Game Crashes After About 20 Minutes of Gameplay

[The-King]

Since I first Installed SA it has been rather buggy, though the most annoying one I've found is that after about twenty minutes or so of gameplay the game just crashes, either locking up in the pause screen, freezing in general or crashing during a transition between locations (IE: Getting wasted and respawning at the hospital). Another possible symptom is the controls locking up, specifically the camera/aiming function with the mouse, and the only way I've found to remedy this problem is by going into the pause screen and exiting several times until it becomes responsive.

 

A quick note, I do have several car mods installed, but I doubt those have any effect as it has been crashing like this since I installed the game.

 

Figure I might as well post my specs as well, just for the sake of it, as it might be a hardware issue, though I doubt that.

 

Processor 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6400

Memory 4GB, 800MHz DDR2

Hard drive 250GB 5,400rpm

Chipset Mobile Intel GM45 Express

Graphics 256MB Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS

Operating System Windows Vista Premium (64-bit)

Edited September 23, 2009 by The-King

[Girish]

The first thing to try in this case would be to run the game in Windows 98 compatibility mode. This will almost definitely get rid of the mouse locking up issue. It's a Vista related issue.

 

If the game still crashes after a few minutes, then it might be an overheating issue. In order to verify this, check all system temperatures when the game in running. Ensure all your fans are in working condition.

 

If all temps are normal, then it has to be one or more of those mods that you've installed. In that case, a completed reinstall is recommended. Since you're on Vista, follow these steps to reinstall the game:

1) Uninstall SA.

2) Delete the installation folder if it still exists. (e.g. C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas).

3) Delete the Virtual Store copy of the installation folder too. The Appdata folder might be hidden. (e.g. C:\Users\???\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas).

4) Delete the gta_sa.set file from your user files folder.

5) Reboot.

6) Reinstall SA.

 

Let us know if any of this helps.

[GTA_SA gamer]

Another possible symptom is the controls locking up, specifically the camera/aiming function with the mouse, and the only way I've found to remedy this problem is by going into the pause screen and exiting several times until it becomes responsive.

 

 

 

 

 

happens to me too sometimes,but no crashing.started happening after i downloaded a savegame.it happens rarely and doesent bug me so its ok.

[The-King]

The first thing to try in this case would be to run the game in Windows 98 compatibility mode. This will almost definitely get rid of the mouse locking up issue. It's a Vista related issue.

 

If the game still crashes after a few minutes, then it might be an overheating issue. In order to verify this, check all system temperatures when the game in running. Ensure all your fans are in working condition.

 

If all temps are normal, then it has to be one or more of those mods that you've installed. In that case, a completed reinstall is recommended. Since you're on Vista, follow these steps to reinstall the game:

1) Uninstall SA.

2) Delete the installation folder if it still exists. (e.g. C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas).

3) Delete the Virtual Store copy of the installation folder too. The Appdata folder might be hidden. (e.g. C:\Users\???\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas).

4) Delete the gta_sa.set file from your user files folder.

5) Reboot.

6) Reinstall SA.

 

Let us know if any of this helps.

You can trust me that the problem doesn't relate to overheating as I run much more intensive games without overheating or crashes and the mods shouldn't be a problem as the crashes have persisted since before I even installed any mods for the game.

 

How would I run the game in Win 98 Compatibility mode, I'll try that when I get home.

[Girish]

Right-click on gta_sa.exe > Properties > Compatibility > Check 'Run this program in compatibility mode for' > Select Windows 98 from the drop down menu > Apply > OK.

 

If it doesn't help with the crashing, then try a reinstall as I suggested because I really don't see any other reason as to why the game would crash on an otherwise perfectly normal system.