So I'm making a new thread about the same issue I had a few months ago. I'm sure a few others have had this problem as well so let's try and get to the bottom of it.
I have a gaming laptop, Acer Nitro 5. Geforce RTX 2060, 16gb ram, AMD Radeon 7 5800h @3.2ghz.
Now most of the time, my laptop is plugged into a dock and I play my games on an adjacent monitor. All good and well. Sometimes I go on trips etc and I take the laptop with me. Trainz is on the SSD drive.
When attempting to play the game on my laptop (always plugged in and fully charged when I play), the game crashes to desktop in driver mode only after 10-15 minutes. Curiously, the problem is unique to situations in which the laptop is not at my desk, plugged into the dock and all.
Here are the things I've ruled out
-Disk space. After going from 6 free gb to 40 free gb, the game still crashes.
-Heat (sort of). I've been keeping the machine off my lap, fans set to max, vents clear of anything blocking the hot air from exiting, and I've been playing on a glass coffee table. So I don't know if it's heat but I really doubt it.
-DB repair. Extended and normal. Doesn't make a difference.
Again... the game runs fine when the laptop is all hooked up to everything and at my desk. So maybe it is a heat issue? I really don't know. Has anyone else had a similar issue?
I have a gaming laptop, Acer Nitro 5. Geforce RTX 2060, 16gb ram, AMD Radeon 7 5800h @3.2ghz.
Now most of the time, my laptop is plugged into a dock and I play my games on an adjacent monitor. All good and well. Sometimes I go on trips etc and I take the laptop with me. Trainz is on the SSD drive.
When attempting to play the game on my laptop (always plugged in and fully charged when I play), the game crashes to desktop in driver mode only after 10-15 minutes. Curiously, the problem is unique to situations in which the laptop is not at my desk, plugged into the dock and all.
Here are the things I've ruled out
-Disk space. After going from 6 free gb to 40 free gb, the game still crashes.
-Heat (sort of). I've been keeping the machine off my lap, fans set to max, vents clear of anything blocking the hot air from exiting, and I've been playing on a glass coffee table. So I don't know if it's heat but I really doubt it.
-DB repair. Extended and normal. Doesn't make a difference.
Again... the game runs fine when the laptop is all hooked up to everything and at my desk. So maybe it is a heat issue? I really don't know. Has anyone else had a similar issue?