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12th Jan 2011, 9:02 PM	What do you do to entertain yourself when you have to reinstall after a game crash? #1
hotaru801 Original Poster Field Researcher Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 375 Thanks: 270 in 11 Posts 5 Achievements	Kind of self explanatory. My game crashed... And I am waiting for my computer to clean out its registry... And eventually I will have to dig out some discs with some magical codes... And reinstall... And then go through my most recent mods... And think, "Which one of you guys is complex enough to cause a crash..." All of which is boring. And I feel like avoiding it... So when I have to reinstall after a crash I... play on the internet. And read stuff on mts out of boredom... What do you do?
	And never again, and never again...They gave us two shots to the back of the head... And we're all dead now...

12th Jan 2011, 9:07 PM	#2
Bchbch Walk Space Pony Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 435 Thanks: 985 in 12 Posts 10 Achievements View My Journal	Never had that happen...do you use a pc? I'm using a mac so Idk. :/

12th Jan 2011, 9:10 PM	#3
ani_ Mad Poster Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 3,431 Thanks: 10972 in 480 Posts 14 Achievements	Why do you have to re-install after a crash? wouldn't the first step to this issue be removing the mods folder and see what happens?
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12th Jan 2011, 9:20 PM	#4
hotaru801 Original Poster Field Researcher Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 375 Thanks: 270 in 11 Posts 5 Achievements	Nope, this crash fried a lot of things and made my PC go "Boom"... Not in a literal sense mind you. I moved the mods folder out, restarted my system, attempted to open the game and another "Boom". So I am taking what I can, thank god I don't trust EA and I backed up everything right before this happened, and am getting ready to reinstall... After I make sure that not a hint of corrupt data is left on my PC. And after I find all my games because I just moved and I have been avoiding unpacking for quite a while... Lucky Mac user and your non-retarded hardware, with its no viruses and only software drama...
	And never again, and never again...They gave us two shots to the back of the head... And we're all dead now...

12th Jan 2011, 9:26 PM	#5
Pax Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 190 1 Achievements	READ A BOOK, READ A BOOK...
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12th Jan 2011, 9:49 PM	#6
tizerist Scholar Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,425	Do what I do: keep reminding yourself of the importance of maintaining decorum at all times, and holding your focus until the end of the process. Have to maintain decorum..
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12th Jan 2011, 9:54 PM	#7
Rileyjcquinn Lab Assistant Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 187 2 Achievements	Have a look at the crash log reader next time it crashes, reinstalling is when the game is missing a file or a file is corrupted and then you use a repair on intall not an uninstall and reinstall
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13th Jan 2011, 12:49 PM	#8
rosieposiepudnpie Field Researcher Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 350	I go on here and read then I play Text Twist or Solitary while I wait for anything. Text Twist and Solitary are the two waiting games I play when I have to wait for anything.

13th Jan 2011, 3:11 PM

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13th Jan 2011, 3:23 PM	#10
hotaru801 Original Poster Field Researcher Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 375 Thanks: 270 in 11 Posts 5 Achievements	I read Grimm's Fairy Tales until I dug out my discs. Re-installed. It's working fine. I think my computer just called my bluff about tossing it out a window and raised me hell. Shakes head Stupid PMSing technology. SN: I found out later it wasn't letting me open any of my PC games. So I ended up re-installing some Nancy Drew stuff and Fable: Lost Chapters. Whatever, no real harm done. I just can't threaten my laptop any more... (Contemplates sending laptop in for a check up, jic)
	And never again, and never again...They gave us two shots to the back of the head... And we're all dead now...

13th Jan 2011, 5:59 PM

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Originally Posted by hotaru801

Lucky Mac user and your non-retarded hardware, with its no viruses and only software drama...

Having a Mac has nothing to do with that. I have a PC and I've never experienced what you're going through

15th Jan 2011, 9:11 PM	#12
ne14gzus93 Lab Assistant Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 83 Thanks: 958 in 13 Posts 4 Achievements	Music. Lots of music. Usually I'm super pissed, and music helps me calm down.

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