PC crash when i open steam chat

[Lushi]

Hello,i have experienced this a lot of times and it keeps getting annoying. Especially in RP moments.

When im opening steam chat by Shift + Tab my gmod just freezes and the sound is bugged(i hear the last sound constantly) and then my screen just goes black. I cant even turn the PC off by pressing the button on the system block so i just have to unplug it.

Had anyone experienced it? It gets annoying,it happened to me like 3 times in RP when i was raiding/getting raided. And it often resulted in my friends getting stuck inside my property.

Pls help

 

[chopperr]

Go into the Steam settings -> In Game -> Overlay Shortcut keys, then change the keybind.

If that doesn't work, just disable it and alt tab to the steam chat app itself and respond there

 

[omega]

I had a similar thing but it instead happened when I attempted to tab out, changing my display thing from fullscreen to borderless fixed it for me

 

[Lushi]

I had a similar thing but it instead happened when I attempted to tab out, changing my display thing from fullscreen to borderless fixed it for me

when i changed it to borderless my pc turned off

edit: nvm i pressed the turn off button with my leg

 

[Ailohas]

I hade this problem, my solution was to update my graphics drivers and it hasnt crashed so far.

 

[chopperr]

when i changed it to borderless my pc turned off

right click gmod in steam > properties > launch options > put this in "-windowed -noborder" without the "

 

[24k3]

Hello,i have experienced this a lot of times and it keeps getting annoying. Especially in RP moments.

When im opening steam chat by Shift + Tab my gmod just freezes and the sound is bugged(i hear the last sound constantly) and then my screen just goes black. I cant even turn the PC off by pressing the button on the system block so i just have to unplug it.

Had anyone experienced it? It gets annoying,it happened to me like 3 times in RP when i was raiding/getting raided. And it often resulted in my friends getting stuck inside my property.

Pls help

me and @6tens have the same issue pls help

 

[Ailohas]

I hade this problem, my solution was to update my graphics drivers and it hasnt crashed so far.

I was mistaken. My best guess is that maybe its a bug?

 

[Bertie]

@Lushi a few things you could try is

- Make sure your gmod is running in windowed borderless either in launch options or in game as @omega said

- try tabbing out in game and turning off and on steam overlay

- updating graphics drivers

- possibly another overlay conflicting with steam overlay (if it happens in other games other than gmod)

- make sure you’re running gmod on the chromium branch

- lastly try verifying integrity of files

If none work I have no idea hopefully one does work for you

 

[Exana]

Try disabling these two options in your steam settings

 

[MILKY]

1. disable steam overlay (most common fix)

• right click gmod in steam > properties
• uncheck “enable steam overlay while in-game”
• launch and test again

2. check your steam beta settings

• open steam > settings > interface
• look for “Beta Participation”
• set it to “None – Opt out of all beta programs”
• restart steam
  (also check gmod betas too)
• right click gmod > properties > betas
• make sure it’s set to “none” unless you're intentionally using a specific one

3. update your gpu drivers

• go to nvidia / amd / intel’s site
• get the latest drivers for your graphics card
• install + restart

4. verify gmod game files

• steam > right click gmod > properties > installed files > verify integrity
• this checks for any broken files

5. disable other overlays (discord, geforce, etc)

• stuff like discord overlay or shadowplay can mess with gmod
• try turning them off while playing

6. launch options for gmod
try using these in gmod’s launch options: -windowed -noborder -novid -nojoy

7. install / update directx + visual c++ runtimes

• DirectX End-User Runtime
• Visual C++ Redistributables (2015–2022)
  
  
  Hope it works out

 

[Ailohas]

From my understanding multiple people are suffering from this issue so frankly it might not be a system or file error but more of a bug in garry's mod