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Random 'hl2.exe has stopped responding' crashes
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Since I've been using a new PC I'm getting random crashes to desktop, 'hl2.exe has stopped responding'. It crashes like once every two maps or so, but the strange thing is that it's only crashed while playing scrims, but not a single time while playing pugs (crashed ~10 times in 14 maps of scrims, but 0 times in 6 maps of pugs, I guess it could be a coincidence but it seems kinda odd). It seems like it's more common on certain maps (only recall crashing on gullywash / reckoner / badlands) but that might just be a coincidence / me not remember things properly.

Using Comanglia's stability config in dx8. I tried the following commands to fix the random crashes

mat_queue_mode -1
cl_threaded_client_leaf_system 0
mat_clipz 0

But nothing changed. Not getting any crashes in other games / stress / stability tests or w/e so I don't think it's my computer not being stable. Specs are the following:

i7 6700k @ 4.4GHz
Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1070 (played using this GPU in my previous PC aswell, which worked fine)
16GB 3200MHz DDR4 RAM
Windows 10 64bit

Clean install of TF2 (/clean install of Windows) , only thing I did is add my config. I haven't crashed using dx9 in MM so that might fix it, but I don't really wanna play in dx9 (and besides that, I also never crashed using dx8 in pugs, so that doesn't really mean anything I suppose). Tried using different fps configs (can't really name them since it's just configs I got from other people, they're probably edits of comanglia's config or something anyway), but it happened on every single one I tried.

Since I've been using a new PC I'm getting random crashes to desktop, 'hl2.exe has stopped responding'. It crashes like once every two maps or so, but the strange thing is that it's only crashed while playing scrims, but not a single time while playing pugs (crashed ~10 times in 14 maps of scrims, but 0 times in 6 maps of pugs, I guess it could be a coincidence but it seems kinda odd). It seems like it's more common on certain maps (only recall crashing on gullywash / reckoner / badlands) but that might just be a coincidence / me not remember things properly.

Using Comanglia's stability config in dx8. I tried the following commands to fix the random crashes
[code]mat_queue_mode -1
cl_threaded_client_leaf_system 0
mat_clipz 0[/code]

But nothing changed. Not getting any crashes in other games / stress / stability tests or w/e so I don't think it's my computer not being stable. Specs are the following:

i7 6700k @ 4.4GHz
Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1070 (played using this GPU in my previous PC aswell, which worked fine)
16GB 3200MHz DDR4 RAM
Windows 10 64bit

Clean install of TF2 (/clean install of Windows) , only thing I did is add my config. I haven't crashed using dx9 in MM so that might fix it, but I don't really wanna play in dx9 (and besides that, I also never crashed using dx8 in pugs, so that doesn't really mean anything I suppose). Tried using different fps configs (can't really name them since it's just configs I got from other people, they're probably edits of comanglia's config or something anyway), but it happened on every single one I tried.
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Weird, I recently got a new pc too with these exact specs, Strix GTX 970 by any chance? And I'm getting these crashes also, although not as often i still get them. never used to crash on my old PC but on this one it happens way more often

Weird, I recently got a new pc too with these exact specs, Strix GTX 970 by any chance? And I'm getting these crashes also, although not as often i still get them. never used to crash on my old PC but on this one it happens way more often
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Nope, I've got a gigabyte 1070, not a strix 970, but I guess they're quite similar. Have you done anything specific that made it happen less?

Nope, I've got a gigabyte 1070, not a strix 970, but I guess they're quite similar. Have you done anything specific that made it happen less?
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Sometimes I get these at random in the middle of a game, but it seems to do so most when I am minimizing the game / switching program.
Have a gtx 960 and amd fx-6350.

Sometimes I get these at random in the middle of a game, but it seems to do so most when I am minimizing the game / switching program.
Have a gtx 960 and amd fx-6350.
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KaptainNope, I've got a gigabyte 1070, not a strix 970, but I guess they're quite similar. Have you done anything specific that made it happen less?

Derp, I read that part as your mobo not your GFX (Z170 mobo)

[quote=Kaptain]Nope, I've got a gigabyte 1070, not a strix 970, but I guess they're quite similar. Have you done anything specific that made it happen less?[/quote]

Derp, I read that part as your mobo not your GFX (Z170 mobo)
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Anything special in Launch Options? Were you playing on Win 7/8/8.1 before PC change? Any custom files like surfaceproperties or no explosion mod?

Anything special in Launch Options? Were you playing on Win 7/8/8.1 before PC change? Any custom files like surfaceproperties or no explosion mod?
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Nothing special in launch options (complete launch options are '-w 1920 -h 1080 -console -novid -fullscreen'). I am using the surfaceproperties thing and no explosion mod. Had the same version of Windows on the other PC (Windows 10 64bit Education).

Nothing special in launch options (complete launch options are '-w 1920 -h 1080 -console -novid -fullscreen'). I am using the surfaceproperties thing and no explosion mod. Had the same version of Windows on the other PC (Windows 10 64bit Education).
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#8
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bump;

Tried disabling my fps config, setting settings to low in game (and commands to disable ragdolls / shadows), still crashing. Tried dx9 using b4nny's dx9 config, still crashing. Help!

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Tried disabling my fps config, setting settings to low in game (and commands to disable ragdolls / shadows), still crashing. Tried dx9 using b4nny's dx9 config, still crashing. Help!
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Oh, missed this thread. I built a new pc few months ago and started having exact same issue. Exact same build but I have the G1 970.

Commonly crash on round end or randomly during MGE. Not always an error message. Nfi how to fix, but it is now even more annoying because when I relaunch I don't get a rejoin prompt. Leaving casual/comp both greyed out and saying I'm assigned to a match. (y)

E: In the hope Jill or someone reads this thread, for a specific example, the other day I played two casual matches back to back on Hoodoo and both times as the bomb exploded on stage 3 I crashed.

E2: I use dx9. And same configuration on old pc with 8.1 had no issues. New pc crashes with or without one. I

Oh, missed this thread. I built a new pc few months ago and started having exact same issue. Exact same build but I have the G1 970.

Commonly crash on round end or randomly during MGE. Not always an error message. Nfi how to fix, but it is now even more annoying because when I relaunch I don't get a rejoin prompt. Leaving casual/comp both greyed out and saying I'm assigned to a match. (y)

E: In the hope Jill or someone reads this thread, for a specific example, the other day I played two casual matches back to back on Hoodoo and both times as the bomb exploded on stage 3 I crashed.

E2: I use dx9. And same configuration on old pc with 8.1 had no issues. New pc crashes with or without one. I
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Try to check your RAM with something like memtest86

Try to check your RAM with something like memtest86
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