Help - mono-2.0-bdwgc.dll crash on saving the game?

[Ian Dancy]

Boo i crash on save now im in the underground village at the start. Just turned lvl 2 and tried to save and it keeps crashing.

I verified files ok. Deleted WOTR's AppData folder. Deleted the registry entry. Lowered the in game graphics settings. Turned off anti virus. Updated Nvidia graphics drivers and Windows updated. Re install did not work either. Here is the event viewer entry if it helps.

Can you help me?

Faulting application name: Wrath.exe, version: 2020.3.48.1457, time stamp: 0x6459a106
Faulting module name: mono-2.0-bdwgc.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63ebec77
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000bd0d6
Faulting process id: 0x0x44B8
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DB1B77780FB395
Faulting application path: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Pathfinder Second Adventure\Wrath.exe
Faulting module path: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Pathfinder Second Adventure\MonoBleedingEdge\EmbedRuntime\mono-2.0-bdwgc.dll
Report Id: 74a20a8a-84bd-4563-a4be-a3fd25b01505
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

[pckirk]

Any Game Mods? what are your pc specs? GPU specs?

[Ian Dancy]

Hey there! no mods other than a custom portrait. My PC specs are...

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core CPU
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING Motherboard
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB) RAM
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB EAGLE OC V2
CORSAIR 750W RMx PSU
Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans LIQUID COOLING

Thank you taking the time

[Razer]

Don't ever turn off anti virus. Chances if it being the issue is close to 0. Same with firewall. Dont listen to guides that suggest this. It's an archaic solution from back when the software wasn't as smart. Like from 20 years ago.

[Deo]

Delete Pathfinder Second Adventure folder in SteamLibrary\steamapps\common, redownload the game.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/3710433479205608072/

[Ian Dancy]

Hey thanks for the responses. I uninstalled and removed the steam folder and re downloaded the game but the game still crashes on saving though?

Here is the error from in game as it crashes https://ibb.co/6WL9wqd

[Egg Shaped Fred]

0xc0000005 usually means "access is denied". Check permissions of game folders and files - especially D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Pathfinder Second Adventure\MonoBleedingEdge\EmbedRuntime and the relevant dll file in this folder.

Can you access the path to where the save location would be? Default is:

C:\Users\<UserProfile\AppData\LocalLow\Owlcat Games\Pathfinder Wrath Of The Righteous\Saved Games

Do you have any Unity games installed on the D Drive? Do they get the same type of issue?

[Ian Dancy]

hey thanks for commenting. I have changed the permissions to full control in the game folder and files in the security tab of properties and made sure nothing is read only. I can access the saved game location and i checked the permissions on that to as you kindly suggest. Alas the crash still occurs.

I probably do have games installed that use unity but i have not come across this error before in any other game though unfortunately

[Ian Dancy]

Is it a unity issue perhaps or may be registry? When i played the game the first time it crashed on loading the dragon fight at the beginning but i deleted the registry keys to move on fine.

[Ian Dancy]

ok very weird. When i boot up from shutdown the game crashes when saving as previous. If i then just "restart" the PC and go into the game it saves ok?? If i then quit game and go back in it crashes again?

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this bizarre behaviour? Any fixes?

[Razer]

The error is an access violation, not an issue with write access. Below from Microsoft:

Application Error 0xc0000005 (Access Violation) error is usually caused by your computer not being able to correctly process the files and settings required to run a particular program or installation. Despite the error showing when you try and use particular pieces of software, it has many different causes including faulty RAM problems, errors with the files of your PC and issues with the settings of your PC.

In this case, we suggest that you check for corrupted Windows system files. System File Checker (SFC) is a utility in Windows that scans for corrupted Windows system files. If it finds a problem, it will try to replace the problematic system files from a cached version that’s on your PC.

To run System File Checker (SFC), follow these steps:

1. In the search box on the taskbar, type command prompt, press and hold (or right-click) Command Prompt, then select Run as administrator > Yes.
   
2. At the command prompt, type sfc /scannow (note the space between sfc and the /). Scanning will take a few minutes.
   
3. If SFC finds corrupted files and replaces them, restart your PC and check if the issue persists.

[pete3great]

You have bigger problems than a buggy game. You have something going on with your RAM, or your hard drive or something.

[kaymarciy]

Just to be clear - is your rig using Intel gen 13/14 CPU? From what I remember, the person who also had an issue with saving due to it (or at least in the end they said it was caused by it) reported this specific error at first. We later found out it may crash with different errors however. Was very bizarre when we got 4 logs on our hands and they all contained different errors at the same site.

[Ian Dancy]

Thank you you amazing people. sfc /scannow found lots off errors and fixed them. So far no more crashes, Ill keep my fingers crossed.

kaymarciy, thanks, Im on an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core so i dodged that one.

[Razer]

Nice! Enjoy the game.

[Ian Dancy]

Alas the crashing returned. Only a reboot seems to bring it back into line