Game freezes without warning randomly

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I usually cannot play for longer than 2-3 minutes at a time before my game spontaneously freezes and I have to use task manager to shut it down. I noticed that perhaps this might have to do with zooming, as it tends to always freeze after I zoom in quickly from the strategic map to the actual map.

Here is the log:
game_17512227.log

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You wouldn't happen to have a Nvidia GPU and old drivers?

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@giebmasse I have a GT 1030, and as far as I know my drivers are up to date. I'll check again.

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@giebmasse They weren't quite up to date, I updated them. I'll try to play a round again.

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@giebmasse So, I tried again, got a bit further into the round this time, 7 minutes. Froze after I tried to zoom out. It's still happening. I am running FA on compatibility, Vista service pack 2, and classic stereo.

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Does it happen when you play Forged Alliance itself, running the original game from Steam or Gog Launcher?

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@scout_more_often Yes, I, among other reasons, bought the game to hopefully fix the freezing that was also occuring on the GOG version. I also had an old version burned to a disc, but all of them would have the same issue.

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@magge No, as far as I know it's not related to the mods.

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Could you double-check that, please, and post a new log without any mod activated to verify it is the same error?

Also, install Supreme Commander fresh and verify it - looks like it could be related to some malformed files as well.

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Also run in windowed mode unless you are doing so already.

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And run Furmark and see if the poor 1030 lives through that.

1030 is more or less designed 'to get an image'. Playing actual games on it...

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@jcvjcvjcvjcv Well, the GPU survived Furmark. I'm going to remove all the mods now and run in windowed and see if anything changes.

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@magge Well, I tried again without any mods, windowed mode, vista service pack 2 compatibility and stereo. I don't know what's happening.
game_17532825.log

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So it looks like it was up to the unit icons. I've found a temporary fix: enabling the option in the settings for the unit icons to be constantly loaded. Now there are no crashes, I've been able to play for over 30 minutes now.