# Planescape Torment crashes regularily **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planescape-torment-crashes-regularily/123541 "2002-08-12T15:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planescape-torment-crashes-regularily/123541/1 "2002-08-12T15:15:31Z")
As I cleaned my desk a week ago (read reshuffled the stacks of stuff) I found my Torment CDs again and decided to give it another go on the weekend. Unfortunally the game crashes every 20 minutes taking the whole computer down with it, I strongly suspect its Windows XPs fault (it’s always that way isn’t it?) The official site was nicely bare of anything that could even remotely been seen as a help section (or even a download area for patches), and all I could pull from fan sites was that someone suffered from the same phenomenon (with Win XP as OS the circle of suspects narrows). So help me Dopers, what can change the nature of these crashes? You are my final hope. ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planescape-torment-crashes-regularily/123541/2 "2002-08-12T16:15:18Z")
I had exactly the same problem on Windows 98. Never got rid of them entirely, but I had fewer problems later in the game. I also found that saving regularly and closing all extra programs in Windows helps. ---
**Author:** ![HideoHo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@HideoHo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HideoHo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planescape-torment-crashes-regularily/123541/3 "2002-08-12T16:19:42Z")
Have you tried setting the compatibility mode? _Sometimes_ that works, though it could just be Planescape not wanting to work. I’ve found even older games seem to be more stable on XP, but that certainly doesn’t rule out the OS causing the crashes. Only thing I can really offer is making sure every driver you have is updated, especially your sound drivers, as those are what usually cause game crashes. ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planescape-torment-crashes-regularily/123541/4 "2002-08-12T19:29:35Z")
I knew I forgot something, compatibility mode does nothing, bhut thanks for pointing it out, updating my soundcard drivers now, hope that helps. Thanks for the answers. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planescape-torment-crashes-regularily/123541/5 "2002-08-12T23:32:50Z")
It wasn’t clear from your post whether you were able to get the patch. [http://ftp.interplay.com/pub/patches/Trmt11.exe](http://ftp.interplay.com/pub/patches/Trmt11.exe) I’ve played it in 98 and ME for hours and hours on end with no trouble, which, of course, means absolutely nothing. But definitely patch it, if you haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planescape-torment-crashes-regularily/123541/6 "2002-08-12T23:41:45Z")
It wasn’t clear from your post whether you were able to get the patch. [http://ftp.interplay.com/pub/patches/Trmt11.exe](http://ftp.interplay.com/pub/patches/Trmt11.exe) I’ve played it in 98 and ME for hours and hours on end with no trouble, which, of course, means absolutely nothing. But definitely patch it, if you haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planescape-torment-crashes-regularily/123541/7 "2002-08-13T01:08:37Z")
Thanks again (I still had a copy of the patch on a CD) the updated soundcard drivers have helped, I played for 3 hours without a crash.