The game crashes to the Windows deskop. It appears to be running in the background with a black screen visible. I can hear the in-game sounds and if I press WASD I can hear my character move however the game will not recover. Eventually it'll just crash completely citing a driver error but it only happens in Day Z SA.
Description
Description
Details
Details
- Legacy ID
- 2695430855
- Severity
- None
- Resolution
- Open
- Reproducibility
- Always
- Category
- Game Crash
Steps To Reproduce
Start the game and find a server.
Join and walka round for up to 30mins, usually.
Game crashes every time.
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Hello,
Please let us know in the note section if you are still able to reproduce this issue on the latest Experimental build.
If so, please send us a dxdiag report and files from this folder: "C:\Users\<Name>\AppData\Local\DayZ\"
If the *.rar is smaller than 5.000KB, you can attach it here.
In case it's larger than that, please try uploading it to a file sharing website and link it here.
For future reports please refer to the "How to guide" http://feedback.dayzgame.com/how-to-user.html
Thank you.
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I have updated the feedback with the requested files.
I have also tried uninstalling my OS (Win 7 64bit), re installing my ATI 260x drivers, using beta drivers and re installing Day, and using the Experimental Day Z build. None of these worked.
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I have, without success, attempted the following to fix the issue:
Re-install of ATI drivers.
Update to ATI beta drivers.
Update to Experimental Day Z build.
Re-install Day Z.
Boot & Nuke the PC and re-install Windows fresh.
None of the above have worked. I have noticed, however, that while in-game the GPU useage is at 100%, but it seems to spike up and down, up and down as you play. As soon as the 'minimize black screen bug' occurs,. the GPU useages drops to 0% and does not recover even if you use the previously mentioned 'flush' solution to get the game back on screen.
Last night I tested this and, after using 'flush' to regain the game (with all sorts of graphical glitches), the GPU usage remained at 0%. I also noticed that when I then exited the game and came to the Day Z website I was having graphical errors on the web page.
I have concldued that it is an issue with the ATI driver and Day Z. Something in Day Z seems to be causing the driver to go haywire.
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Hey,
Thanks for the files. We will look into the issue as soon as possible. Please keep testing the game and watch this issue.
Thank you!
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Hi buggs,
I believe this has been fixed, would it be possible to let me know if the issue persists?
Regards,
Andy