So far, we've figured out what is causing lots of crashes on German maps and a fix for it will be implemented in a bug fixing patch. We're doing our best to figure out what's causing crashes on other maps as well. Lots of people have posted their error logs in the bug section, but we're of the opinion that none of the errors coming up in the log are the cause of ctd's.
How to help
So here's how you, forum goers, can help. The simplest way to find a cause for a CTD error is to run PR in windowed mode. In the vast majority of cases, when a CTD occurs, anyone playing in windowed mode will get an error message upon crash which will contain the details of what has caused the crash.
All you have to do is just play PR! Granted it's windowed mode, but just play like you would normally.
So here's the steps required,
1. Run PR in windowed mode,
- right click your PR shortcut and go to properties
- In the Target section, add a space and then "+fullscreen 0" (if it's already there and set to 1, just set it to 0)
- To switch back to full screen, just set it to 1 instead of 0
2. Play PR!!!
3. If you get a CTD and an error message pops up,
- Press "Ctrl+C" to copy the error message
- Reply to this thread letting us know what server you were on, what the last thing you did was, and paste in the error message into a quote block.
- Alternatively, you can hit "print screen" and upload the image of the CTD + error window for us.
- If you get no message, please still report but clearly state you got no message.
As for how long you play in windowed mode, it's completely up to you. Personally, I will be playing in windowed mode for the next few days (so will a few other devs and testers). Hopefully, we'll be able to figure out the cause of all these annoying CTD's and have them all fixed
