CTD

[Andrew u.k.]

Hi, 

Any help would really be appreciated. 

Dcs can run for 2-3 minutes and then crashes or it occasionally doesn't crash, I think it's fixed, I restart a miz and it crashes. 8 times out of 10 it crashes in 2-3 minutes. 

Benn flying with DCS for years and have never had this before.  

dcs.log dcs.log-20221128-211357.zip

[Flappie]

Hi. You have a LOT of errors in your log caused by Scripts\Hooks\SRSExport.lua and Scripts\Hooks\SRSExportsrs_bck.lua.

Rename your "Scripts\Export.lua" file to prevent DCS from loading it, then start DCS. Does it keep crashing?

[Andrew u.k.]

Hi Flappie, 

Many thanks for the reply. Export Lua renamed and I'm afraid that did not fix it.

I have also installed the stable version on a different drive with the Viggen as the only module installed and the same crash happens. 
 

[Flappie]

OK. I see a "DX device removed" error right before the crash. It means DCS could not reach the GPU anymore. It can have various causes, and we need to find the right one.

2022-11-28 21:13:23.129 ERROR   DX11BACKEND (Main): DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0005
2022-11-28 21:13:23.141 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [1106, 1080]
2022-11-28 21:13:23.880 WARNING LOG (8476): 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2022-11-28 21:13:23.880 WARNING DX11BACKEND (Main): Can't map structured buffer.
2022-11-28 21:13:23.880 ERROR   DX11BACKEND (Main): Failed assert `0` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11StructuredBuffer.cpp:100
2022-11-28 21:13:23.880 INFO    EDCORE (Main): try to write dump information
2022-11-28 21:13:23.881 INFO    EDCORE (Main): # -------------- 20221128-211324 --------------
2022-11-28 21:13:23.882 INFO    EDCORE (Main): DCS/2.8.0.33006 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19044)
2022-11-28 21:13:23.883 INFO    EDCORE (Main): C:\windows\SYSTEM32\VCRUNTIME140.dll
2022-11-28 21:13:23.884 INFO    EDCORE (Main): # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 5C96140A 00:00000000
2022-11-28 21:13:23.885 INFO    EDCORE (Main): SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.', symOptions: 532, UserName: 'adcbu'
2022-11-28 21:13:23.886 INFO    EDCORE (Main): OS-Version: 10.0.19044 () 0x300-0x1
2022-11-28 21:13:23.927 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000000140A (VCRUNTIME140): memcpy + 0x11A
2022-11-28 21:13:23.929 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000002088E (enlight): enlight::CloudDetails::DensityMapParams::CloudLayer::isEnabled + 0x2DE
2022-11-28 21:13:23.930 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000000F4832 (Visualizer): smSceneManager::regLua + 0x2222
2022-11-28 21:13:23.931 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000000E6BFF (Visualizer): smSceneManager::DestroySceneManager + 0x435F
2022-11-28 21:13:23.931 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000080E933 (DCS): SW + 0x3CEE43
2022-11-28 21:13:23.931 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000082F2D9 (DCS): SW + 0x3EF7E9
2022-11-28 21:13:23.931 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000007EE914 (DCS): SW + 0x3AEE24
2022-11-28 21:13:23.931 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000007EF7E4 (DCS): SW + 0x3AFCF4
2022-11-28 21:13:23.931 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x0000000002289650 (DCS): AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance + 0xF6064C
2022-11-28 21:13:23.933 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x0000000000BDCB52 (DCS): SW + 0x79D062
2022-11-28 21:13:23.934 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000000174B4 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14
2022-11-28 21:13:23.934 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000000526A1 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21
2022-11-28 21:13:24.141 INFO    EDCORE (Main): Minidump created.

Please try these different solutions, one by one:

• Rename the "Saved Games\DCS..." folder (do NOT delete it).
• Run a DCS repair in "slow" mode.
• Set Windows power plan to "High performance" then turn everything to 100%.
• Disable Aorus Graphics Engine autoscanning (auto OC).
• Disable Asus GPU Tweak.
• Disable SSLR.
• If you use G-Sync: set NVIDIA G-Sync to "Fullscreen and Windowed"(in case DCS is set to windowed, and NVIDIA G-Sync to Fullscreen).
• Remove GPU overclocking (in NVIDIA Control Panel, click Help, then Debug mode).
• Remove RAM overclocking (in BIOS, disable XMP).
• Remove dust from CPU coooler.
• Change PSU.

[Andrew u.k.]

Thank you, I'll try that this week.

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[Andrew u.k.]

An update. 

The PC started crashing with MSFS2020 so from there I assumed that the CTD had nothing to do with DCS. 

The PC is currently with a Tech repair company and I'm hoping that they will get to the bottom of it. 

Many thanks for your help Flappie, I passed on your info above to them. 
 

[Andrew u.k.]

It was the graphics card

[Flappie]

Thanks for your feedback, @Andrew u.k..

Sorry about your dead GPU. Enjoy the new one.