PhysX3_x86.dll Crash

[Leon86 13]

yeah, arma physx is cpu physx

[Ezkaton 10]

And its only NV cards that have the issue.

Wrong.

I'm using Crossfire HD7950, and I'm getting PhysX crashes every 5-20 minutes when playing online.

[Lord_OverKill 1]

Issue still exists in "stable" release/Final release.

Have opted out of the DEV branch, and the issue still exists.

Additionally, I'm also now running the NV BETA drivers, and I am still having issues.

EDIT: I can offload the PhysX to the CPU via. the NVCP, however the issue still remains. I was benching my system last night and have performed a full OS rebuild for that purpose, still the same thing. Purged the local cache, removed one of my 690's, still the same thing.

Been playing since Alpha, and this has only become an issue since ~ ver. 0.74 or something

Edited September 12, 2013 by Lord_OverKill

[MasterofNothing 10]

Still having this issue. I can play about 10 minutes online before crash. It happens on every server I've tried, just like in the alpha.

Specs:

i7 920 @ 4ghz

7870XT Tahiti

6GB DDR3 2ghz

[kridian 33]

Additionally, I'm also now running the NV BETA drivers, and I am still having issues.

EDIT: I can offload the PhysX to the CPU via. the NVCP, however the issue still remains. I was benching my system last night and have performed a full OS rebuild for that purpose, still the same thing. Purged the local cache, removed one of my 690's, still the same thing.

Been playing since Alpha, and this has only become an issue since ~ ver. 0.74 or something

Same here.

[RasKK 10]

i always had random gamecrashes in multiplayer mode due to that physx thingie through the beta, and wonder they continue to happen in final release. its totally random to me, sometimes in menu, sometimes after loading, sometimes within the first 15 minutes, sometimes after 3 hours .. i have no clue what that happens.

to my specs:

win7 64bit, i7 870, 8 gigs of ram, ati radeon 6870 .. already tried bunch of different drivers (chipset, graphics card, direct x, etc etc etc). i also reinstalled windows .. no change..

i hope you can fix it soon, because by now the game is some sort of unplayable for me

[Zokah 1]

Yeah still crashing post release on the stable version.

Atm this thread is in the top ten most viewed in troubleshooting. Some attention to this issue by the devs would be nice because many of us are sitting with a product that don't work. And by the looks of it we can't do anything about it.

Have a ticket about my crashes here:

http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=12532

[kridian 33]

Wow. Just played a full night without a crash from this.

I turned on Windows Aero (Win7 x64).

I also Installed the @CBA addons to use the VTS Weapon Rest.

Edited my PageFile to use 8192mb for min & max. Who knows.

For what it's worth.

*Edit*

Crashed tonight with the PhysX error. Oh well, so much for that.

*Edit*

Godamnit! Can't be a driver/pilot or a player of importance due to this sporadic game-ender!

Edited September 16, 2013 by Kridian

[lsd 147]

Recently got Arma 3 and was getting this message without fail every 10-30 mins in games.

Updated PhysX to 9.13.0604 and haven't had a problem since.

[ramius86 13]

Same for me:

crash all at the same time: server, headlessclient and all the clients connected and playing..

http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=14562

[RasKK 10]

Recently got Arma 3 and was getting this message without fail every 10-30 mins in games.

Updated PhysX to 9.13.0604 and haven't had a problem since.

ive also tried updating physx --> did not help :/

[tremanarch 6]

still crashing in MP from time to time. sometimes I can play 30 mins sometimes 2 hours...

it always happens when there are fights in the viewing range... why does the whole client crash from physx? cant they just make the function redundant? i need to see this code...

I always spent hours days for my code that it never crashes - and if so it should say me why..

[kklownboy 43]

ive also tried updating physx --> did not help :/

How can you update PhysX if you run AMD software?hardware?.

---------- Post added at 16:19 ---------- Previous post was at 16:16 ----------

Recently got Arma 3 and was getting this message without fail every 10-30 mins in games.

Updated PhysX to 9.13.0604 and haven't had a problem since.

How does updating PhysX change the DLL in the Game folder? And "9.13.0604" is a legacy driver for pre 2007 games. You want (if your updating your Nvida cards PhysX) 9.13.725 (august update) http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.13.0725-driver.html But still it wont change your ARMA3 DLL. But the old legacy DLLs might just keep any Nvida DLL from getting in the way...?

Odd to see the AMD cards having this issue. It would be nice to know what drivers your on, and how you installed .Net. Let windows do it from Update, or let AMDs driver give it to you, Or did you download DotNet4.5 and install at time of OS install?

Edited September 16, 2013 by kklownboy

[RasKK 10]

How can you update PhysX if you run AMD software?hardware?.

---------- Post added at 16:19 ---------- Previous post was at 16:16 ----------

How does updating PhysX change the DLL in the Game folder? And "9.13.0604" is a legacy driver for pre 2007 games. You want (if your updating your Nvida cards PhysX) 9.13.725 (august update) http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.13.0725-driver.html But still it wont change your ARMA3 DLL. But the old legacy DLLs might just keep any Nvida DLL from getting in the way...?

Odd to see the AMD cards having this issue. It would be nice to know what drivers your on, and how you installed .Net. Let windows do it from Update, or let AMDs driver give it to you, Or did you download DotNet4.5 and install at time of OS install?

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I didnt know i was able to, but as i read the physx ist a cpu thingie which CAN be unloaded to the gpu if the gpu supports it - but maybe im wrong no clue.

due to this game currently being unplayable for me ive tried what he suggested.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.13.0604-driver.html

downloaded, installed, it didnt say "no nvidia gpu detected" as it would normally do - i dont know if it could have affected game behaviour or not for me, but at least it DIDNT ;)

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i usually download .net frameworks

[RasKK 10]

devs whats goin on here?

[mad1986 10]

it seems that nothing is happening. I tried everything and game still crashing.

[kridian 33]

New drivers today 327.23 did NOT fix the PhysX3_86.dll crash. If anyone was wondering.

[ramius86 13]

Physx driver are the same as before

[tonygrunt 10]

Why should physx drivers fix the problem?

The game doesn't seem to require them, they are not installed as a required redistributable.

Latest libraries in newest physx drivers seem to be for up to the 2.8 physx SDK and the game comes with libraries from the 3.2 physx SDK, so I doubt they are ever used.

[[evo] dan 79]

Have you guys ever set the maxmem that the game can use? I set mine to 4097 and it hasn't crashed in a while on missions I used to crash on, so maybe this is a memory leak or something?

[Dwarden 1125]

please realize that GPU drives / physx drivers dependent is PhysX 2 ...

as Arma 3 uses PhysX 3 (CPU only), has own libraries delivered wih the game itself ...

so it's highly unlikely You need any physx driver updates

also STOP looking on Eventviewer !

we need Your .RPT .MDMP .BIDMP files created by Arma 3 engine,

compress them and upload to Arma 3 feedback tracker and upload to here

btw. make sure You tested DEVelopment branch of game http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?149411-How-to-change-between-stable-Arma-3-Alpha-versions-amp-release-candidates-STEAM-client

Edited September 20, 2013 by Dwarden

[Zokah 1]

Dan;2510552']Have you guys ever set the maxmem that the game can use? I set mine to 4097 and it hasn't crashed in a while on missions I used to crash on' date=' so maybe this is a memory leak or something?[/quote']

Yeah atm i have mine at 8192 I'll try 4097 but i think it's a long shot. Nice to see you're reporting back though.

A small update on my end, my feedback ticket on this have finally been assigned to a dev http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=12532 so there's hope.

Maybe we have the devs ears on this now so i recommend everyone to fill out a feedback ticket at feedback.arma3.com

http://feedback.arma3.com/how-to-user.html.html and if you cant find your appdata folder then the map is probably just hidden.

[[evo] dan 79]

Yeah atm i have mine at 8192 I'll try 4097 but i think it's a long shot. Nice to see you're reporting back though.

A small update on my end, my feedback ticket on this have finally been assigned to a dev http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=12532 so there's hope.

Maybe we have the devs ears on this now so i recommend everyone to fill out a feedback ticket at feedback.arma3.com

http://feedback.arma3.com/how-to-user.html.html and if you cant find your appdata folder then the map is probably just hidden.

Been playing for about 3-4 days with that and cpucount = 4 and it hasn't crashed a single time, even though I have been playing sessions that were 4 hours long (playing occupation by Bangabob), game also runs smoother for me with that so its certainly worth trying both of those commands. (don't count your hyperthreaded cores, only real ones)

[Misfit Leader 1]

Upload my 2 mdmp/rpt for tonight game.

Crash reason : PhysX3_x86.dll

Mods : no mods (neither server or me)

Island : Altis

Mission : Ahoy Invade & Annex (modified by NGBC french team)

Latest event while alive : My last action in the game on the second crash was when my chopper wheel touch the ground at the main air base of that mission. I was on the third person view while looking the wheel animation touching the ground.

Side note : I noticed on the second crash that arma3 process was using around 2Go of RAM. I got 12Go of RAM in my PC, so it can't get higher if needed, i guess there is a default limit in the process itself. Don't know if that can helps understand the problem with PhysX3 dll

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I am now downloading the Development branch, i'll report any dumps i got while trying this one as soon as i... crashed ;)

Edited September 21, 2013 by Paul-Hewson

[[evo] dan 79]

Had another crash today, It was on a invade and annex server, it was full too, and it crashed within 20 mins of the game starting, in comparison of it not crashing for about a week (on stable) when playing with about 10 players on insurgency), I definitely think there must be something wrong as far as a potential leak or cpu choke.