Crash after ~15 minutes of in-engine play using the beta effects v2

[dorkus]

I'm using the latest download from Beta Effects Version 2 by Blue Max's Version 2023-03-04. I followed the instructions in the readme and edited ddraw.cfg.

System:
Windows 10
32GB RAM
NVidia GTX 1080
i7 6700k
Latest graphics drivers

Here's the crash logs from event viewer:
Faulting application name: XWingAlliance.exe, version: 2.0.0.2, time stamp: 0x3765a9b7
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.19041.2604, time stamp: 0xce23fdc3
Exception code: 0xe06d7363
Fault offset: 0x0012e4b2
Faulting process id: 0x5a90
Faulting application start time: 0x01d9542de033ea03
Faulting application path: D:\programs\X-Wing Alliance\Star Wars - X-Wing Alliance\XWingAlliance.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 68cbb2cf-cc6c-4942-bd08-7d612aaf61d3

and

Application: XWingAlliance.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: exception code e06d7363, exception address 769EE4B2
Stack:

The effects look cool so if I can keep them that'd be great. The 5.5 patch works perfectly fine.

[Talaris]

I had a similar crash after a similar duration when playing TFTC B4M1R. Also using the latest beta files.

[Luke_Skywalker]

It's not the effects themselves, since I have no problems with them. Have you restarted your computer lately?

[dorkus]

Yep. Ran as admin, tried some compatibility options (since it seems to be memory related), etc.

[Forceflow]

There should be a crash dump file in you xwa directory. If you can upload that somewhere (they are quite large) maybe @JeremyaFr can find out what's going on

[dorkus]

Generated a fresh one.

https://easyupload.io/uo252a

Does this work? Otherwise, I can do like dropbox, discord, facebook, whatever. LMK.

[blue_max]

I am investigating this crash. I still don't know what's the root cause, but it appears to be something I changed in January 2023. Unfortunately. the crash dumps don't have a lot of useful information (for me); but if someone can get an easier/faster method to reproduce the crash, that will help a lot.

[dorkus]

It seems to just randomly happen while playing after about 15 minutes or so (the mission doesn't matter). I haven't been able to narrow it down to a specific event or effect that causes it to happen unfortunately.

[blue_max]

It seems to just randomly happen while playing after about 15 minutes or so (the mission doesn't matter). I haven't been able to narrow it down to a specific event or effect that causes it to happen unfortunately.

I think I found the problem. We're testing the fix now. I'll publish it as soon as I get confirmation -- probably within a couple of days.

EDIT: If you want to try it, here's the ddraw that has the fix:

ddraw-probable-fix-2023-03-21.zip

[dorkus]

Awesome! I'll download and test drive this tomorrow and let you know how it goes.