*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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Nodexel
11 years ago
Dont know if I have the same problem. But my game crashes to desktop after 30-90 sec in the menu. Also crashes in the loading screen when trying to find a game (might be that menu crash also). I just did a Driver Sweep of my video driver. Didn't fix anything.
Windows 8.0
CPU: Intel Q9650
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: AMD HD6950 1 GB
flextales
11 years ago
I am in the same boat as you my friend. I'm really aggrevated that the community is the only ones who want to fix this game ruining issue. I was looking for a more direct line to contact EA/Respawn with no avail. If this isn't fixed by the weekend I will be asking for a refund, there is no sense in me paying for a game that clearly worked in beta but I can't play on launch. Now I just have a 60 dollar hole in my bank account and am wasting nights trying to play a game that I fell for the hype on.
I'm truly sick of being treated like a second rate customer because I play on PC. My hardware is great, my setup is near perfect, and this really falls on bad QA and poor development practices, as a professional SQA I know how things like this should be treated.
MrMiddcore
11 years ago
Did a driver clean in safemode, reinstalled latest drivers (335.23), no difference.
Frodiziak1
11 years ago
Funny how I also am a QA dude...
You more than anyone understands how soul shattering it is coming from a busy day at work to troubleshoot/test a game you actually want to play and enjoy. Their PC compatibility tests must have been really shallow and I don't even know if I should hope for a fix in the coming week. It seems like they outsourced their compatibility tests to a **bleep**ty QA lab.
flextales
11 years ago
It really is disheartening. It's like I'm going home to pay to do my job. Right now I just really want to hear from a dev. I just want them to say "we're working on it," that's all I need to hear to keep what little hope of playing this game I have. What's the most upsetting to me is that I chose this over Darksouls II, I could have been playing something amazing tonight but instead I sit at my PC trolling tech help boards, scouring for a way to play the game that I, and everyone else in this thread, paid for.
Anonymous
11 years ago
From what I can gather, it is not a super wide spread problem, although it is definitely affecting some users. I don't anticipate a fix for this, for a while. Typical EA garbage.
Anonymous
11 years ago
Yeah, this is really bumming me out. Just let me know a fix is coming, and I'll be happy. I want to be able to play this game, I truly enjoy it when I can play it, but right now, I can't.
MrMiddcore
11 years ago
So @titanfallsledge are we going to hear from the devs on this?
metalhead1621
11 years ago
i also have this issue very frustrating, i7 860, 8gb ram, nvidia 670, new drivers, windows 7 ultimate up to date, and ive done all prevous suggestions, please fix
or....
When are games eligible for return?
You may return any EA full game digital download (PC/Mac) purchased on Origin for a full refund:
Within 24 hours after you first launch the game
Within seven days from your date of purchase, or
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Whichever comes first. This is in addition to your standard return or refund rights.

can i still get that refund if purchesed through gmg?
Anonymous
11 years ago
Yeah, this is really frustrating. I mean everyone's posted the "Faulting module name: materialsystem_dx11.dll" part which tells them what is triggering the crash. I just want to know 1) if they have figured out what's going on. 2) if they haven't _why_ and what are they doing to figure it out? 3) a ballpark estimate on when we can expect something. 4) hopefully some sort of janky fix we can use in the meantime....
=/
Rolled back to older driver versions, did not help. Tried all the other stuff as detailed in previous posts.

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