Unreal crashes

Hi there

I am experiencing a serious problem with UE, something I have never seen before.

Background:
I have been using UE for a while now and up until Tuesday, 20 September, everything was working fine. I received a windows update message (Windows 10) and I installed the update. However, now when I launch my project, no “pop-up” windows appear in UE and UE seems to crash/freeze. This happens in the following scenarios 1) I want to import new assets to UE, the import window is completely black and I am unable to safely close the window 2) importing textures, the message window is completely black and then UE seems to freeze, however the mouse moves around and when I hover on a particular texture it shows the incorrect texture description and doesn’t change even if I hover on another texture. And, 3) the exact same thing happens when I try and do a submit from UE, the changelist window comes up as black with no option to complete the description or select assets I wish to check in.

And, then UE freezes, becomes unresponsive, shows UE and the mouse works but I am unable to click on anything.

I have tried to capture some images but am unable to do so. I will continue to try.

I have uninstalled the last update from Microsoft but this doesn’t seem to have changed anything in so far as UE is concerned.

I am unable to work on my project at all.

Can somebody please help me?

Thanks

Anybody out there who is able to help with this issue?

I am also now experiencing a problem where when I try and use the terrain tools UE crashes/freezes each and every time.

I have tried other projects and the same problem exists with those projects as well.

Does anybody know what might be wrong? I have also uninstalled UE and reinstalled it but the problem is still persisting.

Hello fancypride,

  • Could you please provide your dxdiag so I can take a look at your specs?
  • If you could provide images that would be helpful as well.
  • Does this occur in 4.13 as well?
  • Also, if you’re experiencing a crash, please provide your Machine ID from the Crash Reporter window if you’re getting one and ensure to hit Send & Close on the report.
  • Also provide the logs from your project’s Saved->Logs folder after the crash occurs again.

Thank you!

Hi Sean.

Thank you ever so much for responding. Can you please tell me?

  1. Where can I find the dxdiag?
  2. I will do my best to try and capture some for you.
  3. No, we are not using v4.13, but I have tested other projects in v4.12 and the same thing happen to those projects.
  4. I don’t get the Crash Report window, UE just freezes or hangs and I have to use task manager to terminate the program.
  5. Okay, I will have a look and send that across

Thanks again for your response, much appreciated.
Estie

Here is how to get your dxdiag: http://wizards.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1271

Give it a shot in 4.13 as well if you wouldn’t mind just for testing purposes. I’d like to see if the same issue occurs, as if it doesn’t, it will help me narrow it down to a particular fix.

Hi Sean

  1. Attached the DxDiag file
  2. Attached images. I can’t however include any images of the issue of freezing when using the terrain tool as this is just a screen shot of my screen frozen. I am definitely unable to capture any screens on the terrain issue. All I can say is that when I switch to the terrain tool, the following happens. If I am using sculpt and I want to switch to for example smooth, UE freezes. Or if I am accessing the terrain tool and then I want to switch immediately to for example smooth UE freezes. Each time this happens I have to use the task manager to end the process.
  3. I will test shortly
  4. Already responded
  5. Attached the latest log - I hope it is correct.

This sounds like a possible issue with your graphics card drivers. Can you please ensure that you have the latest drivers? Please provide your dxdiag one more time after you update if you aren’t on the latest. Thanks!

I have checked and all the drivers were up to date, but I did an uninstall of all of them again. Attached the latest DxDiag file after the restart.link text

As an FYI - I still have the same problem.

Sean, my apologies, I never checked Nvidia’s site to see if they have any driver updates. I just used the device manager. I have done an update from Nvidia released on 21/09/2016 and this seems to have resolved the problem. I had with the terrain tools. I will check importing new assets shortly and send you an update.

In the mean time thank you ever so much for taking the time to look into this for me. I will be back in touch shortly to confirm whether the last issue has also been resolved.

No need to apologize, and I’m glad to help. Feel free to reopen this thread if you start to experience the same issue again.