GTA IV Crashing to Desktop

TheStrangerJr · August 24, 2012

While playing LCPD:FR I experience a crash to desktop every time I play, anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, but it always happens regardless of the time. It usually happens after using the actual mod for a while, because I can play just fine with the mod available.

(Hence: It runs fine for forever until I push ALT+P and play the mod for a while).

I tried using the mod at first with ELS and the cars from this website, but it crashed the first time ever about 30 minutes in. I read up on the issue and decided just to use LCPD:FR without any other mods. After playing once with no error, unfortunately I didn't play for very long because I had other things to attend to. The next time I played it started crashing again, so- uninstalled it, deleted everything (the Rockstar folder to be exact), re-installed it on the raw game and it still crashed. I've checked for the proper files and they're all there.

I have an Alienware Area 51 back from when they still sold them haha.

I've attached logs from the G17 Media Diagnostic download.

My Specs are as follows:

(Let me know if you need more; Seeing as I don't know what you need exactly haha)

Alienware Area 51

Processor: Intel i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz

RAM: 6.00 GB

OS: Windows 7 64 bit

Log 1.txt

Log 2.txt

Log 3.txt

^Log Files (Was anyone able to find anything wrong with it?)

The first one seemed okay. (besides the phone error thing)

The second one was after I finally received an error message. ("Direct 3D device lost")

The third one seems to only have one issue- the phone error again- which leads me to believe it is this causing the crashing. Anyone heard of it before? Or know how to fix it?<====!

EDIT: Today I played with LCPD:FR, a bunch of car mods, and ELSv6 all at the same time for a successful 30 minutes. Until I called in the chopper, and then after the suspect was caught, the chopper just continued to follow me until GTA IV crashed to the desktop. I don't believe that is relevant, but it might be, seeing as I'm generally trying to use some of the newer features of LCPD:FR. (I'm using the most recent one)

EDIT #2: Tried again, it seems to be lasting longer the more I waited before I start the mod. Another problem that may be unrelated to the CTD problem; The character models are really slow to move through when choosing an officer- so much as to be 20 seconds before the arrow key I hit takes effect.

EDIT #3: The second log file I generated tonight happened after I received my first error- apparently on the last lines of the script running is where one new error happened. Don't know so much about the phone thing- but it's in both logs.

EDIT #4: I'm going to, once again, delete everything that pertains to GTA IV and Rockstar and do a fresh install of everything... perhaps doing this again will help. We'll see.

EDIT #5: The clean install did not work. (Well it lasted longer at least... 1 and a half hours this time) I attempted to use LCPD:FR RC2 again. It crashed after a slightly longer amount of time.

EDIT #6: I'm back to the same problem and I still don't know how to fix it.

Edited August 30, 2012 by TheStrangerJr

AlconH · August 25, 2012

Are you running the game as an admin? Any vehicle mods installed? ELS?

TheStrangerJr · August 26, 2012

I am running the game as an admin, I've tried running the game on a fresh install with only the LCPD:FR (which is amazing btw) and while using several car mods and ELS. Neither works sadly.

TheStrangerJr · September 1, 2012

Has anyone else ever had the same issue? Or has anyone else solved the phone error?

neb1006 · September 1, 2012

I can answer somewhat to the chopper call, ive had the same issue, i think its just an unsolved issue mate, Sometimes if i call an ambulance fire or chopper itl crash out, heck the recent crashes ive had involved calling transport, double check ELS.ini, make sure all cars that dont have ELS lights are numberd to 0 this way you wont crash because of ELS, only ELS enabled cars should have it enabled on the .ini file mate. Make sure all your mods are installed properly, such as LCPDFR in the "script" folder, along with all other mods "expetion to the ELS files", Car mods can cause issues but only really because of ELS refer to the first bit of what i said.

I run RC2 my self, had some issues but have surpassed most of them as being ELS or car mod related.