This is one of those odd situations where the silly idea works. I use this idea of using Quick Save(F5)and it often works. Granted, in BashTV there is no save, but elsewhere except for Sewers it seems to work. Why? Beats the hell outa me, but it keeps me playing.
I'm on my 2nd play through and still having a blast.
I'd been using the aforementioned quicksaving trick practically the instant I knew there was a problem with CTD's. It's been a lifesaver. Basically saw there was a quicksave option, was all like "awesome, just like back in the day" and use it like every 5-10 minutes.
For the record, up until MBTV all my CTD's were more-or-less completely random, and therefore more-or-less tolerable. While most of the graphical issues can be attributed to hardware, drivers, and the like, this is not so easily dismissed. I really hope that iD gets a patch out in the next day, because I've been enjoying the game a lot up until now, and this is just frustrating.
I think at this point its pure dumb luck to escape Mutant Bash TV. I'm on my 2nd play through and it took me 7 runs to finally make it out.
and make a map called: id software
in that folder make one called: rage in lower case
then run the game and enjoy
(solved the issue for me directly)
[Edited by donstrijb999, 10/9/2011 6:53:21 AM]