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"Voices Of The Void" Pre-Alpha

Gather unknown signals from deep, silent space · By mrdrnose

Forced reboot after the second launch of the game.

A topic by Lanarchia created Mar 29, 2024 Views: 156 Replies: 1
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After the second launch of the game version 0.7.0, after a few minutes in the game my laptop is forced to restart.

At first I was scared and thought that my laptop was dying, but then on the Internet I found a person whose computer was twice as good as mine, and his computer was also forced to reboot.

https://itch.io/post/9626743

Please help me solve the problem. I found the game very interesting, and I don’t want to play on the old version of the game.
My laptop specs:
intel i3 2.30 ghz, ddr4 12gb, nvidia mx110 6gb.
This was enough for me to thoroughly enjoy the game when I first started it.

I have very beefy and well maintained machines (PC and Laptop) and never experienced this with voices of the void, even on the highest settings. The only time I crashed the game was by changing settings too fast before everything could be loaded and spamming buttons so the engine told me to fuck off xD.

An Intel i3  and a nvidia mx110 could reach their limits to run most games but Voices of the Void should somehow run at the lowest settings, maybe. I am not sure because these two components are unfortunately pretty old/slow, plus they have been slow, when they were new back then. 

But generally: If a computer suddenly turns off/restarts without any warning this means the CPU, the GPU or the power management of the Mainboard/PowerSupply shut down to protect any of these parts from getting damaged. This doesn't mean anything is broken or dying, it just means something runs too hot or too long over it's defined limits.

Update your drivers to the latest (Chipset, GPU ) and let AIDA64 or HWinfo (only sensors) monitor your temperatures while you run the game. If your CPU and GPU stay below 85°C they should be okay. Otherwise clean your fans and the passive coolers (fins). Get someone that can help you with opening your laptop safely to not damage anything.

From the age of the laptop I would also recommend replacing thermal paste and thermal pads.

If the temps are fine you need to do some advanced analytics because it could be a dying component.