CS:S crashes to desktop

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Boris4ka

Discussion Starter · Nov 24, 2009

Source is crashing to desktop with the "hl2.exe has stopped working" window ALL THE TIME. I can't stand this. This never happened before, it started doing this the past few weeks. Sometimes I can play for hours without a problem, but sometimes it crashes every 5 minutes. What can I do other than reinstall the game?

It's not the drivers, I did check integrity of the files and defrag.

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Minibus

· #2 · Nov 24, 2009

This happened to me previously not until I had to reinstall the game, clear any leftovers over at the registry.

Jarazon

· #3 · Nov 24, 2009

Is it just CS:S or other games too?

pez

· #4 · Nov 24, 2009

Are you playing custom maps at all by any chance? Sometimes my GPU when not at stock didn't like to play CS:S. That's even if I was underclocked.

Boris4ka

Discussion Starter · #5 · Nov 24, 2009

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Is it just CS:S or other games too?

All Source Engine games. TF2, CS:S.

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Are you playing custom maps at all by any chance? Sometimes my GPU when not at stock didn't like to play CS:S. That's even if I was underclocked.

No, lately all I've been playing is de_dust2.

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TheJack

· #6 · Nov 24, 2009

registry.blob file has to be deleted in some cases. see if that helps you.

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DUNC4N

· #7 · Nov 24, 2009

Other than default dx_level?

fuloran1

· #8 · Nov 24, 2009

Do you use avg?

Seabass7857

· #9 · Nov 24, 2009

corrected.

pez

· #10 · Nov 24, 2009

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I had half-life do the exact same thing. Google it, it has a thread on this problem in the steam forums.

You have to run the game in 32-bit and not 64, so right click the name in steam and set it to run in 32-bit

That's actually a Half Life 2 and Half Life Lost Coast exclusive problem. CSS and TF2 don't have 64 bit modes.

OP: What anti-virus program are you using?

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Seabass7857

· #11 · Nov 24, 2009

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That's actually a Half Life 2 and Half Life Lost Coast exclusive problem. CSS and TF2 don't have 64 bit modes.

OP: What anti-virus program are you using?

oh really? thanks for the correction.

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pez

· #12 · Nov 24, 2009

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oh really? thanks for the correction.

Yeah, I had the same thing pop up for me with HL Lost Coast. Mine wouldn't crash but would never load. It would stay on that screen that it shows in both HL2 and HL:LC before the main menu shows up.

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Seabass7857

· #13 · Nov 24, 2009

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Yeah, I had the same thing pop up for me with HL Lost Coast. Mine wouldn't crash but would never load. It would stay on that screen that it shows in both HL2 and HL:LC before the main menu shows up.

yeah same here, HL2 would give me the exact same error, oh well i tried lol

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Jarazon

· #14 · Nov 24, 2009

Okay, I'm sure you've looked at this, but if not try some of the solutions on this page.

But before you do that or if you already have, I'd say try to alter resolutions, or ideally play in windowed mode.

Disabling multicore rendering has also solved this issue for me in L4D and TF2.

Boris4ka

Discussion Starter · #15 · Nov 25, 2009

I have AVG Free 8.5. And I was playing yesterday, and it wasn't crashing anymore. The only thing that was different was I closed two Firefox windows that were taking up over 300MB RAM. Could Firefox have caused Source to crash? My RAM never went above 60% full when playing.

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