Crashing, Freezes, and Multiplayer FPS slow

[Snacko]

Hoping for Fixes and a new Stock Release 2.5:

This is a beta, so I know it's not finished yet. But I'm getting to the point of not wanting to play if I get freezes and crashes mid-flight. And I can't join most Multiplayer servers, which can also freeze and crash. Why even play if it locks up right when making an attack or approach? That is so annoying! :doh::huh::wallbash:

 

I know I can play the stock game. So I'm being patient. I am just getting frustrated because as you see below there are issues. Are many others having these problems? If this is just me, or a few of us. Then maybe it's "our" systems that need fixing??

 

:dunno: Is there a list of known issues that ED is known to be addressing? That would be helpful at least to know it's a game issue, or my pc's issue..

 

Crash on Exit:

I've had the game crashing for over 6 months every time I close the game. That's not so bad if it just happens when I exit. But it happens. And the log and Windows Event Viewer indicate it's:

 

• DX11Backend.dll
  
• ntdll.dll
  

 

Freezes and Crashes:

This often doesn't write anything to the log. But if it does it seems to also be:

• DX11Backend.dll
  

 

Multi-Player Framerate very slow:

It seems to be very slow on servers with high pings. But I have not done any tests. I do know that it never used to be this way in 1.5, and I also don't remember it being as bad in 2.2. But it was slow. But I could scroll through the aircraft list with a lot of lag and select a plane.

 

While this seems to be a 'new' issue, it has been around for a while in 1.5. It just seems a bit worse now. Whereas before it was bad lag. There is no log or Windows Event to report for this.

 

 

What I've done to try and fix these problems:

• Uninstalled all of my Mods.
  
• Ran DCSUpdate.exe cleanup
  
• Ran DCSUpdate.exe repair
  
• Renamed my "..\Saved Games\DCS" folder and the game built a new one.
  
• Uninstalled all of my Mods.
  
• Uninstalled all of my C++ Redistributables and reinstalled with the latest versions.
  
• Updated my ASUS BIOS from the 2 year old 1601 to the latests 3703.
  
• Full System Scan with Kaspersky AV.
  
• Reinstalled DirectX **
  

 

** There is no 'download' to install DirectX anymore. It's part of the Windows 10 install. Since I have been getting the DX11Backend.dll as the culprit for most of my crashes, I wondered if part of DirectX might be corrupt.

 

So, this is stupid. DirectX is not in your Windows/Settings/Apps list. So, you cannot uninstall or repair it! The best I could find was an obscure post about running a DirectX Web installer and then a June 2010 Redistributable that would then look at the version that I have and do something?

 

Next:

My next step is to update my graphics drivers again, and test.

Then, download and reinstall everything.

I don't know what else to do...

Edited February 20, 2018 by Snacko

[BIGNEWY]

Hi Snacko

 

thanks for the info

 

ED are working on a memory problem that seems to be more prevalent in multiplayer. This is why ED have not pushed it to the release branch yet.

[Snacko]

Thanks BIGNEWY.

 

Do you know if the other issues I am having are common, or is it just me? It would be helpful to know if it's my pc or not. Mainly the freezing and crashing. And the apparent DX11Backend.dll and/or ntdll.dll possibilities?

[BIGNEWY]

They seem to be common, and related to the memory issue.

 

You should see your RAM increase until it either freezes or crashes.

 

Dont worry ED are working on it.

[feefifofum]

I have a very similar rig, only with a slightly older i7, a little less RAM, and a non-TI 1080. Haven't seen any of those particular issues and ran a 3-hour 12-man op with a few hundred units and heavy scripting on HF3 last Sunday.

I know it stinks to be one of the ones having problems, but 2.5 isn't a disaster for everybody and ED are working hard to fix the issues so that everyone can enjoy it.

:thumbup:

 

Video drivers etc. all up to date on your end?

[Snacko]

Well, that give me an idea. I have ASUS RamCache running on some of my memory. I'm going to disable that and see.. Thx.

[Snacko]

Hmmm.. Here is just one test after turning off my Asus RamCache, which I had set to cache 30gig(half) of my memory for my D: drive.

 

The most amazing thing was I Exited DCS without a crash for the first time in forever! :cheer3nc:

 

As you can see after 20 mins, my Memory use went down.. This is not a comparison of memory use before/after RamCache was turned off. This is interesting though and I will do that test later today.