Frequent Crash to desktop with 267
BishopC
Germany Join Date: 2014-02-18 Member: 194139Members
Germany Join Date: 2014-02-18 Member: 194139Members
Hi,
NS2 has become very unstable with the latest patch.
Game crashes, and a Debug Windows with log.txt and minidump pops up.
No problems before patch, but now it crashes about once an hour, no specific action necessary. Tried Multithreading on or off, different texture handling sizes, cleared caches and uninstalled all mods. No change.
techsupportzip available here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lorsvexvtei2hzm/tech_support.zip
Keep up the good work, except for the crashing it seems to run smoother now.
NS2 has become very unstable with the latest patch.
Game crashes, and a Debug Windows with log.txt and minidump pops up.
No problems before patch, but now it crashes about once an hour, no specific action necessary. Tried Multithreading on or off, different texture handling sizes, cleared caches and uninstalled all mods. No change.
techsupportzip available here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lorsvexvtei2hzm/tech_support.zip
Keep up the good work, except for the crashing it seems to run smoother now.
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If that doesnt help, try the following:
If that doesnt help, follow my Full Nuke from Orbit Guide.
See how you get on.
Btw, I of course did read in the forums if there is a workaround, but neither hints off nor mt off nor changing resolution helped. Seems I have the same issue as Heisenberg and Conker_au.
Wish I could specifiy some reason, but it just goes boom without saying why
(Also, since I clicked "cancel" on the debug once, I can't start techsupport.exe with NS2 still hanging, it's just "Hello Desktop, Steam synching" immediately now.)
Anyone has an idea?
I will move the NS2 installation to another hard drive, someone on a server suggested this might be a problem. At this point I am willing to try.
perhaps the minidump is then in either your profile, ns2 folder or steam folder. Steam also can contain its own minidump files.
Would you care to test a new theory of mine?
* How big is your pagefile & memory?
* Can you grab process explorer from www.sysinternals.com, and in the graphs systemwide look at the commit memory column? I suspect you may hit a limit there if the pagefile is to small, then again it may be a dead end.
I dont experience the problem so im just guessing.
This will create a smaller dump file in a techsupport.zip for the devs to look over.
Upload it to Dropbox or somewhere and link it here, it will be a large file.
Thanks
Moving the NS2 installation to another drive didn't help.
btw. @DC_Darkling I have 8 GB RAM and 8GB page file. Also a AMD Phenom CPU and a Radeon graphics card. I am trying to monitor the system memory during play, and will post if I find anything. So far I have about 4 GB of RAM free when playing, so I don't think too little memory is the culprit.
Anyways, here is my new dump file, same link, new file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lorsvexvtei2hzm/tech_support.zip
Good luck to the CDT in finding the bug, I know bug tracking is like the hardest and most annoying part of coding. I envy you not. I think doing this for free out of good will is one tremendously nice thing, so kudos from me.
Also be careful, the server you were playing on when you crashed uses a TON of extra mods, models and lua code and seems to have caused a lua issue in your logs with NS2+.
I actually don't know the technical details of the culprit so i'll just say micro unicorns bouncing around in the code, poking holes in everything.