GTA San Andreas PC CRASH!!!!!

avatar1969 · 06-12-2005

I Play this really awesome game gta 3 San Andreas but sometimes when i am doing a mission it suddenly crashes my pc and this really sucks. Are there more people who has the same problems???my pc is ok maybe its a bug in the game or something....damn i love this game!!!! :entlueft: :redno:

MeneerPinda · 06-13-2005

I've got the same problem, when i step into a vehicle or walk into a building. (then the pc crash). And we are not the only one with this bug.

my specs:

-amdxp 1800+
-mobo gigabyte ga-dx7+
-maxtor 80gb (7200rpm) + 40gb (5400rpm)
-1024mb ram (ddr266)
-creative live 5.1
-ati radeon 9800pro 128mb

-windows xp (sp2)
-via hyperion 4in1 5.00a
-ati catalyst 5.6

c0Kelicious · 06-13-2005

did you guys download it or purchase it ?

-$LaY3!2- · 06-13-2005

the game runs perfect here..

san andreas has not crashed once, and im using the hoodlum / ind no-cd crack..

maybe you guys should check video settings, and audio settings in the game..
somtiems stupid ++++ can ++++a game up

if nothing fixes your problems, then just wait for a GTA san andreas game patch, there will probly be one out soon...

ya dead motherfukka!

lokesh · 06-15-2005

Try running it without the no-cd patch

c0Kelicious · 06-15-2005

go to www.gamecopyworld.com they have a no-crash patch, made by inspire

MeneerPinda · 06-15-2005

I had use the win98 compatibility mode, and its works now. :grin:

thanks for the answers

Kyosei · 06-18-2005

does anyones sound mess up when it starts raining? i often lose sound and only hear the rain and thunder untill it the rain has stopped.

Monarch · 06-18-2005

My sound doesn't seem to mess up when it rains, but my computer instantly crashes everytime. It takes about 3 seconds of rain for my PC to suddenly reboot, so if I can type AFZLLQLL (sunny weather cheat) fast enough, I'm fine. This also happens when the weather gets very hot and the heat wave effect comes on. I'm really pissed off that I can't play this game under normal conditions! Does it actually fix the problem if you install DirectX 9.0b instead of 9.0c??

BG2ToBmaster · 06-19-2005

You have a BUG or there is something wrong with your windows (you may be missing a file in windows or you did something wrong when you instaled drivers for windows).
the same thing happend to me then I formated my computer and now it works OK.

Monarch · 06-19-2005

I think that you're right about having a faulty Windows installation, because I've been having all sorts of stability problems lately, but all of my hardware is top-notch fairly new stuff. Thanks!

w00w · 06-20-2005

Hello! I've got the same problem!!!!
I play 5 min it is happend

-amd Sempron 2200+
-Abit NF7 2.0
-WD 160GB ATA
-Kingstone 512MB
-creative live 5.1
-geforce FX5200 78.91

-windows xp (sp2) and 2000
-nforce 2 ver 5.10

Monarch · 06-20-2005

For those of you whose game crashes when it starts raining, do you happen to have Nforce 2 Motherboards? I, along with the last person to post both have this motherboard. Maybe there's an incompatibility with this MB. Also, I tried reinstalling Windows XP, but I'm still having all sorts of issues on my PC. I think that it could have to do with overheating.

CLH2O · 06-21-2005

I'm running it on a Pentium III 800, 384MB RAM and a Radeon 9600 128MB, it crashes sometimes (maybe every hour or more) but ATI's VPU recover always recovers the crash and I go on playing with no problems...
I have the same problem as Monarch, every time it rains sound messes up till the rain stops... but it's a very little problem... I have a Creative SoundBlaster Live! 1024

daan16 · 06-21-2005

Very thanks for giving link to a gamecopyworld's crash fix.
Edit
This fix doesn't work for me

Any ideas?

dgrogan · 06-21-2005

Hi if you suffer from the rain induced reboot then run dxdiag and go to both sound tabs then set the hardware acceleration to zero and it should stop the rain sound crash n reboot

but there are other bugs that i get too such as
1. a machine sound affect get stuck repeating until you save
2. when you are in a mission sometimes the character's voice repeats the same sentence a few times
3. i have to reboot my pc every single time to regain control of my pc after i quit the game
4. sometimes a minor glitch occurs with the girlfriends getting stuck in parts of the city or just standing there doing nothing
5. Shagging prostitutes can sometime cause the game to quit to desktop
6. game speed slows down ALOT sometimes during some gang turf wars but NOT always even though there are usually the same amount of gang members shooting at you.
7. some minor graphics errors like pink lightning and rain that looks more like silly string than rain.

In gta vice city the rain sounds and graphics worked perfectly so why not re-use that code in gta sa. in fact perhaps most of the gta vc sound programming should be re-used cos there where no serious problems with it

i can play the game now without reboots but the other bugs still annoy me

either nVidia need to write drivers that work and rockstar games need to write a patch cos that game DOES have issues with the 5200FX graphics card
despite take2 support guy emailing me telling me to empty my temp directory and defraging my hard disk drive (which i did but with no noticeable improvements)

My PC Specs =
WinXP Pro SP2
AMD Athlon XP 2600+
Biostar n7ncd nforce2 mainboard
1024MB PC3200 DDR RAM (Generic)
120GB HD
8x Emprex DVD-R/-RW / +R/+RW
12x Relysis DVD-ROM
Creative Blaster nVidia 5200FX 128MB Graphics Card with latest drivers

Fofao_Nofx · 06-21-2005

well, i dont even get to the game...i see the entrace (nvidia, rockstar games logo etc...) and the qhen the game is about to start, it crashes and says taht the exe file aperated a illegal operation...i tried all cracks from all places...some 1 whos has win xp try to send a link of a good crack plz

ljCoffee · 06-21-2005

I had the same problem - rebooting PC - especially when entering leaving buildings cars and during rain.

Also have an Nforce2 MB integrated audio and nVidia6800 gfx card

Eventually "fixed" it all by disabling all audio acceleration - with acceleration turned off everything ran fine - no crashes no reboots.

If that does not work for you then try removing the nForce sound driver and installing the Realtek AC97 drivers. That will also fix it.

My guess is an incompatibility with the nForce audio driver - esp. w/ accel enabled.

Now everything works while playing EXCEPT dance sequences.. If I try to start a dance dance sequence and the game dies with an error box - which is a problem for one of the OG missions... cannot get any farther than that...

Anyone else have this issue?

Monarch · 06-22-2005

Okay, guys... my GTASA installation was previously more glitchy than many of yours, but my primary problem was rain-induced PC crashing. For those of you that 1) have an nforce 'Mothership' (aka motherboard) with onboard audio and 2) are experiencing issues with rain, then it will likely fix your problems to update your audio driver to version 4.57!!! I finally tried this, and my game now runs as smooth as Vice City use to.

Download your Nforce audio driver by clicking this link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_audio_4.57_win2kxp

Good luck!

daan16 · 06-22-2005

How to install it?

sloba · 06-22-2005

i have a strange problem starting the game... first it worked great, when i instaled it... the i have played the game for a few hours, and then suddenly i couldn't start the game anymore! when playing the game erarlyer normaly i booted my win a few times, and now it won't start the game... i tryed reinstalling it, even to other partition but nothing... although i have amd xp 2500+ 1GB DDR (pc400) and ati 9600xt... what could be the problem?!

p.s. i'll try to start it again a few times, and see what hapends...

dgrogan · 06-22-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monarch

Okay, guys... my GTASA installation was previously more glitchy than many of yours, but my primary problem was rain-induced PC crashing. For those of you that 1) have an nforce 'Mothership' (aka motherboard) with onboard audio and 2) are experiencing issues with rain, then it will likely fix your problems to update your audio driver to version 4.57!!! I finally tried this, and my game now runs as smooth as Vice City use to.

Download your Nforce audio driver by clicking this link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_audio_4.57_win2kxp

Good luck!

no i had the nvidia drivers v4.57 it still crashed... disabling the hardware accelleration only works for me but it still has loadsa bugs as i described earlier

i now use realtek drivers but i still have the same sound issues but the game is playable.

Rockstar & nVidia really need to work together and fix the sound issues. Also rockstar need to fix the quit to desktop problem i got where i HAVE to reboot my pc EVERYTIME i quit GTA SA in order to use it for other purposes cos when i quit the game AND ONLY THIS GAME my pc locks up and becomes non responsive until i reboot... It has REALLY become annoying

Codename 47 · 06-24-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by c0Kelicious

go to www.gamecopyworld.com they have a no-crash patch, made by inspire

tried that, it works but then when i try to save it fails to save.

sloba · 06-24-2005

i fOund Out what is the prOblem when the game wont start... just delete the ingame seting file from my doc's... that will start the game in defoult mode... then just change the setings as you like and play... if you keep having problems do it over and over again...

c ya...

Easyfreezy · 06-25-2005

i have got the rain-problem,too. and another problem : when a person in a sequence speaks to my character, somtimes the dialogue runs so fast, that i could not read the text ( englisch speaking with german undertitle ) ... does the soundpatch of monarch runs only if you have got an nvidia-motherboard or does it run on a asrock - motherboard,too? plz help me