Frequent, irritating crashes

[Jawlesss]

Hey guys, I've read the FAQ and searched this forum multiple times, was hoping for help with issues related to frequent crashes.

 

I can download and run missions perfectly fine, except for occasional frame rate stuttering. The main problem I'm facing is frequent crashes to desktop. They mostly happen when either myself or enemy AI are moving around.

 

The most frequent crashes have occured during my playthrough of Requiem, but I have suffered crashes-to-desktop in almost every mission I've played.

 

Specs:

[AluminumHaste]

Video card and driver revision?

[Jawlesss]

Graphics card: Intel ® HD Graphics 4600

 

Driver info: 9.18.10.3272

 

Hope this helps

[Lux]

Have you tried/tested older or newer versions of the display driver?

[nbohr1more]

v2.03 is probably right around the corner now. Maybe Springheel will add you to the beta tester list if you send him a PM.

I know that it runs far more stable than v2.02 did for me.

[Jawlesss]

v2.03 is probably right around the corner now. Maybe Springheel will add you to the beta tester list if you send him a PM.

I know that it runs far more stable than v2.02 did for me.

Just tried the beta, framerate and crash to desktop in both Builder Roads and Requiem.

 

You had mentioned in the beta thread that I could edit image_downside options? How do I go about doing that?

 

Once the issues fixed, I might revert back to 2.02, but I'd still like to contribute to the beta test while I can.

[Jawlesss]

Have you tried/tested older or newer versions of the display driver?

And Lux, I have tested with older versions of the driver, and found this consistent problem continued.

[SteveL]

Wish this was something I could help with, but I don't get the crashes. If you fix it please share, in case there's something we can do to stop it happening to others with the same problem, whatever it is.

[nbohr1more]

Ok. As I mentioned, try setting image_downsize in darkmod.cfg file.

See here:

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/16387-fan-mission-penny-dreadful-2-by-melan-and-bikerdude-2014078/?p=349994

 

Also make sure EAX is disabled.

[Bikerdude]

Graphics card: Intel ® HD Graphics 4600

How much vram does it have..? anything less than 1gb and you will have use the image_downsize tweak.

[Jawlesss]

Ok. As I mentioned, try setting image_downsize in darkmod.cfg file.

See here:

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/16387-fan-mission-penny-dreadful-2-by-melan-and-bikerdude-2014078/?p=349994

 

Also make sure EAX is disabled.

After following every step, I have seen massive improvements, but still suffering the notorious CTD. Tears of St. Lucia had a massive improvement in frame rate, but a crash did occur late through my run-through of that. I then tested Requiem, much slower frame rate and two CTD within 40-ish minutes of gameplay. I expected as much with THAT mission, it's just one long light show.

 

This IS a major improvement, though. A guard carrying a torch or the crazier enemies in Requiem no longer sends me into desperate prayer.

 

EDIT: Vram is about 1.6gb from what I dug up. I still altered the image_downside just to be safe.

Edited February 1, 2015 by Jawlesss

[Bikerdude]

Save a dump file after the next crash, so it can be analysed.

[nbohr1more]

Alright, one thing I noticed is that Windows Defender lost my process whitelist on update. Make sure you've set your security software to exclude TheDarkMod.exe.

[Jawlesss]

Attempting to create a dump file results in another dialogue box popping up saying that I am not authorized. Which is odd.

 

I also saw that it'd be possible to establish priority. Would that make a difference?

[Bikerdude]

Attempting to create a dump file results in another dialogue box popping up saying that I am not authorized. Which is odd.

Are logged into windows with an administrator level account..?

[Jawlesss]

Are logged into windows with an administrator level account..?

Yep. That's why I found it weird.

 

If this helps the problem: I just had a CTD after pressing the quicksave button. When I attempted to load that quicksave, an in-game window pops up saying:

"GAME ERROR"

10Restore game:Initializecache: bad cache offset (1932489580)

[nbohr1more]

Hmm, might be a good idea to post that save here for examination.

 

Other than that, if you've been playing TDM for awhile you might have older mission versions.

Try deleting the missions that give you the most trouble from the fms folder and using the

in-game downloader to grab the latest builds.

 

Oh, and try setting:

 

seta tdm_savegame_compress "0"

 

in your Darkmod.cfg to disable savegame compression

[Tels]

Disabling savegame compression will use a lot more memory and disk IO, so I doubt it will help.

 

The issue here smells like corrupt memory. Jawless, could you run a memory test like memtextx86? http://www.memtest86.com/

[Jawlesss]

I really apologize for the very late reply. I've been kind of turned off gaming in general for my last semester, blaa blaa blaa.

 

To summarize current Dark Mod situation: crashes have significantly died down, but still occur every now and again. Performing a memory test as you suggested turned up nothing significant.