Mission Editor crash on integrated graphics when switching 3D view

[Pennix_LeGaulois]

Hello everyone,

 

I am experiencing a crash trying to use the mission editor on a computer with integrated graphics (Intel Iris Plus Graphics).

 

GUI map view & ortho view seems to work fine, but whenever I switch to 3D view, I got the following error in seconds :

D3D_ERROR

DXBufferMan11::vb(..)

DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED (0x887a0005)

I've tried using ResetEditorSettings.cmd a few times, but it does not stop the error from occurring.

edit : forgot to mention that I also tried changing screen resolution to 1026*768, and did verify game files through steam.

 

 

Now, I know I am pushing my luck a little using a computer without dedicated GPU (it's a surface pro 7, with an i7-1065 CPU), but I do not intent to play the game on this. I was hopping to manage some casual mission editing on the go !

 

As I understood from my researches (like this thread from 2017), it might be related to both GPU driver & graphics options (I'm also suspecting some kind of power saving shenanigans from the surface).

 

However, while drivers & power saving are stuff I'll have to look into on my end, I have a few questions :

• Is this a known bug for the Mission Editor ?
• Is there a way to configure graphic settings for the editor ?
  • I suspect the 3D view in the editor is using different options from the game, and maybe one enabled setting is using technology my integrated GPU cannot render...
• because you never know when you might be lucky ? : is there a known workaround for such a bug ?

 

This is a bit frustrating given I manage to play a few games (with downgraded graphics) on this device (namely Divinty II & Deep Rock Galactic). While I was expecting huge slow-downs on the mission editor when using the 3D view (which I wouldn't mind), having it crashing prevents me from really using it...

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to read me,

 

Best regards to the dev team & fellow players !

Edited December 30, 2020 by Pennix_LeGaulois

[Japsai]

I sometimes have the same issue with my VR headset (Quest 2) when I am overclocking the GPU.  Are you overclocking?

 

I am probably gonna work my way through this link (but was searching IL2 forum 1st) https://ugetfix.com/ask/how-to-fix-dxgi_error_device_removed-on-windows-10/#:~:text=The DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED error is a,chance of encountering the problem.

[Pennix_LeGaulois]

Thanks for your feedback.

 

I don't think it is coming from any kind of overclock : I'm not doing anything fancy with these integrated graphics. However as it is integrated, I do not know whether Intel is using some kind of GPU boost feature under the hood. But I didn't specify anything as a user, and I can play several other games without crashes.

 

To be honest, I was kind of hopping there was a .cfg file somewhere to configure graphics for the editor ?

Maybe there is something in mission editor default rendering in 3D view that integrated graphics cannot render and thus generates an error ? I suspect 3D view is using a "fixed" preset for graphics, that is different of game settings set by the user. And it seems way higher quality than minimal settings you can set in the game.