solved DCS Keeps crashing due to memory?

StrykeZ99 · September 11, 2022

Hey all,

I've been playing DCS for a long time now but I can't seem to figure out this problem.

Whilst playing DCS, sometimes for 10 minutes other times 30, in multiplayer, DCS just randomly crashes, no message 'DCS has crashed' no nothing. Just completely back to desktop. It happens every time DCS runs out of memory to use. I have tried the page file tip by Mustang to increase my virtual memory but it didn't change anything. I also tried decreasing it.

I could really use some help.

I've got GTX 1080 with 16 GB of RAM and and an AMD Ryzen 5600X

dcs.log dcs.20220911-164225.dmp dcs.20220911-164225.crash

Flappie · September 11, 2022

Hey. It seems your problem started with this error message:

2022-09-11 16:41:33.311 ERROR_ONCE DX11BACKEND: texture '/textures//liveries/f-14a-135-gr/vf-211 fighting checkmates 100 (2001)/HB_F14_LOD3_3in1_Nrm' not found. Asked from ''

One second later, your game froze ('sound render time exceeded' messages are a symptom of a frozen DCS):

2022-09-11 16:41:34.438 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.014454s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:36.095 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.014194s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:36.602 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.010658s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:36.968 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.047249s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:37.018 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.016965s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:37.284 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.042598s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:37.318 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.017448s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:37.343 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.011957s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
  ...

36 seconds later, DCS started complaining about a lack of memory to create shaders:

2022-09-11 16:42:13.156 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed to create shader resource view for /textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114/HB_F14_EXT_02_Nrm.dds. Reason: Not enough memory resources are available to complete this operation.

2022-09-11 16:42:13.309 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114/HB_F14_EXT_03.dds'. Reason: The request is not supported.

2022-09-11 16:42:13.309 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114/HB_F14_EXT_03_Nrm.dds'. Reason: The request is not supported.

2022-09-11 16:42:13.356 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114/HB_F14_EXT_03_RoughMet.dds'. Reason: The request is not supported.
  ...

Which eventually ended in a crash. The crash stack mentions 'WinfFileRO', which reminds me of this crash. Unfortunately, the user never answered.

2022-09-11 16:42:25.017 INFO    EDCORE: # -------------- 20220911-164225 --------------
2022-09-11 16:42:25.019 INFO    EDCORE: DCS/2.7.17.29493 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19044)
2022-09-11 16:42:25.021 INFO    EDCORE: D:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\edCore.dll
2022-09-11 16:42:25.023 INFO    EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 39168CBE 00:00000000
2022-09-11 16:42:25.043 INFO    EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;D:\DCS World OpenBeta;D:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 528, UserName: 'Coen Kolff'
2022-09-11 16:42:25.045 INFO    EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.19044 () 0x100-0x1
2022-09-11 16:42:25.066 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114 HB Weather/HB_F14_EXT_PHOENIXPYLONS.dds'. Reason: The request is not supported.

2022-09-11 16:42:25.192 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.010730s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:25.298 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed to create shader resource view for /textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114 HB Weather/HB_F14_EXT_03.dds. Reason: Not enough memory resources are available to complete this operation.

2022-09-11 16:42:25.299 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed to create shader resource view for /textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114 HB Weather/HB_F14_EXT_PYLONS_01_RoughMet.dds. Reason: Not enough memory resources are available to complete this operation.

2022-09-11 16:42:25.369 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.017944s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:25.922 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.030789s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:25.987 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.035869s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.048 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.061275s exceeded allowed slice of 0.012000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.070 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.021451s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.103 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.011532s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.147 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.044364s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.193 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.011512s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.377 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000E8CBE (edCore): edvfs::WinFileRO::getMetadata + 0xCE
2022-09-11 16:42:26.379 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000E8B95 (edCore): edvfs::WinFileRO::data + 0x15
2022-09-11 16:42:26.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000E309A (edCore): edvfs::Metadata::parseMetafile + 0x5C4A
2022-09-11 16:42:26.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000E2C42 (edCore): edvfs::Metadata::parseMetafile + 0x57F2
2022-09-11 16:42:26.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000007009 (renderer): render::openFirstOccurrence + 0x99
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000653A5 (dx11backend): (function-name not available) + 0x0
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000006837B (dx11backend): (function-name not available) + 0x0
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000038AC5 (dx11backend): (function-name not available) + 0x0
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000DB340 (edCore): ed::this_thread::yield + 0x30C0
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000D78A8 (edCore): ed::thread::_get_current_thread_id + 0x58
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000021BB2 (ucrtbase): _configthreadlocale + 0x92
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000017034 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14
2022-09-11 16:42:26.382 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000052651 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21
2022-09-11 16:42:26.714 INFO    EDCORE: Minidump created.

Frst thing first, you need to fix this F-14A-135-GR "vf-211 fighting checkmates 100 (2001)" livery issue:

Go to: "D:\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\F14\Liveries\F-14A-135-GR\".
Delete "VF-211 Fighting Checkmates 100 (2001).zip".
Run a DCS repair.

Once this is done, see if the game keeps crashing. If so, please report here and attach the most recent ZIP file you can find in your "Saved Games/DCS../Logs" folder.

StrykeZ99 · September 11, 2022

Thank you for your amazing response (And quick)! trying it as we speak!

Will inform you of the result

StrykeZ99 · September 11, 2022

3 hours ago, Flappie said:

Hey. It seems your problem started with this error message:

2022-09-11 16:41:33.311 ERROR_ONCE DX11BACKEND: texture '/textures//liveries/f-14a-135-gr/vf-211 fighting checkmates 100 (2001)/HB_F14_LOD3_3in1_Nrm' not found. Asked from ''

One second later, your game froze ('sound render time exceeded' messages are a symptom of a frozen DCS):

2022-09-11 16:41:34.438 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.014454s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:36.095 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.014194s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:36.602 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.010658s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:36.968 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.047249s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:37.018 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.016965s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:37.284 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.042598s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:37.318 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.017448s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:41:37.343 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.011957s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
  ...

36 seconds later, DCS started complaining about a lack of memory to create shaders:

2022-09-11 16:42:13.156 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed to create shader resource view for /textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114/HB_F14_EXT_02_Nrm.dds. Reason: Not enough memory resources are available to complete this operation.

2022-09-11 16:42:13.309 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114/HB_F14_EXT_03.dds'. Reason: The request is not supported.

2022-09-11 16:42:13.309 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114/HB_F14_EXT_03_Nrm.dds'. Reason: The request is not supported.

2022-09-11 16:42:13.356 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114/HB_F14_EXT_03_RoughMet.dds'. Reason: The request is not supported.
  ...

Which eventually ended in a crash. The crash stack mentions 'WinfFileRO', which reminds me of this crash. Unfortunately, the user never answered.

2022-09-11 16:42:25.017 INFO    EDCORE: # -------------- 20220911-164225 --------------
2022-09-11 16:42:25.019 INFO    EDCORE: DCS/2.7.17.29493 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19044)
2022-09-11 16:42:25.021 INFO    EDCORE: D:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\edCore.dll
2022-09-11 16:42:25.023 INFO    EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 39168CBE 00:00000000
2022-09-11 16:42:25.043 INFO    EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;D:\DCS World OpenBeta;D:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 528, UserName: 'Coen Kolff'
2022-09-11 16:42:25.045 INFO    EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.19044 () 0x100-0x1
2022-09-11 16:42:25.066 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114 HB Weather/HB_F14_EXT_PHOENIXPYLONS.dds'. Reason: The request is not supported.

2022-09-11 16:42:25.192 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.010730s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:25.298 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed to create shader resource view for /textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114 HB Weather/HB_F14_EXT_03.dds. Reason: Not enough memory resources are available to complete this operation.

2022-09-11 16:42:25.299 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed to create shader resource view for /textures/liveries/F-14A-135-GR/Top Gun 114 HB Weather/HB_F14_EXT_PYLONS_01_RoughMet.dds. Reason: Not enough memory resources are available to complete this operation.

2022-09-11 16:42:25.369 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.017944s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:25.922 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.030789s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:25.987 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.035869s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.048 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.061275s exceeded allowed slice of 0.012000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.070 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.021451s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.103 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.011532s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.147 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.044364s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.193 ERROR   SOUND: render time = 0.011512s exceeded allowed slice of 0.010000s
2022-09-11 16:42:26.377 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000E8CBE (edCore): edvfs::WinFileRO::getMetadata + 0xCE
2022-09-11 16:42:26.379 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000E8B95 (edCore): edvfs::WinFileRO::data + 0x15
2022-09-11 16:42:26.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000E309A (edCore): edvfs::Metadata::parseMetafile + 0x5C4A
2022-09-11 16:42:26.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000E2C42 (edCore): edvfs::Metadata::parseMetafile + 0x57F2
2022-09-11 16:42:26.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000007009 (renderer): render::openFirstOccurrence + 0x99
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000653A5 (dx11backend): (function-name not available) + 0x0
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000006837B (dx11backend): (function-name not available) + 0x0
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000038AC5 (dx11backend): (function-name not available) + 0x0
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000DB340 (edCore): ed::this_thread::yield + 0x30C0
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000D78A8 (edCore): ed::thread::_get_current_thread_id + 0x58
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000021BB2 (ucrtbase): _configthreadlocale + 0x92
2022-09-11 16:42:26.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000017034 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14
2022-09-11 16:42:26.382 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000052651 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21
2022-09-11 16:42:26.714 INFO    EDCORE: Minidump created.

Frst thing first, you need to fix this F-14A-135-GR "vf-211 fighting checkmates 100 (2001)" livery issue:

Go to: "D:\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\F14\Liveries\F-14A-135-GR\".
Delete "VF-211 Fighting Checkmates 100 (2001).zip".
Run a DCS repair.

Once this is done, see if the game keeps crashing. If so, please report here and attach the most recent ZIP file you can find in your "Saved Games/DCS../Logs" folder.

So, It looked like it fixed it, until it crashed again... I have added the most recent ZIP file but it is not the one from the most recent crash. The DCS log is.

dcs.log-20220911-201322.zip dcs.log

Flappie · September 11, 2022

Thanks. Although I had hope it was not, it seems to be a memory issue after all, since you keep getting the "not enough memory ..."message:

2022-09-11 21:02:25.282 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Can't load image '/textures/p51D_DIF_Fuz_Rear_RoughMet.tga'. Reason: Not enough memory resources are available to complete this operation.

2022-09-11 21:02:25.341 ERROR_ONCE DX11BACKEND: texture 'p51D_DIF_Fuz_Front_flir' not found. Asked from ''
2022-09-11 21:02:35.729 INFO    NET: Current ping: 15.5ms
2022-09-11 21:03:05.732 INFO    NET: Current ping: 16.1ms

I'm baffled, because: 1. you were playing over the Caucasus terrain, which is one of the less memory-greedy, 2. you have 16GB of memory + a >32 GB pagefile.

Please ensure none of your drives are full or nearly full: you want at least 50GB of free space in each one of them.

If you have plenty of drive space, try checking your RAM using MemTest86. You'll need a USB stick.

You can also try disabling your mods (I see at least A-4E, Hercules and Civil Aircraft).

StrykeZ99 · September 12, 2022

I've checked my RAM and it came out just fine. As for my drives, they have plenty of space.

So I turned to the mods. I disabled all of them using OVGME (except SRS) which didn't directly solve it but when I checked the saved games folder, there were a few mods which I apparently installed directly a long time ago. I removed those and kept the other mods disabled which looks like it did the trick. Only time will tell XD

Thanks for your help Flappie! And if it starts crashing again I'll just post here again...

Flappie · September 12, 2022

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

N206LG · September 17, 2022

This exact thing keeps happening to me as well; same symptoms you describe. The difference is I have added another 32GB of RAM (64GB total) and it still crashes. Sometimes silently, sometimes with a prompt to phone-home. I see this in the log file:

2022-09-16 19:26:37.055 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20220916-192637 --------------
2022-09-16 19:26:37.056 INFO EDCORE: DCS/2.7.17.29493 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19044)
2022-09-16 19:26:37.057 INFO EDCORE: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin\ed_sound.dll
2022-09-16 19:26:37.058 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0CA32C3F 00:00000000

Edited September 17, 2022 by N206LG
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Flappie · September 17, 2022

EDIT: I see you created your own thread, thanks.

Edited September 17, 2022 by Flappie

Obic · September 30, 2022

Did you check your memory kit with Mem86
I had a dead stick that was causing a lot of problem with my 64GB kit. (Patriot Viper Steel) Not too impress with it but their customer service was good.

I had a similar problem recently
Thought it was GPU OC , Windows , CPU , Mobo Bios, memory voltage, storage.
re-installed the whole Fking thing, reseated everything.

In the end DCS would run fine on the first 32GB Stick & 24GB or Vram, then when it tried to load the dead stick of ram & boom CTD including black screens.
Took the stick out did a 5 hours long missions in the heat of battle
Hold behold no cras

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