could simply be a graphics driver that is crashing, but it could be anything else. I'm eager to get to the bottom of this.
Posted March 12, 2013
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ville.monkkonen: Please drop me a mail, (ville@monkkonen.net), and we'll see if there's something we can do. It could simply be a graphics driver that is crashing, but it could be anything else. I'm eager to get to the bottom of this.
Hi Sorry missed your update - I was on holiday :-)
I have emailed you now
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