Anti Cheat causes BSOD (DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION)

[ericg86]

to the dev fix it please the game cause blue screen of death and windows restart it always happend after closing the game after a few second or mins the anti cheat software is causing the blues screen

[Ave]

i am sorry but they can't fix your system for you.

watchdog violation blue screen can mean multiple things:

- corrupted system files
- problems with your SSD like driver problems or errors
- driver problems with external hardware

do keep in mind that you are pretty much the only one having this problem.

[Kirino]

"DPC stands for Deferred Procedure Call. Watchdog refers to the bug checker, which usually monitors or track your Windows programs and your PC performance.

When you see the Violation message, your PC watchdog (aka bug checker) is overwhelmed. Probably because a DPC is running too long a time, or your system is stuck at an interrupt request level (IRQL) of DISPATCH_LEVEL or above. [1]"

Do the usual, check your Drivers and update them.
Check Device Manager that the new Drivers are installed and not just the Windows Update ones.
Remove old Hardware 5+ Years one by one and see if it is fixed.
As some Hardware no longer plays nicely with newer Windows Versions.
Also check that you have all necessary runtimes installed and up to date.
I recommend downloading "All-in-One Runtimes" as an universal installer to get and install all necessary Runtimes.

If all of the above fails, then it might be time to upgrade your Hardware.
You can start with the HDD/SSD or Graphics Card/Processor, or go full PC Upgrade.

Hope that helps.

[ericg86]

NO I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM DO A GOOGLE SEARCH IT EVERY WARE ABOUT TOWER OF FANTASY CAUSING TO CRASH WINDOWS I NEVER ADD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL I INSTALL TOWER OF FANTASY MY PC IN A CORE I 5 6 CORE GEN 8 1050 VIDEO CARD WINDOWS 11 SOUNDBLASTER SOUND CARS ALL DRIVER ARE NEW

[Xnaker Eyes ⭐⭐⭐]

that's how the anticheat driver works, try to run the game without other apps in the background...

[Sel Und Irae]

Try to run game without CE and Wemod on your system it does wonders.

[ericg86]

What is CE and Wemod?

[ericg86]

i install windows 11 22h2 look like its fix the problem

[Afrion]

I fixed mine DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION in ToF by disabling Realtek High Definition Audio device in Device Manager

[Xnaker Eyes ⭐⭐⭐]

Originally posted by Afrion:

I fixed mine DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION in ToF by disabling Realtek High Definition Audio device in Device Manager

wtf, game thinking audio driver is a hax ?

[Providence 777]

Originally posted by Xnaker Eyes:

Originally posted by Afrion:

I fixed mine DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION in ToF by disabling Realtek High Definition Audio device in Device Manager

wtf, game thinking audio driver is a hax ? :amazedcyto:

More like the system is detecting the game doing something it shouldn't.

[Keykoh]

Originally posted by Afrion:

I fixed mine DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION in ToF by disabling Realtek High Definition Audio device in Device Manager

tried that and still getting bluescreen 5 seconds after launching. can't even get to a single menu or character creation. their support site claims it's a windows compatibility issue and to try asking microsoft about it... from what i've been reading though, seems like it happens on every version of windows, and i've never in my life had an anticheat do anything like this to me either... prior to this i could count on one hand the number of times this PC blue screened since built. it's more than doubled today trying to figure this out.

[Xnaker Eyes ⭐⭐⭐]

Originally posted by Keykoh:

Originally posted by Afrion:

I fixed mine DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION in ToF by disabling Realtek High Definition Audio device in Device Manager

tried that and still getting bluescreen 5 seconds after launching. can't even get to a single menu or character creation. their support site claims it's a windows compatibility issue and to try asking microsoft about it... from what i've been reading though, seems like it happens on every version of windows, and i've never in my life had an anticheat do anything like this to me either... prior to this i could count on one hand the number of times this PC blue screened since built. it's more than doubled today trying to figure this out.

like i said:

Originally posted by Xnaker Eyes:

that's how the anticheat driver works, try to run the game without other apps in the background...

[Kaitsu]

Originally posted by Ave:

i am sorry but they can't fix your system for you.

watchdog violation blue screen can mean multiple things:

- corrupted system files
- problems with your SSD like driver problems or errors
- driver problems with external hardware

do keep in mind that you are pretty much the only one having this problem.

Incorrect. This has been happening for ages since launch. You can search reddit, you can even search this steam discussion forum. It's present everywhere.

The fix to this is using Throttle Stop and turning on Speed Shift and setting the EPP to 0. It 100% has nothing to do with our PCs. If I can fix it using an external program, it is the anti-cheat. People have already deduced this, stop making up sh­it and defending this company's incompetence. There's also a DX12 issue in the Steam version where the Standalone has no issue with, because I believe Standalone doesn't use it. It's a mess.

I've actually talked with staff about this, and unfortunately even though I've found the fix for it. They refuse to change the anti-cheat, because they can't make it work around compatibility, so we just have to bite it and find our own fixes. Or endure the BSOD.

What's happening is that the game forces the CPU to literally go into overdrive, which is normal, but it doesn't turn it off upon exiting from the game. So when you go to turn off your PC or restart, the sh­it goes haywire and BSODs, because it's still "running" an application in the BG, aka the literal kernel level a­ss ksophon_x64.sys file.

All BSOD logs says that ksophon_x64.sys is the issue. So go ahead and tell me I'm wrong.

[High Ping Pantaro]

I can confirm that this is an issue. I also got BSOD from this game like literally just now.

[kaworu83]

After installing this game when it launched, I had more BSOD than I could count! Even after closing the game, while watching movies or youtube I would get a random BSOD!
I had to make a fresh W11 install in another SSD, I never installed this game again and I haven't had a single BSOD ever since!
If you value your system stability more than this game don't install it! Their anti-cheat could be considered malware, nobody know what it does on your system.
Screw this game! Screw this company! It ain't worth it!