Windows 10 reporting a crash when exiting DCS.

[Nightstorm]

DCS Exits normally, or appears to, and log indicates; INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11Renderer::shutdown() on the last line.

 

Yet every single time I exit DCS my Windows 10 installation reports an application crash such as this, every single time it reads the same:

 

Faulting application name: DCS.exe, version: 2.5.4.29079, time stamp: 0x5c9bcc0c

Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.17763.348, time stamp: 0xca65c822

Exception code: 0xc0000374

Fault offset: 0x00000000000faf49

Faulting process id: 0x3b04

Faulting application start time: 0x01d4e80f338837d1

Faulting application path: F:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe

Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll

Report Id: 397ed472-17b0-4c6d-9417-c4233f960612

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

 

 

Any ideas? It's not critical as the game works fine and I'm the one shutting it down, but it's annoying that I keep getting crash reports in the event log when it really doesn't appear to crash.

[illern]

I have looked into this and tried to find whats causing the crash.

I can reproduce the crash.

For this tests I have set --force_disable_VR to just get the dcs window.

But I normally use VR and it crashes with that setting also.

 

Steps I have done:

Renamed save game folder so it wants to create a new one.

Repaired and removed files with DCS repair function.

 

 

The only time it shuts down without a crash is when there is no options.lua file.(or if the file is empty)

 

 

The next time dcs shuts down it will crash if the new options.lua it created the start before is present.

 

 

I have crashlogs from 2018-12-20 where it has started to crash when shutting down DX11.

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From the end of the log:

2020-01-12 15:08:07.061 INFO TERRAIN: lSystem::CleanScenes()

2020-01-12 15:08:07.063 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11Renderer::shutdown()

2020-01-12 15:08:07.093 INFO EDCORE: try to write dump information

2020-01-12 15:08:07.102 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20200112-150807 --------------

2020-01-12 15:08:07.107 INFO EDCORE: DCS/2.5.5.41371 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.18363)

2020-01-12 15:08:07.113 INFO EDCORE: C:\Spel\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\dx11backend.dll

2020-01-12 15:08:07.118 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 38067B5B 00:00000000

2020-01-12 15:08:07.124 INFO EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;C:\Spel\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta;C:\Spel\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 530, UserName: 'Goran'

2020-01-12 15:08:07.130 INFO EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.18363 () 0x100-0x1

2020-01-12 15:08:07.647 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000037B5B (dx11backend): RenderAPI::DX11Renderer::interframeResourceSync + 0x1E2BB

2020-01-12 15:08:07.648 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000037884 (dx11backend): RenderAPI::DX11Renderer::interframeResourceSync + 0x1DFE4

2020-01-12 15:08:07.648 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000013616 (dx11backend): RenderAPI::DX11Renderer::shutdown + 0x336

2020-01-12 15:08:07.648 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000055D53 (renderer): render::shutdown + 0x1D3

2020-01-12 15:08:07.648 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000034B4C (GraphicsVista): Graphics::Renderer::uninitialize + 0x10C

2020-01-12 15:08:07.649 INFO EDCORE: 0x000000000057020F (DCS): (function-name not available) + 0x0

2020-01-12 15:08:07.649 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000001C8FF8 (DCS): (function-name not available) + 0x0

2020-01-12 15:08:07.649 INFO EDCORE: 0x000000000073B946 (DCS): (function-name not available) + 0x0

2020-01-12 15:08:07.649 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000017BD4 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14

2020-01-12 15:08:07.650 INFO EDCORE: 0x000000000006CED1 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21

2020-01-12 15:08:07.778 INFO EDCORE: Minidump created.

 

 

 

 

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From the end of the log when it is working:

2020-01-12 15:07:21.078 INFO TERRAIN: lSystem::CleanScenes()

2020-01-12 15:07:21.080 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11Renderer::shutdown()

2020-01-12 15:07:21.114 INFO DX11BACKEND: NVIDIA API exit OK

=== Log closed.

 

 

 

Attaching the 2 logfiles.

I use DCS beta and at the moment I´m on: v2.5.5.41371

Since this started I have changed gfx card from 1080 to 2080ti and numerous nvidia drivers and dcs versions.

dcs.log_optionsfile.txt

dcs.log_no_optionsfile.txt

[BIGNEWY]

Hi

 

a strange issue I will ask the team on Monday.

 

One thing I do notice is DCS is not finding any sound devices

 

2020-01-12 16:17:12.674 ERROR SOUND: FindAllAsyncDeviceClass has timed out with: 258

2020-01-12 16:17:12.674 INFO SOUND: Found 0 available audio device(s):

 

Try a cleanup and repair, I have a guide below, let us know how you get on.

 

thanks

[illern]

Well I have sound and that error is in both log files.

Both the one when closing DCS is working and the one where it is crashing when closing.

 

 

As I described above, I have done cleanup and repair.

The game is working for me, it´s just the crash when I exit the game and filling upp my savegame folder with crash and dmp files.

 

 

About the sound, I haven´t noticed that earlier.

But in Audio tab in settings I only have Default listed in all sound and recording devices.

But the sound is coming where I want it.

Checked some old logs and in 2018 with my old computer it was the same:

2018-08-12 15:47:02.706 INFO SOUND: Using driver: xaudio29

2018-08-12 15:47:04.725 ERROR SOUND: FindAllAsyncDeviceClass has timed out with: 258

2018-08-12 15:47:04.725 INFO SOUND: Found 0 available audio device(s):

2018-08-12 15:47:04.901 INFO SOUND: loaded 1308 sdefs from "sounds\sdef"

 

 

 

And in 2017 almost the same:

00001.320 INFO SOUND: loaded 1231 sdefs from "sounds\sdef"

00001.514 INFO SOUND: Using driver: xaudio29

00001.535 INFO SOUND: XAudio2: channel layout: Headphones/Stereo

00003.550 ERROR SOUND: FindAllAsyncDeviceClass has timed out with: 258

00003.550 INFO SOUND: Found 0 available audio device(s):

00003.551 INFO SOUND: Using SSE FTZ/DAZ mode.

[BIGNEWY]

I am not sure about this one sorry, it may be best to contact support directly

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/

 

thank you

[BitMaster]

When I tested with DCS with too little RAM and/or PageFile I can provoke this.

 

Try to increase PageFile on a speedy drive, like SSD or get more RAM. likely that causes it.

 

* just saw, 32GB...try more PageFile, your RAM is plenty ( illern )

Edited January 14, 2020 by BitMaster