Team Fortress 2 Forum

Get this error after joining a server and when the games is just about to launch.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
James

Hi...

..more information required ...ie; OS & version, video card/chipset
being used (and if linux, which drivers), which version of crossover,
is this a new/fresh install of TF2?...

Cheers!

Hi

Sorry about the lack of details.

OS: Debian - Squeeze 64 bit
Video card: Radeon HD 5770
Video drivers: ATI proprietary, installed from the repository, Catalyst version 10-9-3
CrossOver: installed from this package ia32-crossover-games-demo_10.2.1-1_amd64.deb then registered.
Window Manager: XFCE 4.6.2

Just thought I'd try again but same error. The Program Error Pop's up at the projector screen video intro just after the connecting to server progress bar has finished.

Thanks again
James

Hi again...

...thanks for the details, it helps....

... and, thank you also for reporting this -- before my initial
reply here, I did start TF2 up on my nvidia fitted LFS box, 'just
to check' it was working... and it was running fine....

... I've just followed that same routine again before replying
here, and the latest ~90mb update to TF2 rolled in (this is likely
the gifting business added), and sure enough it's crashing in the
exact same part of startup as you describe -- ergo, that latest
update did this. I'll have a poke at it to see if I can find a
work-around ; I'll certainly let the Ninjas know about it when
they get back in....

...you just won a free game, check your email... =)

Cheers!

Update:

....m'kay, seems like the gameoverlayrenderer has gone all feral
in TF2 again with the latest update. My idea of a workaround is
just to disable that for hl2.exe and leave the service available
for all else steamish... to do that....

...start the Bottle Manager, highlight the Steam bottle in the
left pane, then click the Control Panel tab, and then launch the
Wine Configuration item (winecfg)...

...when the Wine Configuration GUI pops up, it will be on the
'Applications' tab -- highlight hl2.exe in the list, then click
on the 'Libraries' tab. Type in GameOverlayRenderer in the
textbox, then click on add. Highlight the added item and click on
'Edit' -> check the Disable widget -> click OK -> click Apply and
finally click OK to exit the GUI...

...try launching TF2 again - it should work (albeit without the
ingame overlay stuffs)...

Cheers!

Hi Don

That has worked for me in both XFCE and Gnome.

Thanks
James

Just an update.
I tried again removing the settings recommended above and TF2 still works...at least under Gnome. Haven't tested it with XFCE yet.

Hi...

..that, doesn't surprise me ...TF2 can be a strange thing
at times, and just managing to get it to start once cleanly
can effectively be the fix -- I had that a couple of times
with TF2 wherein it develops a crash after an update, you try
to debug it, but with debug on it doesn't display the problem,
and, the problem then goes away altogether after doing that =)

Cheers!