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[OBSOLETE] Xort Crash Fix
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[OBSOLETE] Xort Crash Fix

Description
The recent updates have finally fixed this crash officially, marking this obsolete!

Have you ever crashed in the first map of interloper because of the xorts (xen vortigaunts)? So have we! CC doesn't seem to want to fix this so it's left to the community to. How this works: This comes packaged with a plugin that hooks onto the function that causes this crash, and fixes the issue, the lack of a null check.



How to install
Unfortunately, it isn't subscribe and don't think about it. There is one thing you must do.

Head over to where black mesa is installed, which can be found by opening steam, right clicking on Black Mesa, Manage > Browse local files.

Once here, open the bms and then the cfg folder.

Once here, if you don't see an autoexec.cfg, make one. If you do, simply edit it.

What you want to add to the file is exactly this
plugin_load ../../../workshop/content/362890/2890432063/xortfix

And that's it! You (hopefully!) shouldn't see any more Xort related crashes.


WARNING

Do NOT play on servers with this mod enabled! You might get VAC Banned!

Playing singleplayer is completely safe, and so is playing on insecure servers (servers without VAC on).

To disable the mod, simply take out what we added into the autoexec above, and restart the game.

Credits
KyuuGryphon - Testing
PluMGMK - Finding out the cause of crash
Contributors of SPT[github.com]
24 Comments
PluMGMK 5 Apr, 2024 @ 12:51pm 
Yeah, I played through with the "plugin_load" commented out, and I only got one crash in the first Xort room, which I think was unrelated. I guess they beefed up the protections to ensure no null pointer would get passed to the function (as opposed to simply checking for a null pointer in the function itself…)
Tmob  [author] 4 Apr, 2024 @ 6:41pm 
It is no longer necessary I believe. I haven't tested it myself, but talks in the discord say it is fixed. I plan on marking this obsolete when the beta goes onto the main branch!
PluMGMK 3 Apr, 2024 @ 4:41am 
So is this still necessary with the new "public beta" released last month? A preliminary look at the contents of server.dll suggests the root cause still hasn't been addressed, but I haven't actually tried out the game yet (will do soon)…
フタナリ 19 Sep, 2023 @ 9:12pm 
I can provide a vid if you need to see where exactly my game crashes
フタナリ 19 Sep, 2023 @ 8:01pm 
I looked through the forums and there are number of concerns about the crashes in that chapter. For my experience, it is similar to this one

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/362890/discussions/0/3802778829227503493/
Tmob  [author] 19 Sep, 2023 @ 7:35pm 
I have not heard of a crash there. I'd have to get it myself or for a detailed report to fix it. Sorry :/
フタナリ 19 Sep, 2023 @ 6:55pm 
Can you also do the Gonarch's Lair as well? My game crashes everytime I jump down the cave
TechnoSparks 30 Jul, 2023 @ 10:33am 
I was playing through BM and left a good review in the midst of playthrough. Until I faced with the crash in interloper. Honestly disappointed with how CC is handling this situation. Super cringe
Tmob  [author] 17 Jul, 2023 @ 3:46am 
Yes, for many people. It doesn't occur on every play-through though
Garry :з 17 Jul, 2023 @ 3:25am 
there was a crash?