L4D Constant CTD

magicoi · 31 Jul 2009 at 12:21

First off, i know theres a massive L4D thread already open but i fear this will get lost very very quickly in the general banter that flys around it!

I hadn't played for a few weeks until the other day and i understand ther has been an update to the game sine i last played. My problem is that i now get loads of random CTD's from in the game. Think i was trying to play a game with some clanmates and Ludix when i first got the CTD's so coult event try to get one over on him!

I've updated my driver to the latest WHQL ones with no joy. I've uninstalled from steam and reinstalled and again i get no joy.

A few mates are also having the problem but we cant find any info or suggestions for a fix. Any ideas??

Ta

linktoinsanity · 31 Jul 2009 at 12:23

CTD? Sorry if I'm being dense...

magicoi · 31 Jul 2009 at 12:27

sorry, crash to desktop

Antar Bolaeisk · 31 Jul 2009 at 12:27

Crash to Desktop I presume.

Try verifying the integrity of the game cache and defragmenting it from the game properties.

linktoinsanity · 31 Jul 2009 at 12:56

Yep and also try running in borderless window mode and updating your soundcard drivers (often overlooked).

magicoi · 31 Jul 2009 at 13:03

hmm, i have onboard mobo audio so i've never updated those drivers. Worth a try!
As is the defrag and verification sugested also!

Toothpick · 31 Jul 2009 at 15:03

Try switching off multicore support.

magicoi · 31 Jul 2009 at 16:52

Toothpick said:
Try switching off multicore support.

Forgive my ignorance! Is that in the game settings?
Also, this would stop my C2D chip from using both cores no??

Mahnsikir · 31 Jul 2009 at 17:09

Yeah it would, but its know for causing trouble in cases.

You could also try and change the game cache in the options to a different level or even the amount of virtual memory in windows as again they can cause crashes. I'd go for the soundcard drivers first though, they were causing my problems in L4D a few weeks back.

Toothpick · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:59

magicoi said:
Forgive my ignorance! Is that in the game settings?
Also, this would stop my C2D chip from using both cores no??

My setup is near identical to yours and l4d would freeze for a few seconds while playing, then it would continue like nothing was wrong.

All was fixed by switcing off multicore, its in options/video/advance settings

l4d ran as fast if not faster afterwards.

magicoi · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:26

no problems with the cache and defragged also.
Disabled multicore and got a crash

Now to find some mobo drivers for audio!