Freezes when using the Radio - 4.35U2 Israeli Theater

[tsb247]

I have recently noticed a trend in my campaign in the Israeli Theater. Radio calls to ATC and/or wingmen tend to cause the sim to hang and infinitely cycle a portion of the audio file being played at the time - e.g., the speech to/from ATC or my wingman. While the issue isn’t incredibly consistent, I have noticed that pattern as I make radio calls when I contact departure or when I tell my wingman to fence in/out. I have not had this happen in any other theater yet, but so far, it is pretty consistently happening in the Israeli Theater. The worst part is that it is relatively consistent in some of the longer missions, either causing a hand after a long ingress or shortly after takeoff as I restart from the last freeze.

Version
4.35.2 (x64)

Build
2383

Detailed Description
The sim freezes when using the radio to talk to AI ATC and/or AI wingman in the Israeli Theater.

Pictures
None

Example files
None, but I will add if I can capture it in a video.

Crash logs
None - The sim just hangs, and I have to exit via Task Manager.

Reproducibility Procedure
1. Set radio preset to either ATC or intraflight
2. Use radio commands
3. Sim freeze

Expected Behavior
Expect normal AI comms

[Seifer]

I believe this is fixed for U3. Still, if you can provide a dmp for this I can take a look.

You can force DMP generation in deadlocks by following this (see point 3): https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?42473-Enabling-dump-files-at-all-times-MS-Application-Verifier-and-Frozen-dump-files

[JetNoise2]

Same issue in POH and KTO . . .

[tsb247]

@Seifer:

I believe this is fixed for U3. Still, if you can provide a dmp for this I can take a look.

You can force DMP generation in deadlocks by following this (see point 3): https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?42473-Enabling-dump-files-at-all-times-MS-Application-Verifier-and-Frozen-dump-files

Thanks! I did manage to catch a hang-up and I created a dump file using the method in point 3. Here’s a link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mlps5lyzFXzHZV5v4aqWuVHBJeUU-IrO/view?usp=sharing

[tsb247]

@JetNoise2:

Same issue in POH and KTO . . .

That really sucks. I am glad I am not the only one though. I had originally posted on one of the Facebook pages, and the consensus was to bring the issue here. It seems like it’s a little more common than I thought. What’s weird is that it’s relatively new. I’ve been running my KTO, Israeli, and Balkans campaigns on 4.35U2 for quite a while, and the freezing just started.

[Seifer]

Confirmed, already fixed in U3. Thanks for sharing the DMP!

[tsb247]

@Seifer:

Confirmed, already fixed in U3. Thanks for sharing the DMP!

Thank you for looking it over! I will continue to try and “fly around it,” as I eagerly await U3.

[Seifer]

If game is unplayable for you, you can try adding this to your cfg file:

set g_sPriorityFixes "-0x8000000000000"

This will probably stop the deadlocks, but will cause some CTDs eventually. But if you are always getting the freezes, I think it is better to get a CTD eventually.

[tsb247]

@Seifer:

If game is unplayable for you, you can try adding this to your cfg file:

set g_sPriorityFixes "-0x8000000000000"

This will probably stop the deadlocks, but will cause some CTDs eventually. But if you are always getting the freezes, I think it is better to get a CTD eventually.

Thanks! I will give this a try. I was going to ask…

What is the primary cause of these hang-ups? I did not used to have them at all. They just started happening one day, even after having 4.35U2 running perfectly fine since release. The only thing that changed on my system was a Windows update or two, so that is all I have to explain it. I had nearly perfect performance until a couple of weeks ago - with the [very] rare CTD on occasion.

EDIT: Where does that line of code go, exactly?

[johku]

@tsb247:

EDIT: Where does that line of code go, exactly?

If you like to try, add the line into this file:

BMS\User\Config*Falcon BMS.cfg*

[tsb247]

@johku:

If you like to try, add the line into this file:

BMS\User\Config*Falcon BMS.cfg*

Thanks! I knew what file, but I wasn’t sure exactly where in the file. I think I figured it out, and I am pleased to say that I was able to get through a mission without a single freeze while using the radio.

Thanks for the help!