effects.dll crashes

With 1.2.0 I often have the sim crashing when some explosions occur.

The error seems to be with the effects.dll (Also had that during the A-10C beta, back then).

My system:

i7 920 2.67 Ghz

8 GB RAM (I know I'm not using all of them with my OS)

Nvidia GTS250 1024 MB

Win XP 32 bit

Sometimes I can fly for hours and shoot up stuff with those cool new explosions (looks very good).

Other times I get the crash very frequently.

The sim stops and I get a black screen, followed by the error report soon after. Then it goes back to the GUI.

FinnJ

Please include log files when this happens and your DXdiag.

And for the love of god, ditch XP ;)

Nate

Ok

Here are the DCS.log and DXDiag.txt files:

FinnJ

Log_files.zip

OK can you confirm you have applied the /3gb tweak in my sig? Might not be related but I want to double check it.

Nate

OK can you confirm you have applied the /3gb tweak in my sig? Might not be related but I want to double check it.

 

Nate

Hi Nate

Yes I have.

Here are my boot.ini entries:

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /3gb /userva=2560

FinnJ

OK cool - keep an eye on this and post the logs of when this happens again. If you happen to note any patterns to it let me know.

Nate

OK cool - keep an eye on this and post the logs of when this happens again. If you happen to note any patterns to it let me know.

 

Nate

Not 100% sure, but it seems to happen when something explodes.

The sim locks up and the sounds repeatly stutters. Then there is quite som Harddisk activity and a popup error message (standard Windows) mostly with effects.dll mentioned as the cause for the crash.

Clicking "Don´t send" will get me back to the GUI where my P-51D is listed with a bunch of defective systems, though I didn´t crash or got hit.

It sometimes happens when I fly through the smoke of some shot up objects.

NOTE!!

We also had this during the DCS A-10C Beta, but was fixed. At least I see it very selvdom in that sim.

I have mostly been flying the P-51 in DCS World 1.2.0 so i don´t know if it still happens in the KA-50 or A-10.

FinnJ

Next log

This time the sim crashed with the A-10 after I dropped some CBU-97.

The cluster munition exploded and I could fly for some minutes, but as I passed overhead the target at low altitude I got the crash.

This time the Modname was listed as "Unknown" and not "effects.dll"

Log file:

I also found some*.CRASH files which has been attached.

FinnJ

dcs.zip

Logs.zip