i have totally different setup:

macbook pro (intel)
2gb ram
os x 10.4.11

i can play for some time, but eventually it crashes. sometimes in 10 minutes, sometimes in 2. lately, that i'm getting more efficient, it crashes more often.

i also get this every time i start:

Response code 404 from url "https://fold.it/portal/comm/whoami_csv". (/Users/adrient/Current/rosetta/mini-interactive/mini/xcode/../src/interactive/boinc/Boinc.cc:323)

... the solution was to install new graphics drivers (in my case I have a nvidia 7600 gfx-board). after installing the new drivers everything works fine now.
maybe this helps.

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I have been suffering lots of crashes as well... the latest one costing me an improvement of nearly 90 points to move me up in the ranks by a LOT!

Minidump and log saved in win rar file if needed.

When i want to play "foldit", it crashes after 5-60 seconds.

The error seems to be in Opengl.

It says something about the crash:
"AppName: foldit.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: nvoglnt.dll
ModVer: 6.14.10.8310 Offset: 0015b582"

I have a NVidia Go 7400 and a Samsung X11 with Intel Centrino 5500.

Please, do something
Torstiko, Germany

I can confirm the repeated crashing:

MacBook Pro (Late07), Core2 Duo 2.4GHz, 2 GB Ram,
256MB GeForce 8600M GT
OS 10.5.3

As well as the instabilities - there are other things that are not very well done: The app is not named (logged as: .com.yourcompany.Interactive Rosetta Dynamic) and produces LOTS of logging messages in the Console...

I reinstalled the app - and lost my progress in the puzzles, but it is relatively stable again.

Dear developers: Is there already a bug reporting system? Such as Bugzilla or similar?

But in general: Great idea, good basis - but many opportunities for improvement. So - keep it up!

It happens to me sometimes when pressing clear bonds during wiggling. Most of the time some of the bonds are maximum strength.

Faulting application foldit.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module game_library.dll, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00498bae.

Win XP SP2
Intel T7200 @ 2 GHz, 4GB RAM (win shows 3.37)
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200 Driver 8.552.0.0

I haven't been able to get past the guy telling me how to play!! I'd love to set this up and get my kids interested.  On MS XP 5.1 if that makes any sense. I'm not a techie!!

It might very well be my computer (I have a MacBook with 4GB RAM w/ Intel GMA X3100) as I see my system has some weaker specs than most of you, but the game crashes just about on every level.  Then when I relaunch it and advance to the next level, it crashes again.  Took several app restarts to get past 1-4.  Same problem as the MBP person.

Reinstalled it, actually got through first level before it crashed on the second.  Crashes while loading level 3-1.  Actually got through level 2-1 to 2-4 with 2 levels in between crashes.

i played this game a while ago on my old PC with no problems, now that i'm on a MAX OS X 10.5 Leopard I can't even get through the tutorial. if I try to do more than 1 thing at a time, or move on to the next task before it has completely caught up it crashes. any help as to how i can fix this would be greatly appreciated!

Had crashes on my Windows XP Pro SP3 installation:
May well end up uninstalling foldit, because if it causes me grief my solution is not to use .
Have now given up and uninstalled Foldit, because it is incompatible with my system.
I have two Windows XP SP3 on this computer, and Foldit crashes both systems. Motherboard is ASUS P5V2-MX SE with on board video:
VIA/S3G Unichrome Pro IGP. So I will not be reinstalling Foldit until a new version of Foldit is issued

i can concur with everyone else... there is no rhyme or reason for the crashing it just happens. Im am running a Mac OS X with over 2 GB Ram... so pretty confused.... im sure its just the programming however, it is only in beta.... good luck with this.

On my computer the game crashes each time I open the 4th puzzle. This is the error message:

Foldit: brw_clip.c:110: compile_clip_prog: Assertion `0' failed.

What does it mean?

Is this truly a program problem or a computer to program problem? Is there anything i can do to fix the program from crashing on my comp or do i have to wait around until it is a more reliable program for mac?

The game worked perfectly to me, until the very last update (about 1 hour ago).
Now it just crashes every 2 minutes.
I experienced about 10 crashes in 20 minutes...

here's my specs:
core2duo E6750
asus P5k pro
4 gb ram adata vitesta
nvidia 7900 gs.

I was seeing continual freezing with the new version (OS X 10.4.11), necessitating force quitting: it was happening most often when using the tweak tool. I unchecked all the options in the view dialog box and it hasn't happened since, but I did only play for 15 minutes.

Oh, and bring back the fractional score bar please. Even better, express the score as a floating number.

You can get score to 3 decimal places by going to the General Options menu and checking the appropriate box.

But yeah, regular freezes/crashes seem to be happening for everyone since the update.

Also, by way of bug reporting, I noticed in the new puzzle levels, if you click on Return to Best Autosave in say the new 5-2, then it jumps to your old best from the old 5-2 (whilst its higher).

Thanks for pointing out the way to get decimal representation: I hadn't noticed.

Running on win XP media edition. Foldit was running fairly well before the last update. Now there seems to be a memory issue - mem usage starts at 211000k and steadily climbs from there. The program has crashed out four times so far tonight.

On the plus side, I love the new colours for the side chains and the new tutorial games.

I am experiencing constant crashes as well.

Operating System:
Windows Version: Windows XP Service Pack 3
IE Version: 6.0.2900
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.26GHz (x1) @ 2261 MHz
Physical Memory: 1457 MB / 2047 MB
Virtual Memory: 2008 MB / 2047 MB
Admin Rights: Yes

Thanks Bozonik for the tips. I really want the bar feedback again, but I will try a decimal representation and see how it works.

Thanks,
tjohnson

I was having the same issues just after the update, and I decided to wait it out a bit. At some point I came back and I was playing for well over 2 hours. Then I noticed that while I was trying things out I was not playing 'with' sheets that constantly were building and breaking hydrogen bonds. Then I went in a new direction for 107 (<150) and started to have them built again and that is when the lockups occur.

I think that is the BASE issue as within a few secs of a some hydrogen bond being 'created' I almost always get a lockup. HTH

Cerb

P.S. OR! it is the music... I also notice that it happens as the music plays during a rebuild.....

BTW:
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional x64 Edition
Version 5.2.3790 Service Pack 2 Build 3790
XFX Nforce 680i LT
Q66000 Quad Core@3.15Ghz
4GB DDR2
Nvidia 8000 GTX OC2

In the new build, stop-wiggle often results in a delay of several seconds prior to releasing the application from a hung state.

Unfortunately, sometimes it does not release at all

Windows XP Media edition current SPs intalled, 1.86GHz dual core 2 G memory

I am also seeing continual freezing, same as spvincent, requiring force quitting - doesn't matter what operation I am performing. Windows Vista with current service packs.

I can play for maximum 2-3 minutes before this happens.

this constant freezes are rather frustrating.
I will not play until the issue is resolved.

Having downloaded the latest update, FoldIt runs much longer on my MacBook (OSX 10.5) than it did before, but it still crashes during complex tasks after some time. I was able to play through most of the tutorials before having it crash continually while attempting to complete 6-3.

Thanks for listening; I hope you're able to remedy these quirks soon.

it runs smoothly now.
thanks for the prompt fix.