Crash to desktop Nightmare

[TwinTail]

Had no crashes once Terrain Detail was turned off. This could be the root of the issue for some of us? Something changed since 2.26 patch to 2.27 that shouldnt have been for terrain graphics?

[Pyro]

HT is looking for some additional crash information.  If you're getting a crash can you open up the details in the crash dialog and scroll down to the Exception Code and Exception Offset fields and report what is listed there?  In the screenshot below, the fields we need are highlighted in blue.

[pigface]

Thanks Pyro,
Just chiming in... I had many crashes last night too, same symptom. I was unable to complete any flights (which is normally caused by other players!)
Ill try again tonight and forward the info you.

I also realized that I cannot hear any enemy planes, I can hear friendly planes. Got shot down/ snuck up on many times like that. Ill post this in a new thread.

Thanks.

[caldera]

Had 4 CTDs last night and some bad stuttering at times.  Flew in Beta only a little (on same settings) and had no problems.  Crashed twice, while attacking high B-17s over the strat.  Terrain detail shouldn't be a hit at 25k, so maybe it's something else. 

[TwinTail]

Fresh from the AH Pot: Your Error codes 

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
  Application Name:   aceshigh.exe
  Application Version:   0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:   4f203a76
  Fault Module Name:   aceshigh.exe
  Fault Module Version:   0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:   4f203a76
  Exception Code:   c0000005
  Exception Offset:   0018a60f
  OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
  Locale ID:   1033
  Additional Information 1:   0a9e
  Additional Information 2:   0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e 789
  Additional Information 3:   0a9e
  Additional Information 4:   0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e 789

[Pyro]

Thank you sir. 

[Greebo]

I've been trying to get to the bottom of my CTD problems. Yesterday when I logged in to the NDI Isles map there weren't many players on yet and the only action was in tank town. So I upped at A22 and flew over to V23. I usually stay away from TT as its a bit of a pickfest. A minute or two after reaching V23 the game became stuttery and then crashed. Disabled the bump mapping options and tried the same route again with the same result. Today I tried to reproduce the same thing, so I upped at the same field and again it crashed near V23. After that I upped elsewhere and flew a couple of flights lasting a combined 30-40 minutes with no problems. Went back to V23 twice more and it CTD'd both times within a minute or two of getting there.

When the CTD occurs I get a white screen and a box saying: "Aceshigh.exe has stopped working. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." There is a "close program" button, but no way I can see to get a data dump. Also the mouse isn't working so I have to either hit the Windows key, or if that does not work, do a ctrl-alt-del to get task manager and then the mouse back. Then I can click on the close program box to clear the problem.

I checked in Windows event viewer to see if that could shed any light on it. The data for one of the events is shown below, the other four crashes all had the same exception and offset codes except for the last one, which was the only one flown with patch 1. That crash had an offset code of 0x0018a68f. Also there are some similar pre v2.27 events with the same exception code but different offset codes dating back to last year. So I guess this is not a new version bug and it is just an unhappy coincidence I picked that specific area for my first flight in the new version.

Faulting application name: aceshigh.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4f203a76
Faulting module name: aceshigh.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4f203a76
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0018a60f
Faulting process id: 0x988
Faulting application start time: 0x01ccdbadadd6e0fa
Faulting application path: C:\Hitech Creations\Aces High\aceshigh.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Hitech Creations\Aces High\aceshigh.exe
Report Id: a8766f39-47a2-11e1-bee2-0018f35eff8f

[Greebo]

Just tried flying near V23 offline and it worked fine. Flew around for 15 minutes shooting drones with no problem.

I wonder if this could be an issue related to the tanktown object group that is near V23?

[TwinTail]

When i was playing the error was occuring over Tank Town itself but i didnt try flying anywhere else.

[Greebo]

This thread also has someone getting crashes over tank town. Another common feature is all three of us are using Nvidia cards, either GTX 460s or a 260 in my case.

[dirtdart]

I had several discos so I quit flying. The automatic hires download in the background seemed to be the issue. I downloaded it separately. Seems to have fixed things.

[Greebo]

I downloaded the hires textures seperately before going online, so that's not the issue for me. If the event viewer output's correct it looks like I've had this CTD prior to 2.27 anyway.

[Latrobe]

I've crashed to desktop every sortie over Tank Town, before and after the patch. I use Nvidia graphics card as well, GTX 550 ti. Downloaded the hi-res textures separately. I could fly anywhere on the map but TT. Haven't flown on the new map yet to see if I'm still getting crashes, or if it was just TT.

[pigface]

Thaks guys, I flew last night and had no more of the above problems. That was after teh second small patch downloaded. You guys are always impressive, Keep it up!

Now... to just stay alive...

[branch37]

I was crashing to desktop as well, but I deleted the game completely and started over from scratch.  It seems to work fine now. Im actually getting a better FPS rate.