PVZ Garden Warfare has stopped working. [PC]
Any help? I have the right specs, and i installed it. But i just can't play it. When I launch it, it just says "Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare has stopped working". Thks in advance
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This thread should be sticky, i have the same bug and i tried everything and nothing works, but im sure that is a game bug for the following reason:
I can perfectly play Garden Ops mode in solo, the game runs without problems, i played it for 30 minutes and it works perfectly.
As soon as i go multiplayer the game randomly crashes, sometimes after few seconds, and when im lucky i can play couple games before it freezes.
Please fix it, i dont want refunds, i want the damn game working.
Thanks in advance
It's harder to respond to a wall of people than it is to one concise OP that lists his specific error, system specs and any other information he can provide.
A lot of people here want to help, but you need to help us too by feeding us information about the issue and your system.
I find myself often skipping over huge threads if I have not been actively involved in it because that's where rocks get thrown at me.
@WootCandy
Hi, the error description im getting is the same that was already posted:
Faulting Application Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare\PVZ.Main_Win64_Retail.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: PVZ.Main_Win64_Retail.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 538e7c45
Fault Module Name: PVZ.Main_Win64_Retail.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 538e7c45
Exception Code: c000001d
Exception Offset: 0000000000a3259e
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: c6b3
Additional Information 2: c6b3b877ca79f5bf5e964b5027d620ec
Additional Information 3: 6d4a
Additional Information 4: 6d4aaa519f1e3ab8b7884b6bf4e10dd7
I can discard a hardware or drivers related problem because as i told you i can perfectly play Garden Ops mode on solo without any lag or any problem it runs perfectly, when i go to multiplayer mode it randomly crashes giving this error description, i have visual studio installed i tried to open it with a debugger and of course it cant but it says that is an Unmanaged win32 exception.
If you need me to do some special test then let me know, but im sure the bug is not related to outdated drivers or not meeting the software requirements.
I tried running the game in the lowest possible configuration, turning off mic, muting everyone mics, disabling origin in game, etc. and nothing solved it yet.Looks like we just have to wait, oh and wootcandy, EA Tried to help me, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK! They need to patch this soon.
Try this.. I just got home and tested it does look like it reads a user.cfg
Open Notepad.
Copy and Paste this:
RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1
PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 0
PerfOverlay.DrawFps 1
PostProcess.DofMethod 0
PostProcess.BlurMethod 0
PostProcess.DynamicAOEnable 0
PostProcess.DynamicAOMethod 0
GameTime.MaxVariableFps 60
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((I have no clue how many of those are actually being read... I know for a fact some are though))
Save it as "user.cfg"
You cannot have user.cfg.txt enable "View Extentions" from Folder Options in Control Panel
Put it in your PvZ directory
\\Origin Games\Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare
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PROF_SAVE_profile in
C:\Users\<user>\Documents\PVZ Garden Warfare\settings
Is where I turn my attention to next...
Some that jump out at me:
GstRender.UndergrowthQuality X
GstRender.MeshQuality X
GstRender.EffectsQuality X
((make them 0's))
Are these causing or will help? I don't have any clue. If your system is a beast I'd lean towards no but if it's not a beast... maybe?
CPU Unpark has been used in BF4 for a long time, good responses.
http://www.coderbag.com/Programming-C/Disable-CPU-Core-Parking-Utility
RAMMap -> Clear Standby (probably does nothing of value)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ff700229.aspx
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Do you have an AMD CPU and an nVidia GPU?
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** Yes all of that stuff I listed is for improving performance... will I get lucky and it fixes somebodies problem? Wouldn't hold my breath.
Sometimes I can see a smoking gun in a an error log like the one you posted... that one I do not... I've seen it before and I fail trying to help fix it.
Hey wootcandy, if i give you my specs would it help you fix this case?
Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce GTX 275
DAC Type: Intergrated RAMDAC
Main Driver: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2
Version: 9.18.13.3788
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
DirectX: 11
Memory: 4096MB RAM/4GB RAM (I think)
