Game crashes when vehicles explode.

[Moskeeto]

Any time any sort of vehicle decides to explode, my game instantly crashes to desktop. Anyone have a solution?

EDIT: Never mind, I fixed it by running the game in Windows XP Service Pack 3 compatiblity mode.

[nulldata]

If anyone is having this in the future and the compat fix doesn't work, try disabling your second monitor using Win Key+P

[Moskeeto]

Originally posted by Jack Thompson:

If anyone is having this in the future and the compat fix doesn't work, try disabling your second monitor using Win Key+P

Interesting. I do happen to have a second monitor. Regardless, I have already fixed it with the method I have already mentioned.

[Silent]

Oh. That's the crash I never could reproduce and therefore I never could fix. Would you be willing to help me a bit so I could try and maybe fix it in SilentPatch?

If you have ASI Loader installed, just put this in the game directory:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46581994/MiniDumper.asi

and send me the crash info next time it crashes. If you don't have the ASI Loader, just get it and then install this plugin.

Thanks!

[rve14]

Thanks for your answer, Jack Thompson. My game also crashes when vehicles explode while my 2nd monitor is on. Win Key + P to disable my second monitor fixes the issue.

[JKtheDovahkiin]

It doesn't work for me. I disabled the second monitor and it still crashes and when I use the compatibility mode the mouse does not work at all

[Silent]

You might want to try SilentPatch - it's one of the crashes which SP fixes:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/12120/discussions/0/34096318964479523/?tscn=1527001650

[JKtheDovahkiin]

Originally posted by Silent:

You might want to try SilentPatch - it's one of the crashes which SP fixes:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/12120/discussions/0/34096318964479523/?tscn=1527001650

Before I try it, what is it exactly?

[Silent]

My bad, I should have linked to the first post - here you have explained what SP is.

[ZaPHoD]

This still works! If, like me, your game crashes to desktop when a vehicle explodes, apply Moskeeto's compatibility fix! Many thanks

[koru]

Originally posted by ZaPHoD:

This still works! If, like me, your game crashes to desktop when a vehicle explodes, apply Moskeeto's compatibility fix! Many thanks

how do i use this compatibility fix?

[trebv]

how do i use this compatibility fix?

Hope I'm not too late but had to figure this one out myself. Find your gta_sa.exe file, right click, and select Properties. Select the "Compatibility" tab, then select "Run this program in compatibility mode for: " and select Windows 8 (8 worked for me, XP service pack 3 might also work).

[1ofHenrysMen]

I tried both options to switch to either Windows 8 or Windows XP Service Pack 3 but those did not help at all. What else can be done to fix this? is it some mod I have installed making this car exploding crash error????

[Rankku]

Originally posted by Jack Thompson:

If anyone is having this in the future and the compat fix doesn't work, try disabling your second monitor using Win Key+P

Thank you so much!

[Old Slime]

Originally posted by Jack Thompson:

If anyone is having this in the future and the compat fix doesn't work, try disabling your second monitor using Win Key+P

This solved the issue for me, thanks man

[Hetryx]

Originally posted by Jack Thompson:

If anyone is having this in the future and the compat fix doesn't work, try disabling your second monitor using Win Key+P

thank you soo much