My game is crashing a lot for unknown reasons... It happens the most with ExP servers, but sometimes it happens on other servers as well. It happens while I'm joining a game (hanging at "Setting up game..."). Sometimes before the crashes happen, I could see broken textures (eg. red "FX" signs everywhere). I'm including all the crash dumps in my game folder, hopefully it could be of use for diagnostics.

 

This is what's in the console when it crashed recently:

Successfully joined lobby at 199.217.113.172:8305!
execing dvar_defaults.cfg from fastfile
CL_ConnectFromParty called for local client 0
CL_Disconnect called for local client 0
Loading fastfile mp_rust_load
----- R_Init -----
Video memory for device: 466 MB.
Rounded video memory size: 256 MB.
Available DirectX texture memory: 3137 MB.
DirectX reports 256 MB of video memory and 3137 MB of available texture memory.
Using video memory size to cap used texture memory at 240 MB.
Using previously reported texture memory size of 240 MB.
Using reported available texture memory: 240 MB.
Texture detail is set automatically.
Using picmip 1 on most textures, 1 on normal maps, and 3 on specular maps
Unloaded fastfile dlc2_ui_mp
Unloaded fastfile dlc1_ui_mp
Loading fastfile mp_rust
[NP] Sending RPC message with ID 5.
[NP] Sending async RPC message with ID 5.
[NP] RPC_HandleMessage: type 1111
[NP] Dispatching RPC message with ID 5 and type 1111.
[NP] Dispatching RPC message to async handler.
[NP] GetPublisherFileCB for GameRT.dat
[NP] Sending RPC message with ID 0.
0% config string match, 0% config string coverage.
----- FS_Startup -----
Current language: english
Current search path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/m2demo
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\z_radar.iwd (17 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\z_ordinary.iwd (1 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_31.iwd (1 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_29.iwd (3 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_25.iwd (11 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_23.iwd (425 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_22.iwd (430 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_21.iwd (46 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_20.iwd (86 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_19.iwd (57 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_18.iwd (61 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_17.iwd (125 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_16.iwd (171 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_15.iwd (198 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_14.iwd (406 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_13.iwd (63 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_12.iwd (31 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_11.iwd (297 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_10.iwd (556 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_09.iwd (716 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_08.iwd (886 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_07.iwd (782 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_06.iwd (481 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_05.iwd (952 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_04.iwd (1005 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_03.iwd (1437 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_02.iwd (1391 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_01.iwd (1272 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_00.iwd (1428 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/main
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/main_shared
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/players
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/raw
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/raw_shared
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/devraw
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/devraw_shared
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw07.iwd (860 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw06.iwd (1474 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw05.iwd (1635 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw04.iwd (2164 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw03.iwd (2741 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw02.iwd (2732 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw01.iwd (2524 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw00.iwd (3013 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english

File Handles:
handle 1: console_mp.log
----------------------
60956 files in iwd files
Setting state to CA_LOADING in CL_DownloadsComplete
Setting state to CA_LOADING in CL_InitCGame
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/main_text.menu
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/mods_menu.menu
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/pc_join_unranked.menu
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/filter_popmenu.menu
Menu load error: ui_mp/filter_popmenu.menu, line 23: expected integer but found tokenReplacement

Menu load error: ui_mp/filter_popmenu.menu, line 23: unknown menu keyword ;
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/popup_friends.menu
Menu load error: ui_mp/popup_friends.menu, line 26: expected integer but found tokenReplacement

Menu load error: ui_mp/popup_friends.menu, line 26: unknown menu keyword ;
Removing member at index 1 with status = 3.
Removing [ExP]TheProphet from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 1 (11000010000ae1f) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 2 with status = 3.
Removing [dm] viper from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 2 (1100001000304a4) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 3 with status = 3.
Removing [ExP] DEATHGOD from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 3 (110000100012dd2) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 4 with status = 3.
Removing [$>HOES] eLF from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 4 (110000100044261) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 5 with status = 3.
Removing VerSa Abso from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 5 (110000100008e6a) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 6 with status = 3.
Removing [ExP] Rack from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 6 (110000100002918) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 8 with status = 3.
Removing [ExP]5reasons2die from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 8 (1100001000283fe) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 10 with status = 3.
Removing [ExP] Vultz from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 10 (11000010007d04e) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 12 with status = 3.
Removing [ExP] Armadillo from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 12 (11000010003c520) from gameSession [00000001]
Starting to back up world specular maps.
Finished backing up world specular maps.


Fatal error (0xc0000005) at 0x779143d0.
A minidump has been written to iw4m-3.0-118-20130105005330.dmp.

 

I'm assuming it has something to do with the friends menu, but I never use it nor do I know a way of disabling it. I think this is what makes the game hang at "Setting up game..." 90% of the time when I try to join ExP servers.

Delete m2demo and caches.xml and restart IW4M. Tell me what happens.

Delete m2demo and caches.xml and restart IW4M. Tell me what happens.

Well ExP server joined faster for the first time, not sure what will happen. I will test it more.

I'm seeing a lot of "[NP] Reconnecting to friends..." in the console, hogging my chance of joining a server.

Nope, the problem with joining ExP servers persists. It doesn't happen to other people nor does it happen to me for other servers, which is odd.

Did you set it to Wombo?

Hmmm. Can you give us a screenshot of your game folder for good measure?

Try removing these .IWDs in your \main\ folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\a large gaming conglomerate\IW4\main\z_radar.iwd (17 files)

C:\Program Files (x86)\a large gaming conglomerate\IW4\main\z_ordinary.iwd (1 files)

 

Also I don't believe you need the /raw/ folder anymore, but I may be wrong. Try just renaming it or removing it from the folder.

Also try disabling specular maybe? Idk I just noticed the errors were written just after loading specular map it seems. Worth a shot anyways.

This is common crash due to some malloc code, not sure how long will it take to find out what's wrong.

Are you sure that it only happens on some particular servers?

Yes, the joining problem happens only with ExP servers. The crashes however happens randomly.

 

New crash:

Successfully joined lobby at 85.25.116.148:8817!
execing dvar_defaults.cfg from fastfile
CL_ConnectFromParty called for local client 0
CL_Disconnect called for local client 0
Loading fastfile mp_terminal_load
----- R_Init -----
Video memory for device: 466 MB.
Rounded video memory size: 256 MB.
Available DirectX texture memory: 3137 MB.
DirectX reports 256 MB of video memory and 3137 MB of available texture memory.
Using video memory size to cap used texture memory at 240 MB.
Using previously reported texture memory size of 240 MB.
Using reported available texture memory: 240 MB.
Texture detail is set automatically.
Using picmip 1 on most textures, 1 on normal maps, and 3 on specular maps
Unloaded fastfile dlc2_ui_mp
Unloaded fastfile dlc1_ui_mp
Loading fastfile mp_terminal
[NP] Sending RPC message with ID 5.
[NP] Sending async RPC message with ID 5.
[NP] RPC_HandleMessage: type 1111
[NP] Dispatching RPC message with ID 5 and type 1111.
[NP] Dispatching RPC message to async handler.
[NP] GetPublisherFileCB for GameRT.dat
[NP] Sending RPC message with ID 0.
statResponse packet while not syncing stats (connstate = 5).  Ignored.
0% config string match, 0% config string coverage.
----- FS_Startup -----
Current language: english
Current search path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/m2demo
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_31.iwd (1 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_29.iwd (3 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_25.iwd (11 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_23.iwd (425 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_22.iwd (430 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_21.iwd (46 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_20.iwd (86 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_19.iwd (57 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_18.iwd (61 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_17.iwd (125 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_16.iwd (171 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_15.iwd (198 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_14.iwd (406 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_13.iwd (63 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_12.iwd (31 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_11.iwd (297 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_10.iwd (556 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_09.iwd (716 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_08.iwd (886 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_07.iwd (782 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_06.iwd (481 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_05.iwd (952 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_04.iwd (1005 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_03.iwd (1437 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_02.iwd (1391 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_01.iwd (1272 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\iw_00.iwd (1428 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/main
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/main_shared
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/players
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/raw
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/raw_shared
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/devraw
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2/devraw_shared
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw07.iwd (860 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw06.iwd (1474 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw05.iwd (1635 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw04.iwd (2164 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw03.iwd (2741 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw02.iwd (2732 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw01.iwd (2524 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Modern Warfare 2\main\localized_english_iw00.iwd (3013 files)
   localized assets iwd file for english

File Handles:
handle 1: console_mp.log
----------------------
60920 files in iwd files
Setting state to CA_LOADING in CL_DownloadsComplete
Setting state to CA_LOADING in CL_InitCGame
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/main_text.menu
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/mods_menu.menu
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/pc_join_unranked.menu
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/filter_popmenu.menu
Menu load error: ui_mp/filter_popmenu.menu, line 23: expected integer but found tokenReplacement

Menu load error: ui_mp/filter_popmenu.menu, line 23: unknown menu keyword ;
Parsing menu file: ui_mp/popup_friends.menu
Menu load error: ui_mp/popup_friends.menu, line 26: expected integer but found tokenReplacement

Menu load error: ui_mp/popup_friends.menu, line 26: unknown menu keyword ;
Removing member at index 1 with status = 3.
Removing Niusge from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 1 (11000010005bb47) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 2 with status = 3.
Removing Dagur from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 2 (11000010001c890) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 3 with status = 3.
Removing trololol52 from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 3 (110000100081ea8) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 4 with status = 3.
Removing NameHere from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 4 (1100001d12b52a1) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 5 with status = 3.
Removing Kaesi from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 5 (11000010001618e) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 6 with status = 3.
Removing KumpelBlaze from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 6 (110000100076232) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 8 with status = 3.
Removing teamxtreme from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 8 (11000010002a580) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 9 with status = 3.
Removing FDZ'Laggyy from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 9 (110000100081a17) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 11 with status = 3.
Removing Rados from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 11 (110000103badbad) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 13 with status = 3.
Removing Stas from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 13 (1100001c87c636d) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 14 with status = 3.
Removing Benzene from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 14 (11000010006d9be) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 16 with status = 3.
Removing [$>HOES]oSugar from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 16 (110000100065548) from gameSession [00000001]
Removing member at index 17 with status = 3.
Removing i Nacho from lobby because they appear to have dropped out
Voice: Unregistering slot 17 (11000010006395b) from gameSession [00000001]
Starting to back up world specular maps.
Finished backing up world specular maps.


Fatal error (0xc0000005) at 0x779143d0.
A minidump has been written to iw4m-3.0-118-20130105203827.dmp.

 

Also, I have no "raw" folder on my disk.