Crash: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0CA32C3F 00:00000000 while in multi-player

[N206LG]

I've had a number of crashes while running in multiplayer with my new system. It looks like a memory exception. This made we wonder if I had defective RAM but my systems seems to pass the bootable memory tester from Microsoft so I'm not sure what's happening. If I could get confirmation or denial that it is a hardware problem, that would be wonderful. Then I know to replace my RAM or wait for beta software updates.

Here are the relevant log files.

The actual crash quoted in the title is from `dcs.log.old` . I wasn't sure how much info you wanted so I included all log files in the directory. This is the Steam version of DCS, by the way.

dcs.log.old

dcs.log-20220916-192637.zip dcs.log

[Flappie]

Hi. It looks like a sound issue, since the crash comes from ed_sound.dll:

2022-09-16 19:25:20.824 INFO    NET: Current ping: 86.9ms
2022-09-16 19:25:31.515 WARNING FLIGHT: crew 2 wCarrierCrew::reset_LA()
2022-09-16 19:25:50.824 INFO    NET: Current ping: 87.7ms
2022-09-16 19:26:20.825 INFO    NET: Current ping: 86.9ms
2022-09-16 19:26:37.053 INFO    EDCORE: try to write dump information
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
2022-09-16 19:26:37.062 INFO    EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 528, UserName: 'micha'
2022-09-16 19:26:37.063 INFO    EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.19044 () 0x100-0x1
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000002C3F (ed_sound): ed_qtree_parse + 0x14F
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000089A7 (ed_sound): SND_host_update + 0x2527
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000004AEC (ed_sound): SND_process + 0x29C
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000085DCB2 (DCS): SW + 0x537E42
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000827844 (DCS): SW + 0x5019D4
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000827C1D (DCS): SW + 0x501DAD
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000001D4A4C7 (DCS): AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance + 0xED64C3
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000A72AAE (DCS): SW + 0x74CC3E
2022-09-16 19:26:37.438 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000017034 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14
2022-09-16 19:26:37.439 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000052651 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21
2022-09-16 19:26:37.625 INFO    EDCORE: Minidump created.

 

Apart from this, I see a recurring error in one of your export scripts:

2022-09-16 19:16:31.196 ERROR   Lua::Config: Call error LuaExportAfterNextFrame:[string "C:\Users\micha\Saved Games\DCS\Scripts\Export_BEH_Motion_Cls.lua"]:51: attempt to index local 'angVel' (a nil value)

Please rename your "Scripts" folder, so the game cannot find it (e.g. "Scritps_bak"). Does your game keeps crashing?

If so, ask Steam to verify DCS files.

[N206LG]

Will do. Thanks for the reply.

[N206LG]

The problem has been solved. It appears to have been an issue with a power management driver. I say appears because more than one driver was updated.

[Flappie]

Thanks for your feedback.

Do you have the name of this power management driver? It might help others.