CRASH: Blast Pit, the "big fan" area

Black Mesa Archive In-game Issues (Mod)
#1

After activating the “big fan” in Blast Pit from just beneath it, I tired to step on one of those metal structures that connect the center of the shaft with the round wall: as a result, the game crashed.

What puzzles me is that when I reloaded and tried to do that once more, to “test” it, it didn’t happen again, neither with the fan off nor after activating it.

Probably it’s not such a big deal, but I thought you guys would check it out anyway. Maybe the minidump (attached) will be of some help.
hl2_4104_crash_2012_9_16T0_24_6C0.mdmp (86.9 KB)

#2

Ok, ANOTHER CRASH different from the previous one, in the same area: this time I activated the fan, managed to get to the stairs, and as soon as it was getting speed, the game crashed.

I don’t know if it can be connected to this, but I throwed a wooden box on top of the fan before getting down there.

Another minidump attached.
hl2_4104_crash_2012_9_16T0_43_24C0.mdmp (86 KB)

#3

I’ve had this too. I didn’t throw a wooden box onto the fan, but I did smash one up with the crowbar and the broken bits all fell down there.

#4

Same problem here. Hopefully there is a fix to this. I only downloaded 2/3 of the downloads “needed” to play this game. I thought that that was the problem, so I went to download it again. It brought me to a 404 error page. Can someone else tell me if they only downloaded 2/3 of the folders?

#5

Same problem here. I did however have the urge to push a canister off the edge at the top. I’ll try reload further back and not do that, to see if something colliding with the fan is causing the crash.

#6

Same problem. Game would crash shortly after fan was started. I reloaded the autosave and tried not to throw anything down. It worked.

#7

Yeah I just encountered the same problem - I can also confirm that it’s to do with debris or objects that fall onto the fan before you switch it on.

#8

I vaguely remember a similar issue and solution to something in Half-Life 2 or one of the episodes. I think its a Source vs certain hardware issue.

#9

Hello, i had the same crash/error - after a restart of my computer the error was fixed. :slight_smile:

Edit: i have other crashes during the game. Also here i restart the game and moved on.

#10

My game is always crashing at this point. Tried restarting the game, the pc and even changing process priority (which was a fix for others but not for me).

Is this going to be fixed? A lot of ppl seem to have it…

#11

I had the same problem. But I managed to fix it by turning on the fan and get up the ladder and not look at the fan. Then walk backward onto the fan and get blown upwards.

#12

I fixed it by destroying a box in the fan, it could be any other loose debris aswell.
To do so, enable the console (Esc.setting>keyboard>advanced settings (it’s across the bottom of the small settings windows)>enable developer console.
Then type in:
“Sv_cheats 1
noclip” (no quotes)

Now destroy/ move debris then no clip your way back to the lever then dis-able noclip by simply typing in “noclip” in the developer console again.
And know it seems so obscured that debris in a fan can crash a game but it worked for me.
Good Luck :slight_smile:

#13

That actually just worked and I can continue my game.

#14

Hi!

Please forgive my bad english! I fixed it… run, the task manager, after launch the game, jump to the task: hl2.exe, right clik, set affinity, and enable 1 or maximum 2 cores.

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