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The BSODs are actually unrelated to Andromeda. Those were a result of War Thunder's BattleEye anti-cheat system clashing with my RAM, which I've since changed out and stopped receiving crashes from. I also regularly delete the BattleEye folder to force a clean reinstall every few days now to avoid its **bleep**ery.
With Andromeda, it just shuts down the program and goes back to desktop. I think I only have gotten one BSOD with Andromeda, but that was likely because I accidentally had my mods load order inverted, which was pretty stupid of me.
With Skyrim, I know installing it in the Program Files usually screws with modded games, but even without mods, Andromeda is still crashing repeatedly, so it being in C:\ProgramFiles\EAGames shouldn't matter, AFAIK. Plus, I have Mass Effect LE installed there and modded, and don't have any issues.
EDIT 21 JULY 5:07PM EST:
I seem have to fixed the issue, at least pertaining to crashing on the shuttle from Hyperion to Habitat 7. Clean install, deleted everything except the files marked "_profile" in Documents\BioWare\MassEffectAndromeda\Saves, and seemingly most importantly: disabled Backup ASLR and Control Flow Guard for MassEffectAndromeda.exe in my Windows Security control panel. (ONLY for MEA.exe, not my whole computer- a program override rather than a system-wide override.) Based on this Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/MassEffectAndromeda/comments/1jiblt2/fix_andromeda_crashing_on_launch_windows_11/) it led me to add MEA.exe to the handled programs, then manually disable Backup ASLR and CFG for it. I successfully made it through the shuttle ride to Habitat 7, at the very least. (Previously, it would either crash or I'd be stuck in the atmospheric re-entry scene.)
EDIT 21 JULY 8:05PM EST:
I'm now getting a freeze that registers as a crash as soon as Ryder wakes up on the Hyperion following the Habitat 7 Prologue mission. As soon as I select the first dialogue choice, the game freezes. Crash log .dmp gives the same error code, but now the error is "INVALID_POINTER_READ_c0000005_MassEffectAndromeda.exe!Unknown" instead of it being "SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE_c0000005_MassEffectAndromeda.exe!Unknown".
So back to square one, I suppose.
Please preform a Clean Boot:
A clean boot is a process that starts Windows with a minimal set of services and startup programs. This can help eliminate or find software conflicts.
How to perform the clean boot:
- Press Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box.
- Type “msconfig” (Without the quotes.) > Enter.
- In the System Configuration window, go to the Services tab.
- Check the box that says, “Hide all Microsoft services”.
- Click Disable all. (Make sure the EABackgroundService remains enabled.)
- Go to the Startup tab and click Open Task Manager.
- In the Task Manager, disable all startup items that are activated.
- Close Task Manager and go back to the System Configuration window, then click OK.
- Restart the computer, the PC will start into clean boot mode.
- Test the Game
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- Disable Afterburner and similar software.
- Make sure any CORSAIR/Asus/Razor software is disabled or uninstalled.
- Ensure your GPU and CPU are not overclocked.
- Disconnect all peripherals except for your mouse and keyboard.
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