Crash when creating a new test chamber

wrothmonk · 05-14-2012, 01:15 PM

The problem is that when I click the "create test chamber" button on the community test chambers' main menu, portal 2 freezes then crashes.

It started happening when I verified the integrity of the game cache when a test chamber would not be built. Steam came up saying the cache was broken and supposedly "fixed it". After that it crashed every time.

I have tried re-downloading the game and verifying the cache AGAIN but it didn't help.

Anduin · 05-14-2012, 01:50 PM

a lot guys(including me) got a similar problem that occurs when "rebuilding" a map in the editor. No solution yet no possible contact with valve (as far as i know) so we gotta wait...

wrothmonk · 05-14-2012, 02:03 PM

well does anyone know how to fix the crashing yet though?

Anduin · 05-14-2012, 02:14 PM

negative, nothing works

wrothmonk · 05-15-2012, 11:35 AM

still nothing? because this is getting really annoying since I have a idea for a great map.

Anduin · 05-15-2012, 12:05 PM

still nothing (made a hole map WITHOUT this problem, but old one still crashes each time)

wrothmonk · 05-15-2012, 12:15 PM

no not the map creation, I can't even get into the list of maps!

Severd_Nerv · 05-15-2012, 12:33 PM

Cant help with Getting into the list of maps but when i faced the REBUILD CRASH i was curious to find out what was causing it and i found a Faith plate in a wrong place and behind a wall which i never meant to put there. and once i deleted that i was able to rebuild...also when i was building my Pinball lvls i came across a few crashes at REBUILD and so when i went in to investigate what was causing it that time i just deleted a section of my map at a time and tried to rebuild to see what part of the map was causing the crash and then resolved it buy rebuilding that specific part... Im not necessarily saying it has anything to do with Faith plates altogether But im guessing its got to do with items in the map that aren't Properly configured or are Slightly outside the borders of the map that cause the crash.

Anduin · 05-15-2012, 01:55 PM

that rebuild crash seems to be different from mine since i deleted every item in my map and minimized the walls, so there are multiple types of rebuild errors

wrothmonk · 05-16-2012, 06:25 AM

ok can you all just focus on the CRASH not the BUILDING ERROR
I NEED HELP ON THE CRASHING NOT THE BUILDING ERRORS!!!!!!

AGamer · 05-22-2012, 12:51 PM

I was experiencing the same thing. In fact, I was just in the process of recording the issue with FRAPS to post it on youtube so that I could show exactly how it looks like for me.

I was running at 2560x1600 resolution and decided to lower it to 1280x720 so that the video would be quicker to upload to youtube. I also put the game into windowed mode instead of full screen mode and guess what: it didn't freeze!

For whatever reason, lowering the resolution and putting it in windowed mode fixed it. I can use the editor and play test chambers created by other people.

So at least try lowering the resolution, and if that doesn't work, try putting it in windowed mode as well. Let me know if this helps.

wrothmonk · 05-23-2012, 07:11 AM

I tried all resolutions, and switching between fullscreen and window (I was having it crash in windowed mode in the first place) and it crashed each time.

nijodark · 06-15-2012, 08:10 AM

yep, was a resolution issue for me. which is weird as I originally played in fullscreen max res and then changed to windowed to do editing

joey19982 · 06-15-2012, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by nijodark

yep, was a resolution issue for me. which is weird as I originally played in fullscreen max res and then changed to windowed to do editing

Nice necropost. I'm pretty sure Valve already released an update for this, so no need to change to windowed.

05-14-2012, 01:15 PM	#1
wrothmonk Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 6	Crash when creating a new test chamber The problem is that when I click the "create test chamber" button on the community test chambers' main menu, portal 2 freezes then crashes. It started happening when I verified the integrity of the game cache when a test chamber would not be built. Steam came up saying the cache was broken and supposedly "fixed it". After that it crashed every time. I have tried re-downloading the game and verifying the cache AGAIN but it didn't help. Last edited by wrothmonk: 05-14-2012 at 01:17 PM.

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05-14-2012, 01:50 PM	#2
Anduin Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 127	a lot guys(including me) got a similar problem that occurs when "rebuilding" a map in the editor. No solution yet no possible contact with valve (as far as i know) so we gotta wait...

05-14-2012, 02:03 PM	#3
wrothmonk Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 6	well does anyone know how to fix the crashing yet though?

05-14-2012, 02:14 PM	#4
Anduin Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 127	negative, nothing works

05-15-2012, 11:35 AM	#5
wrothmonk Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 6	still nothing? because this is getting really annoying since I have a idea for a great map.

05-15-2012, 12:05 PM	#6
Anduin Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 127	still nothing (made a hole map WITHOUT this problem, but old one still crashes each time)

05-15-2012, 12:15 PM	#7
wrothmonk Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 6	no not the map creation, I can't even get into the list of maps!

05-15-2012, 12:33 PM	#8
Severd_Nerv Join Date: Jul 2010 Reputation: 1 Posts: 63	Cant help with Getting into the list of maps but when i faced the REBUILD CRASH i was curious to find out what was causing it and i found a Faith plate in a wrong place and behind a wall which i never meant to put there. and once i deleted that i was able to rebuild...also when i was building my Pinball lvls i came across a few crashes at REBUILD and so when i went in to investigate what was causing it that time i just deleted a section of my map at a time and tried to rebuild to see what part of the map was causing the crash and then resolved it buy rebuilding that specific part... Im not necessarily saying it has anything to do with Faith plates altogether But im guessing its got to do with items in the map that aren't Properly configured or are Slightly outside the borders of the map that cause the crash.

05-15-2012, 01:55 PM	#9
Anduin Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 127	that rebuild crash seems to be different from mine since i deleted every item in my map and minimized the walls, so there are multiple types of rebuild errors

05-16-2012, 06:25 AM	#10
wrothmonk Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 6	ok can you all just focus on the CRASH not the BUILDING ERROR I NEED HELP ON THE CRASHING NOT THE BUILDING ERRORS!!!!!!

05-22-2012, 12:51 PM	#11
AGamer Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	I was experiencing the same thing. In fact, I was just in the process of recording the issue with FRAPS to post it on youtube so that I could show exactly how it looks like for me. I was running at 2560x1600 resolution and decided to lower it to 1280x720 so that the video would be quicker to upload to youtube. I also put the game into windowed mode instead of full screen mode and guess what: it didn't freeze! For whatever reason, lowering the resolution and putting it in windowed mode fixed it. I can use the editor and play test chambers created by other people. So at least try lowering the resolution, and if that doesn't work, try putting it in windowed mode as well. Let me know if this helps.

05-23-2012, 07:11 AM	#12
wrothmonk Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 6	I tried all resolutions, and switching between fullscreen and window (I was having it crash in windowed mode in the first place) and it crashed each time.

06-15-2012, 08:10 AM	#13
nijodark Join Date: Apr 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 2	yep, was a resolution issue for me. which is weird as I originally played in fullscreen max res and then changed to windowed to do editing