Problem with Counter Strike Source: Crashing

[MrJaeger]

Ever since I have started playing Source lately, the game crashes, but only when, it seems, that vent is up. When I scrim without vent I do not crash at all. However, when I do use it, after about 5-10 rounds I get a windows error saying that 'hl2.exe has encountered an error and needs to close'. I do not know why this happens (hence me asking for help) and would like to let everyone know I have reinstalled vent and CSS already, with the problem persisiting. If anyone has any idea what may be going on, please help me thx .

P.S I also updated my Direct X as well!

P.P.S I have also within the C:/Programs Files/Steam/SteamApps/Myname/Counter Strike source copied all the files from the BIN folder to the main folder with no luck.

 

[Beerdude26]

This sounds like a typical case of Ventrilo and CSS stealing each other's RAM resources and subsequently crashing.

First possible fix is increasing your heapsize:

A good idea is to make the heapsize bigger. The heapsize is like virtual RAM, used only by the game. This means that your computer can keep textures and other game information handy without having to search for it on your hard drive. This often results in faster loading times. The first time the game loads it will still be quite slow, but when changing maps, you'll surely notice the difference. The default heapsize is 64 MB (65536 bytes).

You can specify your heapsize by typing this into the Launch Options text box: heapsize NUMBER

(To reach Launch Options:
* Left-click on the Steam tray icon.
* Select "Games".
* Click on the "My Games" tab.
* Right-click on "Empires 2.0".
* Select "Properties".
* Click on the "General" tab.
* Click on the "Set Launch Options" button.
* Put in the text box: COMMAND
* Click "OK".
* Click "Close".
)

It's a good idea to make your heapsize half the size of your actual RAM. To find out how much RAM you have, follow these steps: Press the Start button and select 'Run...'. Now type 'dxdiag' (without the quotes) into the window that has just appeared.

After a while a window will pop up. (If it doesn't, fire up Google and look for 'DirectX 9.0c Download'.)

Your amount of RAM can be found under the 'System Tab' (Called "Memory").


You must type the heapsize in kilobytes. An example:

256 MB RAM would be 262144 kilobytes. Which means that your heapsize should be 128 MB or 131072 kilobytes, so the final text would be "-heapsize 131072".

More examples:

512 MB RAM: 524288 kilobytes (Heapsize = 262144 kilobytes)
1024 MB RAM: 1048576 kilobytes (Heapsize = 524288 kilobytes)
2048 MB RAM: 2097152 kilobytes (Heapsize = 1048576 kilobytes)

If that doesn't work, you might want to try expanding your page pool:

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TWEAK INVOLVES EDITING THE REGISTRY. If you are inexperienced with this, please get someone knowledgeable to help you.

These mid-game crashes are often the source of an insufficient page pool. Following are directions for increasing it. Please keep in mind that you can only increase your page pool up to your maximum amount of RAM. This is not advised, however. If you do not know how much RAM you have, please consult the walkthrough for it under "The game takes incredibly long to load!".

First, open the Registry Editor: Start Menu --> Run --> Type in: regedit

Scroll down to this key. The REG_DWORD "PagedPoolSize"

Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

Double click on "PagedPoolSize". Hexadecimal is listed first. Change the "Value Data" to one of these below:
Note: You only need to enter EITHER Hexadecimal or Decimal. They both are the same.
Megabytes Hexadecimal Decimal
192MB 0c000000 201326592
256MB 10000000 268435456
384MB 18000000 402653184

You do not need anything bigger than 400MB... in most cases 300MB is too much as well.

Once you are done, make sure you reboot your computer.

 

[MrJaeger]

I did both of these things and still it crashes!!!! AGHHHHH

 

[Hectic Glenn]

There could be issues between the key you used to input voice and CSS, if there is some strange bug involved. I'm just throwing ideas out there since the logical fix above hasn't worked. Have you tried changing the button you use for voice?

 

[MrJaeger]

nah this did not help the problem also I may think its not vent related now, as it crashes sometimes when I dont have vent up.

 

[Mech Man]

Have you tried verifying the game? that might work. I dont really know though but still give it a try if you have not already.

 

[MrJaeger]

how do i do that?

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Right click the game in my games list, then click properties, then click the 'local files' tab, then verify integrity of game cache.

Have you made any changes to anything on your PC recently? Updated graphical drivers? (if not consider doing so).

 

[MrJaeger]

the only thing that i think has been updated since i last time i played was my graphics card, which is now a Geforce 7800 GT (updated drivers). I recently replaced a power supply, but there were problems before it i think. But could a new power supply do nething?

 

[MrJaeger]

still having the problem, tho it occurs less often (once every liek 2 scrims instead of multiple times per scrim).

 

[MrJaeger]

keeping it up

 

[Drackard]

the only thing that i think has been updated since i last time i played was my graphics card, which is now a Geforce 7800 GT (updated drivers). I recently replaced a power supply, but there were problems before it i think. But could a new power supply do nething?

Only if it's not powerful enough to support your system, however if that was the case you'd likely be getting a whole system crash rather than just the game.

Have you tried the steam forums at all (Yes I know it's filled with sarcastic lil kiddies, but it sounds like you're running out of options ) to see if anyone else has experienced a similar problem ?