Steam VR crashing all of a sudden

[Digitalvole]

All of a sudden I get huge cpu spikes then Steam VR crashes. Has anyone else had this? I’m still on 2.7 and was using Open XR but thought I’d try out SVR again (less motion reprojection).

Im supposed to be having a break from DCS, but I just can’t live with out it. *waves fist at ED* All was fine a couple of months ago, would the fact windows needs an update be the problem?

Thanks

[speed-of-heat]

it might be there were updates to both WMR and WMR for SVR, also check out the windows store for updates as well 

[Digitalvole]

Thank you, I will check that out. Seems likely it’s an update that’s been missed as nothing else has changed on my pc since last I used it and it worked fine.

Thanks for the speedy response SoH

[speed-of-heat]

fingers crossed 

[Digitalvole]

Alas after updating everything except DCS it still crashes. I’ve noticed just before it crashes my RAM and VRAM max out as well as the cpu spikes.

It starts to go tits up as soon as some strain is put on my system.

Its like DCS knows I’ve been unfaithful with il2 and it’s now punishing me.

Edited December 23, 2022 by Digitalvole

[unlikely_spider]

Are you on the beta version of Steam VR? Try switching.

(This worked once for me in the past when I was getting a lot of crashes)

[Digitalvole]

46 minutes ago, unlikely_spider said:

Are you on the beta version of Steam VR? Try switching.

(This worked once for me in the past when I was getting a lot of crashes)

I thought that might be the culprit too, but I’m not. Maybe I should try the beta and see if it works better. 

[Nate Kott]

Digitalvole,

I'm seeing the same thing.  Seems like every other time I spawn in SteamVR crashes.  It seems to be specific to DCS I don't have this with the other VR titles I played (including IL2).  Might have to put down DCS until they sort out VR.  It's kind of rage inducing to get through putting in your waypoints on a server and then have DCS cause SteamVR to crash. 

[mbucchia]

On 12/23/2022 at 8:09 AM, Digitalvole said:

I thought that might be the culprit too, but I’m not. Maybe I should try the beta and see if it works better. 

Are you on Windows Mixed Reality? If so, definitely give the beta a try:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/719950/announcements/detail/6096216107292749119

We fixed an issue with a memory leak that caused VRAM to fill out.

Edited January 3, 2023 by mbucchia

[Digitalvole]

5 hours ago, Nate Kott said:

Digitalvole,

I'm seeing the same thing.  Seems like every other time I spawn in SteamVR crashes.  It seems to be specific to DCS I don't have this with the other VR titles I played (including IL2).  Might have to put down DCS until they sort out VR.  It's kind of rage inducing to get through putting in your waypoints on a server and then have DCS cause SteamVR to crash. 

Yeah, it’s very annoying. Have you tried OpenXR? That works very well, though the motion smoothing isn’t quite as good as SVR. 
 

2 hours ago, mbucchia said:

Are you on Windows Mixed Reality? If so, definitely give the beta a try:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/719950/announcements/detail/6096216107292749119

We fixed an issue with a memory leak that caused VRAM to fill out.

 

Thanks mbucchia! The memory leek sounds like the culprit. Will try this out as soon as I get the chance.

[Digitalvole]

It worked, Thank you @mbucchia

Now I just need to decide which to use, as i find both have pros as cons.

[Dentedend10]

I had the same issue, SteamVR crashing after short amount of time. Updated to Beta of Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR, and it works again! Thank you for providing the solution!

[mbucchia]

Great to hear and thank you for the feedback!

We will be promoting that beta to stable in the next few days (if not today perhaps).