My game crashes all the time.

[C-zom]

Whenever I try to play Killing Floor, on any settings and on any map, it crashes after not even 20 seconds in game.

It crashes to desktop with no error. It says "My display drivers have stopped responding." I'm not a newbie to tech, at all. I built this computer. I tried default clock speeds, rolling back to the 170 drivers. I'm currently using 185.85 drivers.

But whenever I play it crashes to desktop because of my GPU or something. Sometimes, there will be a DirectX looking error report but its always different.

My specs:

Vista SP2
Intel e2180 @ 3.2GHz
4GB 1066MHz G.Skill RAM
Geforce 8800GT 512MB 700/1850/1003

Things I've tried:

Turning off Mouse Smoothing or whatever
Vsync and Triple Buff on
Turning off AA
Putting it on a 4:10 resolution
Turning my overclock to defaults, on both CPU and GPU
Turning Audio to low quality

It. Always. Crashes.

 

[C-zom]

Build KillingFloor_Build_[2009-02-09_10.82]

OS: Windows NT 6.0 (Build: 6002)
CPU: GenuineIntel PentiumPro-class processor @ 3902 MHz with 2047MB RAM
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (8585)

IDirect3DVertexBuffer9::Lock failed(88760870).

History: FD3D9VertexStream::Cache <- FD3D9RenderInterface::SetVertexStreams <- USkeletalMeshInstance::Render <- FDynamicActor::Render <- FActorSceneNode::Render <- UShadowBitmapMaterial::Get <- FD3D9RenderInterface::SetProjectorMaterial <- FD3D9RenderInterface::SetMaterial <- RenderStaticMesh <- FDynamicActor::Render <- RenderLevel <- KF-Offices.myLevel <- FLevelSceneNode::Render <- FPlayerSceneNode::Render <- UGameEngine:raw <- UWindowsViewport::Repaint <- UWindowsClient::Tick <- ClientTick <- UGameEngine::Tick <- Level KF-Offices <- UpdateWorld <- MainLoop <- FMallocWindows::Free <- FMallocWindows::Realloc <- 4C576C61 0 FArray <- FArray::Realloc <- 0*2 <- FMallocWindows::Free

Here's the error code I'm getting. Please help me! I wanna play this game. <_<

 

[C-zom]

Bump. ffffffffffff

 

[Benjamin]

Have you tried updating to the latest DirectX? Do you have this problem with any other games?

 

[C-zom]

I'm updating my DX tonight, downloading the March 09 runtime.

This is the only game where it crashes like this.

 

[C-zom]

Guess what? It didn't work. My game still crashes almost instantly when in game. Same error code.

 

[IKeelYou]

vista FTL!! xD BURRN VISTA BURRN IN HELL <

 

[YoYo]

got the same problem, but I solved it.
use this programm:
http://www.heise.de/software/download/ddwl41349

when you start Killing Floor, right Klick on the task in "Cpu Control Programm" and set "CPU-1".

For me, it worked, I can play KF without crashing^^

 

[C-zom]

Program didn't work. The game blacked out instead of crashing and had to be hard crashed via ctrl alt delete. Not to mention single core fps was /bad/.

Meh. This blows. What a waste of a purchase and no third patch in sight.

 

[FireWaran]

Try different DirectX version

Try different DirectX version

Hello,

have you tried to use DirectX 8 instead of DirectX 9?
If not take a look at [url]http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=30715[/URL] to see what do do.

Regards,
FireWaran.

 

[C-zom]

Same crashing error.

The new 186.08 Nvidia drivers are still giving me the same problem. :/

Is there any news on a third KF patch yet? Any light at the end of this useless tunnel?

 

[Xienen]

A third patch is coming soon, but I'm not sure that it will fix your particular issue. It looks as though your video card is somehow failing. I have not seen anyone else report this particular issue, which makes me think it's something in hardware/configuration or that your Killing Floor files are corrupted somehow. The fact that you've gotten an error saying your video card drivers are failing, makes me think you're getting the same issues as some of the other guys, but their video card stops feeding a signal to their monitor altogether, which is apparently a Vista driver issue.

 

[Zetsumei]

try following this guide: http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=11052
Make sure you dont run any other programs with an overlay for that moment
Try starting up in windowed mode.

 

[C-zom]

@Tripwire guy, thanks for the response man. But my video card is pretty much fine. Optimal temperatures, the overclock is stable, and literally no other game I play--but KF--gives me this fatal crash.

And at the other guy, Red Orchestra isn't the game in question here. :/ Sweet game though.

 

[Zetsumei]

i know it aint red orchestra doesnt mean that red orchestra threads dont work for kf

here i edited the text for killingfloor:

1) Find your killingfloor.ini file located in the steam/steamapps/common/killingfloor/system folder (hint it looks like a notpad icon with a cog)
2) Change the cache size to better match your ram size
Listed under [Engine.GameEngine].

256 Megabytes of RAM or less
CacheSizeMegs=32

512 Megabytes of RAM
CacheSizeMegs=64

768 Megabytes of RAM
CacheSizeMegs=128

1 Gigabyte of RAM or more
CacheSizeMegs=256

EDIT BY Zetsumei: NEVER make CacheSizeMegs bigger than 256mb unless you like crashes!

Fix2: Turn of PreCaching
Also in your redorchestra.ini under [ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem]
Change UsePrecache=True to UsePrecache=False
and under [Engine.LevelInfo]
Change bNeverPrecache=false to bNeverPrecache=true
and under [Engine.NullRenderDevice]
Change UsePrecaching=True to UsePrecaching=False
and under [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]
Change UsePrecaching=True to UsePrecaching=False
and under [D3D9Drv.D3D9RenderDevice]
Change UsePrecaching=True to UsePrecaching=False
and under [OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice]
Change UsePrecaching=True to UsePrecaching=False
and under [PixoDrv.PixoRenderDevice]
Change UsePrecaching=True to UsePrecaching=False

 

[C-zom]

The RAM trick made my gameplay a lot smoother, I even did it for RO and my FPS increased. It made Killing Floor a lot smoother too but it still crashes.

Turning off precache seeemd to have made it worse. It crashes at menu now so I reversed it.

Third patch released today didn't help.

Oh well, seems like thats that for me.

 

[Zetsumei]

If your videocard is overclocked can you try the game out at stock settings?

 

[C-zom]

I mentioned that in the OP. Whether its on default clocks or my oc, it still does this. I've tried over 6 different driver versions (And yes, all properly uninstalled and installed and cleaned before moving on to the next.)

 

[Zetsumei]

have you tried running your cpu on stock as well? Not saying it helps but quite often its a cliche solution that works.