My ongoing list of crashes

ChitownFreeze

So my game crashes basically every time I play it. I decided about a month ago to start making a log of every crash, with a little detail for each one about what was going on in the game at the time, and whatever crash information I could gather from the "not responding" dialog box. This is my on-going log, trying to see whether there's a common theme amongst all of the instances. In many cases I can't get any information out, but I'm going to document everything that I can. I'll just keep updating this as time goes on.

Some common crash themes:

<ul><li>Many times I hear an infinite loop of machine gun fire. This usually occurs when I encounter a cluster of marines as an alien and they are all firing at the same time. I've noticed this pattern a number of times, so I think there's something sound-related to at least a fair number of these crashes.</li><li>Texture glitches preceding a crash. I often get blue checkerboard graphics glitches in game, and these almost always are signs of an impending crash. There are different kinds of glitches, but the most common is the appearance of these checkerboard images directly on top of the other players in the game (both skulks and marines). I wish I had a screenshot of them, but I can't seem to locate any (for some reason screenshots don't always work in NS2). I've gotten used to them now, and so if the round has just started, or I just joined the server, I'll exit and restart NS2 because I know a crash is coming. If I'm deep into the game, I just let it crash on me so that I can rejoin the server and not lose my personal resources. A weird case happened to me tonight, where I got checkerboards in front of my view as soon as I bought a dual exo gun. There were two distinct rectangles, overlapped on top of each other. One was fixed, always in the same spot, while the second would rotate around the center of my view as I changed my viewing angle. I was actually able to get a look at the log.txt file that came up after it crashed, and the following two lines were repeated a few thousand times:

Error: Couldn't load 'models/marine/exosuit/exosuit_view_spec.dds'
Error: Couldn't load 'models/marine/exosuit/minigun_view_spec.dds'

I think this one was actually submitted, but I don't remember now. I saved off the entire log file so I can start a running collection of those, as well.</li></ul>

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->12-20-12
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    COMCTL32.dll
  Fault Module Version:    5.82.7601.17514
  Fault Module Timestamp:    4ce7b82c
  Exception Code:    c0000094
  Exception Offset:    00058c19
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    d6c0
  Additional Information 2:    d6c0068c2db9e66c23efe0d7d671fe51
  Additional Information 3:    c42e
  Additional Information 4:    c42e9b2598c4fd4ec6a30001e6129751

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12-21-12
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Description:
  A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    AppHangB1
  Application Name:    NS2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Hang Signature:    c783
  Hang Type:    2048
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Hang Signature 1:    c78356d90a48f6ff84a6a27fe1b482e3
  Additional Hang Signature 2:    8f15
  Additional Hang Signature 3:    8f15224f106510985be2d70b3544fae6
  Additional Hang Signature 4:    c783
  Additional Hang Signature 5:    c78356d90a48f6ff84a6a27fe1b482e3
  Additional Hang Signature 6:    8f15
  Additional Hang Signature 7:    8f15224f106510985be2d70b3544fae6

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1-1-13: Just spawned as a marine
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    Spark_Render.dll
  Fault Module Version:    0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:    50d36015
  Exception Code:    40000015
  Exception Offset:    0001d86b
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    59fb
  Additional Information 2:    59fbe518e806b0d9959ced6d4cbdd14c
  Additional Information 3:    3aec
  Additional Information 4:    3aec687b8415dcb1ea8f69c307a88291

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1-2-13: Marine, firing at lerk and skulk
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    COMCTL32.dll
  Fault Module Version:    5.82.7601.17514
  Fault Module Timestamp:    4ce7b82c
  Exception Code:    c0000094
  Exception Offset:    00058c19
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    d6c0
  Additional Information 2:    d6c0068c2db9e66c23efe0d7d671fe51
  Additional Information 3:    c42e
  Additional Information 4:    c42e9b2598c4fd4ec6a30001e6129751

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1-3-13: Marine, about to spawn
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    Spark_Render.dll
  Fault Module Version:    0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:    50d36015
  Exception Code:    40000015
  Exception Offset:    0001d86b
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    59fb
  Additional Information 2:    59fbe518e806b0d9959ced6d4cbdd14c
  Additional Information 3:    3aec
  Additional Information 4:    3aec687b8415dcb1ea8f69c307a88291

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1-3-13
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version:    6.1.7601.17965
  Fault Module Timestamp:    506dbd3f
  Exception Code:    e06d7363
  Exception Offset:    0000c6e3
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    c898
  Additional Information 2:    c898b0dee356495882ae14984cc1b8e9
  Additional Information 3:    66c1
  Additional Information 4:    66c1c09cafdc009e5b9d58cf6710ed4a

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1-10-13 in the process of joining a server, got to 10% precaching
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version:    6.1.7601.17965
  Fault Module Timestamp:    506dbd3f
  Exception Code:    e06d7363
  Exception Offset:    0000c6e3
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    3c9b
  Additional Information 2:    3c9b0d1fb276c96ec0ad5e2d51ca9d04
  Additional Information 3:    726d
  Additional Information 4:    726d33637010a1815c6758cb587d370b

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1-11-13, about to enter the map, precache 100% complete
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    StackHash_86b5
  Fault Module Version:    0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:    00000000
  Exception Code:    c000008f
  Exception Offset:    00000000
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    86b5
  Additional Information 2:    86b5f99802d605bd14ec60f94967d974
  Additional Information 3:    7bd3
  Additional Information 4:    7bd3cfc7fca91a03e43a80c270020fe1

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1-13-13, firing as a marine
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version:    6.1.7601.18015
  Fault Module Timestamp:    50b83b16
  Exception Code:    e06d7363
  Exception Offset:    0000812f
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    c898
  Additional Information 2:    c898b0dee356495882ae14984cc1b8e9
  Additional Information 3:    2c98
  Additional Information 4:    2c987f32aef981245c5190dd7a758a49

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1-13-13
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Description:
  A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    AppHangB1
  Application Name:    NS2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Hang Signature:    01b4
  Hang Type:    2048
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Hang Signature 1:    01b4f88f65735f769280a43d329199d4
  Additional Hang Signature 2:    5767
  Additional Hang Signature 3:    576701482591d6b04c9c6dd7fd3a723f
  Additional Hang Signature 4:    01b4
  Additional Hang Signature 5:    01b4f88f65735f769280a43d329199d4
  Additional Hang Signature 6:    5767
  Additional Hang Signature 7:    576701482591d6b04c9c6dd7fd3a723f

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1-15-13: textures messed up immediately before
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50d36033
  Fault Module Name:    KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version:    6.1.7601.18015
  Fault Module Timestamp:    50b83b16
  Exception Code:    e06d7363
  Exception Offset:    0000812f
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    c898
  Additional Information 2:    c898b0dee356495882ae14984cc1b8e9
  Additional Information 3:    2c98
  Additional Information 4:    2c987f32aef981245c5190dd7a758a49

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1-17-13: marines firing
=========================
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50f703a9
  Fault Module Name:    KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version:    6.1.7601.18015
  Fault Module Timestamp:    50b83b16
  Exception Code:    e06d7363
  Exception Offset:    0000812f
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    c898
  Additional Information 2:    c898b0dee356495882ae14984cc1b8e9
  Additional Information 3:    2c98
  Additional Information 4:    2c987f32aef981245c5190dd7a758a49

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1-18-13:
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Description:
  A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    AppHangB1
  Application Name:    NS2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50f703a9
  Hang Signature:    6251
  Hang Type:    2048
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Hang Signature 1:    6251fc6184d6a74b81a6c29573532ec2
  Additional Hang Signature 2:    730f
  Additional Hang Signature 3:    730f5b27bb3982cbb8ebe7be51ffd672
  Additional Hang Signature 4:    6251
  Additional Hang Signature 5:    6251fc6184d6a74b81a6c29573532ec2
  Additional Hang Signature 6:    730f
  Additional Hang Signature 7:    730f5b27bb3982cbb8ebe7be51ffd672

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1-19-13: just finished loading ns_refinery, before ready room
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50f703a9
  Fault Module Name:    StackHash_86b5
  Fault Module Version:    0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:    00000000
  Exception Code:    c000008f
  Exception Offset:    00000000
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    86b5
  Additional Information 2:    86b5f99802d605bd14ec60f94967d974
  Additional Information 3:    a1cc
  Additional Information 4:    a1cc38fcaa5bc5bb0c2dba5cafeec14d

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1-22-13: jetpack, flame thrower, firing at a cyst
======================================================
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    ns2.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    50f703a9
  Fault Module Name:    KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version:    6.1.7601.18015
  Fault Module Timestamp:    50b83b16
  Exception Code:    e06d7363
  Exception Offset:    0000812f
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033

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Whosat

Try deleting the "cache" folder in %APPDATA%\Natural Selection 2\

IronHorse

This looks like a bad install. Completely delete your hidden ns2 folder in appdata, and then uninstall through steam and completely re install.
Alternatively you could verify integrity of cache, but its hit and miss for solving this problem.

You obviously need and shouldnt be missing those DDS files.
Also, what are your in game settings? Are you using texture streaming?