Hello,
I have confirmed through a weeks worth of testing that using the Loader (the standard/default way to run the game) to open multiple clients is not stable on the following 64-bit operating systems:
- Windows XP Pro 64-bit
- Windows7 64-bit
- Windows Server 2003 64-bit
Please note that the Windows XP Pro 32-bit Operating system will run 3-4 clients for days and still not crash/bug.
The reason why 64-bit is important:
I used to run 3 (sometimes 4, if the Loader.exe let me) clients on my computer, but it was not very playable (laggy) because I was reaching my maximum memory (3-4 Gigabytes because of the 32-bit Operating System).
To solve this, I first tried overclocking my CPU from 3.0 GHZ to 4.2 GHZ, but the memory was still bottle-necking the performance of my computer with the clients. Next, I thought to upgrade my computer's memory to 8 Gigabytes, which would require a 64-bit Operating System. So, I upgraded to the free Windows7 OS that Microsoft has available for the next year, and bought 4 more gigabytes of RAM. After installing the new computer setup, my computer was able to easily start up and run the 3-4 clients, without any lag at all.... but it turns out that each would eventualty get a Memory Exception or randomly freeze (anywhere from 1 minute to 1 hour after logging in) until only 1 was left running (that would never crash). I figured that this was an issue with Windows7's features, but it turns out that after trying it on a trial copy of Windows Server 2003 64-bit, the same issue occured.
So, I finally tried a new setup with an Operating System that YNK had ensured would work... Windows XP. I spent 120$ on a retail Windows XP Pro 64-bit (Service Pack 2) from NewEgg and installed it onto my computer. I then started up + logged into the 3-4 clients (crossing my fingers), and the clients kept crashing once again in the same random intervals (anywhere from 1 minute to 1 hour of playing).
I also heard that turning off the sound on all the clients and/or disabling my sound card may fix the issue, but it had no effect.
If anyone from the community has any recommendations (aside from not playing at all), or the YNK Staff has any solutions for this, I would appreciate it alot. I have a strong passion for playing this game, and I hope this issue gets resolved soon.