gmod stutters and wont continue to work. - Help

Hello there, i recently reinstalled garrysmod to solve a few issues i had with certain features, and once i reinstalled, and then put the maps i backed up into the maps folder and then got all the addons to play on a spacebuild server, i was faced with a new issue. My game from time to time, decides to freeze for about a second stutters and then minimize itself, when i try to maximise the game again, all i see is a small black rectangle in the top corner of my screen however the game is still running and i hear peoples footsteps and toolguns like you normally would: [url]http://img.techpowerup.org/120325/Capture1145.jpg[/url] <- screenshot ... Please could you help me? If you need further information just ask what you need and i will try and get it for you. i have already sent this to the gmod support so don't bother suggesting it, it's been 4 days without a word. so in doubt of never getting it sorted i resorted to posting it to the forums!

Hello Joa, the minimizing problem could be a program gaining focus. (Popups from virus scanners, such things) A temporary solution would be running garrysmod with "-windowed -noborder" parameters. That would at least allow you to switch back into the game fast. [SUB]Any instructions/help is provided without any warranty.[/SUB]

[QUOTE=Ideal-Hosting;35290700]Hello Joa, the minimizing problem could be a program gaining focus. (Popups from virus scanners, such things) A temporary solution would be running garrysmod with "-windowed -noborder" parameters. That would at least allow you to switch back into the game fast. [SUB]Any instructions/help is provided without any warranty.[/SUB][/QUOTE] thanks for you're temporal fix, it seems to have worked for the time being, but i have only played the game for 2 hours since i have applied it and it was not a valid nor thorough test, but seems to react much smoother, thanks for the suggestion, however before posting this thread , i ahd googled the issue and nothing identical was found but one person had an issue where the launch setting parameter -dxlevel81 had helped him, i was wondering if some one could give me some information on what this parameter does?

Switches the game engine to use direct x 8. (Worse performance, worse quality of materials etc.)

ok it seems that now instead of simply alt tabbing and become a black rectangle, it just crashes. either that or that crash was just a random crash.

As your problem is related to a crash, we require you to upload an crash-dump. Please follow those steps to upload one: [U][B]What is a crashdump?![/B][/U] A crashdump is a file generated automatically when your game crashes. It includes important information about what was going on when the game/server crashed. Garry invited a website analyzing the dump and displaying important information which experienced users can use to determine what the problem was caused by. [U][B]What exactly does it include?[/B][/U] A lot of information. This includes (but isn't limited to): - RAM used - Path to Garry's Mod - Console-Log (doesn't function always, unfortunately) - Stack Trace (Doesn't matter what it is) - Loaded .dll's - Non-default convars However: Not everything can be seen clear text by "normal" users. Only garry got access to all functions. [U][B]How to create a crashdump:[/B][/U] [B]Step 1[/B] - Find the crashdump [I]Client[/I] Browse to your "steam" folder (Usually found at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\) and open the "dumps" folder. Use the windows "detail" view and sort by date/time to pick the latest crashdump. [I]Server[/I] Browse to your servers orangebox folder (the folder with the second srcds.exe in it). Open the "dumps" folder. Use the windows "detail" view and sort by date/time to pick the latest crashdump. [IMG]http://images.glua.info/?di=213325993551[/IMG] [B]Step 2[/B] - Upload the crashdump Browse to [URL="http://dumps.garrysmod.com/"]http://dumps.garrysmod.com/[/URL]. Open the file selector and choose your *.dmp file. Now click the huge button on that page called "EAT MY DUMP". [IMG]http://images.glua.info/?di=1413326009940[/IMG] You don't need to wait for it to process. Just copy the URL in the top of your browser and post it. That's it!

[url]http://dumps.garrysmod.com/?view=3801597234&refresh=1[/url] here is my dump - beware : it smells.

Hey, unfortunately, there is no obvious visible error to me. Seems to be something internal. You could try updating your drivers, just to ensure it's not a driver problem. Your graphic card drivers might be outdated. Keeping your driving card updates up-to-date is necessary to get the latest bugfixes and performance updates. You could also try running the latest windows updates. [u]Common driver websites[/u] [URL="http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx"]AMD/ATI[/URL] [URL="http://www.nvidia.com/Download/indexsg.aspx?lang=en-us"]Nvidia[/URL] [URL="http://downloadcenter.intel.com/"]Intel[/URL] [u]Other updates[/u] [URL="http://www.update.microsoft.com/"]Windows Update[/URL]