Adding to the CTD discussion:
Rig is:
- AMD 5600x
- 32GB 3200 Corsair RAM
- RTX3090
- Open Loop Watercooling
- Windows and FS installed on PCIe m.2
- Gigabit Fibre Internet (Wired connection to PC)
- Single Monitor
This is a newly built machine with clean windows install and minimal ■■■■ is installed. Machine runs cool and stable in Memtest and 3DMark stress tests (Port Royal for 24hrs), Prime95 for multiple hours with no errors) and CPU and GPU temps do not exceed 60c (Prime95 gets CPU to stabilise at about 68c but that is extreme CPU loading). I have been monitoring these and there are no spikes etc. Flight Sim puts less load on my system than Fallout4VR which runs stably (which is rare given how buggy that game is) for many many hours. All Flightsim testing recently has been in 2d and VR headset is disconnected from the machine.
Since the last patch and/or installing the Premium Deluxe upgrade, I get consistent CTDs either at 10-20minutes into the flight or at a random point often near the end of a flight/getting close to an airport. I have tested flights all over the planet, flights are long as I’ve been trying to get the Saddle Sore achievement, but the most I’ve managed is 5.5hrs. I had no issues and only crashes related to known issues like the VFR map prior to the latest patch. With over 100hrs flying time and most of that on the new machine.
I got the Premium Deluxe upgrade recently and crashes have started since that or the last patch, I don’t know for certain which. So I am raising as a potential point of differential between those having issues and those who are insisting that it is system based.
I have no mods, and an empty community folder, I have not had any mods installed at any point. No Simconnect or FSUIPC type stuff ever installed used etc. I repeat, no mods used, ever! All Flight Sim content is installed from content manager and updated.
I have tried, in a controlled manner changing one element at a time:
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Changing graphics settings up and down.
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AI Offline, Live Traffic and Off
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Multiplayer On and Off
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Live Weather or preset
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Live time or preset
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Turning ATC sound off (no Text to speech)
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Clearing rolling cache, and no rolling cache
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Different planes (all props for this but both vanilla and deluxe)
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Underclocking memory and turning XMP off.
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Turning off afterburner or any other OC and running at “stock”
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Ensuring all drivers etc are up to date
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Windows integrity tests sfc/DISM etc
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Disabling the Nvidia Audio Driver
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Windows Update (all applied)
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Disabling Windows Defender (only AV used)
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IPv6 is OFF
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Resetting Router
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Clean install of .NET and C Redist libraries
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DDU uninstall of Graphics drivers and clean install, running 461.09
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Manually configuring SWAP or setting system control( Noting RAM usage rarely goes above 16GB anyway)
None of the above has resulted in a reduction in CTDs.
Most of my CTDs are reported with the VCRUNTIME140.dll
Faulting application name: FlightSimulator.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5fda32ba
Faulting module name: VCRUNTIME140.dll, version
Some are just Flightsimulator.exe
Those I catch are often proceeded with the sound stutter.
Reading through the threads on the forums it is clear that people are trying to help but there is something that has been introduced in recent patches that is causing issues.