Bismarck.Josiahfk said:
»That's weird aselin, when you did a fresh install of FFXI after the problem started, the problem still persisted?
Need to always always update windows when you get a new computer before you install FFXI or any other programs.Get all that 100 update crap out of the way and secure so your system is stable.
It was only way to figure out if the June updates for Windows was causing the issue. At first I thought it was a security update (one for XML and the other for .NET Framework) causing conflicts with POL.exe and FFXIMain.dll. It wasn't.
With the June updates and before I reinstalled FFXI/Windows 8, FFXI was crashing pretty often on both computers after May 23rd. It didn't make sense because it's been working fine since the end of April. And, on both computers. The netbook with Windows 7 was the last to get the FFXI updates about a week after May 23rd.
When I reinstalled FFXI on the desktop PC after installing Windows 8 Pro on a formatted hard drive and did it without Windows Updates, FFXI still crashed the same way.
Then, I installed the Windows Updates (all 653MB of it) and uninstalled/reinstalled XI and it still crashed.
Without Windower, one of two things happen before it freezes:
- Character animations stop midway
- OR... Screen goes completely white
With Windower, it freezes several ways:
- After zoning multiple times(i.e.- West Adoulin > LowerJeuno > Upper Jeuno>Whitegate > Crash. Or, Lower Jeuno > West Adoulin > Crash.) Going between Salvage floors is another place it'd crash.
- Activating a macro, selecting an item, or looking at treasure pool.
- Right at "Setting up connection" or "Connecting to lobby" before the title screen.
In both cases, on both computers, POL.exe hits 90-95% CPU usage right before it crashes/freezes.
Neither CPU is overclocked and neither CPU is overheating.
At the moment, I'm using plain, vanilla FFXI. I can stay online the longest up until it crashes. With Windower enabled, it'll crash at random places so I can't even trust it to run it.
It's a complete enigma to me right now. I'm the only one among my LS mates with Windows 7 and 8 with this issue, especially since it's happening on two entirely different computers with two different operating systems.
All I did was reinstalled/installed FFXI, updated it and ran it. Maybe I hit some kind of rare memory leak or something. Who knows?
The FFXIV ARR Beta client doesn't even crash on me. It's more stable than the FFXI client.