*edit (via EANils)* Please check the latest info in the linked post. The title basically tells the story. The game persistently CTDs (crashes to desktop) for me. Without warning, I will just get a "Titanfall.exe has stopped working" error and have to restart the game. There is no pattern to when this occurs. It generally happens before I can compete more than a couple of matches - it happened my first three attempts to complete the first mission of the campaign. It was only on my fourth try that I was able to complete the mission. However, it happens in non-campaign gameplay as well. My system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Core i5 3570k @ 4.2Ghz GTX 670 2GB 12GB DDR-1333 RAM I am running the latest NVIDIA drivers, the ones that dropped yesterday (335.23). I have checked my CPU and GPU temps and they are all well within normal tolerances.

Dont let this thread die, this issue needs to come to the attention of Respawn devs.

The linked admin post on the first page is correct - the materialsystem_dx11.dll crash is definitely VRAM related, and turning features down helps immensely. It's not a fix, but a workaround. I did some testing because I've been seeing this issue on my new rebuilt RIG, but hadn't on the 1-2 plays on my old one. First off, my build:Intel i7-3770kMSI Geforce 670 w/ 2GB VRAM on 335.23 driver16GB RAMOS is on a 250GB SSD, Game is on a 2TB HD with 120GB Intel SRT CacheWindows 8.1 Using MSI Afterburner on my 2nd screen, I can clearly see FB usage (Framebuffer memory usage), spiking up and down, but steadily creep higher when I'm running at 2560x1440, High Textures, High for all other settings, 2xMSAA, vSync Off, 8x Anisotropic filtering. At these settings, I will crash within 2-4 minutes, and framebuffer is full. If I drop to 1920x1080, Medium textures, 4xAnisotropic filtering, and a couple of other bumps down, frambuffer doesn't seem to break 80%, and I can get through a couple of matches. Hoewever - and this is key - longer matches are still risky. Framebuffer use still steadily creeps up, implying a memory leak of some sort. Might be within Titanfall, might be driver-related, who knows. Since the video card WILL try to use system memory to help augment itself, and since Titanfall is definitely a memory hog, you are also probably better off not having other apps open while Titanfall is running. This will not directly affect the Framebuffer issue; however, given that system memory bandwidth is at a premium, reducing contention may improve framerates a bit. By far, the biggest gains will be graphics-memory-related settings. What this means is that texture resolution is critical, but anything that increases FB usage in general: For example, shadows tend to be more GPU-bound, while Impact Marks may be more helpful (especially if they use procedurally generated textures for things like bullet marks). The only other thing I would recommend is proactively resetting Titanfall every few matches. While between matches the 3D engine is spun down (and the framebuffer drops to near-zero), there's no non-Respawn-dev way to tell if any resources are being held onto in some way.

I suggest you try these simple steps, for some this has solved similar issues.First do a repair install of the game in Origin, In origin right click your game and from drop down choose Repair Game.Run Origin as Administrator - Right click on Origin.exe and go to properties. Then go to compatibility tab and tick the box next to RUN AS ADMIN.

So fair what I have tried..1- Game repair2- Clean reinstall of my gpu driver (latest)3- Lowered all settings4- turning vsynch off and forcing it with nvidia control pannel5. Despair............

I'm having the exact same issue, and running as admin didn't do anything to help it. :<Windows 8 Pro 64-bitCore i7 3820 @ 3.6 GHzGTX 660 TI 2GB16 GB ramI've tried the repair, I've reinstalled, I've repaired again after, but nothing seems to fix it. Not only that but the crashes are random with no prompting and occasionally after a crash I'll be unable to start the game any longer as it will just crash upon startup. No error messages, no warnings, just "Titanfall.exe has stopped working"

Persistent mid-game crash - "materialsystems dx11" issue?

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MorningTimeCloud
Legend
11 years ago
I suggest you try these simple steps, for some this has solved similar issues.

First do a repair install of the game in Origin, In origin right click your game and from drop down choose Repair Game.

Run Origin as Administrator - Right click on Origin.exe and go to properties. Then go to compatibility tab and tick the box next to RUN AS ADMIN.
Frodiziak1
11 years ago
I am having the exact same issue.
Nvidia gtx 660 ti
I3 3200
8gb
Win7
Did a clean reinstall of my gpu driver, repairing the game atm.. will follow up.
MorningTimeCloud
Legend
11 years ago
Let me know if it works,
Frodiziak1
11 years ago
Still crashing...
So where should we start looking now? I am not sure if it has to do with my directx or something with my settings conflicting with something else.
Anonymous
11 years ago
I am having the same issues. Repairing the game now. Will report back if it fixed my issue.
Frodiziak1
11 years ago
So fair what I have tried..
1- Game repair
2- Clean reinstall of my gpu driver (latest)
3- Lowered all settings
4- turning vsynch off and forcing it with nvidia control pannel
5. Despair............
Anonymous
11 years ago
Same issue here. Random crashing to desktop with no correlation between events, no error messages and it doesn't even crash the same way every time. Sometimes the game just closes without warning or message of any sort. Sometimes it will actually give the windows message that the program crashed.
Windows 8.1 Pro x64
i7-2700k @ 3.5GHz
ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3
GTX 670 2GB
16GB DDR3 @ 1866MHz
Game installed on Samsung 830 SSD
335.23 NVIDIA drivers
No temp issues.
Attempted the "Repair" option on game, toggled V-Sync and a few other video settings.
Additionally, here's a pastebin for the various crash errors from Windows Logs; http://pastebin.com/ubMFJWeH
nvwgf2umx.dll was the most common faulting module.
Pastebin for dxdiag: http://pastebin.com/YUP2FXQY
Anonymous
11 years ago
I'm having the exact same issue, and running as admin didn't do anything to help it. :<
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
Core i7 3820 @ 3.6 GHz
GTX 660 TI 2GB
16 GB ram
I've tried the repair, I've reinstalled, I've repaired again after, but nothing seems to fix it. Not only that but the crashes are random with no prompting and occasionally after a crash I'll be unable to start the game any longer as it will just crash upon startup. No error messages, no warnings, just "Titanfall.exe has stopped working"
Frodiziak1
11 years ago
Dont let this thread die, this issue needs to come to the attention of Respawn devs.
Anonymous
11 years ago
Same issue here, have tried repairing, running origin.exe as admin, running titanfall.exe as admin, uninstalled and reinstalled gfx drivers, turned off v-sync, verified no errors with directx
Here is the event viewer log entry:
Faulting application name: TitanFall.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x530b9c18
Faulting module name: materialsystem_dx11.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x530d6142
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000f1825
Faulting process id: 0x1a80
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf3d87e53a3bb5
Faulting application path: A:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Titanfall\TitanFall.exe
Faulting module path: a:\program files (x86)\origin games\titanfall\bin\x64_retail\materialsystem_dx11.dll
Winodws 7 x64 bit