Crashes with the Q menu - Garry's Mod

Hello people of facepunch! Today, I tried to play Garry's Mod on my server with my friend, and it worked well for the first ten minutes or so. After ten minutes, my game crashed. After repeating the problem several times, I noticed it happens everytime I bring up the Q menu. I was wondering if anyone knows how to fix this issue without reinstalling the game, because that would just be a bear. Thanks in advanced, Conman5

Oddly enough, this is starting to affect me too.

Is it Just when you open the Q Menu, or does it happen if you try to spawn a certain prop? Do you have any addons?

I'm seeing this error too. IT seemed to happen on my server after installed the SBEP pack. Once it had generated the spawn icons for the pack, any attempt to bring up the Q menu generated a windows exception and crashed hl2.exe. I should add that removing SBEP doesn't solve it either. It seems to be something related to spawn icons, or possibly the number of them. I have PHX and SBEP installed which comes to sevearl thousands spawn icons being generated and the error seems to me to be an out of memory error. Edit: I've attached the error in the one time when it didnt lock my machine up and just crashed back to windows, but it started after i tried to generate spawn icons for PHX and SBEP items (2000+) in the q menu. I actuall loaded PHX ones and generated icons for them first, then quit and restarted gmod after i installed SBEP to generate it's spawn icons, but it seems like in the two times i've had to reinstall Gmod to get past this error that it could be a "sheer number" of icons that's causing it to crash because each mod seems to work fine independantly. [url]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/count23/crashqmenu.png[/url]

[QUOTE=count23;14544186]I'm seeing this error too. IT seemed to happen on my server after installed the SBEP pack. Once it had generated the spawn icons for the pack, any attempt to bring up the Q menu generated a windows exception and crashed hl2.exe. I should add that removing SBEP doesn't solve it either. It seems to be something related to spawn icons, or possibly the number of them. I have PHX and SBEP installed which comes to sevearl thousands spawn icons being generated and the error seems to me to be an out of memory error. Edit: I've attached the error in the one time when it didnt lock my machine up and just crashed back to windows, but it started after i tried to generate spawn icons for PHX and SBEP items (2000+) in the q menu. I actuall loaded PHX ones and generated icons for them first, then quit and restarted gmod after i installed SBEP to generate it's spawn icons, but it seems like in the two times i've had to reinstall Gmod to get past this error that it could be a "sheer number" of icons that's causing it to crash because each mod seems to work fine independantly. [url]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/count23/crashqmenu.png[/url][/QUOTE] This is happening to me too. I've noticed that each time i start up a whole bunch of Icons need to regen, ones i am CERTAIN i made before. I think theres a limit and its being broken. Only problem is, the only prop packs i have are PHX3 and SBMP(aka SPEB). Either Garry needs to increase the limit or these guys need to tone it down a notch.

When you crash does the game end unexpectantly, freeze, or does it give an error?

[QUOTE=starg33ker;16567132]When you crash does the game end unexpectantly, freeze, or does it give an error?[/QUOTE] Freeze, then windows comes up with "hl2.exe has stopped working" and it closes.

Is this happening with systems with Vista?

[QUOTE=starg33ker;16567254]Is this happening with systems with Vista?[/QUOTE] Yes

There is a solution to this problem, First thing you do i go into your config.cfg file, search for and edit the variable "spawnicon_disablepreload "0"" Put it to "1", And there you go Your spawn icon crash problem fixed, Just dont scroll through your spawnlists too fast Have gun G-modding guys

[QUOTE=masterdoom99;16567626]There is a solution to this problem, First thing you do i go into your config.cfg file, search for and edit the variable "spawnicon_disablepreload "0"" Put it to "1", And there you go Your spawn icon crash problem fixed, Just dont scroll through your spawnlists too fast Have gun G-modding guys[/QUOTE] Trying now, will let you know if it fixed it. EDIT: It worked, thanks.

[QUOTE=Eat_Pb;16567674]Trying now, will let you know if it fixed it. EDIT: It worked, thanks.[/QUOTE] Glad i could be of help :smile:

but I go to my cfg file in garrysmod folder and its not in there?

im having this same problem. i changed the config file but its still happening. anything else i can do?

[QUOTE=kmoxind;17950719]but I go to my cfg file in garrysmod folder and its not in there?[/QUOTE] Add a new line and type it in there.

i am Having the same problem. When i Open a spawn menu like phx or something that requires spawnicons, i get a black screen and my vpu stops responding, i have to restart meh comp. It Only Really Happens in MultiPlayer, but sometimes in single player

This is happening 2 me 2. Every time I press q for the spawnmenu it crashes. Is this an update problem or something?

Maybe TF2 Update... And here, we are GRAMMAR NAZIS!

I fixed this with... Just deleting addons!

[QUOTE=masterdoom99;16567626]There is a solution to this problem, First thing you do i go into your config.cfg file, search for and edit the variable "spawnicon_disablepreload "0"" Put it to "1", And there you go Your spawn icon crash problem fixed, Just dont scroll through your spawnlists too fast Have gun G-modding guys[/QUOTE] how do i open it? [editline]05:55PM[/editline] Never mind.