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[MrHail]

I gave FP a try recently and it's sooooo buggy for me.

I crash almost every 2 drops and I also crashed when dropping my 2nd or 3rd mech.
Quick play works way better. I still get crashes but once like every 10th - 15th match...

FP seams so clunky and buggy.
I crashed once and quickly re-opened the game and loaded in with no cockpit at all. I was just seeing like in a first person shooter and couldn't even switch to 3rd person...thought that switching might fix it... :/

Would be fun if I didn't have to restart the game 2-3 times a match.

Maybe the game takes way more RAM when in FP mode. Only have 8Gb. Maybe that is the issue....dunno.

[Tarl Cabot]

8gigs is fine, though that you are crashing in both queues indicates system instability, faulty or failing equipment, etc.

Need more information about your system such as provided by dxdiag. Window Key +R, type in dxdiag. Run it then save info to desktop. Open up the dxdiag file, copy and paste the beginning to just pass the soundcard entries.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 05 March 2017 - 06:42 AM.

[MrHail]

I did that and copied everything here:

https://docs.google....dit?usp=sharing

If you can have a look and let me know what you think that would be amazing.

To me everything that is written there might as well be written in Chinese because I don't understand anything...

Edited by MrHail, 05 March 2017 - 07:18 AM.

[Tarl Cabot]

Forgot one thing that the dxdiag doesn't show, what brand and model is your PSU (power supply unit)?

And are you OC anything and by how much?

Standalone or Steam? If Steam run integrity check, if Standalone, run the RepairTool.

And since you are linking it, would you post the entire dxdiag? There will be an error section that will show up.

You are running the same CPU as I am, which I have mine OC to 4.5ghz while running w/ SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 Fury.

First, some starter steps.

• Can of compressed air, blow out dust build up CPU and GPU heatsinks and PSU.
  
• Control Panel, Power Options, set to High Performance.
  
• Nvidia Control Panel, 3D, Power Management Mode, change from Adaptive to Max Performance.
  
• Update your soundcard drivers.
  
• Run monitoring software for CPU/GPU/etc heat.

Run some stress tests, especially on your memory with Prime95.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 05 March 2017 - 07:43 AM.

[MrHail]

Installed something and I no longer crashed for the last 4-5 matches.
I do get drops in FPS once in a while but I think that's just the game.

Installed Razer Cortex and it frees memory every time I run the game.
Didn't get a single crash since I did that. Dunno if it will stay this way but hope it does.


I will upgrade to 16 Gb of RAM soonish...

Edited by MrHail, 05 March 2017 - 08:02 AM.

[Tarl Cabot]

Just remember, heat, power requirements and an improperly OC setup can play a factor in instability. If those are out of kilter upgrading to more ram will not remedy it.

That Codex is freeing up memory and not running into issue could be due to the game not using a part of the ram that might be faulty, or some program running in the background that is not releasing memory. That it appears to be working is great, that it allows you to play more but it does not take care of the actual issue.

What game settings are you also using?

Edit - just to add, as long as it works for you now, okay just remember down the road other issues may crop up that is related to your current issue that Codex can not "make better". Best to get that broken blade pulled, the wound stapled and antibiotics than to just put a bandaid on it

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 05 March 2017 - 08:31 AM.

[JasonIIC]

Tarl Cabot, on 05 March 2017 - 07:31 AM, said:

First, some starter steps.

• Can of compressed air, blow out dust build up CPU and GPU heatsinks and PSU.

This. Cooling is almost always overlooked. MWO won't generally tie up that much RAM, but it is inordinately rough on GPU for what you're playing. Overheating due to dust or poor cooling setups is pretty common.

[MrHail]

Thanks for the advice guys!
Will clean the PC and stress test the memory and see how that goes.

If there is anything broken I do think it would be the RAM.
I didn't overclock anything so I don't think that would be it.

Will do my best to track down the issue and post here if I find out what it was exactly.

[Tarl Cabot]

As to reduce the load, create a user.cfg, put it in your MWO folder with the following line sys_MaxFPS = 50 (or what ever your avg FPS is).