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    Team Fortress 2 Crashing

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by zealotassasin, Aug 15, 2008.

  1. zealotassasin

    zealotassasin Newbie

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    For the past week since I've played TF2, everytime I exited an "hl2.exe is not responding" window would pop-up right after and I would have to Ctrl+Alt+Del to close it completely. It didn't effect me really but was annoying. Now the hl2.exe thing showed up while I was in the middle of the game and I had to exit. via Ctrl+Alt+Del.

    Specs: Asus F8SN-D1 T5550, 3 GB RAM, Vista 32-bit, Nvidia 9500M GS, 250gb HD

    Just downloaded and installed 177.83 driver for graphics card. Wondering what's wrong and if anyone else has the same problem.
     
    zealotassasin, Aug 15, 2008
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  2. ront75

    ront75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have a similar issue too. i have TF2 installed on both my desktop and laptop. no problems whatsoever on the desktop.

    but i also get the "hl2.exe is not responding" message everytime i quit the game. game runs fine while playing it's just each time i exit or quit this message pops up. i don't have to ctrl-alt-del. i just press close and it goes away.

    wonder what's causing this?
     
    ront75, Aug 16, 2008
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  3. Rusch

    Rusch Notebook Consultant

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    Ditto, happened to me too..
     
    Rusch, Aug 16, 2008
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    xxERIKxx Notebook Deity

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    i also allways get that "hl2.exe is not responding" message when i close tf2. it doesnt crash on me though,
     
    xxERIKxx, Aug 16, 2008
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  5. Pablomancan

    Pablomancan Notebook Consultant

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    Same, jeez. haha.
     
    Pablomancan, Aug 16, 2008
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  6. AznFlamer

    AznFlamer Notebook Consultant

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    umm i have tested this on several of my friends laptops, All of the laptops containing windows vista has this problem
     
    AznFlamer, Aug 16, 2008
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  7. Dreidel

    Dreidel Notebook Evangelist

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    Samzies. i get it too
     
    Dreidel, Aug 16, 2008
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    Dynamo44 Notebook Consultant

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    Count me in, glad to know I'm not the only one getting this message...
     
    Dynamo44, Aug 16, 2008
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  9. Anomaly10

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    Same issues here, except that mine isn't isolated to when I shut off the game =/. It sometimes randomly comes up as I join a server or load a new map, and it's only been happening since I udated to the latest patch (or maybe the one before that).
     
    Anomaly10, Aug 16, 2008
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  10. Chris Redfield

    Chris Redfield Notebook Consultant

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    Have all tried to update your GPU drivers to the latest? Probably there are new updates that could correct this problem..

    Also u could use the F10 option in order to quite more fast the game and return to your desktop :D
     
    Chris Redfield, Aug 16, 2008
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  11. Pai

    Pai Notebook Evangelist

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    One possible reason for ingame crash is the "Mat_quque_mode" command, makes sure that it is set to -1 and nothing else.

    In case anyone is wondering, it is suppose to be the command that enables multithreading support for source engine, but Valve has not finish yet, so at this point it is still a beta command that receives no support from Valve.
     
    Pai, Aug 16, 2008
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