Alright so the title is a bit overly dramatic but ever since the steam update early December everything has been a mess.
You might remember my earlier thread here.
The problem has been documented online and apparently fixed and yet I am having nothing but issues.
So for some context, I am a HEAVY controller user. I love BPM and use it constantly. After an early December update, steam started to crash constantly.
I've narrowed it down to the following that can cause the issue:
- Switching from my monitor over to my TV (both are always plugged into my PC but only 1 is ever active, never caused issues before update).
- Turning on a controller and then attempting to launch BPM (tried with 360, Steam Controller and DS4).
- Inserting my wireless mouse dongle can cause it to crash.
- Switching to my TV, playing a game perfectly through BPM and then later switching back to my monitor causes it to crash.
- Switching from/to steam beta can and has caused it to crash.
I've tried both beta and non-beta, deleting all steam files and re-downloading them, running as admin/compatibility mode, updating graphics card drivers.
The WORST part by far is that when it crashes it's impossible to get it to launch again without restarting the PC, even with re-downloading all the steam files.
One possible full-time solution is disconnecting all controllers. Not a solution I obviously want.
One reddit user did say it was potentially an nvidia service crashing (that instantly restarts) and steam having trouble with it and then crashing. I don't think this applies to me but I can't be sure. Here is another post on the issue (the workaround fix didn't work for me).
Any tips Gaf? Anyone else having such huge issues with this update?
You might remember my earlier thread here.
The problem has been documented online and apparently fixed and yet I am having nothing but issues.
So for some context, I am a HEAVY controller user. I love BPM and use it constantly. After an early December update, steam started to crash constantly.
I've narrowed it down to the following that can cause the issue:
- Switching from my monitor over to my TV (both are always plugged into my PC but only 1 is ever active, never caused issues before update).
- Turning on a controller and then attempting to launch BPM (tried with 360, Steam Controller and DS4).
- Inserting my wireless mouse dongle can cause it to crash.
- Switching to my TV, playing a game perfectly through BPM and then later switching back to my monitor causes it to crash.
- Switching from/to steam beta can and has caused it to crash.
I've tried both beta and non-beta, deleting all steam files and re-downloading them, running as admin/compatibility mode, updating graphics card drivers.
The WORST part by far is that when it crashes it's impossible to get it to launch again without restarting the PC, even with re-downloading all the steam files.
One possible full-time solution is disconnecting all controllers. Not a solution I obviously want.
One reddit user did say it was potentially an nvidia service crashing (that instantly restarts) and steam having trouble with it and then crashing. I don't think this applies to me but I can't be sure. Here is another post on the issue (the workaround fix didn't work for me).
Any tips Gaf? Anyone else having such huge issues with this update?