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Game crash - Very frequent crashes shortly after starting the game
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Description

EDIT: Added more information as I get it.

I'm experiencing very frequent (80% of the time) crashes, shortly after launching the game.
The crash happens ~30-60 secs after launching DayZ; it may be on the server list, on the video config screen, or after connecting to a server on the server list and waiting to enter the server.
On the other hand, once I join a server and start playing it'll be fine -- I've never experienced a crash in the middle of playing.

When the game crashes, it goes back to Windows which shows an error: "The instruction at 0x.... referenced memory at 0x... . The memory could not be read.". The memory addresses change each time.

Running the x64 version of the game apparently makes the crash less likely.

One of the last times I managed to join the game and play normally for ~45 minutes, then was brought back to the DayZ server list with the message "Connection to server has been lost". I exited the game normally and when I went back to Windows I noticed there was the dreaded Windows error "The instruction at 0x.... referenced memory at 0x... . The memory could not be read." I don't know if this error caused the connection cut or vice versa.

I should probably mention that my character is invisible on the start screen (see https://forums.dayz.com/topic/236948-my-character-is-invisible-on-the-start-screen/). I only see the words "Left" and "Right" and my name underneath. The scenery behind looks fine.

I've already tried "Verify integrity of game files" on Steam, it corrected 1 file once but this didn't change anything.

I'm using the latest stable version (v0.62) on Steam.
DxDiag output and AppData DayZ local folder attached here:


Details

Severity
Crash
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Unable To Reproduce
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
Game Crash
Steps To Reproduce

Run the game. Starting from this moment, if the game crashes, it will crash ~30-60 seconds afterwards. It might be immediately after joining a server, or before, or even in the settings screen.

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Robert_Neville renamed this task from Game crash - Very frequent crashes shortly after opening the server list to Game crash - Very frequent crashes shortly after starting the game.Jun 11 2017, 2:11 PM
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Hello Robert_Neville and thank you for the report.
Can you try to remove the contents of the C:\Users\*username*\Documents\DayZ folder and let us know if this has reduced the amount of crashes?
Regards,
Geez

Geez closed this task as Resolved.Jul 24 2019, 2:28 PM
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