hollow steppe
Hey everyone,
I’ve been dealing with an issue where Garry’s Mod instantly crashes on launch.
I’ve tried just about every fix I could find, but nothing seems to work.
So far, I’ve tried:
Restarting Steam and my PC
Verifying game files and reinstalling the game on different drives
Running Steam and Garry’s Mod as administrator
Disabling antivirus and all overlays (Steam, Discord, etc.)
Clearing cache, config, and addon folders
Installing/reinstalling DirectX 9 and Visual C++ redistributables
Running SFC /scannow, DISM /RestoreHealth, and CHKDSK (no issues found)
Performing a factory reset via the provided .bat file
Using DDU for a clean GPU driver uninstall/reinstall
Trying older AMD graphics drivers
Switching between branches (x86-x64 and None)
Verifying and reinstalling all Source Engine games (Half-Life 1 and 2 work fine, but Garry’s Mod and Portal 2 both crash)
I also forwarded the .dmp file to the Gmod developers on GitHub, but it's been a week and yet no response.
Specs:
Windows 11
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Radeon Graphics (integrated)
32 GB RAM
Has anyone else run into this recently or found a workaround?
tropic raft