[CLOSED]Crash, sound hangs

[Antorian]

I have an issue where the game will crash after a few minutes with a looping track of sound. I'm forced to restart since the computer completely freezes. Any advice?

DxDiag.txt

[Antorian]

here is a crash log that I think you would like to look at.

 

# -------------- 20130531-180758 --------------

# C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at F2A62E1F 00:00000000

00000000 00000000 0000:00000000

F2A62E1F 0031E180 0000:00000000 ?normalizePath@ed@@YAXPEBDAEAV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@_N@Z()+1F

EDDBEB86 0031E1B0 0000:00000000 ?draw@DXEffect@Graphics@@QEAA_NHW4PRIMTYPE_ENUM@render@@HHHH@Z()+1696

EDDC04F4 0031EA40 0000:00000000 ?draw@DXEffect@Graphics@@QEAA_NHW4PRIMTYPE_ENUM@render@@HHHH@Z()+3004

EDDD458E 0031EAC0 0000:00000000 ?CreateDXEffect@DXRenderer@Graphics@@QEAAPEAVDXEffect@2@PEBDPEBV?$vector@VDefinePair@render@@V?$allocator@VDefinePair@render@@@ed@@@ed@@@Z()+6E

E90570E0 0031ED10 0000:00000000

E905735C 0031ED60 0000:00000000

E9057416 0031EDA0 0000:00000000

3F7DE2F8 0031EE30 0000:00000000

3F7DE8E2 0031EF60 0000:00000000

3F7DD79E 0031EFF0 0000:00000000

3F7DB02D 0031F250 0000:00000000

F2A66C2A 0031F280 0000:00000000 ?onSymbol_@FSM@Common@@AEAAXI@Z()+18A

F2A66D3E 0031F2D0 0000:00000000 ?checkSymbolsQueue@FSM@Common@@QEAAXXZ()+AE

3F7DF410 0031F330 0000:00000000

3F88697F 0031F3A0 0000:00000000

3F887DEE 0031F9A0 0000:00000000

3F88AA1F 0031FA50 0000:00000000

7793652D 0031FA80 0001:0001552D C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk()+D

77A6C521 0031FAD0 0001:0002B521 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll RtlUserThreadStart()+21

[Antorian]

so an update. the crashing has stopped. The magic bullet? Running DCS as admin. to set this up permanently, right click on the DCS icon and go to properties. Go to the compatibility tab and check the box "Run as Administrator." Ever since doing this there has not been one crash. Hope this helps!

[c0ff]

Most probably DCS had no or only partial access rights to C:\Users\<USER>\Saved Games\DCS\ folder.

Starting DCS as an admin is a nuclear-bomb-like solution - it works but is kinda overkill.

[_Heater_]

I've disable the UAC on Win 7. All directory works good as well. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/user-account-control

[Antorian]

I think UAC has caused more program problems then anything in my experience. I've had so many games that wouldn't work unless I ran in admin mode.

Edited June 6, 2013 by Antorian

[jib]

I'm getting the exact same problem that appears to be sound related, crashing my whole computer.

Are you flying the Huey beta by any chance? it has crashed my computer 5 times already today.

 

Crash Logs

Sound Crash Logs.zip

[Antorian]

Nope. however, when I was crashing I noticed it was with all modules I had.

[Antorian]

Alright. Update. Crashes seem to only happen with P-15D module now. I uninstalled the module and reinstalled it and it still happens within 10 minutes of using the module. Would I be right in assuming the next step is uninstall and reinstalling the whole DCS game?

 

If this is the case how do I save my joystick setting and my duel screen settings?

Edited June 23, 2013 by Antorian

[Wolf Rider]

I think UAC has caused more program problems then anything in my experience. I've had so many games that wouldn't work unless I ran in admin mode.

 

Do you install to the default directory? (ie C:\ Program Files)

[Antorian]

Yup

[Wolf Rider]

Installing to the default (for any game) seems to be the common denominator...

 

Windows (From Vista onward) introduced a file protection system thingy for its C:\ Program File folder, which causes a fair amount of grief, as most are finding out.

 

Create a new Folder to install to, such as for example C:\ My Games and redirect the game installation path to that. (plus TIR and other associated with the game)

 

or

 

Install a separate hard drive and use that to install to The default install path can still be used, but, just change the drive letter that game wants to install to. For example change C:\ Program Files to E:\ Program Files, if E is the letter of the drive (plus TIR and other associated with the game)

 

You can run the shortcut to run as administrator, but the protection is already set up, or you can set the game root folder user permissions to full control... but all associated with particular game, such as TrackIR, etc also need to have the same done.

[Antorian]

Installing to the default (for any game) seems to be the common denominator...

 

Windows (From Vista onward) introduced a file protection system thingy for its C:\ Program File folder, which causes a fair amount of grief, as most are finding out.

 

Create a new Folder to install to, such as for example C:\ My Games and redirect the game installation path to that. (plus TIR and other associated with the game)

 

or

 

Install a separate hard drive and use that to install to The default install path can still be used, but, just change the drive letter that game wants to install to. For example change C:\ Program Files to E:\ Program Files, if E is the letter of the drive (plus TIR and other associated with the game)

 

You can run the shortcut to run as administrator, but the protection is already set up, or you can set the game root folder user permissions to full control... but all associated with particular game, such as TrackIR, etc also need to have the same done.

 

I'm going to try to do a complete reinstall of DCS. I hope this fixes all the issues I've been having since I've only seen this happen with P-51D. I've tried to view crash logs but there was a big once recently and there was no DCS crash log nor a crash log in the event viewer. basically. I will be flying for about 5 minutes and then the screen blanks due to a loss in signal indicated by my monitor, and the sound clips loudly in repeat. I have no options but the restart. This happens after all files in DCS have full permissions and I have the program running in admin mode.

[Antorian]

Ok so I uninstalled and reinstalled DSC world and P-51D. so far it looks like this fixed everything. I was able to fly the P-51D for about 9 minutes and I didn't have a crash (crashes usually happened within 5-7 minutes). I'm so glad to have this all working again.

Edited June 24, 2013 by Antorian

[Antorian]

Alright, hopefully this will be a final update. So I had updated my computer with a new Motherboard and CPU. Since the build everything was working great. Then out of no where the old sound hang, system crash, screens go blank thing happened. I was surprised cause I thought this could be a driver or PSU problem. Before I went to buy new components, I decided to run some thermal tests. My video card seemed to be running hot. TJ Max of the GPU was 104 degrees Celsius and it was running at 99 degrees Celsius. This seemed to warm so I popped open the case and wouldn't you know. Two years of dust was built up on the heat sink and fan. I blew it out, put it back in the computer, and ran another thermal test. Turns out that knocked the temp down 10 degrees Celsius. Moral of the story:smartass:: keep on top of dusting your shit! That is all.

[ENO]

Glad you got through this one! See you in the air!