Unreal Engine Games Crashing
Unreal Engine Games Crashing
I recently replaced my PC completely (except for the power supply and storage, details at the bottom). It wasn’t a fresh Windows 10 install, but I used DDU on my previous machine to clear all drivers before transferring the drive. After that, whenever I try to run games built with Unreal Engine, they frequently crash after anywhere from two minutes to an hour. My collection of games since the upgrade is limited: Satisfactory, Fortnite, and Oxygen Not Included (ONI). The first two are Unreal Engine 4 and 5, while ONI is a Unity title. Fortnite crashed twice (only tried twice), and Satisfactory has crashed six times so far. I played ONI for about three hours on a few occasions without any problems. Each crash report begins with “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0xffffffffffffffff.” The memory address keeps changing, which suggests it’s the latest one received. My GPU driver is version 512.95 (released 5/24/2022). I assembled the system around 5/14/2022. Specs: CPU – AMD Ryzen 5 5600X MBD – ASRock B550 Taichi (Razer Edition) RAM – Corsair Vengeance DDR4 32GB (2x16GB) at 3600MHz – C16 GPU – EVGA FTW 3080 LHR – PSU – Corsair RM850x. I’m trying to fix this because the crashing games are exactly what I want to play. Update: My memory diagnostic tool reported no errors. I also ran ‘sfc /scannow’ in the command prompt, which said “Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.” However, sometimes when problems occur, it does detect and fix issues.
Was es eine neue Windows-Installation zu sein? Wenn nicht, könnte ein erneuernder Installationsversuch helfen. Es könnte auch ein Speicherproblem vorliegen. Starten Sie beim nächsten Start das Windows-Memory-Diagnose-Tool. Wenn es nichts zeigt, führen Sie Memtest86 (benötigt einen kleinen USB-Stick) aus. Beide Tools sind kostenlos.
I haven't installed Windows again, but I used DDU on my old machine to clear all drivers before transferring the storage. I want to skip a full install unless needed. The memory diagnostics tool reported 'no errors.' I also ran 'sfc /scannow' in the command prompt and it confirmed no integrity issues. Sometimes when problems arise, it checks for and fixes them automatically. This information is added to your notes.
I explored more online resources and discovered others facing the same issues. There’s a whole discussion about the new Nvidia drivers being unreliable. I switched back to driver 472.12, and everything works smoothly in the games I play. It looks like I’ll keep using that version for some time. I’m planning to share this if anyone else encounters the same problem—hope it helps them too.