Which logs are you referring to? I have checked the event logs and I’m not seeing any virtual memory warning messages.
Application and system logs show no virtual memory warnings during the crashes
I wasn’t able to reproduce it with the PMDG 738.
All Windows log categories. Use a tool like the FullEventLogViewer, since there are hundreds of categories.
No, I can’t reproduce it using the FBW A380.
Thanks for giving it a try.
After using DDU in safe mode to perform a clean wipe of my graphics drivers, then doing a clean install of the sim, I am no longer able to replicate the CTD after 6 loops of the airport. It appears that there may have been some cache corruption. Hopefully it will stay that way.
That said, one thing I did notice during my troubleshooting is the very poor quality of the textures in and around EDDS. Not sure why its like that, unless its to help improve performance during take-offs and landings.
Unfortunately, the CTDs near EDDS are persisting for me, even after a fresh installation of MSFS 2024 and all graphics drivers.
I’m going to take another look at the tip regarding swap files.
You have 64GB of RAM, so for testing purposes you could try setting the virtual memory to a custom size, with both the initial size and maximum size set to 64000. That’s exactly how I have mine configured.
So, enter 64000 for both the Initial size and Maximum size, then click Set and OK.
In the windows that are already open, click Apply, OK, etc. At some point, you’ll be prompted to restart the PC, so restart it.
Also, you have an RTX 5080, while I have an RTX 5090, so we’re using GPUs from the same generation. I have the hotfix driver installed 610.82, and before installing it, I uninstalled the previous driver using DDU in Windows Safe Mode.
Below, I’ll explain how to uninstall and install the driver.
Note: the screenshots are from an older driver version, but the uninstall and installation process is exactly the same.
How to perform a clean installation of NVIDIA drivers
How to perform a clean installation of NVIDIA drivers.
First things first: a proper clean installation of a GPU driver does not delete your games, apps, or wipe your C drive. It simply removes old driver files, registry leftovers and related components so the new driver installs on a clean base.
First, download NVIDIA driver and the DDU - Display Driver Uninstaller software.
NVIDIA driver
Click here to download the GeForce Hotfix display driver version 610.82 for Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64
DDU
Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) V18.1.5.6 Released. - Wagnardsoft Forum
NVIDIA driver removal is best done in Windows Safe Mode - I’ve been saying this for a long time and I’m not changing that opinion. The only exception is when Safe Mode doesn’t work properly on someone’s system.
So before proceeding with any further steps, make sure that Windows Safe Mode is working correctly.
Also, there’s no real need to disconnect from the internet or disable your internet connection during driver uninstall or installation. What actually matters is Windows behavior - just set it so it doesn’t automatically install devices or pull drivers on its own. That alone is enough to prevent conflicts during the process, without having to unplug anything or go offline.
If you’re not an advanced user, don’t feel confident digging deep into Windows settings or simply don’t want to bother, there are easier alternatives.
You can just unplug the Ethernet cable, turn off WIFI or disable your network adapter directly in Device Manager.
In that case, if your PC case is pushed against the wall or placed under a desk, disabling the network adapter is usually the quickest option. Just right-click the network card in Device Manager and disable it.
Right-click “Start” icon and select Device Manager.
Expand Network adapters
Then right-click your network adapter and select Disable device.
Disabling the network adapter in Device Manager is the most convenient and fastest method.
You can also, after launching DDU in normal Windows mode, go into the DDU settings and enable “Prevent downloads of drivers from Windows Update when Windows searches for a driver for a device”
While still in the settings, also enable “Enable Safe Mode dialog”
// Also, as I mentioned above, make sure to check that Safe Mode is actually working on your system before proceeding.
Under General Options and Specific Options, you can select the same settings that I have enabled here
Be careful with “Remove present and non-present monitors” - this setting removes monitors and their drivers. After a restart, they will still work, but Windows will not have proper drivers installed for them, so you may need to reinstall the monitor drivers.
Also note that after removing monitors and restarting the PC, Windows may change the refresh rate settings. Go to Windows Settings > System > Display > Advanced display. Check if “Choose a refresh rate” is set to the maximum Hz of your monitor - if not, change it to the max or set it to your preferred value (for example 120Hz instead of 240Hz).
I once forgot about this and Windows set my monitor to 60Hz instead of 165Hz. As a result, I had stuttering in MSFS 2020/2024 and couldn’t figure out why. It turned out the cause was exactly the refresh rate.
So now you already have DDU configured and know a bit more - it’s time to prepare for reinstalling the driver. Before switching to Safe Mode, download the NVIDIA driver you want to install. After downloading it, you can launch DDU and under “Launch option” click Normal and select "Safe mode (recommended).
After the system switches to Safe Mode and DDU is launched, select the GPU you want to uninstall, in this case NVIDIA.
Then click “Clean and restart”.
After the restart, you can install NVIDIA driver. I recommend installing the minimal version, meaning only the driver and PhysX - this way you can make sure everything works properly without NVIDIA app.
So run the previously downloaded installer, select “NVIDIA Graphics Driver”, then click “Agree and Continue”.
On the next screen of the installer, select “Custom (Advanced)” and click “Next”.
On the next screen of the installer, uncheck “HD Audio Driver” and make sure “PhysX” and “Perform a clean installation” are selected, then click “Next”.
After NVIDIA driver installation, restart PC. After reboot, I remind you to install the monitor drivers if needed and check the monitor refresh rate (Hz) in Windows settings, as mentioned above.
If you have checked in DDU
and want Windows to install other drivers again, launch DDU in normal mode and under “select device type” click
Now you can enable your network adapter in Device Manager. Open Device Manager, right-click the network adapter you disabled, and select “Enable device”.
Restart PC.
Now you can open the NVIDIA Control Panel and set a profile for MSFS according to your preference. The only important thing is not to change settings in the global profile unless you really need to.
After setting up the MSFS profile, check how the game performs. If everything is fine and you need the NVIDIA app instead of the NVIDIA Control Panel, you can download and install it.
Fly safe.
The problem seems to be resolved for me. Before, I was 100% able to reproduce a crash at waypoint NELLI, but today I couldn’t reproduce it anymore.
Just like before, I flew a heli around waypoint NELLI for about an hour, doing loops at different radii and altitudes. After that, I did an iFly 737 flight preparation at Gate 11 and took off from RW25 toward VATER. No more CTDs.
Unfortunately, I brought out the big hammer, so I no longer know which step actually made the difference:
- Updated the Adrenalin drivers to 26.7.1 (which is a little unfortunate, because I was intentionally sticking with the latest 25.X version since I’ve always had occasional stutters with the 26.X drivers.)
- Updated to the latest AMD chipset drivers, 8.08.12.551 (released just two days ago)
- Ran Disk Cleanup, including system files
- Deleted the shader caches
- In the sim folder:
- Deleted the cache
- Deleted the WASM caches
- Deleted the Streamed Packages folder
- Deleted scenery indexes
- Deleted and recreated the Rolling Cache (64 GB)
- In Steam folder:
- Also cleared the cache in the MSFS2024 folder
- Deleted the Steam shader caches
I didn’t touch my swap file, it has always been set to a fixed 64 GB.
So far, everything is working fine, but I don’t have enough legs yet to call it a solid result.
Let’s see what happens once the Rolling Cache goes through its first rotation.
Fingers crossed.
(9800X3D, 7900XTX, 64GB@6000MT/s, Win. 25.H2 with latest updates)
Okay … interestingly, I check my Fenix Installer quite frequently, and the update button seems to pop up pretty often — every few weeks or so. And yes, the changelog tells me the same thing: the last update was in April.
Even after setting the swap file to a fixed 64 GB, I still get a CTD at the same point south of EDDS.
I’ve cleared all the caches, updated my GPU drivers (Intel Arc), and set the virtual memory size to a fixed 64 GB.
Despite all that, it still crashes -often it happenes while flying the drone camera around EDDS, or turning on the avionics, and last time it crashed when I loaded a flight plan into BeyondATC while standing at the gate in stuttgart.
To me, it looks like the crash occurs as soon as the RAM (or virtual memory) fills up beyond a certain level.
Aka the shotgun.
My CTDs are every time exactly at the same place
In the days before SU6 was installed,
I regularly took off from EDDS (my “virtual” home airport)
easily 30 to 40 times over the last six months and flew over the exact same spot
that triggers CTDs today, without any crashes.
For me it’s not always the same spot, but alway in the in the vicinity of EDDS.
But it certainly started with SU6, before this “update” i often flew the justflight Fokker 100 from and to EDDS without any issues
Have you tried the steps I described in another thread?
You have 64GB of RAM, so for testing purposes you could try setting the virtual memory to a custom size, with both the initial size and maximum size set to 64000.
So, enter 64000 for both the Initial size and Maximum size, then click Set and OK.
In the windows that are already open, click Apply, OK, etc. At some point, you’ll be prompted to restart the PC, so restart it.
Also, you have an RTX 5080, while I have an RTX 5090, so we’re using GPUs from the same generation. I have the hotfix driver installed 610.82, and before installing it, I uninstalled the previous driver using DDU in Windows Safe Mode.
Below, I’ll explain how to uninstall and install the driver.
Note: the screenshots are from an older driver version, but the uninstall and installation process is exactly the same.
How to perform a clean installation of NVIDIA drivers
How to perform a clean installation of NVIDIA drivers.
First things first: a proper clean installation of a GPU driver does not delete your games, apps, or wipe your C drive. It simply removes old driver files, registry leftovers and related components so the new driver installs on a clean base.
First, download NVIDIA driver and the DDU - Display Driver Uninstaller software.
NVIDIA driver
Click here to download the GeForce Hotfix display driver version 610.82 for Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64
DDU
Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) V18.1.5.6 Released. - Wagnardsoft Forum
NVIDIA driver removal is best done in Windows Safe Mode - I’ve been saying this for a long time and I’m not changing that opinion. The only exception is when Safe Mode doesn’t work properly on someone’s system.
So before proceeding with any further steps, make sure that Windows Safe Mode is working correctly.
Also, there’s no real need to disconnect from the internet or disable your internet connection during driver uninstall or installation. What actually matters is Windows behavior - just set it so it doesn’t automatically install devices or pull drivers on its own. That alone is enough to prevent conflicts during the process, without having to unplug anything or go offline.
If you’re not an advanced user, don’t feel confident digging deep into Windows settings or simply don’t want to bother, there are easier alternatives.
You can just unplug the Ethernet cable, turn off WIFI or disable your network adapter directly in Device Manager.
In that case, if your PC case is pushed against the wall or placed under a desk, disabling the network adapter is usually the quickest option. Just right-click the network card in Device Manager and disable it.
Right-click “Start” icon and select Device Manager.
Expand Network adapters
Then right-click your network adapter and select Disable device.
Disabling the network adapter in Device Manager is the most convenient and fastest method.
You can also, after launching DDU in normal Windows mode, go into the DDU settings and enable “Prevent downloads of drivers from Windows Update when Windows searches for a driver for a device”
While still in the settings, also enable “Enable Safe Mode dialog”
// Also, as I mentioned above, make sure to check that Safe Mode is actually working on your system before proceeding.
Under General Options and Specific Options, you can select the same settings that I have enabled here
Be careful with “Remove present and non-present monitors” - this setting removes monitors and their drivers. After a restart, they will still work, but Windows will not have proper drivers installed for them, so you may need to reinstall the monitor drivers.
Also note that after removing monitors and restarting the PC, Windows may change the refresh rate settings. Go to Windows Settings > System > Display > Advanced display. Check if “Choose a refresh rate” is set to the maximum Hz of your monitor - if not, change it to the max or set it to your preferred value (for example 120Hz instead of 240Hz).
I once forgot about this and Windows set my monitor to 60Hz instead of 165Hz. As a result, I had stuttering in MSFS 2020/2024 and couldn’t figure out why. It turned out the cause was exactly the refresh rate.
So now you already have DDU configured and know a bit more - it’s time to prepare for reinstalling the driver. Before switching to Safe Mode, download the NVIDIA driver you want to install. After downloading it, you can launch DDU and under “Launch option” click Normal and select "Safe mode (recommended).
After the system switches to Safe Mode and DDU is launched, select the GPU you want to uninstall, in this case NVIDIA.
Then click “Clean and restart”.
After the restart, you can install NVIDIA driver. I recommend installing the minimal version, meaning only the driver and PhysX - this way you can make sure everything works properly without NVIDIA app.
So run the previously downloaded installer, select “NVIDIA Graphics Driver”, then click “Agree and Continue”.
On the next screen of the installer, select “Custom (Advanced)” and click “Next”.
On the next screen of the installer, uncheck “HD Audio Driver” and make sure “PhysX” and “Perform a clean installation” are selected, then click “Next”.
After NVIDIA driver installation, restart PC. After reboot, I remind you to install the monitor drivers if needed and check the monitor refresh rate (Hz) in Windows settings, as mentioned above.
If you have checked in DDU
and want Windows to install other drivers again, launch DDU in normal mode and under “select device type” click
Now you can enable your network adapter in Device Manager. Open Device Manager, right-click the network adapter you disabled, and select “Enable device”.
Restart PC.
Now you can open the NVIDIA Control Panel and set a profile for MSFS according to your preference. The only important thing is not to change settings in the global profile unless you really need to.
After setting up the MSFS profile, check how the game performs. If everything is fine and you need the NVIDIA app instead of the NVIDIA Control Panel, you can download and install it.
Fly safe.
It’s important to uninstall the NVIDIA driver using DDU and then reinstall it. This is a clean driver installation.
I forgot something very important that I’ve been recommending for a long time: before every major MSFS 2020/2024 update, it’s worth clearing both the game cache and the driver cache.
Below is an example of how to do this for the MSFS 2024 MS Store version with an NVIDIA GPU.
How to delete MSFS 2024 and Nvidia cache
1 Start your PC in safe mode
- Click start
- Click power icon
- Press and hold left SHIFT key and click restart
- Select Troubleshoot > advanced options > startup settings > restart
- Select 4 - Enable safe mode
2 Click start and type
%localappdata%\D3DSCache
Press Enter
Delete all folders
3 Click start and type
%APPDATA%\..\LocalLow\Nvidia\DXCache
Press enter
Delete all files
4 Type
%localappdata%\Nvidia\
Press enter
Delete folders DxCache and GLCache
5 type
%appdata%\NVIDIAComputeCache
Press enter
Delete all folders
6 type
%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC
Press enter
Delete all folders
7 type
%localappdata%\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\PC
Press enter
Delete all files and folders
8 type
%localappdata%\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\SceneryIndexes
Press enter
Delete all files
9 type
%localappdata%\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\cache\
Press enter
Delete all files and folders
10 type
%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DCE
Press enter
Delete all files and folders
11 Go to the folder that contains the Community folder. Open the StreamedPackages folder and delete all the folders inside it.
Press enter
Delete all files
Restart PC
12 Click “start” and type storage settings - press enter
13 Click temporary files > scroll down > check box DirectX Shader Cache
14 scroll up > click Remove Files
15 Restart PC.
16 Delete rolling cache file.
17 Launch MSFS 2024
Note: The above instruction applies to the MSFS 2024 MS Store version and NVIDIA graphics cards. If you have an AMD graphics card, uninstalling the driver with DDU will also delete the driver cache.
yeah, me too.. I‘ve flown 90% in and from this area. IFR, VFR, Airliner, GA, Helis etc…
was a cool Region with Aerosoft EDDS and theire little Airfields. Now i leaved Germany virtually. Hope this will fixed before Simupdate 7.
Yeah, I’ve done pretty much everything.
I’m just going to get new drivers for the Nvidia card now, but then I’ll have done everything.
One last thing: I’m still on Windows 10.
Windows 10 in 2026 isn’t really a good idea anymore, but I’m not going to try to convince you to switch to Windows 11 - that’s your decision.
I’m wondering if you have the City Updates for Germany and the World Updates for Germany installed, or you’re streaming them. Is EDDS installed locally or streamed?
You probably use GSX.