Crash fix (error 0x887A0005)

[Battlesheep11]

i spent like 5 hours trying to troubleshoot this, untill i somehow managed to fix it.
heres what i noticed and did:
first of all, i fully uninstalled the nvidia drivers from my device manager - display adapters
and then i fully reinstalled it as a clean install from the nvidia site (without geforce)
and after restarting my computer, it worked.
i will also note, that steam kept crashing for some reason - and it was taking EDF with it, so i also launched edf and immediately closed the open steam window.

hope this helps :)

[FamousAgentMan]

I had the same problem, but fixed it by going the the Nvidia Control panel, then clicking on Manage 3D settings -> Program Settings -> then clicking the "add" button to manage the EDF 6 .exe file (it did not appear in the initial drop-down list for me) -> select "High-performance Nvidia processor" for the preferred graphics processor.

It selected "integrated processor" as the default option, which is the option I needed to change. Now it runs smooth and solid at 60 FPS.

It's possible that when you uninstalled/reinstalled your Nvidia drivers, it may have changed this setting, thus fixing your game. Still, I'm letting people know what worked for me in hopes that we can all fix our games and have fun.

Credit to u/indogsicated over on reddit for posting this fix! Just passing the info along.

[Des]

same problem here, can confirm the game was running on integrated graphics and not my nvidia graphic's card.

[Durahon]

for me my anti virus was flagging it. Had to turn it off to get past.

[Wolfen]

Originally posted by FamousAgentMan:

I had the same problem, but fixed it by going the the Nvidia Control panel, then clicking on Manage 3D settings -> Program Settings -> then clicking the "add" button to manage the EDF 6 .exe file (it did not appear in the initial drop-down list for me) -> select "High-performance Nvidia processor" for the preferred graphics processor.

It selected "integrated processor" as the default option, which is the option I needed to change. Now it runs smooth and solid at 60 FPS.

It's possible that when you uninstalled/reinstalled your Nvidia drivers, it may have changed this setting, thus fixing your game. Still, I'm letting people know what worked for me in hopes that we can all fix our games and have fun.

Credit to u/indogsicated over on reddit for posting this fix! Just passing the info along.

this is what worked for me

[FamousAgentMan]

Originally posted by Wolfen:

Originally posted by FamousAgentMan:

I had the same problem, but fixed it by going the the Nvidia Control panel, then clicking on Manage 3D settings -> Program Settings -> then clicking the "add" button to manage the EDF 6 .exe file (it did not appear in the initial drop-down list for me) -> select "High-performance Nvidia processor" for the preferred graphics processor.

It selected "integrated processor" as the default option, which is the option I needed to change. Now it runs smooth and solid at 60 FPS.

It's possible that when you uninstalled/reinstalled your Nvidia drivers, it may have changed this setting, thus fixing your game. Still, I'm letting people know what worked for me in hopes that we can all fix our games and have fun.

Credit to u/indogsicated over on reddit for posting this fix! Just passing the info along.

this is what worked for me

Good to hear. Glad it worked for you!

[Mohammed & Kareel]

the game doesnt even show up in Nvidia control panel for me to change any settings for it, you just mentioned that "(it did not appear in the initial drop-down list for me)", but dont address how to find or fix that xdd good one

[Herblamagurgon aka Dippy]

Originally posted by Gago:

the game doesnt even show up in Nvidia control panel for me to change any settings for it, you just mentioned that "(it did not appear in the initial drop-down list for me)", but dont address how to find or fix that xdd good one

Just prior to the parenthesized statement you quoted it says to press the "add" button - it brings up a list of recently used programs.

[FamousAgentMan]

Originally posted by Gago:

the game doesnt even show up in Nvidia control panel for me to change any settings for it, you just mentioned that "(it did not appear in the initial drop-down list for me)", but dont address how to find or fix that xdd good one

Sorry if my instuctions were a bit unclear. Just to the right of the drop-down menu should be a button that says "add". Clicking this should bring up a more extensive list of programs to choose from, sorted by your most recent ones first. You should see EDF 6 there.

Let me know if you have any more issues. I just want people to enjoy this game, and it sucks when something you bought doesn't work.

[Sunnyfish]

I don't have a "High-performance Nvidia processor" option. Is this for before Windows 11?
Edit: Oh wait, apparently I'm completely missing that whole dropdown.

[Trellek]

Originally posted by Sunnyfish:

I don't have a "High-performance Nvidia processor" option. Is this for before Windows 11?

Open up Windows Settings (right click on start and click settings, iirc) and go to System, then Display, then scroll down to Graphics and click it.

Under Custom Options for Apps, there's a dropdown box that shows 'Desktop App' by default.

Click the Browse button under it and browse to your EDF 6 install location, then double-click on the EDF6 executable.

It'll add an entry for EDF6 that looks like:

EDF6.exe
Let Windows Decide

Click the entry, then click Options, and select High Performance, then hit save.

[Crimsonial]

I've had constant crashing issues (every mission and a half, roughly, specifically with multiplayer), and this route did seem to improve it (mission in a half to once every 7 missions or so), but VERY specifically with the clean install option, better results after I actually read the damn advice on that point. I've followed other tips, such as setting FPS to 59 in Nvidia control panel, and so on.

All that being said, I think there's some issues with the game that aren't our fault. Part of this process had three people, one who's had one crash alt-tabbing around, and zero others, me (who's had constant crashes), and one in the middle in specific missions that are 100% consistent so far.

Me and said three people range well for troubleshooting, so I'll add that here where I can. I'm using an (very) old i5 4690k Intel CPU but a Nvidia 3080, below minimum technically speaking, he has AMD on both CPU and GPU with a brand new build. Don't know the third's full setup, but recent. Me and the 2nd guy have the same errors in the Windows Event Viewer specific to the crashes we run into, and I can run the mission that he can't consistently after the clean driver install.

Consistent issue with us is are driver issues, keeping in mind we have equipment as different as can be.

Consistent value is Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_1196b342b24df5d1\nvwgf2umx.dll

You can check this and provide for the devs in Windows by going to start, typing "Event Viewer", look in the left column, select Windows Logs, and select Application. Look for errors in the middle. I'm betting we're seeing similar issues.

Unfortunately, I've done enough small changes with still running into occasional crashes that I can't really say I've fixed the problem, but maybe this will help someone with a bit more knowledge.

[Zev]

Originally posted by Trellek:

Originally posted by Sunnyfish:

I don't have a "High-performance Nvidia processor" option. Is this for before Windows 11?

Open up Windows Settings (right click on start and click settings, iirc) and go to System, then Display, then scroll down to Graphics and click it.

Under Custom Options for Apps, there's a dropdown box that shows 'Desktop App' by default.

Click the Browse button under it and browse to your EDF 6 install location, then double-click on the EDF6 executable.

It'll add an entry for EDF6 that looks like:

EDF6.exe
Let Windows Decide

Click the entry, then click Options, and select High Performance, then hit save.

This fixed all of my issues. Thank you kind scholar.

[Battlesheep11]

Originally posted by FamousAgentMan:

I had the same problem, but fixed it by going the the Nvidia Control panel, then clicking on Manage 3D settings -> Program Settings -> then clicking the "add" button to manage the EDF 6 .exe file (it did not appear in the initial drop-down list for me) -> select "High-performance Nvidia processor" for the preferred graphics processor.

It selected "integrated processor" as the default option, which is the option I needed to change. Now it runs smooth and solid at 60 FPS.

It's possible that when you uninstalled/reinstalled your Nvidia drivers, it may have changed this setting, thus fixing your game. Still, I'm letting people know what worked for me in hopes that we can all fix our games and have fun.

Credit to u/indogsicated over on reddit for posting this fix! Just passing the info along.

Gotta mention, its definetly not this for me.
In fact, even my "fix" only worked to lengthen the time untill edf crashes.
I grt a Device error every time