Clear Sky Complete crashes

runzwithsizorz

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Played up to Limansk, entered area, saved bandits, started first fight from save game with bandits and game crashes. Message "xr engine caused BREAKPOINT in module D\games\stalker...x core dll at 0023:10018944, xr debug::backend +164 bytes

How do I fix this? Tried deleting save game the first time, started again but it crashed again.

Any help would be much appreciated....please.:hmm:

The Wife
 

Elixer

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I assume this is Stalker Clear Sky ?
If you are running it with DX 10, then try DX9 instead.
If that fails, try windowed, until you get past that level...
 

Zenoth

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It's going to sound strange (I thought it was, too, when I first read about it) but I fixed my Clear Sky crashes (with and without mods, including Clear Sky Complete) by uninstalling a very specific Microsoft Update, namely "Update for Microsoft Windows KB2670838".

I was having crashes in Clear Sky left and right, even though my system isn't over-clocked (maybe yours is, however, is it? If it is maybe it's related to an over-clock instability, who knows) and none of my games crash (haven't had a game crashing on me in months). So I looked around with Google, searched some forums and eventually stumbled upon that, the "KB2670838" update is supposedly known to cause crashing with Clear Sky.

I found the update in question in Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Installed Updates. From that list I scrolled down and found the update in the list and uninstalled it. I then rebooted the computer, it did some changes and then got back to the desktop normally (it's just one update you manually remove anyway, nothing important). I have been able to play Clear Sky without crashes since then.

Note that the update in question is not a "Security" update, it's just a normal update, in the list the exact name should be "Update for Microsoft Windows (KB2670838)", not the "Security" ones.

So anyway, maybe in your case the problem is not at all related to that update, I'm not sure but at least maybe you can try that if you think you've tried everything else so far. If not, try to play the game in DX9 mode first (maybe just doing that will do the trick), or maybe you can try to temporarily turn all the NVIDIA (or AMD if you got a Radeon card) control panel's 3D settings to default (if you made any changes to the "Global" settings, etc).

Hope it helps.
 

rgallant

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also try windows basic , not sure what os you have
-right click game icon
select compatibility tab -check- disable desktop comp.
 

runzwithsizorz

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"KB2670838" update is supposedly known to cause crashing with Clear Sky.

Deleted that Win upgrade.. Game crashed again, but I deleted (again) my save game, leaving only the autosave at the beginning of the area and tried again. played four hours with no problems including my save games. Have no idea what caused the crashes, have a feeling has to do with corrupt save games? or Zenoth's solution worked.

Thanks for all the advice.

The Wife():)
 

DigDog

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stalker clear sky - creating countless victims and untold frustration since 2008.