3DICE - Anyone have numerous crashes?

[jimb123]

I just uninstalled 3dice for the last time. Sadly, I can't use this (for now). Service is oustanding. Very customer-oriented. The games, while high variant, are interesting and unique and i love the Video Poker graphics.. I'm a sucker for bright neon lights and hands that float in the air... COOL!

However, 1 out of 3 sessions crashes. Of those crashes, I can occassionally get the Bug Report to work. The restore button never works. I don't get any response from Support with any ideas/solutions (ever).

About 1 in 5 sessions causes an entire PC lock. Meaning, the Operating System hangs, no keys work, and you have to power off the PC and reboot.

Is it just my PC? Nope. I have tried 2 others including showing my mother on Mother's day on her brand new PC running XP with 4GB RAM and a high end dual core processor. Her session froze in the first 5mins and she wasn't interested after that.

I tried to ping Anna just now via Private Msg but when I click Private Msg.. I got a server connection error at 3dice.

So I restart and go back into chat and then I tried to PM Anna and this time I get this msg:

"Access violation at address 00486BB4 in module '3DiceChat.exe'. Read of address 00000004.

Ironically, I was just telling the open Chat forum that I thought their memory allocation/call routines need work. My guess is the 3dice app is trying to write/read from in use addresses or even calling restricted addresses within the stack that is supposed to be for internal OS use. Of course, I'm no expert and I havent programmed in years.

But something isnt quite right.

Plus, play the Underwater game Coral something. When you hit the bonus round.... just sit there.. dont press anything. More times than not, by not pressing click, it will time out and crash and you will have to restart 3dice again.

Now, not everyone is failing, but when i ask in the chat room (since I'm new to 3dice) there's always several people joking about how it crashes "alot"

Soo my advice. If you want to try something different from Rival, RTG, MG and you want outstanding customer friendly service... u cant beat 3dice.

But if you're unlucky enough to have something in your environment that the 3dice sw doesn't like. You will crash alot.

I'll wait for the next release before signing back up.

In 3 to 4yrs online.. having tried dozens of casinos and made thousands of deposits... 3dice is the only one I've ever had crash more than once... and the ONLY one that has ever frozen my PC.

Too bad.. i was enjoying the casino. Anna, Ellen and Enzo do a great job there. But they need a more thorough Regression testing process and a lab with multiple Bios, OS/platform, video/audio hw, apps, security sw and other mixes to test with.

Wouldnt it be easier if we all just mailed our deposits to a casino and then they mailed us back the results? lol

"Dear Customer.. thanks for the $100 deposit. You won $5"

or

"Dear Customer.. thanks for the $50 deposit. You had a great session and won $500. Nice going!"

Its simple and requires only a stamp. You don't even need a PC.

Who's with me? I'm looking for a partner/affiliate to start this asap.

 

[Pinababy69]

Hey JimB, just so you can read other's experiences....there is another thread dealing with this issue here:

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/3dice-update.37544/

You are not alone.

And yes, the Clam game..same thing as you. If you're not quick and click on the bonus round when you get the bubbles, your system will freeze and go haywire. Same with Penta Pay, and probably the other Classic Slots as well. If you don't click on the Wheel when you get it, within a short time....freeze again. I've sent a ton of bug reports, but never heard anything back.

I make sure now when I'm playing either of those games, that I don't leave the puter, lol.

 

[Balky]

I have the same problem, but only on my regular PC. Tried to play on the notebook and it worked without a crash.

Cheers Balky

 

[Jasminebed]

I have similar problems, but my computer does not hang. Usually, the restart 3Dice button will work, don't even bother with the continue one.

Squirrels no longer crash me if I time out the bonus round .

Also, make sure the Wizard is hidden when a tournament ends or you crash for sure.

Keep sending the bug reports, they do seem to fix things at times. The release of the Autoplay Wizard seemed to create problems where none existed before, and this was quite recent.

If I am in real mode, I send the bug report with REAL MODE in the reference line. Don't know if it matters, but I do that.

I do find that it always picks up where I left off reliably though. I'll continue to restart or ctrl-alt-del until they fix things.

 

[lost2much]

Same here. It will crash at some point in every session.

 

[cheetahwind]

lol yeah I experience a few issues myself... not on the level you have, but it seems to be alright for me.
as for the deposit and results atmosphere. It'd be great idea, but I highly doubt it'd fly too far honestly. Most people gamble for the actual entertainment value of watching the slots spin, cards fly out of the shoe, or whatever you do for entertainment. So I highly doubt one would make much bank on that theory.

 

[jimb123]

haha

lol yeah I experience a few issues myself... not on the level you have, but it seems to be alright for me.
as for the deposit and results atmosphere. It'd be great idea, but I highly doubt it'd fly too far honestly. Most people gamble for the actual entertainment value of watching the slots spin, cards fly out of the shoe, or whatever you do for entertainment. So I highly doubt one would make much bank on that theory.

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I was kidding lol. We already have a system like the one I described... it's called TAXES. You send it what you earn and they give you back what they want

 

[rockycatt]

i think they take up more space than other casino's that could be the problem
go to add delete and look at the space it takes must be tech reason's i need explained to me ,

 

[Pinababy69]

i think they take up more space than other casino's that could be the problem
go to add delete and look at the space it takes must be tech reason's i need explained to me ,

It doesn't have anything to do with space, or with "resources" being used while the casino is in play. 3Dice takes up 200 MB on my hard drive, 32Red takes up 167MB, Nedplay 225MB, and so on. Prior to MG having the centralized files, each MG casino took up well over a Gig of hard drive space...now those files are stored in one location and accessed from the different MG casinos on your puter.

I can fire up an MG casino and it will push my puter into the red in terms of CPU/RAM usage, whereas 3Dice is nowhere near that...maybe 50% usage, with a few spikes here and there. MG never crashes, 3Dice crashes all the time.

There is conflict somewhere, and as Skiny stated in another thread, it is much worse since the last update. Perhaps as Jazzy mentioned, something to do with the Slot Wizard/Autoplay function. No idea....all I know is that it doesn't work very well at all.

 

[RobWin]

I think you guys need to update or up-grade your video cards. I play on 3Dice every single day and multi times per day and never have any of these issues that you guys are describing here...
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[denamoutz]

whats a video card? I don't have this obviously and it crashes for me all the time

 

[skiny]

I think you guys need to update or up-grade your video cards. I play on 3Dice every single day and multi times per day and never have any of these issues that you guys are describing here...
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I used to have an nVidia card. It had problems. I updated my card and went with ATI. More problems. Rather than expecting everyone to have an exact recipe of hardware to use the casino why not make it friendly to everyone like the other million programs out there?

 

[RobWin]

I used to have an nVidia card. It had problems. I updated my card and went with ATI. More problems. Rather than expecting everyone to have an exact recipe of hardware to use the casino why not make it friendly to everyone like the other million programs out there?

3Dice uses some advanced graphics that are best enhanced with the use of a video card that will accelerate apps such as 3D applications and especially OpenGL.

I would seriously recommend one of the better NVIDIA Graphic Cards for the full effect of 3Dice games and the 3Dice software in general. I use the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT on this particular computer that I use to play 3Dice on and like I said, I have never once had a problem with it but I also have a Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs) with 4Gig of Ram as well.
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[Cristian]

sorry but you guys have no idea what you are talking about . Those crashes have nothing to do with your video cards .
Yes my casino crashes also . For example : im in the middle of freespins and i try to close the game ( or hit close by mistake ) - casino crashes , i get the "spin" feature / classic slots , if i click the wheel while it spins , my casino crashes , if i use the autoplayer in some games , and close the game - my casino crashes . And i did update everything , i reinstalled the software , same thing ... it doesnt bother me much though ...

 

[RobWin]

sorry but you guys have no idea what you are talking about . ...

You think!

Well, ok then...
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[jimb123]

Its not Video card related

3Dice uses some advanced graphics that are best enhanced with the use of a video card that will accelerate apps such as 3D applications and especially OpenGL.

I would seriously recommend one of the better NVIDIA Graphic Cards for the full effect of 3Dice games and the 3Dice software in general. I use the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT on this particular computer that I use to play 3Dice on and like I said, I have never once had a problem with it but I also have a Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs) with 4Gig of Ram as well.
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While I admit you need a fair amount of video processing power, its not the video card or the video chipset that would cause crashes when a bonus round is allowed to timeout. Nor crashes that occur when click on Private Msg in 3dchat. Their graphics are NOT state of the art. One system I used had a current dual core 4.x GHZ with 4GB RAM and crashed within 5mins of our first session. Its the code. It hasn't been properly regression tested with the differing BIOS, drivers, OSs out there etc. Not to mention it seems to improperly call portions of the memory stack by trying to access restricted memory addresses.

Anyway the bottom line is NO ONE talks about crashes with MG, Rival or RTG. But go into 3dice chatroom and you will hear from nearly everyone that 'crashes are normal' here. If you are blessed to have a sysytem is likes, great.. cuz 3dice is a great casino.

I'll play later this year when the next release is out

 

[RobWin]

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While I admit you need a fair amount of video processing power, its not the video card or the video chipset that would cause crashes when a bonus round is allowed to timeout. Nor crashes that occur when click on Private Msg in 3dchat. Their graphics are NOT state of the art. One system I used had a current dual core 4.x GHZ with 4GB RAM and crashed within 5mins of our first session. Its the code. It hasn't been properly regression tested with the differing BIOS, drivers, OSs out there etc. Not to mention it seems to improperly call portions of the memory stack by trying to access restricted memory addresses.
Anyway the bottom line is NO ONE talks about crashes with MG, Rival or RTG. But go into 3dice chatroom and you will hear from nearly everyone that 'crashes are normal' here. If you are blessed to have a sysytem is likes, great.. cuz 3dice is a great casino.

I'll play later this year when the next release is out

If that were truly the case, then it should be crashing almost everyones system, don't you think? Why would I for example never once have a problem such as you guys have described here if the above red statement were fact?
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[rockycatt]

ill bet enzo can give us clear instructions on best way to minimize this or put it to rest [the issue that is ]

 

[RobWin]

Sorry, I did forget to previously mention that I did have this same issue of the crashing back about a year and a half ago when I was using an ATI Card that just was not powerful enough to handle the 3Dice Graphics but once I upgraded to the NVIDIA Card that I mentioned above, I've never once had that problem again.
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[skiny]

Sorry, I did forget to previously mention that I did have this same issue of the crashing back about a year and a half ago when I was using an ATI Card that just was not powerful enough to handle the 3Dice Graphics but once I upgraded to the NVIDIA Card that I mentioned above, I've never once had that problem again.
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And when I had an nVidia card I was told to get an ATI. Now I have ATI and I'm told to get nVidia. The video card is part of the problem but it's not the main source of the crashes. I too have dual core CPUs. 4ghz. I have 1 gig video ram. I have 3 gig ram. I have damn near a terabyte of hard drive space.

If 50 some odd games and apps work on my computer and I can play Blu-ray without a hiccup my system is not the problem. My video card does not care if I get free spins. I can spin Fortune falls all day long and nothing happens. I get 3 butterflies and it locks the game up. That is not a video problem. I can spin Coral Clams all day long and if I let the free spins time out it locks up. My video card hasn't run out of patience waiting for me to click those bubbles. It's a bug in the software.

And yes, it's trying to write to restricted or fantasy portions of my hard drive. I get different types of cannot write errors.

And yes, the problem has gotten much worse since the last update.

And even if all of that weren't true and the reality was that it is some state of the art program that can only work with the newest hardware on the bitchinest computers what good is it? It's a casino. People just want to click the button and watch the reels spin. Whatever is going on in the background is irrelevant. It has 3D graphics. I can create a 3D movie on my computer in 10 minutes that you can play all day long without locking your system up.

Saying how wonderful the program is because it uses state of the art technology isn't impressive. Not locking up every time someone gets a free spin, now that would be impressive.

 

[bernynhel]

...I thought their memory allocation/call routines need work. My guess is the 3dice app is trying to write/read from in use addresses or even calling restricted addresses within the stack that is supposed to be for internal OS use. Of course, I'm no expert and I havent programmed in years.

For someone who spouts more puter-ese in two sentences than the entire cumulative sum of my knowledge base after going on 10 years of online gaming, I'm surprised that you'd let a lil internal OS restricted memory allocation stack stop you from havin' a lil fun!

No frozen PC here. Server problems at 3Dice? Oh ho ho... HAIL YEAH! (You gettin this Enzo? My man, jimb123, says you gots to need "...more thorough Regression testing process an123d a lab with multiple Bios, OS/platform, video/audio hw, apps, security sw and other mixes to test with!!!" RECOGNIZE, FOOL!!!) Fusterating? And HOW!!!

And the Access Violation Error Msg (""Access violation at address 00486BB4 in module '3DiceChat.exe'. Read of address 00000004."
(This one really starting to bug me Enzo!!!)

Yeah I get those sometimes when PMing someone, could be anybody, not just Anna or staff...but never, ever on the second time I clicked it. I was just thinking... it's kind a funny that it never occurred to me to just give up on the first click if it failed without trying it a second time.

I tell ya jimb, you oughtta try n tweak yer puter a tad cuzza outta alla 87,348 hours I spent @ 3Dice and in their chat room, this week alone!, I only recall about 4 or 5 people ever getting their pc's froze - and I think you're probably the first person to ever come along who even knows the differnce tween a memmery stack and a inturnal call allowcashun! Sure a lot a dummys in those chats, sometimes, huh jimb!?

 

[Jasminebed]

I know that I get access violations if I accidently click profile instead of pm for staff or the bots, or sometimes I have two copies of chat open, because it minimizes to taskbar instead of closing when you close it. I'd like that one fixed myself.

 

[bernynhel]

sorry but you guys have no idea what you are talking about . Those crashes have nothing to do with your video cards .
Yes my casino crashes also . For example : im in the middle of freespins and i try to close the game ( or hit close by mistake ) - casino crashes , i get the "spin" feature / classic slots , if i click the wheel while it spins , my casino crashes , if i use the autoplayer in some games , and close the game - my casino crashes . And i did update everything , i reinstalled the software , same thing ... it doesnt bother me much though ...

Yeah me too! But OP's whole PC is freezing! That dont happen to me. You, neither, I rectum. I just click on "restart 3Dice" in the "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr-3Dice-is-frozen-again" pop-up, so that don't befront me none, nohow, either. Hardly even notice it happenin', anymore! Jes a lil sore after, sometimes. lol

I know that I get access violations if I accidently click profile instead of pm for staff or the bots, or sometimes I have two copies of chat open, because it minimizes to taskbar instead of closing when you close it. I'd like that one fixed myself.

Yeah!! That too!

...it's not the main source of the crashes...

You mean by crashes, the casino crashing, not you're PC? Cuz the OP is saying his PC crashes. I have to click "restart 3Dice", he has to Task Manage or reboot, sounds like. Big difference. And I got a ACPI x64-based, 9550 Quad-Core + two Ati Radeon HD 3870's, Crossfired + 4Gb dbl ddr RAM and my hourly occurrence rate of frozen 3Dice is right up there with the tip-top!

 

[voltage1]

In speaking with Enzo ...once upon a time ago ...he had mentioned how the ATI technology was far better than the Nvidia ....however , the mainstream programs do not utilize this technology ....I have no clue on the technical details of this .. that's just what he said and he's the guru on this as far as I am concerned..:notworthy

I have Both an ATI and an Nvidia card in my 2 computers....and they both crash running 3dice software since the addition of the slot wizard ..
I would have to agree with Jazzy ...the slot wizard seems to be the direction to look for the issue..

 

[RobWin]

There has to be some sort of common denominator here amongst you guys that are having these crashes...

What operating system are you guys running?

Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, etc.?
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[SlotMonster]

I'm playing under Win XP SP2. Could provide few screenshots with crashes as per request.

 

[RobWin]

I'm playing under Win XP SP2. Could provide few screenshots with crashes as per request.

Well I'm using Windows XP SP3
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[jimb123]

hmm

There has to be some sort of common denominator here amongst you guys that are having these crashes...

What operating system are you guys running?

Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, etc.?
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I'm running IBM PC DOS 2.0 on one and OS/2 on another. I was also going to try on an MVS mainframe. If that doesn't work, I'm going to go back to vaccuum tubes.

 

[jimb123]

screenshot

The only screenshot I have (that hasn't already been sent to 3dice support) is this one below. Mainly cuz once it crashes my PC hangs and nothing works. I have to power cycle/cold reboot.

 

[skiny]

There has to be some sort of common denominator here amongst you guys that are having these crashes...

Yes. We're all running 3Dice.


My system doesn't crash. 3Dice does. I could have 20 programs running at the same time and 3Dice locks up and needs to be restarted. The rest (even full screen games minimized) have no problem and keep running happily. And running 3Dice on it's own changes nothing.

And I still fail to understand how having one program that doesn't work out of 4 or 5 dozen means it's a computer problem. The other 60 programmers seemed to have made their software work fine on my computer. Maybe 3Dice should give them a call and ask how.

 

[SlotKing]

Just from the replies in this thread alone, there is one common denominator....

WINDOWS XP.

Combine that with all of the other replies in the other thread, this narrows it down even further.

WINDOWS XP.

As much as I know I am going to get lambasted for saying what I am about to say, I will say it anyway.

Time to upgrade, people!

Vista is not at all bad. 7 is even better. My lappie runs Win7 and I have not a single problem with the software freezing. The chat thing, ok... but that's something different and I have had that for a while, but it doesn't cause anything to happen to me except for me not being able to read what I type, even though the other party can see me just fine.

Am I the only one who seems able to see this? Windows 7 upgrades right over XP (provided you do a backup first) and will most likely solve your issues you are having. Regardless of the technology in your computer, if the operating system is too out-of-date with the software, the operating system will be the culprit in the situation.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[Pinababy69]

Just from the replies in this thread alone, there is one common denominator....

WINDOWS XP.

Combine that with all of the other replies in the other thread, this narrows it down even further.

WINDOWS XP.

As much as I know I am going to get lambasted for saying what I am about to say, I will say it anyway.

Time to upgrade, people!

Vista is not at all bad. 7 is even better. My lappie runs Win7 and I have not a single problem with the software freezing. The chat thing, ok... but that's something different and I have had that for a while, but it doesn't cause anything to happen to me except for me not being able to read what I type, even though the other party can see me just fine.

Am I the only one who seems able to see this? Windows 7 upgrades right over XP (provided you do a backup first) and will most likely solve your issues you are having. Regardless of the technology in your computer, if the operating system is too out-of-date with the software, the operating system will be the culprit in the situation.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

LOL....gotta do it. Sorry Kris....Vista here.

I never even played 3Dice on my old piece of crap puter (which was XP), simply because it didn't have near enough RAM, nor a decent video card.

And while I may have suffered the odd crash/freeze pre update...it's nothing compared to what happens now, after the update that included the Slot Wizard, etc.

I should see if I have a recent bug report that I've sent in...and the programmers here could have a field day with it. But wait, would that be considered privileged communication? It may, as they contain some pretty detailed info, I would assume relating to the actual programming itself? Guess that's not a good idea. It's all gobbledygook to me, lol.

As long as I stay at my puter, and initiate my bonus rounds within a few seconds, and don't let anything "time out", then for the most part, it's okay. If I'm not fast on the button, lots of trouble. It happened the other day, and it completely froze on me....wasn't able to send a bug report, couldn't shut it down, couldn't restart...and it also froze all the other windows I had open in IE.

Here's a simple thought from someone who really knows nothing...how about removing the "time out" feature on bonus rounds? With both RTG and MG, I can get the FS (for example), I can get up and leave home, come back two hours later, and I haven't been disconnected, nor has my puter frozen. Everything is exactly as I left it. I know, probably not near that simple...just a thought.

All I know is that, like Skiny....I can be d/l'ing a movie using a DL Manager, listening to music, burning a bunch of movies to disc, have 4 or 5 different IE windows open, and play RTG at the same time. Nary a problem. I "could" do it with MG as well...but MG is such a resource hog, that I would be scared of blowing up my puter completely. Point is though, that nothing crashes or freezes.

We also have tons of PC versions of video games on this computer, and never a problem with them...including Sims (for my daughter) which is a pretty graphics intense 3D game...among others.

3Dice is the only program or software that consistently crashes, for whatever reason.

Sorry Enzo, I have no doubt that you guys are working on it, and this isn't meant as bitching....just info for ya. And I will continue to send the bug reports, when possible.

 

[SlotKing]

LOL Lisa... at least you're someone I enjoy arguing with

The bug reports contain information about your computer at the time of the error/crash. There are lines of code in there that would look greek to most people, but do contain some very detailed information, something I'm sure Enzo and his team would frown upon putting in public view.

The reason the timeout feature was added is because too many people were waiting until the last minute/few seconds/last second in a tourney to play a bonus round. Needless to say, people who thought they were in the lead at the very end were dismayed when someone overtook them at the last possible second and that person won. People complained, and 3Dice listened - thus the timeout was added to prevent this issue from happening again (you can only sit on something for up to 45 seconds before the timeout kicks in - it may even be less than that now).

Like I said... Windows 7 seems to be the most stable of all the operating systems out there. It will upgrade right over Vista with no problems.

 

[Pinababy69]

LOL Lisa... at least you're someone I enjoy arguing with

The bug reports contain information about your computer at the time of the error/crash. There are lines of code in there that would look greek to most people, but do contain some very detailed information, something I'm sure Enzo and his team would frown upon putting in public view.

The reason the timeout feature was added is because too many people were waiting until the last minute/few seconds/last second in a tourney to play a bonus round. Needless to say, people who thought they were in the lead at the very end were dismayed when someone overtook them at the last possible second and that person won. People complained, and 3Dice listened - thus the timeout was added to prevent this issue from happening again (you can only sit on something for up to 45 seconds before the timeout kicks in - it may even be less than that now).

Like I said... Windows 7 seems to be the most stable of all the operating systems out there. It will upgrade right over Vista with no problems.

Ditto Kris.

Re: the bug reports.....yeah, sort of figured that, and completely understand the confidentiality of it.

And regarding the timeout thing....again, you are right. As soon as I read your post, it all came back to me. I was one of the ones bitching about people sitting on bonus rounds, and yes...3Dice/Enzo listened, and added that feature in. I also bitched about the "gamble" feature, and people sitting on a large win til the last few seconds of a tourney, and then gambling it right at the end. So there is a limit on that as well now. And a "no gamble" on alot of the tournies, which is something else I bitched about.

Trust me people, I love 3Dice....but I do my fair amount of bitching at Enzo, just not on the forum....ha ha. I prefer the private, nag him til he gives in, approach.

Again, not meaning to bitch in this thread...just trying to add my own experiences and thoughts on the software.

 

[Jasminebed]

It is my understanding that real and tourney are on different servers. Perhaps they could modify real play so bonus rounds do not timeout?

Also, Windows XP and Windows Vista are major operating systems still, and it is not free to upgrade.

And I can't even load Solitaire without a shutdown. Wazzup with that

 

[RobWin]

Ditto Kris.

Re: the bug reports.....yeah, sort of figured that, and completely understand the confidentiality of it.

And regarding the timeout thing....again, you are right. As soon as I read your post, it all came back to me. I was one of the ones bitching about people sitting on bonus rounds, and yes...3Dice/Enzo listened, and added that feature in. I also bitched about the "gamble" feature, and people sitting on a large win til the last few seconds of a tourney, and then gambling it right at the end. So there is a limit on that as well now. And a "no gamble" on alot of the tournies, which is something else I bitched about.

Trust me people, I love 3Dice....but I do my fair amount of bitching at Enzo, just not on the forum....ha ha. I prefer the private, nag him til he gives in, approach.

Again, not meaning to bitch in this thread...just trying to add my own experiences and thoughts on the software.

So basically you were bitching about me, right?
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[Pinababy69]

So basically you were bitching about me, right?

If the shoe fits my friend.

Haven't you read my title? If I'm not bitching, I ain't happy. Sorry you got caught in the crossfire.

 

[Redbush54]

I run windows7 on the desktop and vista ultimate on the laptop. Never had a problem until 2 weeks ago and now they both will freeze and I can't restart the casino. This is the only casino I have a problem with.

 

[bernynhel]

...And regarding the timeout thing....again, you are right. As soon as I read your post, it all came back to me. I was one of the ones bitching about people sitting on bonus rounds, and yes...3Dice/Enzo listened, and added that feature in. I also bitched about the "gamble" feature, and people sitting on a large win til the last few seconds of a tourney, and then gambling it right at the end. So there is a limit on that as well now. And a "no gamble" on alot of the tournies, which is something else I bitched about. ..

So it WAS you!!! I knew it! Gawd forbid someone should stoop so low as to overpower you in a tourney by employing a little strategy, huh! And I lost WAY more tourneys cuzza the gamble than I won - but at least it wasnt so fkn boring as it is now with nuthin to do but sit there for an hour and click "spin".

Jeez your avatar totally misrepresents you! Maybe this suits you better?

 

[Pinababy69]

So it WAS you!!! I knew it! Gawd forbid someone should stoop so low as to overpower you in a tourney by employing a little strategy, huh! And I lost WAY more tourneys cuzza the gamble than I won - but at least it wasnt so fkn boring as it is now with nuthin to do but sit there for an hour and click "spin".

Ha ha Bern....honest to God, you are one of the most colourful characters we have on here. You liven up the place. Have at me, if it makes ya feel good.

You should try the "nag until he gives in" approach. It's quite effective. Also, the "I talk, he pretends to listen..until he can't ignore me anymore" approach. Poor Enzo, he doesn't stand a chance once I start my mouth yapping...sorta like a big old junkyard dog, with a big, meaty steakbone.

 

[bernynhel]

...You should try the "nag until he gives in" approach...

Ooooooooooooooo you din't even wait for the illustration!!! LOL! And I wouldn't be caught dead on Enzo's leg if both a my hands were broke and in plaster casts! And I been rehearsing what I was gonna say to whoever admitted to lobbying to screw up the 3Dice tourneys ever since they screwed em up!

...sorta like a big old junkyard dog, with a big, meaty steakbone...

LOL A "big ol junkyard dog" a skeered of a lil GAMBLIN' going on in a casino tournament???

I might believe:

 

[Pinababy69]

Ooooooooooooooo you din't even wait for the illusatration!!! LOL! And I wouldn't be caught dead on Enzo's leg if both a my hands were broke and in plaster casts!

LMAO....I'm visualizing Bern. Gimme a sec to catch up.

Re: the avatar? Sweet Jeezus!! If I were to use that, I'd have to run to the mirror every five minutes to make sure I was still "me". Little Bo Peep? Ha ha ha.....

EDIT: OMG....just saw the puppy pic, lol. I bought my daughter a Pomeranian pup last year at the end of the school year, and no word of a lie...she looked exactly like that. You must be psychic!!

 

[bernynhel]

LOL Glad you liked it. Still wish they'd leave the gamble on more. Don't care that much bout the time out. Cept I thot that they thot a that themselves, at least. When some1 beat me by gambling at the last sec (they cudda just as easily, lost, too, y'know - but you didn't think a how many tourneys you won cuzza some poor slob sat onna gamble, like an idjit, for half a hour maybe, and then blew it, tho, didja???) I just did the same thing when I got a chance to try. I think I might a been like 2/5 with that tactic.

A pomewho??? That pic I found? That's not a real dog!?!? Is it??

A real dog...

 

[skiny]

If the problem is that the program doesn't run on XP it's not the operating system. It's the software.

If the problem is that the program doesn't work with ATI video cards it's not the video card. It's the software.

If the problem is the program doesn't run unless it's a full moon. It's not the moon's fault. It's the software.

The fact is that everyone who's having problems with this software isn't having problems with anything else. Common denominator - the 3Dice software.

And while the only excuse I've ever heard for any of these problems is that the software is state of the art, here are the system requirements for 3Dice software.

System requirements :
IBM PC-compatible computer
Windows 98 or better
Pentium III 800Mhz+
256 megabytes of RAM
3D video card
SVGA screen
8 megabytes of hard drive space

Doesn't sound like a very magical mix of software and hardware to me.

Now are realize that some people like to think they have the world's greatest computer and that everyone else's is inferior but the reality is that for 99% of the applications and games running on this planet, having state of the art hardware and anything better than windows xp just isn't necessary and nobody should be buying new operating systems and swapping video cards repeatedly until they find something this software likes.

3Dice tried to make the software better and they made it worse. Everyone should stop making excuses for it and Enzo should get it fixed. That's the bottom line.

 

[Jasminebed]

Well, a new release came out today, and I only had one freezeup. I sent my bug report, and I will continue to send them.

Enzo recruited a few users to try and get the bugs, so hopefully they will have it running smoothly again. Or smooth enough at least.

 

[skiny]

I'd heard about the new updates and decided to log in for the first time since Enzo got lippy behind my back just to see if I could break it. I'd forgotten the broken software wasn't the only problem. The tournaments are all fixed. Hard to test the software when you're bankrupt soon as you start each tournament.

 

[maphesto]

I'd forgotten the broken software wasn't the only problem. The tournaments are all fixed. Hard to test the software when you're bankrupt soon as you start each tournament.

You are making all threads about 3Dice readable. I am not a huge player at 3Dice but when I see threads about them I just have to read them.

 

[skiny]

You are making all threads about 3Dice readable. I am not a huge player at 3Dice but when I see threads about them I just have to read them.

There wouldn't be much point in typing in them if nobody was reading them.

 

[binshakindown]

FYI

I have windows xp sp3, and pretty decent hardware. I never had the game freeze problem until after the great 3Dice crash of 2010. It appears that when they switched or replaced their hardware, I started getting the bonus round blues. Also, I cannot restart the casino using the casino dialog buttons, I have to use the "end task" in task manager. In other words, the entire game crashes.

Skiny is right, it is not our computers, since even my nostromo gaming key pad can work on many platforms.

Like I said, I never had crashes, freeze-ups, etc. with 3Dice software until after the major hardware crash they had. If you want my opinion, I think they had to upgrade the software for the new hardware.

Simple really for me anyway. Things are simple when I don't know what they are or what they mean.

 

[skiny]

I tried again today to see if I could freeze up some of the games. From what it looks like the free spin bonuses no longer freeze up the system. I tried 3 different slot games and some table games in tournament mode. None of which froze the system up at the usual times.

By the way... I did not install a new operating system and I did not change any hardware. It seems they were able to solve some of the problems with the latest update. The ones caused by the last update.

Now if they could fix the problem that it's impossible to win money playing these tournaments they'd be all set.

7 Free spin bonuses in tut in a half hour. My balance was 700 less than I started with. Payola bankrupted 2500 in about 15 minutes. Red dog bankrupted in 2 minutes flat without raising. Fortune Falls hit bonus after bonus all of which only paid back what it cost to hit them. lol

Some things never change.

Good work on the updates though. At least that problem seems solved.