[SOLUTION] for CS2 Workshop Tools CRASHING

[c.less]

Workshop Tools kept crashing after clicking the "Launch Workshop Item Tools" button. I would see the Valve logo and CS2 would crash without even launching the other Window for Tools.

How I got it running:
Launch Workshop Tools, don't click on Launch Workshop Items.
Launch Task Manager,
Locate csgocfg, and open file location.
Delete dump files called "access-violaton".
Run csgocfg directly from the Folder and not from Steam.

Hoping this helps people on low end pc's who thought it was crashing because of their PC but was just a Steam Launcher Error!

[RenCeifer]

Thanks man, it worked, thanks for the help!

[DisplayNameNotFound]

Can confirm that this does indeed work.
(You can search the CS:GO directory with the keyword "access" and you'll be able to find the files. Note that depending on how many times you've unsuccessfully launched the tools, there may be several files that you may need to delete. Moreover to launch the tools you must search the CS:GO directory for csgocfg (which will have the CS2 game logo and will be an application) and then run it)

[RaveN]

Thank you! Actual Feb 2024

[KitKot]

Thanks a lot, bro, it helped a lot.

[ghost of delete key]

Thanks for this!!
Upon inspecting the minidump, I find that in my case the engine is trying to query my Vulkan gfx chip and not getting a full response, then fails to set DXLevel to 120 - Vulkan claims it supports DXLevel 111, so it silent-crashes even though this system in fact has DX 12 installed.
Regular SFM balks at this Intel chip as well (unsupported video card error) as it thinks it cannot support even DX9, though this same HP15 in the AMD flavor works flawlessly (Vega 3 chip).
Interestingly, none of this is an issue if I install on a virtual machine!! The VM supplies a generic "chip" which DOES properly report the physical host's capabilities, and SFM works as it should!
So, it works on a computer it thinks it can't work on, as long as it thinks it's not working on that computer.
Brillant, Valve!!

[ghost of delete key]

I was snooping around today and noticed the gear button next to the Addon name in the Workshop Tools window. In it, there is a menuitem "Show Launch Command Line".
This is what csgocfg.exe is launching the game with:

"E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\game\bin\win64\cs2.exe" -addon s2fm -tools -steam -retail -gpuraytracing

Notice that last switch. It apparently wants to force "RTX ON" on a chip that has no raytracing. It also seems you can add switches to the command line via library settings, but you can't edit the actual command line itself.

So, I opened a command prompt in the game folder, and executed the line as it appears... CRASH as expected. Ran it again without the -gpuraytracing switch, and VOILA! It runs perfectly.

So, like OP runs the exe directly, I'm doing it with a launch shortcut so that it actually gets all the other switches properly (they're basically important housekeeping).

If someone knows how (where) to permanently edit that commandline, it would be hella sweet, so the play button works right and Steam tracks your time in-game correctly.

Hope this is helpful.

[c.less]

Originally posted by ghost of delete key:

I was snooping around today and noticed the gear button next to the Addon name in the Workshop Tools window. In it, there is a menuitem "Show Launch Command Line".
This is what csgocfg.exe is launching the game with:

"E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\game\bin\win64\cs2.exe" -addon s2fm -tools -steam -retail -gpuraytracing

Notice that last switch. It apparently wants to force "RTX ON" on a chip that has no raytracing. It also seems you can add switches to the command line via library settings, but you can't edit the actual command line itself.

So, I opened a command prompt in the game folder, and executed the line as it appears... CRASH as expected. Ran it again without the -gpuraytracing switch, and VOILA! It runs perfectly.

So, like OP runs the exe directly, I'm doing it with a launch shortcut so that it actually gets all the other switches properly (they're basically important housekeeping).

If someone knows how (where) to permanently edit that commandline, it would be hella sweet, so the play button works right and Steam tracks your time in-game correctly.

Hope this is helpful.

Thanks for the detailed info, seeing what was causing it explains why low end pc's can't run it.

[klasbee]

Originally posted by ghost of delete key:

I was snooping around today and noticed the gear button next to the Addon name in the Workshop Tools window. In it, there is a menuitem "Show Launch Command Line".
This is what csgocfg.exe is launching the game with:

"E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\game\bin\win64\cs2.exe" -addon s2fm -tools -steam -retail -gpuraytracing

Notice that last switch. It apparently wants to force "RTX ON" on a chip that has no raytracing. It also seems you can add switches to the command line via library settings, but you can't edit the actual command line itself.

So, I opened a command prompt in the game folder, and executed the line as it appears... CRASH as expected. Ran it again without the -gpuraytracing switch, and VOILA! It runs perfectly.

So, like OP runs the exe directly, I'm doing it with a launch shortcut so that it actually gets all the other switches properly (they're basically important housekeeping).

If someone knows how (where) to permanently edit that commandline, it would be hella sweet, so the play button works right and Steam tracks your time in-game correctly.

Hope this is helpful.

How did you do this? I'm right in the middle of an edit and all of the sudden my Source Filmaker won't launch through workshop tools :(

[[mew mew] SVJ]

Originally posted by c.less:

Workshop Tools kept crashing after clicking the "Launch Workshop Item Tools" button. I would see the Valve logo and CS2 would crash without even launching the other Window for Tools.

How I got it running:
Launch Workshop Tools, don't click on Launch Workshop Items.
Launch Task Manager,
Locate csgocfg, and open file location.
Delete dump files called "access-violaton".
Run csgocfg directly from the Folder and not from Steam.

Hoping this helps people on low end pc's who thought it was crashing because of their PC but was just a Steam Launcher Error!

i tried this but it says that it doesnt exist even i can litelary see the access-violaton