Solved Falcon BMS 4.37.2 Crashing Mid-Multiplayer Flight
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@MustErd your description is very general and the ctds happen ramdomly, right? It suggests that could be something in your hardware. ( as you recently wrote in your yt channel, you changed it recently and is able to fly 4.37…).
By RAM issues I don’t mean quantity but if they had any error. Google up Windows Memory Diagnostic, Memtest etc.
The best thing however would be provide at least a crash log.
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Windows has a useful tool called Performance Monitor. Set it up to monitor ram during an MP flight. See how much is consumed. You have to google Perfmon for how to set it up but it’s quite simple.
You can also make sure that Windows swap file is system managed and not using custom values. When you’re out of ram, Windows kernel will offload to a disk drive temporarily.
Other than that, check for general stability issues. Download prime95 and engage the torture test. If you can run it 30 min nonstop I’d say neither heat or power is an issue.
It can also be a driver issue or similar.
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@tiag Yeah I just got a completely new PC. But what’s weird is that about 80 percent of the time I don’t even get a crash log. I’m running on 16Gb RAM, Ryzen 7 2700, and a GTX 1660 which is more than enough for BMS 4.37. I also ran the Windows Memory Diagnostic and my system found no problems.
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@b0bl00i The performance monitor is a bit complicated. Am I not also able to see how much ram is being used through the task manager as well? Or does the performance monitor do something necessary that task manager doesn’t?
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@MustErd specs seem fine … if you have crash logs in ‘\Falcon BMS 4.37\User\Logs’ please share them.
if you don’t, please follow the instructions at https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/20866/enabling-dump-files-at-all-times-and-creating-frozen-game-dump-files
to have your OS record detailed dump files whenever the program crashes.
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Follow this guide https://www.groovypost.com/howto/monitor-pc-memory-performance-usage/
Task manager shows you current usage right now, we want to figure out what happens when your computer crashes.
BTW, how many gigs of ram do you have?
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@b0bl00i 16GB DDR5
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@MustErd Hi. What theater are you flying?
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@drtbkj Actually, after a bit more flying. I realize it’s not a theater issue. The game crashes no matter what theater I’m in. Balkans, Korea KTO, Taiwan and both modern and 80s ITO are all examples of theaters my game has crashed in. But it’s not a constant thing, sometimes I go days without any issues, others it’ll crash every 5-10 minutes.
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@b0bl00i My game crashed at around 7:13:15
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@MustErd The game also crashed at 8:01:30
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@MustErd I can’t easily interpret the perfmon graph.
Your PC specs seem fine, in theory. I think people are asking about RAM because in recent months, some folks have had trouble with greatly-mismatched RAM vs CPU speeds. DDR4 has been around for so long and evolved so much… it’s now possible to buy RAM that’s “too fast” for your CPU… especially if your CPU is 5+ years old.
I have a 4 y.o. intel i7-9700 and I have to downclock my RAM from 3600 to 3200, to keep my system stable.
What speed is your RAM running at? (TaskMgr will show you, down at the bottom of the memory view.)
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@airtex2019 I’m running at 3200 MHz
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@MustErd is this a 2700 or 2700X ?
from a quick google, I think either 2666 or 2933 MHz is the fastest supported – anything faster will technically be an overclock, forcing the CPU memory controller to run faster than spec.
check your mobo manual to be sure. then, turn down your RAM speed (in your BIOS) and see if that helps.
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@airtex2019 It’s a Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz
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Did your computer run prime 95 without issues? How hot did the CPU get?
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@airtex2019 Thanks man. I realized my PC was using the extreme memory profile at 3200 MHz. The default is 2666 MHz. That might just do the trick. Because not only would BMS crash, but other games like Rocket League and IL-2 as well. I’ll see how everything runs now and update you in a day.
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@b0bl00i I haven’t gotten around to that yet because I’ve been busy. But I’ll do it sometime within a few hours.
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I have 32 Gb installed, but I get a figure of 64 Gb “Committed”. Does anyone know what that means (and is that a bad thing) ?
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@jayb it includes the cache (on disk)