DCS crashing a lot since doing windows clean install

[FinalGlide]

So I did a complete fresh install of everything on my computer to fix some gremlins which has made everything overall run much better. That said I now am faced with the game crashing on me and giving the DCS has crashed window. It seems to happen mostly when there is more happening around me in multiplayer and is pretty much happening every multiplayer flight now. Being in VR my only option is to press spacebar when it says DCs has crashed and then press spacebar again for the option of opening the log file in explorer. So my question is two fold. Where can I go to get the crash file looked at and since I cannot select send crash report, where should I send the crash logs for future crashes?

[Rudel_chw]

The main log file is dcs.log located at /saved games/dcs/logs/ ... you can zip it and attach it to your post, so that we can take a look at it and lok for clues about your issue.

[FinalGlide]

Here is the last crash which was on the Aerobatics online server in the Mi8. I started up and took off with two gazelles next to me and DCs crashed on takeoff.

dcs.log-20201129-111242.zip

[Flappie]

This is your crash log:

 

2020-11-29 11:08:11.842 ERROR_ONCE DX11BACKEND: texture 'minigun' not found. Asked from 'NGMODEL'
2020-11-29 11:11:36.796 INFO COCKPITBASE: couroutine killed
2020-11-29 11:12:40.622 ERROR DX11BACKEND:[b] DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0006[/b]
2020-11-29 11:12:41.068 WARNING LOG: 12 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2020-11-29 11:12:41.068 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create vertex buffer. Reason: [b]DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED[/b]
2020-11-29 11:12:41.068 ERROR DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `false && "failed to create vertex buffer"` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11BufferManager.cpp:379
2020-11-29 11:12:41.068 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create vertex buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
2020-11-29 11:12:41.068 ERROR DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `false && "failed to create vertex buffer"` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11BufferManager.cpp:379
2020-11-29 11:12:41.082 ERROR DX11BACKEND: DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0006
2020-11-29 11:12:41.236 WARNING LOG: 4 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2020-11-29 11:12:41.236 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create vertex buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
2020-11-29 11:12:41.236 ERROR DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `false && "failed to create vertex buffer"` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11BufferManager.cpp:379
2020-11-29 11:12:41.236 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create vertex buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
2020-11-29 11:12:41.236 ERROR DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `false && "failed to create vertex buffer"` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11BufferManager.cpp:379
2020-11-29 11:12:41.247 ERROR DX11BACKEND: DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0006
2020-11-29 11:12:41.366 WARNING LOG: 3 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2020-11-29 11:12:41.366 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create structed buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
2020-11-29 11:12:41.366 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateShaderResourceView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.366 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateUnorderedAccessView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.366 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create structed buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
2020-11-29 11:12:41.366 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateShaderResourceView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.366 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateUnorderedAccessView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.379 ERROR DX11BACKEND: DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0006
2020-11-29 11:12:41.434 WARNING LOG: 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2020-11-29 11:12:41.434 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create structed buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
2020-11-29 11:12:41.434 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateShaderResourceView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.434 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateUnorderedAccessView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.434 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create structed buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
2020-11-29 11:12:41.434 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateShaderResourceView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.434 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateUnorderedAccessView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.446 ERROR DX11BACKEND: DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0006
2020-11-29 11:12:41.738 WARNING LOG: 8 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2020-11-29 11:12:41.738 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create structed buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
2020-11-29 11:12:41.738 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateShaderResourceView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG
2020-11-29 11:12:41.746 ERROR DX11BACKEND: DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0006
2020-11-29 11:12:41.746 INFO EDCORE: try to write dump information
2020-11-29 11:12:41.748 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20201129-111242 --------------
2020-11-29 11:12:41.749 INFO EDCORE: DCS/2.5.6.58125 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19042)
2020-11-29 11:12:41.749 INFO EDCORE: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d11.dll
2020-11-29 11:12:41.750 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at A13E98A0 00:00000000
2020-11-29 11:12:41.752 INFO EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 530, UserName: 'walky'
2020-11-29 11:12:41.753 INFO EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.19042 () 0x100-0x1
2020-11-29 11:12:42.213 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000001298A0 (d3d11): CreateDirect3D11SurfaceFromDXGISurface + 0x10420
2020-11-29 11:12:42.213 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000030857 (dx11backend): createRenderer + 0x17907
2020-11-29 11:12:42.214 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000079393 (edterrainGraphics41): edtg41::TerrainRenderable::dumpRenderItem + 0x68F63
2020-11-29 11:12:42.214 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000000CD097 (edterrainGraphics41): createInstancerRenderable + 0x36E37
2020-11-29 11:12:42.214 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000000DC9B8 (edCore): ed::this_thread::yield + 0x318
2020-11-29 11:12:42.214 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000000D3F7A (edCore): ed::make_render_thread_tasks + 0x1A
2020-11-29 11:12:42.214 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000007EF818 (DCS): CoreUtils::TempFilesManager::operator= + 0x3CB968
2020-11-29 11:12:42.214 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000007C1644 (DCS): CoreUtils::TempFilesManager::operator= + 0x39D794
2020-11-29 11:12:42.214 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000007C1A09 (DCS): CoreUtils::TempFilesManager::operator= + 0x39DB59
2020-11-29 11:12:42.215 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000017B4353 (DCS): AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance + 0xB0B34F
2020-11-29 11:12:42.215 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000009AE5FE (DCS): CoreUtils::TempFilesManager::operator= + 0x58A74E
2020-11-29 11:12:42.215 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000017034 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14
2020-11-29 11:12:42.215 INFO EDCORE: 0x000000000004CEC1 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21
2020-11-29 11:12:42.445 INFO EDCORE: Minidump created.

 

This is a display driver crash.

Did this happened while going from F10 map to 3D view? (F1 to F9 + F11 and F12)

[FinalGlide]

It has crashed previously going from F10 to F1 view but not in this case

[FinalGlide]

It just happened again in the SoW server as I used VRzoom dcs.log-20201129-125001.zip

[Flappie]

Same kind of crash. The "DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED" error message means Windows cannot "find" the graphics card when it needs it.

 

Follow this guide to create these two registry keys:

• TdrDelay = 4 seconds (default is 2)
  
• TdrDdiDelay = 10 seconds (default is 5)
  

Once this is done, restart your computer. Now, Windows will be a little more patient with your graphcis card.

Tell us if you still get issues after this.

 

Of course, whenever you need to revert back to default Windows settings, you can remove these 2 keys.

[FinalGlide]

Apologies for the late reply.  The forum update kind of screwed things up for me.  I tried your suggestion and had DCS crash, so I tried increasing the values to 10 and 20 and it still crashed. Latest logfile attached.

dcs.log-20201202-111353.zip

[Flappie]

OK. You can remove the keys you previously added to the registry, since they didn't help.

 

Here are four threads dealing with the same kind of crashlog ("DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED"). The OPs all had their issue fixed, according to them. Feel free to read them and try what they have tried:

1. Cause: faulty PSU
2. Cause: SSLR enabled
3. Cause: overclocked GPU
4. Cause: RAM overclocked

 

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by Flappie

[FinalGlide]

Quick update on progress.  After backing off the GPU overclock things seem to have stabilized.  It's strange that the GPU was completely stable long term before refreshing windows but it is what it is.  Thank you very much for you help.

[Flappie]

You're welcome. I'm glad you solved your issue.

Enjoy the game!