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Yes, I had it filtered out as I thought I had already disabled the AV.The process could be disabled by closing the tray application but there was still a bitdefender service that I did not have permission to stop. I just uninstalled and switch to Microsoft Security Essentials. I'd also like to point out that I had problems with bit defender a couple of days ago with the game DCS: World. When the game updated it liked to copy the updater.exe when updating the updater. Bitdefender didn't like that and caused the entire computer to sort of lock up. Everything still ran but I couldn't open any new applications or close any currently open applications. Even ctrl alt delte didn't respond but I could still talk in a chat application. Because of this I've decided to leave bitdefender for now. At least the free version.

Alright. It turns out my freezes were caused by Bitdefender. I had to uninstall it to completely disable it but I'm sure there is another way to do it. Thanks guys!

I'm only using the free version of bit defender with no firewall component. I found out that there is a service called gzserv.exe that is still active when i "Disable" bitdefender. So i'll have to find a way to turn this one off and check if that works.

Nice! I'm still getting freezes when disabling the "virus shield" and "auto scan". How are you disabling it? I'm getting access denied when trying to end the process.

Interesting. I'm also using bitdefender as my antivirus. Perhaps that is causing problems? I've tried disabling it but maybe I didn't disable it properly.

What is the antivirus software you are using?

Hmnm, i'm on Windows 7 64 bit too but my CPU is an Intel i7. Are you running any antivirus/firewall software in the background? Have you been able to play at all or has this always happened?

Hmm, can you time the interval between each freeze? Also, what are your specs and background software? we likely have something in common.

Yes, thank you very much for the help Prater and thank you Admin for sending this to them. I hope they will eventually find the cause

I think I'm finally on to something but have no idea what to do about it. I started using an application called "Process Monitor" so i could see what Client.exe was doing during the freeze and found something. During the freezes a bunch of registry events occur in the process monitor aswell as some blank path events. I have no idea what I'm doing in this monitor but I'm hoping this could shed some light. Have a look at the attached screenshot. I've filtered out the registry events as a ton of them are generated when the freezes happen. Those operations that have a blank C drive path are happening at the exact time the freeze is happening. The ones at the top are from one freeze and the ones at the bottom are from a second freeze. Notice they are roughly 35 seconds apart. They also occur at the same time as "BaseApplicationStateManager" does in the .log file. [2014-Dec-30 06:56:19.130733] Log: [BaseApplicationStateManager]: MemoryUsage: 159.12 MB. [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Current FPS: 0.0 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Average FPS: 0 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Min FPS: N/A [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Max FPS: 0.00 [2014-Dec-30 06:56:54.514757] Log: [BaseApplicationStateManager]: MemoryUsage: 160.15 MB. [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Current FPS: 50.3 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Average FPS: 48.7 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Min FPS: 3.0 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Max FPS: 50.25 Can anyone with some knowledge about these things tell me if these things could be causes the 5 second pause?

I tried running the game from a RAMDisk image before and still had the freezing so I guess that rules out the hard drive at least? Do you know where NA saves the graphics and settings information? I noticed it remembers the settings through a reinstall. The only thing I could find in appdata was AutoLogin.xml Edit: Also, is there anyway to turn off the debug log for Naval Action?

I've tried compatibility mode with all the modern operating systems with no change. I have removed the accented character from my name again and I am now re downloading NA again. If this doesn't work then I will move the NA folder out of the ProgramFiles (x86) folder and put it in the root and see if that helps. Thank you for helping. I hope this problem can be fixed and I can enjoy the Sea Trials soon.

I found a post about a different unity engine game that said something about special characters. My steam name included a special accented character but after removing it from my alias it made no difference to the freezing and there doesn't seem to be any folders that contain a special characters in the path. Is there a settings folder for NA somewhere that would contain my steam alias? I've deleted the prefetch information belonging to client.exe but the freezes continue. However, I can't get the game to print a unity_log.txt anymore. Does that mean there is no longer a FileNotFoundException so there is no need for a log?

I have already tried that. It unfortunately made no difference.

Does the "Could not load library" part of the log attached to this post have anything to do with it? Starts at line 95. Something to do with "Mono" unity_log.txt

Thank you for replying. Yes, the freezes happen during the login screen. I can't login either at the moment so I can't test it properly. From what I remember when a freeze occurs during the 3d sailing mode the CPU and GPU graphs i have on my desktop drop to almost nothing before resuming their normal levels when it comes out of the freeze. This is how I first noticed the freezes were happening at constant intervals. All other applications function normally with no usage spikes during a freeze. Only the NA application seems affected. I think you are right about the network. I don't think it is related any more. Perhaps it's a problem with an installation of one of the redistributed pieces of software that are installed with the game on steam?

Neither updating my graphics drivers or replacing the sata cable have solved the problem. Has anyone ever experienced this problem or am I alone?

I've sent an f11 report. Hmm, I'm not having any problems in any other games/sims. However, I did have a VERY similar freezing problem in an older version of Elite Dangerous. Every 2 minutes it would freeze for around 5 seconds. The problem was caused by a UPNP setting within the game that created an incompatibility with my router. Edit: I left the game on the login screen and watched the cursor to see if it would freeze. It did. There were only 4 things in the .log file: [2014-Dec-26 18:27:22.002466] Log: SetLogLevel:Debug [2014-Dec-26 18:27:22.254480] Log: Current revision: 13431 [2014-Dec-26 18:27:22.256480] Log: Current version: Clean.Prod [2014-Dec-26 18:27:59.629618] Log: [BaseApplicationStateManager]: MemoryUsage: 159.75 MB. [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Current FPS: 0.0 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Average FPS: 0 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Min FPS: N/A [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Max FPS: 0.00 I tried it again. This time I let it freeze 2 times before exiting: [2014-Dec-26 18:32:18.002396] Log: SetLogLevel:Debug [2014-Dec-26 18:32:18.253410] Log: Current revision: 13431 [2014-Dec-26 18:32:18.255411] Log: Current version: Clean.Prod [2014-Dec-26 18:32:55.644549] Log: [BaseApplicationStateManager]: MemoryUsage: 179.86 MB. [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Current FPS: 0.0 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Average FPS: 0 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Min FPS: N/A [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Max FPS: 0.00 [2014-Dec-26 18:33:30.885565] Log: [BaseApplicationStateManager]: MemoryUsage: 181.01 MB. [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Current FPS: 50.3 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Average FPS: 48.7 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Min FPS: 3.0 [BaseApplicationStateManager]: Max FPS: 50.25

OS: Windows 7 64-bit CPU: i7 930 @2.8ghz GPU: Radeon HD7970 (I Think) I've uploaded the unity_log.txt if that is of any use. It won't let me upload the .logs. I guess they must contain sensitive information. My graphics settings make no difference to the freezing and I don't know where I can change the custom settings. The freezes are happening both in the main menu and in the game, sailing. unity_log.txt

Hello, I've just downloaded the sea trails client through steam today and I'm eager to try it out. It seems I'm having a bit of a problem running the game though. Every now and then the game will freeze for a couple of seconds before returning to normal. This freezing occurs both in the 3D part of the game and in the menu. I've timed these freezes and found that they occur every 36 seconds. That is 36 seconds from the beginning of one freeze until the beginning of another. The freezes themselves last roughly 5 seconds. I've had a look into the logs and found that the "BaseApplicationStateManager" likes to write its information into the log every 36 seconds. Could this be the cause?

Regardless of if the cannon sound ends up sounding completely realist or not... It needs to sound powerful. The player should be gritting their teeth in anticipation of firing after the order was given.

The cannon sounds have the bass but they could do with a bit more "boom". It's a bit difficult to explain in text but maybe someone will understand. Regarding the cannon ball "woosh" sound... I think that sound effect seems a bit too canned for my liking. It reminds me of gunpowder era movies(like The Patriot). Is that really how a cannon ball whizzing past would sound?

For the past few weeks I've been getting stuck into: Crusader Kings 2: I never thought the crusader kings franchise would be any good... so I never tried it out. A few weeks ago someone gifted me a copy of Crusader Kings 2 and my god was I wrong. The graphics for the game may be simple but the mechanics of the game are incredibly complex and require a bit of reading into before you can fully experience the game. The built in tutorials are a bit terrible and only teach you the very basics. After watching a small youtube video tutorial I decided I would just get stuck into the game rather than watching every tutorial I could find. Once I sat down and started to actually play the game I found that my time just disappeared. The game is a massive time sink, more so than Civ, and i enjoy every single minute of it. If you're interested in medieval family politics and intrigue then I suggest you try out the demo (on steam) of Crusader Kings 2. A very complex and rewarding game. Skyrim: I've recently started playing more and more of Skyrim now that there are many many mods available for me to download. I still haven't completed the main storyline and I think I'm starting to enjoy installing all these different mods more than playing the actual game. Warthunder: I used to play warthunder a couple of months ago and the posts in this thread have made me want to try it out again. I'm in the process of installing the patches.

What would you propose happens if the matchmaker does not find an opponent for the smuggler? Is the smuggler to sit there waiting until a French player starts a blockade/cruise in/near Toulon? If the smuggler is aloud the complete his mission(pvp?) unopposed then what should he be rewarded with? Bearing in mind that to complete his mission unopposed is the most desirable outcome for the smuggler. I do like the idea of only being rewarded upon successfully completing a cruise. I don't think whoever is commanding you would reward captains who fail to complete what they were sent to do.