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Anonymous
11 years ago
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Crashing mid-game, every game!

Hi all! I've been persistantly trying to play PVZ and no matter what it randomly crashes during games. I have gotten lucky and finished maybe two games, and then as the second match starts it freezes and crashes. In fullscreen I don't even get the "This program has stopped responding" popup until I exit the game manually in task manager.

My specs:

OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU, 2.9 Ghz (Quad Core)

Memory: 6gb RAM

Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 650 updated to version 340.52

DirectX 11

(before you say anything yes I know AMD and Nvidia together is blasphemous - don't blame me, I didn't know, this is a frankenstein type hand-me-down PC)

I have updated all drivers, uninstalled and reinstalled the game multiple times, I have Origin in-game disabled etc, etc. All to no avail. Is this a common problem? Will it be patched soon? I waited so long for the PC release and this is bringing tears to my little eyes ☹️

Crash info

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: PVZ.Main_Win64_Retail.exe

Application Version: 1.0.1.0

Application Timestamp: 53c6b959

Fault Module Name: PVZ.Main_Win64_Retail.exe

Fault Module Version: 1.0.1.0

Fault Module Timestamp: 53c6b959

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 00000000008ae4ea

OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: 6e15

Additional Information 2: 6e15bdc444f8dc9eae7e49a423380d31

Additional Information 3: ba4c

Additional Information 4: ba4c7c97847fdccb662203b25d468844

Thank you,

A desperate plant just trying to blast some zombies.

4 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    c0000005 is a glitch that has been seen constantly Woot has tried to fix it with no luck That I know of and I believe this has been an issue since launch.


  • @QueenSequoyah wrote:

    (before you say anything yes I know AMD and Nvidia together is blasphemous


    It's not blasphemous. They work perfectly well together.

    While PC gamers may sometimes prefer certain brands, there isn't much animosity between owners of different brands. Having a platform that is so open that you can mix brands, is a luxury.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    Approved

    Since yours does run for a awhile atleast... maybe some of this might make a difference?  Usually this is for DX crashes.

    1-  Downclock the 650 a hair, maybe 50mhz and 100mhz on memory something like that

    2- Set an FPS Limiter... if the game can't peg 60+ maybe try 30 just to test to see if it can run it longer.

    Open Notepad.
    Copy and Paste this:

    GameTime.MaxVariableFps 60

    Save it as "user.cfg"

    You cannot have user.cfg.txt
    enable "View Extentions of Known File Types" from Folder Options in Control Panel

    Put it in your PvZ directory
    \\Origin Games\Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare

    More things you can add to that file to play with:

    RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1
    PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 0
    PerfOverlay.DrawFps 1
    PostProcess.DofMethod 0
    PostProcess.BlurMethod 0
    PostProcess.DynamicAOEnable 0
    PostProcess.DynamicAOMethod 0
    Render.VSyncFlashTestEnable 0
    WorldRender.TransparencyShadowmapsEnable 0
    WorldRender.MotionBlurEnable 0
    WorldRender.MotionForceOn 0
    WorldRender.SpotLightShadowmapEnable 0
    WorldRender.SpotlightShadowmapResolution 256
    WorldRender.LightTileCsPathEnable 0
    RenderDevice.Dx11Enable 0
    RenderDevice.Dx11Dot1Enable 0
    RenderDevice.Dx11Dot1RuntimeEnable 0
    RenderDevice.VSyncEnable 0
    RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 0 

    You can try changing Render ahead to 0, maybe 2 just to test.

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    AMD + nVidia... shouldn't be the problem... but here and in BFH I've struggled to put a dent into them.  (even requested devs take a further look at these systems)

    One guy recently PM'd me on Origin who had a system like that and said it magically started working after we tried like everything under the sun.

    I didn't stick around long enough in BF4 forums to get a sense for it there.. I would assume it works fine there as the amount of people playing is sooo much higher I'd imagine.    AMD + nVidia systems I'm sure are very small minority just because when you buy an AMD cpu your likely to buy an AMD GPU... been meaning to try to check Steam's system check charts but haven't gotten around to it.

    Should it be a problem?  No absolutely not

    Is it though?  mmmm I don't have an answer just guesses and hunches... maybe?

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    Doubt it judging by the error message but you could Uninstall VGA drivers, go to safe mode, use a wiper tool, restart install them again...

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    You don't have any left over IGP from AMD left around do you?  I'd be sure Catalyst is completely gone, 100%.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    Approved

    Thanks so much for your help, but now I can't even get online to see if it works! Oh boy does this game need patching! 

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