18 CTD in 62 minutes : Fallout: New Vegas

» Mon May 02, 2011 11:53 pm

Alrighty... let's see here.

So, I get a gift on Christmas... and it's Fallout: New Vegas, so I'm happy. I install, update, and play. As soon as I leave the doctor's home, and go around back... CTD. So, I reload, I make it to the locked gas station, and CTD.... and you start to get the picture. Now... the game isn't crashing after the intro video, and there is no predictable action that will make the game crash, other than simply playing. Sometimes I will load up the autosave, and sit there... and the game won't crash, but as soon as I start walking forward through town, and blammo! CTD. I should mention all the CTD are preceeded by a few seconds of a frozen game. No, I don't have FFDShow on the system.

Is it my drivers? I dunno. Up until a few minutes ago, I was using the latest NVidia release (260.99). Is it my hardware? I dunno...
AMD Athlon 62 x2 6400+ (that's a dual core 3.2ghz)
4gb Ram (ok.. only 3.25 recognized with a 32 bit OS)
Windows XP Pro (MCE actually)
EVGA 9800GT with 512mb VRam
SB Audigy Live!
two WD 7200rpm 500gb drives
... you get the picture... I exceed the recommended system requirements, and all the hardware checks out good. The system is clean and malwayre/spyware/virus free. All my drivers are up to date.. infact, I thought I'd try going beyond up-to-date,and I installed the GeForce Forceware 261.00 beta drivers, and you know what? The CTDs turned into In-game crashes. Now, instead of being dropped to the desktop before I see the Microsoft popup for wanting to send a crash report to Microsoft, the game just freezes and presents me with that same crash report screen, laid over the frozen game.

62 minutes of game play total... 18 crashes so far. I've tried a few of the fixes out there on the net... the d3d9.dll... editing the fallout.ini files... nothing seems to make a difference.
You want my DXDIAG report? http://www.bongart.us/DxDiag.txt What else can I provide for you?

» Tue May 03, 2011 6:08 am

it will not help much but don't use autosave or quick saves, they go corrupt very fast, i am not sure why, but they have always been bugged with just about every game using the gamebryo engine.

for whatever resaon i have been crashing more of late as well, when the patch came it things got better for me, now i am ctding every 20 minute or so again. very frustrating.

whats worse is every time the devs try to fix something with the patches they break 4 more things. i swear this game ran the best for me b4 the 1st patch came out.

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:55 am

Well, I can make progress, albeit *slow* progress, if I move a few steps and quicksave. The auto and quick saves aren't the problem for me, and have not gotten corrupted (as of yet). I removed the special d3d9.dll and the in-game freezes went back to the CTDs.... the game still freezes, but instead of the crash report screen popping up over the game, the game drops to the desktop THEN the crash report screen comes up. But, it doesn't seem to matter if I save the game, or use the quick save. I can launch the game, look around, and move a bit before it crashes... and this is every time.

» Mon May 02, 2011 11:09 pm

bongart, i have nearly the exact same story as you! My system specs are identical cept for the brands and my crashes dont go to desktop, ive had to restart my machine every time. Other than that, exact same story. I wish they'd stop adding more content to their broken game and fix it already!

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:22 pm

Hey. So let me add to the issue.

I was able to play, trouble free, up to level 27. It was a smooth ride. Not a single CTD.
From there one, it was downhill. And fast - Picking up on bongart's idea, I'll actually count how many CDT's I have.

My CTD's come in two flavours:
- Preceded by a screeching sound (duration varies) and the Microsoft error window (most common CTD)
- Directly to the Microsoft error window, with no screeching sound.

The curious thing though is that that when the screeching sound starts, if I'm just quick enough (and it lasts long enough), I can 'prevent' that CTD by exiting to the main menu.
Additionally, I was not able to find any common element in any CTD - except that all my weapons had mod's.

At any rate, it would be really nice if this nuisance could be dealt with.
An otherwise AWESOME game is going down the drain.

Oh, BTW, yes, I've already ensured all my drivers are updated and all other net solutions.

Cheers.

» Tue May 03, 2011 7:08 am

Now, I haven't got any mods at all... this is vanilla FNV. I've also removed the beta NVidia Forceware 261.00 drivers, and stepped back to 258.96 (It was a very stable release)... I've got all the non-beta releases back to 178.24, as that was the most stable driver package for Left 4 Dead, and I've never been above removing video drivers completely to distance myself from a newer and buggier release. I may start to systematically step backwards in the driver release packages to see if it isn't a driver issue.

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:01 am

Now, I haven't got any mods at all... this is vanilla FNV. I've also removed the beta NVidia Forceware 261.00 drivers, and stepped back to 258.96 (It was a very stable release)... I've got all the non-beta releases back to 178.24, as that was the most stable driver package for Left 4 Dead, and I've never been above removing video drivers completely to distance myself from a newer and buggier release. I may start to systematically step backwards in the driver release packages to see if it isn't a driver issue.

It sounds to me like your having issues with other games as well (L4D)? This could be due to stability problems.
260.99 is the latest driver for nvidia cards.

A few things to try (if you havent already):
1) Verify game cache

2) clean boot link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:16 am

Jasper...
There was an issue back when NVidia 181.22 came out, where the drivers would introduce a lag into L4D.... and 178 turned out to be more stable. It was relatively common at the time, thus why I started keeping driver releases. Verifying game cache and game files simply replaced the edited FNV ini files, and I've been verifying the files regularly during these attempts

At any rate, when I was cleaning up changes and edits I made to get this to work... and returning to 260.99... I remembered an edit I made to my boot.ini file when I was following tech support's instructions to repair a glitch with the Sims 3 a while back (that turned out to be a common DEP issue).... the addition of "/3gb" to the OS entry to potentially allow The Sims 3 to better utilize ram in systems with more than 3gb. I removed that entry, and I haven't had a crash since with FNV.

» Mon May 02, 2011 8:25 pm

I had alot of CTDs too untill FONV crashes so bad i had to wipe my harddrive and re-install windows. After i re-installed the basics like anti-virus and drivers, and let my windows update, I found the problems were greatly reduced. Also, before i play, I shut down any and all programs that run in the background. Things like my IM and such. I am not saying to wipe your drive, but if you find the need to, then install only the bear minimum softwear. The game seems to get buggyer with things like codecs and other softwear that may be running at the same time as the game.

» Tue May 03, 2011 1:22 am

Well, the crashes have been greatly reduced with the removal of that one addition to the OS line in my boot.ini file. Since removing it, I've had two CTDs... in several hours of game play. Granted, both of these crashes were straight to the desktop, with no crash report following them. But, the game is playable now. I just have to remember to save/quicksave often.

» Tue May 03, 2011 12:41 am

Adding to the list of things which could reduce the CTD, I've come to learn that someone got their filthy hands on my computer and installed a bunch of stuff... amongst those, here are three programs I removed which reduced my issues to 1 CTD in 3 hours:
- nVidia Phyx (unlikely to have caused the problem)
- Aud-X
- OpenAL

Note that the two latter are audio codec, which might demonstrate that audio codec incompatibility may stretch beyond only ffshadow.

» Mon May 02, 2011 7:56 pm

Erf, I feel your pain. Although I'm jealous as hell you figured it out! I had nothing but trouble at first with this game (almost word for word the same as bongart) but I stemmed the tide for a while with a video driver update. No more!! I have over 27 hours in, but the last two days have been Crashing Hell. I've updated the stupid video driver again, but to no avail.

My crashes: I load a save game, I take two-three steps, crash to desktop. The stupid "Windows is trying to figure out what [censored] up" window, but I can't do a thing. No mouse pointer, nothing. I have to bring up Task Manager just to close the stupid Windows Unhelp Window. I don't know how to edit an .ini, whatever the hell that is! I'm just an old broad who wants to play a cool game. What can I tell you about my machine? Here's the Dxdiag info. I am just about to get back my updated ED-E robot and really, really want to play, gawdamn it!! And please, I really don't want to have to format this beast.

Spoiler

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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/28/2010, 23:32:32
Machine name: KARIN-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: P55-UD3R
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 2045MB used, 2049MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x6899)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
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Display Memory: 1784 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1016 MB
Shared Memory: 767 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (59Hz)
Monitor Name: SyncMaster P2370(G)/P23700(G),Magic P2370G(Digital)
Monitor Model: SyncMaster
Monitor Id: SAM052A
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Output Type: DVI
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Driver Version: 8.801.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
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WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
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Revision ID: 0x0000
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1458A002&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
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Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 16:07:00, 350208 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
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Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1458A002&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
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Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 16:07:00, 350208 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 16:07:00, 350208 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

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DirectInput Devices
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Device Name: Mouse
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: Keyboard
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: USB Receiver
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC517
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: USB Receiver
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC517
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: USB Receiver
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC517
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: USB Receiver
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC517
FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No

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USB Devices
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+ USB Root Hub
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x3B39
| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub
| Service: usbhub

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Gameport Devices
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PS/2 Devices
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+ HID Keyboard Device
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC517
| Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_keyboard
| Service: kbdhid
|
+ Terminal Server Keyboard Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd
| Upper Filters: kbdclass
| Service: TermDD
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+ HID-compliant mouse
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC517
| Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_mouse
| Service: mouhid
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+ Terminal Server Mouse Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_mou
| Upper Filters: mouclass
| Service: TermDD

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 442.8 GB
Total Space: 610.4 GB
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Model: WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 ATA Device

Drive: D:
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Drive: K:
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File System: FAT32
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Drive: E:
Model: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L ATA Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), , 0 bytes

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System Devices
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Name: Intel® processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers - D156
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D156&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_11\3&13C0B0C5&0&41
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 3B44
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B44&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&E1
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3B37
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Driver: n/a

Name: JMicron JMB36X Controller
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Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® processor System Management Registers - D155
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Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 3B42
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Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3B36
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Driver: n/a

Name: JMicron JMB36X Controller
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Name: Intel® QuickPath Interconnect - D151
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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

Name: High Definition Audio Controller
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Driver: n/a

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Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3B3C
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Driver: n/a

Name: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
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Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® processor DMI - D131
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Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3B3B
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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® processor Miscellaneous Registers - D158
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Driver: n/a

Name: High Definition Audio Controller
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Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3B39
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B39&SUBSYS_50041458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&EB
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® P55 Express Chipset LPC Interface Controller - 3B02
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B02&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&F8
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® processor System Control and Status Registers - D157
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D157&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_11\3&13C0B0C5&0&42
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 - 3B48
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B48&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&E3
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3B38
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B38&SUBSYS_50041458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&EA
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_244E&SUBSYS_50001458&REV_A5\3&13C0B0C5&0&F0
Driver: n/a

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DirectShow Filters
------------------

DirectShow Filters:
WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,WMADMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
MP3 Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,mp3dmod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mp4sdecd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMV Screen decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsdecd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMVideo Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,wmvdecod.dll,6.01.7600.16597
Mpeg43 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mp43decd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Mpeg4 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mpg4decd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMT VIH2 Fix,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3502.0922
Record Queue,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3502.0922
WMT Switch Filter,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3502.0922
WMT Virtual Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3502.0922
WMT DV Extract,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3502.0922
WMT Virtual Source,0x00200000,0,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3502.0922
WMT Sample Information Filter,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3502.0922
ATI Ticker,0x00200000,0,1,Ticker.ax,
DV Muxer,0x00400000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Color Space Converter,0x00400001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
WM ASF Reader,0x00400000,0,0,qasf.dll,12.00.7600.16385
Screen Capture filter,0x00200000,0,1,wmpsrcwp.dll,12.00.7600.16385
AVI Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
VGA 16 Color Ditherer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
SBE2MediaTypeProfile,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,msmpeg2vdec.dll,6.01.7140.0000
AC3 Parser Filter,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16648
StreamBufferSink,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MJPEG Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
MPEG-I Stream Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
SAMI (CC) Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7600.16385
ATI MPEG File Writer,0x00200000,1,0,atimpenc.dll,11.06.0000.51125
ATI MPEG Video Decoder,0x005fffff,1,2,atimpenc.dll,11.06.0000.51125
MPEG-2 Splitter,0x005fffff,1,0,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16648
Closed Captions anolysis Filter,0x00200000,2,5,cca.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SBE2FileScan,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Internal Script Command Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
MPEG Audio Decoder,0x03680001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
MMACE ProcAmp,0x00200000,0,2,MMACEFilters.dll,
DV Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Mixing Renderer 9,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Track2Filter,0x00200000,0,0,Track2Filter.dll,
ATI MPEG Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,11.06.0000.51125
ACM Wrapper,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Video Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
MPEG-2 Video Stream anolyzer,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Line 21 Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Port Manager,0x00600000,2,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Video Renderer,0x00400000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
ATI MPEG Video Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,11.06.0000.51125
File Writer,0x00200000,1,0,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3502.0922
ATI MPEG Multiplexer,0x00200000,2,1,atimpenc.dll,11.06.0000.51125
VPS Decoder,0x00200000,0,0,WSTPager.ax,6.06.7600.16385
WM ASF Writer,0x00400000,0,0,qasf.dll,12.00.7600.16385
VBI Surface Allocator,0x00600000,1,1,vbisurf.ax,6.01.7600.16385
MMACE SoftEmu,0x00200000,0,2,MMACEFilters.dll,
File writer,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
iTV Data Sink,0x00600000,1,0,itvdata.dll,6.06.7600.16385
iTV Data Capture filter,0x00600000,1,1,itvdata.dll,6.06.7600.16385
ATI Video Scaler Filter,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,11.06.0000.51125
WAV Dest,0x00000000,0,0,,
DVD Navigator,0x00200000,0,3,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MMACE DeInterlace,0x00200000,0,2,MMACEFilters.dll,
Overlay Mixer2,0x00200000,1,1,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Draw,0x00600064,9,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
RDP DShow Redirection Filter,0xffffffff,1,0,DShowRdpFilter.dll,
Microsoft MPEG-2 Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WST Pager,0x00200000,1,1,WSTPager.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Demultiplexer,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16648
DV Video Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SampleGrabber,0x00200000,1,1,qedit.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Null Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,qedit.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x005fffff,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft AC3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msac3enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
StreamBufferSource,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Smart Tee,0x00200000,1,2,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Overlay Mixer,0x00200000,0,0,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
AVI/WAV File Source,0x00400000,0,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Wave Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
MIDI Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Multi-file Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
File stream renderer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Track1Filter,0x00200000,0,0,Track1Filter.dll,
ATI Video Rotation Filter,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,11.06.0000.51125
Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,msmpeg2adec.dll,6.01.7140.0000
StreamBufferSink2,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Mux,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Line 21 Decoder 2,0x00600002,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
File Source (URL),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Infinite Pin Tee Filter,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Enhanced Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,evr.dll,6.01.7600.16385
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00200000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG Video Decoder,0x40000001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490

WDM Streaming Tee/Splitter Devices:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

Video Compressors:
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvxencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvencod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Cinepak Codec by Radius,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V1,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft Video 1,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VP60? Simple Profile ,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VP61? Advanced Profile,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385

Audio Compressors:
WM Speech Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
ATI MPEG Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,11.06.0000.51125
IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
PCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
ACELP.net,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Windows Media Audio V1,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Windows Media Audio V2,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
GSM 6.10,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Messenger Audio Codec,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490

Audio Capture Sources:
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De,0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385

PBDA CP Filters:
PBDA DTFilter,0x00600000,1,1,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16648
PBDA ETFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16648
PBDA PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16648

Midi Renderers:
Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490

WDM Streaming Capture Devices:
HD Audio Digital in,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

WDM Streaming Rendering Devices:
HD Audio Speaker,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385
HD Audio SPDIF out,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

BDA Network Providers:
Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.7600.16648

Multi-Instance Capable VBI Codecs:
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7600.16385

BDA Transport Information Renderers:
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7600.16385

BDA CP/CA Filters:
Decrypt/Tag,0x00600000,1,1,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Encrypt/Tag,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
XDS Codec,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385

WDM Streaming Communication Transforms:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

Audio Renderers:
Speakers (High Definition Audio,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Default DirectSound Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Default WaveOut Device,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
DirectSound: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490
DirectSound: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16490

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EVR Power Information
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Current Setting: {5C67A112-A4C9-483F-B4A7-1D473BECAFDC} (Quality)
Quality Flags: 2576
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow half deinterlace
Allow scaling
Decode Power Usage: 100
Balanced Flags: 1424
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow batching
Force half deinterlace
Force scaling
Decode Power Usage: 50
PowerFlags: 1424
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow batching
Force half deinterlace
Force scaling
Decode Power Usage: 0

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:01 pm

Well, I got pissed off and completely uninstalled my video driver. Re-booted. The game plays fine. At least it did for an hour and I chose to stop. What the hell? I am sure it will fire up tomorrow, just to make liars of all those that say "Update your video card!" In the meantime, STEAM is busy downloading my latest video drivers. I am not sure that I will install them. If my Sims 3 game is screwed up, yes. If not... NO!

*sheesh*

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:29 am

Just a heads up to anyone who's getting frequent crashes on an NVIDIA card. Try the fix in this post: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1151476-how-i-stopped-crashing-vegas/page__view__findpost__p__16849720

It worked for me! Now I can play Vegas for hours on end on my GTX260 without any crashing.

To clarify: Go to your Nvidia control panel (by right clicking on your desktop and selecting it).
Go to 'Manage 3D Settings' then choose the 'Program Settings' tab.
Click 'Add', then browse to your New Vegas folder (Usually in your Steam\Steamapps\Common\ folder), and add FalloutNV.exe
Scroll down to the 'Power Management Mode' option, and set it to 'Prefer Maximum Performance'.
Click Apply, then Yes.

Fallout New Vegas should hopefully not crash for you (at least not with the same frequency) anymore!

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:55 pm

*I* am the liar. Game is STILL crashing. Microsoft is really helpful, "A problem caused this program to stop running. We will let you know if we find a solution." Jeez, "A PROBLEM!!" Who would have thunk it? *sigh* I'm not holding my breath. I am willing to offer MONEY to anyone who can get this stupid game running again. I mean it. It's worth, say, $20US to anyone who can help me and get me playing without this crap.

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:11 am

I'm happy to report that after removing any other audio codec from my computer I've had 0 CTD!
:mohawk:

And now, back to gaming!
:fallout:

» Mon May 02, 2011 11:12 pm

Well... I know that codecs weren't my issue, as I'm a fan of VLC, and it plays everything without codecs. As far as ripping, converting, burning, etc... I've got a completely different computer for all that work... so that's never done on this machine.

Phyrie,
What's different about your computer now, when compared to when you weren't crashing? Try to isolate those differences, even if only on paper. You said you played without issues for a long while, and THEN the crashes started. What changed? New hardware added to the system? Driver update? Windows update? Game update? New game added to the system?

Do you know how to examine your system event logs? Even if you don't understand what the details of each event in the logs means, the dates of the events may help you localize when your problems started. Click the start button, right click on Computer, and choose Manage. When the computer management window opens, click on Event Viewer, and view the Application Logs. At the very least, you should see the Red X entries corresponding to each game crash you are having. Double Clicking on one of those Red X entries will bring up the details for the crash... and regardless of the tech info that you don't understand, if the crash is related to Fallout New Vegas, it should be the program "falloutnv.exe" that is crashing. I mention this, because if you double click on an error entry in the application log, and it is NOT for falloutnv.exe... that is indicating some OTHER problem in your system, which in turn could point to what is causing the crashes.

Also, as a default, make sure your system is clean of all malware, spyware, and virus infections. Don't rely on one program for all-encompassing protection. Use programs like http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix to check for some of the more debilitating infections, with http://www.malwarebytes.org and http://www.spybot.net for regular scanning and cleaning. I'm not saying or implying that you *are* infected... just asking you to make sure that you are not.