I recently got a new computer, ever since gmod crashes when I alt-tab or click out of the game. At first I thought this only happened on some servers but then I relized that it is happens on all servers just some servers make it occur more than others. I alt-tab frequently so this is becoming a major irritation, I like to be able to work on lua without exiting the game. I've never had this problem before the computer change and I have tried reinstalling both gmod and steam. A solution, or even an explanation of what is wrong would be extremely helpful.
Here is the windows error report
Product hl2.exe
Problem Stopped working
Date 8/6/2010 11:10 PM
Status Report Sent
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: hl2.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4c354523
Fault Module Name: client.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4c5bf825
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 002acdad
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 1984813864
And Computer Stats
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium Service Pack 1
I also discovered that it happens when opening the set material tool and it begins drawing all the materials, however this time the error is
Product
hl2.exe
Problem
Stopped working
Date
8/7/2010 11:39 PM
Status
Report Sent
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: hl2.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4c354523
Fault Module Name: StackHash_fd00
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 60a12306
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 1949392293
Are all of your drivers up to date?
I get this - Sort of. It depends what map and what addons you are playing on. I usually play gmod in a small window, and if it loses focus, it crashes.
i get it when i try to connect to a server, pretty much the same error message.. it just started doing it yesterday
[QUOTE=iavor55;23912585]Are all of your drivers up to date?[/QUOTE]
As far as I can tell, but my new graphics card is an ATI card and I'm not familiar with them. If my assumption that Catalyst automatically updates my drivers is correct then yes because catalyst is up to date, if not somebody please correct me.
Hm I thought it was something to do with the new engine. I used to be able to Alt-Tab out the game and tab back in near instantly but since the new engine update its been really slow and 8/10 times it crashes.
So I suppose I'm not the only one having this problem and it may not have been related to my computer change, other people having this problem post error report to make a fix come sooner!
PS: crashing for lua_reloadents, error is the same as Fault Module Name: StackHash_fd00
Do the gmod developers look at this? I hope they see the problem since it seems to be a problem with the software.
If you have an MDMP file upload it somewhere and link to it so they can have a look.
What does MDMP stand for?
Mini-dump. Basically a dump of the program's state when it crashed.
if someone can tell me how to get it I will post it
