Euro Truck Simulator Cuts to Desktop after only 2 minutes of playing

[HappyDriver]

When I am playing either American Truck Simulator or Euro Truck Simulator it will freeze and cut out of the game to my desktop between 15 seconds and 2 minutes of starting to play the game. The odd time it has gone further, maybe 10 minutes if I am lucky. This is ever since the last update was was installed. These used to be good sound solid games but since these last updates they have become so unstable and terrible to play and I have been playing these two games for many years.

[HikariLight]

Sounds like your system can't handle the game. To get any game to run properly you need to meet the recommend requirements to run it.

[RedLightning]

Mods that are not compatible perhaps.. a file verify..

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by RedLightning:

Mods that are not compatible perhaps.. a file verify..

Very true, happens to me all the time with fallout 4. Conflicting or improperly installed mods can cause a CTD. Also simply not meeting the system specs can cause a CTD as well.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by HappyDriver:

When I am playing either American Truck Simulator or Euro Truck Simulator it will freeze and cut out of the game to my desktop between 15 seconds and 2 minutes of starting to play the game. The odd time it has gone further, maybe 10 minutes if I am lucky. This is ever since the last update was was installed. These used to be good sound solid games but since these last updates they have become so unstable and terrible to play and I have been playing these two games for many years.

These games are absolutely solid with a rigorous updates process. 99.999% of the time users are running outdated mods which causes such crashes and blame the game despite being launched as stable versions after a pubic beta process.

Upon a crash, locate your gamelog.txt folder and the crash reason will be included in that. Many users have error-strewn reports exclusively down to mods yet still blame the game.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Post this in the ETS2's forums and you will get more replies.

Also, post your system specs. Do you meet minimum system requirements?

The game works fine for me.

[RedLightning]

I've had a mod totally hose my save. It was an internal paint job which when removed from the workshop rendered the save unloadable.

I do not use those type of mods anymore.

[crunchyfrog]

Several possible issues here. Again, ask in the game's forum preferably.

But I'd suspect antivirus for causing issues - check if anything's being quaratined, and check firewalls too.

Or it could be a mod as people have already suggested.

Or it could be some other software on your system interfering. I've had my antivirus start messaging pop ups and causing games to crash or drop to desktop so check things like this.

Or maybe even hardware issues. The more data you can provide on that forum, the better.

[HappyDriver]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

Originally posted by HappyDriver:

When I am playing either American Truck Simulator or Euro Truck Simulator it will freeze and cut out of the game to my desktop between 15 seconds and 2 minutes of starting to play the game. The odd time it has gone further, maybe 10 minutes if I am lucky. This is ever since the last update was was installed. These used to be good sound solid games but since these last updates they have become so unstable and terrible to play and I have been playing these two games for many years.

These games are absolutely solid with a rigorous updates process. 99.999% of the time users are running outdated mods which causes such crashes and blame the game despite being launched as stable versions after a pubic beta process.

Upon a crash, locate your gamelog.txt folder and the crash reason will be included in that. Many users have error-strewn reports exclusively down to mods yet still blame the game.

I have played both these games for years with NO problem at all until the last couple updates and my computer specs are high enough for the game. If the specs of my computer were more than high enough to run the games under Windows 7 Pro and Windows 10 Pro then I say there is something wrong somewhere that has not been noticed

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by HappyDriver:

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

These games are absolutely solid with a rigorous updates process. 99.999% of the time users are running outdated mods which causes such crashes and blame the game despite being launched as stable versions after a pubic beta process.

Upon a crash, locate your gamelog.txt folder and the crash reason will be included in that. Many users have error-strewn reports exclusively down to mods yet still blame the game.

I have played both these games for years with NO problem at all until the last couple updates and my computer specs are high enough for the game. If the specs of my computer were more than high enough to run the games under Windows 7 Pro and Windows 10 Pro then I say there is something wrong somewhere that has not been noticed

So you're just going to ignore the point about mods or posting your gamelog.txt? Not sure what specs have to do with it as nothing in the games framework has changed this aspect.

Nothing wrong with the game at all and Montana has just been released to great success.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by HappyDriver:

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

These games are absolutely solid with a rigorous updates process. 99.999% of the time users are running outdated mods which causes such crashes and blame the game despite being launched as stable versions after a pubic beta process.

Upon a crash, locate your gamelog.txt folder and the crash reason will be included in that. Many users have error-strewn reports exclusively down to mods yet still blame the game.

I have played both these games for years with NO problem at all until the last couple updates and my computer specs are high enough for the game. If the specs of my computer were more than high enough to run the games under Windows 7 Pro and Windows 10 Pro then I say there is something wrong somewhere that has not been noticed

The logic you seem to be ignoring is that if your claim was true, then it would be the same for EVERYONE playing the game wouldn't it?

And yet it isn't. Which means it's far more likely to be something your end. In any case, all you can do is make sure you can check everything you can your end. That's how troubleshooting works./

[jxst?]

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[HappyDriver]

Okay guys, not sure where to find the file I'm looking for on my computer but I will find it and see what I can find. Thanks for your help as things have not changed at all.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by HappyDriver:

Okay guys, not sure where to find the file I'm looking for on my computer but I will find it and see what I can find. Thanks for your help as things have not changed at all.

In your Documents, find the Euro Truck Simulator 2 folder, then look for the gamelog.txt file. Open it and then copy all the contents of that into this https://pastebin.com/ and post the generated link here. This will only be useful to view upon a crash - if you capture the info after simply quitting the game, key information wont show.

This can also be repeated for ATS.

[HappyDriver]

At the moment I don't seem to manage to locate the file that I am looking for. I have searched for it but have not managed to locate it. I shall have to have another go at finding it

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by HappyDriver:

At the moment I don't seem to manage to locate the file that I am looking for. I have searched for it but have not managed to locate it. I shall have to have another go at finding it

Documents folder should be located like here https://media.gcflearnfree.org/content/55e0919b24929be027950a01_08_28_2014/workingwith-files_file_explorer.jpg