Crash When Loading a Character
Join works. The crash is when the freemode ped is created (SET_PLAYER_MODEL / appearance restore). The pack does not need to be the clothes on the ped — collections load with the model.
Difficulty: Intermediate · Affects: both
Crash on character load
mp_m_freemode_01 / mp_f_freemode_01 · Intermediate
Cause
YMT / metadata for that gender. Female-only crashes are the classic signature.
Confirm
Spawn the other gender. Disable clothing → spawn works. Revert game build → spawn works. Search logs for TxdStore / Invalid fixup / 0x00a1cadd00108836.
Fix: Count YMTs for the crashing gender. Remove or merge collections. Test male and female after every change.
Other paths
| YMT over budget | Count that gender. Do not add male + female. | ymt-limits | |
| ERR_MEM on spawn | Saved hair / mask alternate variations while the ped is created. | err-mem-multi-alloc-free | |
| Named YDD | Invalid fixup on a drawable the spawn outfit uses. | invalid-fixup | |
| Broke after a game-build change | Revert the build. If spawn returns, the pack did not go corrupt. | crash-after-game-build-change |
Same isolation as Crash on Join once you know it is clothing. Count with How to Count YMTs.
What not to do
WARNING
Clear cache first
Character-load YMT crashes do not care about cache.
WARNING
Add male + female into one count
A female-only crash is a female-YMT clue.