NBA 2K9 (PC) Crash to Desktop thread

[3pointshooter]

I am creating this thread as I am seeing a trend of people having the exact same problem. For whatever reason the game will crash to desktop with no explanation. Although when it happens may vary I am seeing it only when I am in the main menu.

I have to recheck the config.cfg file to make sure that my refresh rate and resolution hasn't changed or else I will continue to have problems. One time I couldn't play a certain team. I forget the name but everytime I attempted to play the game I would get kicked to desktop. The only fix was to simulate the game. If you are also noticing this post about here and any possible fix you've come across.

[berfles]

Same problem, getting real ****ed now. I had an amazing game going and it did this yet again in the third quarter. It's not even fun to play because I know damn well I won't finish the game, I'll just get booted again.

[pcline85]

At least you can start a game. :(

[berfles]

I'd rather not be able to start a game than be fooled and teased by playing 3/4 way through only to lose everything. I'm going to try to uninstall it and reinstall it to see if that does anything. Already backed my saves up.

[3pointshooter]

anyone else having this problem?

[berfles]

There has to be more, I wonder if anyone else at the OS forums have this problem. I tried making a thread but someone moved it to the Online forum (no sense) and it hasn't gotten a reply.

[pcline85]

There are people over there having this problem. I can definitely confirm it.

[berfles]

What a shocker, uninstalling the game and redownloading it did nothing. I got through one game and a one on one match, and then it booted me in the first quarter again the Spurs.

Other people who bought the game told me that once they downloaded the pirated version (not illegal since they already paid for the game) that it doesn't crash since it bypasses Steam's involvement. It sounds like it's something to do with Steam's integration.

[pcline85]

I've tried closing Steam after booting the game, but that didn't work. It very well could be Steam. Not sure.

[LouisvilleLipp]

I'm having the same problems when it reboots for no apparent reason. Also having a problem with my controller. I'm using a Logitech dual action. I can control the players on one-side of the court only, but then the teams change sides, I have to pass the ball to get it up the court instead of dribbling. Anyone else have this problem?

[3pointshooter]

Get yourself an xbox 360 controller.

[berfles]

I'm going to try the torrent version and see if that gets rid of the crashes like it did for other people.

[Flipper]

a lot of people have a problem with this :(

[noballer08]

It only happens to me when the CPU team calls a timeout after I hit a shot. Rasual Butler hit a corner three in Kobe's face to tie the game at 76 in the 4th, then the CPU called a T/O which crashed the game. Never fails.

[berfles]

No one does anything special to get mine to crash. I can just be dribbling up court and it'll kick me. I wish they'd fix this over the stupid console problems since this is a gamebreaker, the console niggles aren't.

[pcline85]

I'm sure by time I get a console to play on, the PC version will be fixed lol.

[maddenftbl]

I got the torrent version even though I bought the game on the 21st.I wanted to see if playing without steam would stop the crashing.Mine crashed right after the game ended.So much for that.


Craig

[noballer08]

Closing Steam has stopped the problem so far for me, hopefully that is the cause.

[pcline85]

How do you close Steam?

[noballer08]

How do you close Steam?

Put 2K in windowed mode by going to options/video settings, then minimize the window, find Steam in the bottom right corner of your taskbar (should be a black and white icon), right click and click exit. :thumbsup:

[berfles]

Put 2K in windowed mode by going to options/video settings, then minimize the window, find Steam in the bottom right corner of your taskbar (should be a black and white icon), right click and click exit. :thumbsup:

I'll try that right now. Tried playing the Spurs for the second time today (best team in the league besides mine) and I was beating them by 20 and the game booted me again. Nothing more fun than that :rolleyes:

EDIT: Uh, I don't know how you did that but it doesn't work because the game is running and is a Steam application. It gives me that error.

I actually got it to close via task manager, but then I got a BSOD at the end of the third quarter.

[noballer08]

Really? Steam closes with no problem for me, ASAP. Do you have a shortcut to NBA 2K on your desktop? You can enable that in Steam, then start the game from there and then try closing Steam.

[maddenftbl]

I actually uninstalled steam and used a cracked version to see if it stops it and no such luck.I think it has to do with the game itself guys.I AM PRAYING FOR A PATCH ALREADY,lol

Craig

[LouisvilleLipp]

I called 2ksports tech support, and they told me that it was my computer that was the problem. (B.S if you ask me) They also said they haven't received any calls of the problem ( blue screen then reboots) They're tech support is useless. I just want to be able to play this game.

[LouisvilleLipp]

I think I might have found the problem for re-booting and the blue screen. I went into Nvidia settings and turned my resolution down from 1280 by 768 pixels all the way down to 960 by 600 pixels, and played 3 games in a row with out it kicking me to the desktop. I don't know if this will work for everyone, but it's worth a try. Now if I can get my controller to control my team after halftime, I'll be satisfied. I have to pass the ball to advance it down the court, when the teams change ends. I can't dribble the ball.

[noballer08]

It may be just your computer...

When was the last time any of you ran check disk and disk defrag?

[berfles]

I'll try closing Steam again later today. The BSOD could have been a fluke since that hardly ever happens on my computer.

And I'm not lowering the resolution and making the game look like crap just to play it. Either they fix it or I won't play it anymore.

[LouisvilleLipp]

It may be just your computer...

When was the last time any of you ran check disk and disk defrag?

I've ran both utilities, so I know that's not the problem.

[maddenftbl]

I wont change the resolution either,it should work fine the way it was meant to work.Kind of sad that louisville called tech support and they have not heard of the problem if it just kicking you back to the desktop.Sounds like they are not going to fix the problem.

Craig

[maddenftbl]

Any other news guys?

Craig

[pcline85]

No news. :-(

[noballer08]

All I can still say is that Steam appears to be the issue...I make sure to close it before I play, and after 6 games I haven't had a CTD.

[maddenftbl]

In dont even have steam installed on my computer anymore and it still crashes to the desktop.I use a cracked version of the game{and yes I own the original}.

Craig

[pcline85]

^^^ I've tried that as well, no luck.

[3pointshooter]

Hey guys, try this and see if it helps:
Find the config.cfg file for NBA 2K9. For XP users its:
C:\...\Application Data\2K Sports\NBA 2K9\Saves\config.cfg
edit: VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 0
to
VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 1
save it and see if that stops the crashing.

[pcline85]

Hey guys, try this and see if it helps:
Find the config.cfg file for NBA 2K9. For XP users its:
C:\...\Application Data\2K Sports\NBA 2K9\Saves\config.cfg
edit: VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 0
to
VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 1
save it and see if that stops the crashing.

No dice man.

[berfles]

Mine is already set to that, that only turns it on or off the same as it does in the settings screen.

I'll go try to play another game without Steam running.

[maddenftbl]

Keep trying people...


Craig

[berfles]

Just got through my game against the Spurs without Steam running... Maybe I'll try for another game.


EDIT: Next game crashed.

This game is totally flawed and broken. It's definitely not my PC or anything I have on it. I'm fed up and I'm not trying again until there's a patch.

[3pointshooter]

I believe I know have a fix for this problem. By adding that game to the exclusion list of DEP the problem went away. Or you can disabling DEP by using /NoExecute=alwaysoff instead of /NoExecute=optout (reboot). Should solve the problem of the game crashing to desktop.

For the 1st time since I purchased this game I am now able to use the NBA 2K9 desktop icon to start up a game without it crashing at the main menu. That's a first in my book. Still testing though.

[berfles]

DEP? Huh? Do you mean Data Execution Protection?

[MrMakeEmAkRight]

DEP? Huh? Do you mean Data Execution Protection?

yeah thats what he means

[berfles]

Let us know if it works because I'm still too ****ed to try playing another game.

[pcline85]

DEP doesn't work.

[txisday]

hi guys im new to the forum but i've been reading you guys post for like 2 weeks about now and pcline you are my main man i see you on 5 or 6 difff forums lmao still no fix to this yet i see :(.... did anyone contact 2k? i hope they fix this shiat also i have the same danm problem :( my comp spects are

proccessor : AMD athlon xp 3000+ (not a dou core)
got 1.5 GB of ram
NIVDIA 6600 video card (minm require)

yeah so i should be able to run the game but yeah i can't niether..... not to base anyone out but (Pcline) when there is a known fix plz be a hero to gamers with the same problem AND POST POST POST POST POST it :D and even come back after 1 week to see if anyone else is still having a problem cause thats what ima be doing:D help your fellow gamers OUT!! (hope 2k doesn't mess nxt year up...)

[txisday]

how do i change the DEP setting thingy?

[jrsuperstar]

i managed to solve my ctd problems. the problem was with my computer heat. i left the side panel of the case open to let the air flow freely and my game ran smooth and crash-free. oh, and all my games dont crash no more after that, i play fallout, far cry 2 etc. you guys should try cooling up your rigs cuz it very well could be the pc heat

[waway625]

i managed to solve my ctd problems. the problem was with my computer heat. i left the side panel of the case open to let the air flow freely and my game ran smooth and crash-free. oh, and all my games dont crash no more after that, i play fallout, far cry 2 etc. you guys should try cooling up your rigs cuz it very well could be the pc heat

i have hardware monitoring via evga precision tools and im sure its not heat for me

but i do have CTDs too :( any solutions so far? patch perhaps?

specs

e8400
GeForce GTX 260
4Gb RAM
Vista 64

[D-Ray]

* lösz patch vagy nem?

where is the patch? i very sad :(:( i want to play pls fix the AMD bug!

[waway625]

wait i think i know the problem

i have CTD whenever I set the double team/pressure. if i leave it at default I have no CTD ..will monitor though

[waway625]

ok WTF?! is the deal? still having CTD and usually happens on exciting games!

[matiasggg]

Hey guys, try this and see if it helps:
Find the config.cfg file for NBA 2K9. For XP users its:
C:\...\Application Data\2K Sports\NBA 2K9\Saves\config.cfg
edit: VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 0
to
VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 1
save it and see if that stops the crashing.

I cant find this folder... i have any 2K Sports folder on application data...

[3pointshooter]

you probably have file and folders hidden. Google it to figure out how to change this.

[3pointshooter]

The crashing for NBA 2K9 for the PC seem to happen (for me) when I click on the mouse or use the green button just as soon as the game loads (the 1st screen). If I wait until all the team's icons are shuffled in order I don't experience any crashing. But if I right click or use the green xbox 360 game pad button before then I notice a crash. After 5 starts it's pretty consistent. I can't guarantee this will work for you.

[epiquestions]

You could try posting your pc specs including the OS and the situation before the game crashed and answer some of these questions to help eliminate the possible causes.

But from what I read so far it might be an AMD problem. The game might not be optimized for 64bit OS.

Is VISTa 64bit stable? Not just in gaming?
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Does your PC meet the minimum system requirements? I know those requirements are not really accurate but still you should take it into consideration

Try running the game at the LOWEST possible setting and if the problem goes away then try setting the graphics higher little by little and testing for the problem.

Check that the resolution/refreshrate you are using is supported by your monitor/LCD
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Are you playing online or offline?
If playing offline are you always connected to the internet? If you are always connected to the internet try disabling your internet connection first and try replicating the error

If playing online check your firewall/AV and try to add steam and NBA2k9 executables to the exception
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Are your graphics drivers updated? Try checking for and using updated drivers for your graphics card. Also try to find special hotfixes for the games from your videocard websites
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Is your directx updated? Try updating your directx to the latest (search "download directx redistributable" in google and click the result that leads to the MS dload page and download...install when finished)
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Is your graphics card overclocked? Try returning it to stock speeds and try again. There are sometimes system stability issues when overclocking especially when aggressively oc'ing your card.
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There are many possible causes and it is best to eliminate the obvious ones so that it would be easier to determine the culprit

By the way I have a low-medium build STOCK PC and everything is working fine at the highest setting (except for AA I only set it at 2x)

e6750 2.66Ghz Core2Duo processor
MSI Neo mobo
2x 1GB Kingston RAM 800mhz (dual channeled)
ATI hd2600XT 512MB/128bit DDR3 vid card (using 8.11 driver)
samsung 320GB harddrive
22" HannsG Widescreen LCD (playing at 1680x1050 reso @ 60Hz)
2x PS2 gamepad (using PS2 to USB adaptor)
2x Generic USB gamepad (ps2 style)
2.1 speakers (mobo integrated 7.1 realtek audio)

OS: WinXP PRO SP3 and VISTA Ultimate SP1

[waway625]

my CTD happens randomly (one thing that bugs me though is the times it happened, all were exciting games lol)

OS: Vista Home Premium64

PC SPecs

e8400 Oced to 3600Mhz
DFI LAnparty DK P35 T2RS
GeForce GTX 260 (using Forceware 180.60)
4Gb OCZ Fatal1ty PC6400
600W OCZ StealthXStream
22" Viewsonic VX 2262wmp

monitoring my resources using rivatuner the game seems to use the dual core CPU pretty well (uses 75-85% both cores) the GPU doesnt heat up much (mine never reaches 70c) and RAM usage is at 1.8Gb

im not really sure now what causes the CTD :(

regarding my Oced processor, well it runs cool anyway since im using aftermarket cooling, my other games run without a hitch too (crysis, GRID, the POS farcry2) and ive also tested the OC with orthos prime for a few hours without errors so it shouldnt be an OC problem

im running the game maxed out BTW, but i dont think that should be the problem since people running the game on lower settings are also experiencing CTD. my first suspect was a memory leak (wherein the game uses more and more memory till it runs out and the game crashes. well im not sure if it is, but will try to monitor some more..so far the game hasnt crashed again since i started monitoring so ill check if its a memory leak)

[3pointshooter]

Again, (as some don't understand) if I click on either the mouse or the gamepad button on this screen:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9959/nba2k91lo2.th.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nba2k91lo2.jpg)

I will get a CTD. It's not immediate and the time in which it happens varies but does happen. However, if I wait until this screen:
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2246/nba2k92me3.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nba2k92me3.jpg)

usually all is fine for me. Again, I can't say this will work with everyone but this is my official fix for the problem. If it doesn't work for you all I can say is :p.

[3pointshooter]

no more takers??? LOL

[whoismarkrob]

Man i wish they would hurry and bring this damn patch cuz i need it i cant play and i bout it out tha store and its bin 2 months now godamn i wish it would just cum on out now sorry im just mad cuz i got amd

[waway625]

THIS IS BS 2k! Im starting to hate this f*cking game now because of this..its too frustrating

I tried to email tech support to no avail!!!! WTF?!
sigh 2 straight CTDs


:(


this is really frustrating :(

im uninstalling the game now till they fix this..theres no point playing a game when you are not sure if you can finish it anyway

[Hamidxa]

Ive started getting random CTD's too.
Every other game plays fine, Crysis, GTA IV, COD4, WiC, GRID, you name it, except for this title.

Heat is not an issue, neither for my CPU, nor my GPU
EVGA Precision shows my GPU at the 65-70 degree range at full load when playing this game, which is well in line for my GPU.
CoreTemp shows my cores in the high 40 - low 50 range during load, once again, well within limits, and then some.

Heat is not an issue.
Vista x64 automatically defrags my hd once a week.
CHKDSK turned up nothing.
Memory/RAM checks out fine as well.

The culprit is NOT my system, but rather this game itself.

I have the Steam version, and a warez version, but I am running the Steam one.

System specs:
Q6600 @ 3.2 (on a TRUE h/s fan unit)
GTX 260 216 SC
4GB DDR2
Vista X64 Ultimate SP1
Using an X360 controller

[waway625]

i tried many things like offline mode, compatibity mode to XP sp 32 etc. but nothing worked

so far im trying out turning off physx on my nVIDIA control panel..so far 3 games and no CTD

specs

e8400@3.6GHz
GTX 260 (forceware 181.00)
4Gb OCZ Fatal1ty DDR2 800
Vista 64 sp1

using both the steam and reloaded version crashes :(

[waway625]

hey are all of us having this problem nVIDIA users?

kindly list down your video card and drivers you are using (it seems the 180 series drivers are causing the CTD for me and ill try to revert to 178.24)

[Hamidxa]

180.48 WHQL drivers here.

I've done some troubleshooting and realized that in my NV game config profile for 2K9, I had 4x AA forced on, whereas in the game itself, I had 8x MSAA selected.

I changed the NV game profile to application controlled instead of forcing it, thus allowing the games 8x MSAA to take effect and so far no crashes.

Furthermore, when I play the game now, I alt-tab out of it and kill the steam process(es) via task manager.

So in my case, it may have something to do with either the appropriate AA level being in effect and/or Steam being taken out of the equation yielding a non-crashing game. Of course, it may very well crash the next time I play, but so far 3 games and no crashes since the above changes were made.

[waway625]

hmmm maybe I should also try that one out (alt tab to termiate steam)
could you please report back whatever findings you get?

have you had the physx enabled on your 180.48?

[Hamidxa]

hmmm maybe I should also try that one out (alt tab to termiate steam)
could you please report back whatever findings you get?

have you had the physx enabled on your 180.48?

So far so good.
The above changes (once more for reference: letting the games 8x MSAA take over and no longer forcing AA via Nvidia's Control -- a conflicting AA level at that, as well as killing the Steam Processes via task manager) have proven to be successful, at least in my case.

7 games played so far and no more crashes or blue screens.

All temps still check out fine on both my GPU and CPU.

Oh, and yes, PhysX was and still is enabled.

[waway625]

not for me though..no BSOD though, the game just exits to desktop

I thought I was doing fine 3 games no CTD, then bam! just as derrick rose was to have his 15th assist in the 1st half, the game exits to desktop

STEAM wasnt running, game was running on xpsp2 compatibitliy mode

[Kage15]

sup ya'll...well so far the games been runnin' real good on my pc but recently, it just started crashing to the desktop whenever i click 'true shooting percentage' in the nba.com news section of the association mode, and whenever a trade pops up and i enter yes it crashes, but only on those 2 specific actions. I have no clue on whats going on

[berfles12]

I haven't tried for over a month to play. I did try closing Steam, running in windowed mode etc. Maybe I'll try running everything on low with no AA/AF or something.

Really ticks me off that there seems to be no helpful information from devs about this crippling issue.

[waway625]

I have tried almost everything I can think of (changing drivers, turning off steam, compatibility mode etc and even reformatted but nothing work..So I was thinking, what about my pagefile, instead of setting it to 4096mb, ill set it to "system manage" I hope it works...how about you guys? are your pagefile on system managed and still hang? or is this, as i suspect, an nVIDIA issue? anyone with an ATI card having CTD issues?

[prozac26]

I have tried almost everything I can think of (changing drivers, turning off steam, compatibility mode etc and even reformatted but nothing work..So I was thinking, what about my pagefile, instead of setting it to 4096mb, ill set it to "system manage" I hope it works...how about you guys? are your pagefile on system managed and still hang? or is this, as i suspect, an nVIDIA issue? anyone with an ATI card having CTD issues?

Yea, I have an ATI card, and game keeps crashing.

Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
ATI Radeon 3870
2GB RAM
XP Pro SP3

...

[berfles12]

Can someone tell me what I need to do to use the "crack" and see if that stops the desktop crashing? Do I just download it and launch with the cracked exe?

And yes I bought the game, so I don't care about discussing downloading it. I wouldn't have to if there wasn't a bug that made the game totally useless.

[dubya12]

The crashing for NBA 2K9 for the PC seem to happen (for me) when I click on the mouse or use the green button just as soon as the game loads (the 1st screen). If I wait until all the team's icons are shuffled in order I don't experience any crashing. But if I right click or use the green xbox 360 game pad button before then I notice a crash. After 5 starts it's pretty consistent. I can't guarantee this will work for you.

you're on to something there. if i do anything in the initial screen, after the profile loads, it crashes. if i wait... pretty stable.

the thing about alt-tabbing out and killing the steam.exe process may work only because it gives the game enough time to load some array.

[waway625]

so far no CTD to me since I set my pagefile to system managed and disabled NOD32's IMON and AMON when I game

[berfles12]

so far no CTD to me since I set my pagefile to system managed and disabled NOD32's IMON and AMON when I game

Hmm, I may try that NOD thing...

EDIT: Well, it got me through one game... I'll test more tomorrow.

[wobbler]

I also have the same problem. None of the above advices helped. I think I have tried almost everything and the game still crashes to desktop

[berfles12]

I just got through another game without a CTD, and I even let it paused for about 30 minutes. usually even if I did that I would come up to be greeted with the desktop. Hopefully it was my AV scanning files non stop, so if you don't have NOD32 check to see if your AV has any sort of real time scanner and disable it.

[wobbler]

I managed to play one game without crash but another wasn`t so lucky. All scanning processes like nod32 I have off. I even killed most of the processes running and it still has this CTD issue.

I have Vista 64
Athlon X2 5200+
Radeon 3870
2GB RAM

[berfles12]

Just crashed again with 50s left in the 4th.

2K WILL YOU AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THIS?

[waway625]

they wont because they already have out money anyway :P

things ive done (latest, and boy ive tried so many things)

1. put Steam on NOD32's exclusions list
2. turn off IMON and AMON
3. Let windows manage my pagefile
* I have 4gb ram and before i set my pagefile to static 4gb min/max..

still have crashes though but at least not in game, sometimes it crashes when scanning through stats, so yeah after a game, i get paranoid and dont bother looking at signature moves and top3 plays (the top 3 plays is dumb anyway) and proceed to save the association ASAP lol

[berfles12]

they wont because they already have out money anyway :P

things ive done (latest, and boy ive tried so many things)

1. put Steam on NOD32's exclusions list
2. turn off IMON and AMON
3. Let windows manage my pagefile
* I have 4gb ram and before i set my pagefile to static 4gb min/max..

still have crashes though but at least not in game, sometimes it crashes when scanning through stats, so yeah after a game, i get paranoid and dont bother looking at signature moves and top3 plays (the top 3 plays is dumb anyway) and proceed to save the association ASAP lol

They can't even get their own site working, every time I try to log in through the boards I get taken to the main page where I have to log in all over again.

I also find that after a game is over, and all those stats they show on the NBA.com thing or whatever, if I click on one of them I instantly get booted to the desktop every time without fail.

[berfles12]

I've actually been having good luck. I got one CTD (which still happened even before it started happening every damn game) and a BSOD which is my soundcard's fault, but other than that I've played about 6 games without a problem. I just keep disabling those NOD32 things. XFire says I've played 6 hours in the last week, so that's 6 hours of no issues.

Maybe it's all a fluke.

[dubya12]

i installed the new nvidia drivers. as opposed to getting into the game only if i waited patiently for the movies in the intro menu to finish, now, I get a CTD when changing the home or away teams.

patch?

[Vahalla]

Ive started getting random CTD's too.
Every other game plays fine, Crysis, GTA IV, COD4, WiC, GRID, you name it, except for this title.

Heat is not an issue, neither for my CPU, nor my GPU
EVGA Precision shows my GPU at the 65-70 degree range at full load when playing this game, which is well in line for my GPU.
CoreTemp shows my cores in the high 40 - low 50 range during load, once again, well within limits, and then some.

Heat is not an issue.
Vista x64 automatically defrags my hd once a week.
CHKDSK turned up nothing.
Memory/RAM checks out fine as well.

The culprit is NOT my system, but rather this game itself.

I have the Steam version, and a warez version, but I am running the Steam one.

System specs:
Q6600 @ 3.2 (on a TRUE h/s fan unit)
GTX 260 216 SC
4GB DDR2
Vista X64 Ultimate SP1
Using an X360 controller

i tried many things like offline mode, compatibity mode to XP sp 32 etc. but nothing worked

so far im trying out turning off physx on my nVIDIA control panel..so far 3 games and no CTD

specs

e8400@3.6GHz
GTX 260 (forceware 181.00)
4Gb OCZ Fatal1ty DDR2 800
Vista 64 sp1

using both the steam and reloaded version crashes :(

i have

q6600 3ghz
gtx 260 (180.84 beta drivers for gta iv)
2gb DD3 RAM
Vista 64 ultimate sp1
xbox 360 controller

doesn't CTD runs smooth on ultra high and 1920x1200 (if that's relevant)

[berfles12]

I just finished my first season, that's about 10 games with only one CTD. Definitely seems to have been NOD32, though I don't know why it waited 19 games to start happening.

[wobbler]

Such a great game but unfortunately unplayable just because of this crashes…
Mayby it has some connection with graphic card? I`ve noticed that I can play longer when I turn my ati panel on.
NBA 2k9- the greatest teaser-demo ever…

[Vahalla]

I mean it shouldn't CTD think about upgrading your system

P.S. anyone using a laptop should not be playing games on it

[waway625]

I mean it shouldn't CTD think about upgrading your system

P.S. anyone using a laptop should not be playing games on it


just because of the CTD you advise people to upgrade their system? LOL!

[Vahalla]

just because of the CTD you advise people to upgrade their system? LOL!

yup !

you know the saying "once you go black, you never go back"

applies here

[waway625]

thats a very smart advise...NOT

[wobbler]

I have Vista 64bit SP1, so what should I upgrade? Maybe to Windows 7...

[waway625]

dont listen to him re:upgrade thats a VERY IRRESPONSIBLE advise

theres just something wrong somewhere, maybe a wrong mix of drivers or conflict
try many things first

as for me, i figured what fixed my CTD issues was to disable IMON and AMON on Nod32

[wobbler]

I don`t have any antivirus programs but still having CTD problem...

[waway625]

well could you at least be more specific on what things you are running on your PC that you think could help us pinpoint what could be causing the problem?

[Vahalla]

windows 7 retail doesn't come out until Q4 2009 or Q1 2010

[waway625]

who said anything about the retail version? im using the 64 bit beta now on my dual boot OS (Vista64 / Win7 64)

NBA 2k9 is good so far
as far as "upgrading" to win7, thats not a very sound idea as win7 is still in beta stage although its running smooth so far (at least based on my experience)

there has to be something thats causing your CTD and its not just as easy as saying "go upgrade" esp if your PC meet the requirements. It could be the drivers, a PC component thats failing, or a conflict with the program thats why you have to be more specific what issues you are having and if you are having this issue with other games or is it NBA 2k9 specific..

in short, help us help you :)

[Vahalla]

1)who said anything about the retail version? im using the 64 bit beta now on my dual boot OS (Vista64 / Win7 64)

2)NBA 2k9 is good so far

3)there has to be something thats causing your CTD and its not just as easy as saying "go upgrade" esp if your PC meet the requirements.


1) Yeah well you won't necessarily be "upgrading" to an OS that lasts only 30 days (legally).
2) Wouldn't go as far as saying it's good. Still has a lot of issues to fix and gets a BIG thumbs down for lack of support.
3) waway625 your sounding like the resident techie lol
if all else fails upgrade your pc...

[waway625]

1) Yeah well you won't necessarily be "upgrading" to an OS that lasts only 30 days (legally).
2) Wouldn't go as far as saying it's good. Still has a lot of issues to fix and gets a BIG thumbs down for lack of support.
3) waway625 your sounding like the resident techie lol
if all else fails upgrade your pc...

1. the oublic beta lasts till august. MS is giving away beta keys in case you didnt know
2. I meant NBA 2k9 has been running good on my Vista 7 so far
3.I hope you are not serious about the "if all else fails upgrade your pc..." coz thats a very irresponsible advice to give esp to people who meet the game's min/rec requirements

im not trying to be the resident techie, and I am not, but at least I dont pretend to be one and then just spit out unsound advises out of my *****

[Vahalla]

1. the oublic beta lasts till august. MS is giving away beta keys in case you didnt know
2. I meant NBA 2k9 has been running good on my Vista 7 so far
3.I hope you are not serious about the "if all else fails upgrade your pc..." coz thats a very irresponsible advice to give esp to people who meet the game's min/rec requirements

im not trying to be the resident techie, and I am not, but at least I dont pretend to be one and 4. then just spit out unsound advises out of my *****

3. if everything fails (esp. using the steps you recommended) upgrade your pc. i stand by that...

people should future proof there systems or go play on a consoles if you don't want to play on low settings. gaming on a pc is much more expensive (if you want to run everything on maximum).

4. i hope that's not a naughty 5 letter word starting with P, you sick man/woman!

[waway625]

I still say its a stupid advise (if all things fail, upgrade) so for my config, ive been having CTD problems before, at this point my PC is more than enough for the game, and if I wasnt that determined to test many configs and just followed your irresponsible advise then how?

So if a Corei7 user with a GTX 280 is having CTD problems no matter what he tries youll advise him to step up to a GTX 295? thats just silly, id rather be humble enough to say I dont know how to help than tell someone to spend money just because "i must feel so smart and have to give advise even if it isnt sound"

that wasnt supposed to be a 5 letter word lol twas supposed to be "a $ $" but i dunno how it got censored to 5 asterisks

[Vahalla]

3. I still say its a stupid advise (if all things fail, upgrade) so for my config, ive been having CTD problems before, at this point my PC is more than enough for the game, and if I wasnt that determined to test many configs and just followed your irresponsible advise then how?

4. So if a Corei7 user with a GTX 280 is having CTD problems no matter what he tries youll advise him to step up to a GTX 295? thats just silly, id rather be humble enough to say I dont know how to help than tell someone to spend money just because "i must feel so smart and have to give advise even if it isnt sound"


I managed to play one game without crash but another wasn`t so lucky. All scanning processes like nod32 I have off. I even killed most of the processes running and it still has this CTD issue.

I have Vista 64
Athlon X2 5200+
Radeon 3870
2GB RAM

3. In wobblers case, whom I was addressing that response to, he has done all he could and followed what you did yet he is still having CTD problem. My conclusion is that a) Then it might be a hardware issue thus the need to upgrade his hardware in order to play this game without encountering the problem over and over again (that is if he intends to continue to play this game). b) Wait for a patch. c) Play another game

I never referred to your config.

follows on 2

4. Your changing the circumstances and I have to change my view based on the circumstance. Obviously if you have more than enough to play this game and still encounter CTD. You've exhausted all possible resolutions to your problem, then I would say that the game has programming issues and conflicts with the OS that affect its performance. Unless you know how to patch it yourself well then kudos to you, if not wait for that overdue patch.

If you think I am monotonous about everything then I pity your view in life.


***on topic***

try to upgrade to 4gb of RAM, extra 2gb is real cheap nowadays.

[waway625]

^^ wobblers specs should be enough to run the game

I have Vista 64
Athlon X2 5200+
Radeon 3870
2GB RAM

now had you been more "detailed" in your explaination instead of just saying "upgrade" then I would have been cool with your reply.
that being said, if all things fail, the easiest escape would be reformatting instead of just upgrading and try to play the game with just the minimum apps needed

In this case maybe just the OS, drivers and the game to see if it still suffers from CTD,
installing an extra 2gig sounds good to since he has 64bit VIsta (although thats just for extra perfomance and may not directly be related to the CTD problems)

@wobbler, have you tried updating your drivers? and when you did, did you properly uninstall it?
(changing drivers didnt do the trick for me but it could do for you)

do this

1. download latest ATI driver (dont install yet)
2. download "guru3d driver sweeper" and download (and install)
3. uninstall current driver and reboot
4.boot into safe mode and run driver sweeper (clean ATI display)
5.reboot to normal mode and install latest ATI driver
6. reboot and try to play if it helps

[wobbler]

I have the newest drivers from ATI

Maybe this is the solution... http://enrcomputers.com/NBA2K9-PC-Patch.html

I`ve read it hepls... I will try in a moment

[Vahalla]

writing paragraphs on video games is not really my thing...ya know

[dubya12]

the patch appear to fix my CTD issues. running an amd athlon 64 3200+ and an nvidia 8800GT

[superbacalhau]

Hi to all,

The games keeps on crashing on my computer even after the new patch. I have a BSOD and then a reboot. It occurs while playing a game randomly (even if I have never been able to finish a game).

My PC specs :

Intel Q9950
Gigabyte EP45 UD3
Corsair 2GB
Nvidia 8800 GT
Audigy 4
Running on XP SP 3, I have latest drivers. I quit NOD 32 before playing as read on previous posts.

Thanks for your help. Game looks great but I would like to play more than a few minutes !

[berfles12]

I found out my CTD wasn't even NOD32 related. I started leaving it enabled and it's fine as well. No idea what changed, but it changed before I applied the patch as well.

My BSOD are from my stupid *** Audigy soundcard, but that's on Vista. The one I have doesn't even have Vista drivers because Creative is an asinine company.

[bholmes4]

I was continually crashing to the desktop as well, both before and after the patch. I suspected it was sound related and removed my Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS card (in a win XP system). The problem has disappeared and the game runs just fine now (albeit without sound).

This is not the first game that has given me issues and as such I have a new card on order. Just an FYI for people with this card (or other Audigy). Try removing it and see if it fixes the problem.

[berfles12]

I was continually crashing to the desktop as well, both before and after the patch. I suspected it was sound related and removed my Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS card (in a win XP system). The problem has disappeared and the game runs just fine now (albeit without sound).

This is not the first game that has given me issues and as such I have a new card on order. Just an FYI for people with this card (or other Audigy). Try removing it and see if it fixes the problem.

That's the one I have. I thought about removing it and going with onboard sound but never got around to it. Then it just stopped crashing.

It's the worst sound card I've ever used. Nothing but problems any time I tried updating drivers, and any error is usually because of it. Maybe if Creative would get their heads out of their asses and code some worthwhile drivers it wouldn't suck so bad, but I'll never buy another Creative product as long as I live.

[wobbler]

It has nothing to do with sound. I have onboard sound and experience CTD issue. Once I even turned my sound card off but it didn`t help

[bholmes4]

It has nothing to do with sound. I have onboard sound and experience CTD issue. Once I even turned my sound card off but it didn`t help

Well yours may not have to do with the sound card but mine was definitely the problem.

[berfles12]

Well yours may not have to do with the sound card but mine was definitely the problem.

Yes, everyone has a different issue. Any time my computer crashes it's related to this stupid *** sound card.

[nadotorres88]

hi. i've a very bad problem cause when i play after a few minutes al the sistem shout down and i have to restart the computer. have you the solution? i wonder it isn't a graphic problem cause i have a hd and 2GB RAM.

[wobbler]

Some new solutions? I installed the patch but now the game won`t start. I click on icon but nothing happens

[shevagate7]

ok i think the problem has something to do with the cache files

my problem is/was that the game would crash when performing a certain layup from a certain angle and sometimes after i hit exit at the end of the game. usually on the second in a row game but sometimes in the first too (believe me when i say it's very annoying, especially when having 8min quarters .
i played the game for several months without having the "crash on the end" problem until i applied the patch...

so i downloaded a pirate version to try it without the patch.. crash was still there
but when i deleted the cache files i managed to play 2 games in a row, and not get crashed on that crashy layup..
so i apply the patch on the pirated version and crashes were back...

i'm not saying it's the patch, cause i know people had similar ctd problems before it. but what i am saying is that it's the solution for some people and it's worth giving it a shot

vista users can find the cache files folder on

C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Roaming\2K Sports\NBA 2K9\Cache

xp users, unfortunately i don't know :/

i'm gonna keep updating on my situation!
please do the same so we can find a solution cause 2k obviously has her attention in console versions of the game

[shevagate7]

crashes are over... i kept deleting the cache files an now i have no crashes at all and i don't even have to delete the cache files regular..

i just hope i helped someone!! cheers from greece!

[hump]

Could it be your soundcard, I have the same problem (audigy 2zs, latest drivers). Try to reduce the hardware acceleration:
# Click Start, click Run, type dxdiag in the Open box, and then click OK.
# Click the Sound tab.
# Under DirectX Features, move the Hardware Sound Acceleration Level slider to the left (2x,minimum)

This way you cay play without re-booting problems problems.

[evilcode]

Hey every 1,
i'm new in this forum coze i love Basket and i love NBA game too, anyway this is my PC configuration :

++CPU
Number of CPU(s) One Physical Processor / One Core / One Logical Processor / 32 bits
Instructions MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE
Original System Clock 133 MHz
System Clock 133.3 MHz
FSB 266.7 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache 64 KBytes
L2 Cache 256 KBytes
CPU AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Sys Name : Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
Features Terminal Services in Remote Admin Mode, Uniprocessor Free
Kernel Version 5.1.2600.5657
Security 128 bits
Build Lab 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236
Windows Update's version number 7.2.6001.788

++MotherBoard
Model K7S8X.
North Bridge SiS 746FX Revision 10
Cpu Socket Socket A (462)

++Graphic Card
Number of GPUs 2
Display Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Video Processor GeForce 7600 GT
Video memory size 256 MBytes
Adapter DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
BIOS String Version 5.73.22.51.00
Driver Version 6.14.11.6218
Driver Date 2007-06-28 22:43:00

++DirectX
DirectX 9.0c
Driver Name nv4_disp.dll
Driver Description NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Driver Version 6.14.11.6218
WHQL Level 0 0

++Memory
2Go DDR

So this is all data i can provide, but u will say Nvidia driver are not updated, and it's correct, i've tried all the last nvidia Drivers but they bug with games, i have many games in my PC, like Americas Army, GTA SA, NFS MW, PES 2k9, & all this games work fine with the current nVidia Driver.

Last day i've tried installing NBA 2k9 in another PC, so i've installer Windows 7 RC in this machine then i've installed NBA 2K9 In Windows 7, Windows display a big error message saying something like " this program need "vcredist_x86" and this message mean "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)" so i've installed it and then he have update some package like ".net Framework 3.0 & 3.0 SP1" then "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package SP1 (x86)" and game started in windows 7 without problem's little bit slow but game started.

Now back to my Pc with Nvidia card 7600 GT, game start but he crash when match loading, i can hear the supporters sounds and ambiance soud in the stadium, for 1 sec & he crash to Desktop.

this is a screenshot of my problem :

http://www.internetpoint.be/nba_bug.jpg

as u can see in the picture the back screens bugs, and if i can resolve this i can play the game too :) anyway i would only share with u this experience with Max details, maybe in all this details u will fine the good way !!

if any 1 have any suggestion i'm ready to explore it too.

[bballcid]

Always crashes to blue screen. Re-installed, in safe mode many times. ...etc...called tech support....no answers. Sometimes I finish a whole game...and them crash! I have MLB 2k9 and no problems...other games don't have this problem. I'm ready to give up.

[NeSeNVi]

Always crashes to blue screen. Re-installed, in safe mode many times. ...etc...called tech support....no answers. Sometimes I finish a whole game...and them crash! I have MLB 2k9 and no problems...other games don't have this problem. I'm ready to give up.

Hey, how can we help you without your PC specification like CPU, GPU, RAM, PSU, OS and installed drivers (version)?

[bballcid]

My Bad! Asus p5qc motherboard
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 260

Display Memory: 896.0 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Sound Devices
-------------
Description: SB Audigy 4 [EC00] (emulated)

[bballcid]

windows XP home

[NeSeNVi]

Dunno why you have random crashing in NBA 2k9... Maybe it's because of too high temperature, maybe it's because of Windows Home version (not windows xp professional), maybe it's because you have some 'mess' in your system... i guess...

I don't know is this game use 4core CPU so try to set Processor Affinity on NBA 2k9 (in Windows Task Manager for example) for:
- only CPU 0, CPU 1 and CPU 2 and test;
- if not works, set only CPU 0 and CPU 1 and test.

However, I don't know is this sth change. I remember there was a thread about SB sounds card making crash the game and I bet this is a problem, because you have SB Audigy 4 emulated. I suggest turn it off and use integrated for tests.