CS:S random crashes - enable logging?

[Keschy]

Hi everyone,
are there any logfiles for CSS crash reporting? Or is there a way to enable logging?

Whenever I play, the game suddenly stops and closes itself. Sometimes after 5 minutes, sometimes after 90. No error-message or something similar. It's really annoying.

I already ran prime95 and memtest. No problems at all.

[Keschy]

forgot:
- Ryzen 5 3600
- 16GB ram
- no overclocking
- GeForce 1060 GTX

[Dislocated Balls]

try -condebug in launch options, it will generate a log file after the game closes.

[Horchata]

I had the same bug. I just removed my CS:S folder and then reinstalled CS:S. I guess I had a bugged file or something.

[StealthMode℠™©®]

Ok few things....
OS - If Windows, EVENT VIEWER will have stop signs for every crash, pertinent details of the crash in Windows there.

Steam logging yes.
Steam also has crash logs.
And your Developer Console may also be displaying critical info on whatever is causing your crash.

However, due to the RANDOMNESS of the crash. It sounds like something local system related. Perhaps hardware related. Like an overheating GPU, or failing hardware.

Event viewer is my goto resource under windows as an Administrator to nail down any crash bug. However, Gabe & Co. have some good tools built into Steam to help troubleshoot as well.

[StealthMode℠™©®]

Originally posted by Trap Babe:

I had the same bug. I just removed my CS:S folder and then reinstalled CS:S. I guess I had a bugged file or something.

In the future. Just VERIFY FILE INTEGRITY before completely wiping an install.