having some issues with comp servers

[Icat]

i keep getting several errors like: Error reading texture header "materials/vgui/resource/mic_meter_live.vtf"
ShaderAPIDX8::CreateD3DTexture: Invalid color format!
ShaderAPIDX8::CreateD3DTexture: Invalid color format!
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid minor version!
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid full header!
Error reading texture header "materials/vgui/resource/mic_meter_dead.vtf"
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid minor version!
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid full header!
Error reading texture header "materials/vgui/resource/mic_meter_live.vtf"
ShaderAPIDX8::CreateD3DTexture: Invalid color format!
ShaderAPIDX8::CreateD3DTexture: Invalid color format!
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid minor version!
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid full header!
Error reading texture header "materials/vgui/resource/mic_meter_dead.vtf"
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid minor version!
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid full header!
Error reading texture header "materials/vgui/resource/mic_meter_live.vtf"
ShaderAPIDX8::CreateD3DTexture: Invalid color format!
ShaderAPIDX8::CreateD3DTexture: Invalid color format!
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
LoadTextureFromVTF: VTF dimensions do not match texture
*** Encountered VTF file with an invalid minor version!
^all of that and upon connecting to a server somehow dropping to like 4 frames per minute (i can tell because the mouse refuses to move except every once an a while) although net_graph 1 tells me at first i have like 60fps and slowly between every new frame it eventually drops to 5fps while my ping skyrockets to 1000. when i start up the game im getting a message in console that also says im missing a wood texture (even after verifying cache). i have tested joining on the maps normaly and do not seem to have a problem. It's only when i join a comp server that this happens. i have also been trying to use different dx levels and still seem to get the same result, although i remember on the first stress test, for whatever reason, the server allowed me to use dx8 and ran fine. (now trying dx9 - dx11). just as a side note i found partially irelavent but somewhat interesting: it seems according to taskmanager, my cpu runs like .2Ghz faster than it's set to when it trys to run matchmaking. Any suggestions?

[Icat]

here's the wood thing-> --- Missing Vgui material vgui/competitive/comp_background_wood01
and this seems like another common one-> Unable to remove c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\tf\textwindow_temp.html!
I think last time i started up TF2 the wood error was on there already, but this time when starting it up it only popped up after executing a variation on Comanglia' Cinema config (since my other config for fps didn't seem to make much of a difference in dx9^)

[Jaffa]

I keep getting this error, it completely kills frames.

[HungryBanker]

Originally posted by Funboyfun23:

I keep getting this error, it completely kills frames.

It should be investigated, if the debug prompt can be repressed, if there is a way to set the verboseness.

[Jaffa]

Originally posted by HungryBanker #TFComp:

Originally posted by Funboyfun23:

I keep getting this error, it completely kills frames.

It should be investigated, if the debug prompt can be repressed, if there is a way to set the verboseness.

One of the devs commented in the Stress Test #5 test and asked for peoples specs who were having this issue. I put myn forward. I think they're looking into this.

[Icat]

Originally posted by Funboyfun23:

Originally posted by HungryBanker #TFComp:

It should be investigated, if the debug prompt can be repressed, if there is a way to set the verboseness.

One of the devs commented in the Stress Test #5 test and asked for peoples specs who were having this issue. I put myn forward. I think they're looking into this.

Where do we send the spec list?

[Orange Juice]

I have this problem too. Please fix valve.

[⎨Temmi3 Cro = Dumbass⎬]

Weird . . .
Send your specs to Valve or whatever, I don't have this issue and I am running a mid-teir machine.
If anything try either upgrading your ram or running your PC with a SSD.

[z3rtu]

I have the Shader stuff issue too, wich seems to happen very often on laptops.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/4b05b6/shaderapidx8_error_in_competitive_mode/

[Icat]

Valve actually apperantly fixed the issue already, or at least it's now working for me. If anyone else still has the problem though I should make note that I already have an SSD and like 32Gbs of ram, so that wasn't the problem.
Edit: 8Gbs of ram, but 32Gbs if you count the memory I have allocated for vertual memory. I'm using an Intel i5-2400 quad core processor clocked at 3.1Ghz. Although I can now play comp., I still get pretty bad FPS (usually around 20-25) and there's an error that gets spammed in my console repedatively. tbh, I'm fine with having the error as long as I can still get in.

[Icat]

Originally posted by Z3RTU:

I have the Shader stuff issue too, wich seems to happen very often on laptops.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/4b05b6/shaderapidx8_error_in_competitive_mode/

That makes sence. My pc is a desktop pc, not a laptop, but it does use Intel HD Graphics for now, which is similar to the type of gfx card used in some laptops. If I ever get around to selling my ps4, I plan on buying an evga Geforce GTX 970 for it so I guess I'll see how that turns out.

Thanks for the link :3