Game crashes when you die once in game midway

[Saitolai]

Pretty sure plenty have this problem coming in, and as far as I've noticed with how Alien Shooter has issues fixed, where it crashes when you try to get past the gate.

I am aware that someone has asked about this issue to be fixed ( think same case as well on stage 4 onwards, any deaths crashes the game )

So, it would be nice to have this fixed, since I see Alien Shooter did get fixed, and added the extra DLC content too recently, so I hope this one too can be looked into for the situation.

Thank you very much.

Also, other alternate suggestions on temporary fix is fine too, I take that.

[PierZilla]

I can confirm game crashes every time I die: campaign, survival, gun

[janisuljas19]

mine crashes in the final lv

[LadyMav]

not sure what level i am in, but it keeps crashing when i die as will *even though I have 5 extra lives*

[Pinano]

same here... crash when dead even though I still have extra life.

[DedZedNub]

SUMMARY:

Try the following:

1) Turn OFF the STEAM OVERLAY -- game was never made with it in mind, it didn't exist at the time it was created.
2) Turn OFF most extra settings in your Graphics Card Drivers like Anti-Aliasing, Anisotropic Filtering, Sharpening, etc. The game may not have expected those to be on at the time it was made. See if it runs.
3) Originally this game was made to work in 1024x768 Resolution. You can force that resolution or a clean whole number multiple that best fits your display without blurring, by turning on in your GPU Drivers -- GPU Integer Scaling and Centering, which will be separate options.
4) There is a configuration file for the game called ZombieShooter.cfg. It is a simple text file that you can open in Notepad. You might want to turn off FullScreen via the discussion below. More detail follows underneath.

Not sure if it will help any, but this game does seem to benefit from having the STEAM OVERLAY turned off. The only time I didn't have if off, a few years back, it crashed on me and I could not get it to work.

There may also be some problems with having old Intel HD drivers, if you have an Intel HD built in video in your CPU.

Otherwise, what you might try, if to go to actual Steam Folder for the game, you can right click on the entry to the Game in your Steam Library and find the files there. There will be a ZombieShooter.cfg file in their. It's a text file, so open it up in Notepad or with something like Notepad++, but don't use a Word Processor or Browser, and these may change it to a non-pure text file.

Once you open up ZombieShooter.cfg in Notepad (which should be by default on every computer that runs Windows, and their are equivalents for use on Linux, and probably for MacOS), look for the section called Graph.

In that secion there is a line that says :

DefaultFullScreenMode=1

This means it is being stretch to fit FullScreen. The game itself is by default in 1024x768. You might want to change the line to :

DefaultFullScreenMode=0

This will make it run in default 1024x768, not stretched out, PROVIDED you also put in your Graphics Drivers Settings that you want to use GPU Integer Scaling, and also Centering, which will not stretch it but either leave displayed in a 1024x768 Centered Display with Black Bars around it, or it will scale up to the largest such Centered Integer Multiple of that, like 2x or 3x, that fits within your full display. But there will be no blur to the look.

Lastly, although it was fine for me, sometimes turning off Anti-Aliasing and/or other features like Anisotropic Filtering, will allow older games to run well. This is a pretty old game, and it uses a special engine they devised in house, way back. So if you want to try that, like turning off all extra stuff and turning it off, it might run then. They try adding back one feature at a time that you really want.

No guarantees it will fix the issue. There are other things you can try, but this might help the game not to crash with minimal effort. I was able to run it from a USB Connected Hard Drive either way, as long as Steam Overlay was off, stretched to Full Screen or not. But years ago, I know that with Steam Overlay ON and also with Intel HD integrated graphics, I could not get it to work right. There may be workarounds, but I'm not going to get into that hornet's nest for you. I have a life to live.

There are SUPPOSEDLY a very few games which if older will only run off a Hard Drive and not an SSD. I think that's unlikely, but you might want to try it IF you already have a hard drive connected or available in your system. Good luck and Merry Christmas to all.

[Goku Lee]

I die anywhere in zombie shooter the only way for me to continue into the next level is not to try to die not even once