AMD Crash fix guide.

[C1REX]

Hi,

Here is a modified copy of a guide that is pinned on EDF Discord channel and was confirmed by many people to fix the problem for them. So credits go to Kabanchick on Discord.
EDIT: He is also here on steam forum.

Kabanchick の投稿を引用：

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Here's a working crash fix for AMD users (Nvidia users feel free to test it as well as it fixed Kruul fps drops as a byproduct).


- DO NOT use any external settings like anti-lag, forced vsync, Radeon Chill, etc. Turn everything off in Adrenaline. Check global and EDF6 specific settings.
- Do not use MSI Afterburner/Riva Tuner
- Disable EOS overlay by going to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\Epic Online Services\managedArtifacts\98bc04bc842e4906993fd6d6644ffb8d

and rename EOSOverlayRenderer-Win64-Shipping to any other name. That's needed to remedy crashes caused by EOS overlay with DXVK
- Open your game, turn off Anti-Aliasing and set Windowed mode in your graphics settings in game. Restart the game to be sure the changes are applied and it's in windowed mode.
- Download these files: https://fastupload.io/53343d16235f289e (if the link doesn't work then try to get the zip file from EDF discord channel in the pinned message)
- Drop all three: (d3d11.dll dxgi.dll dxvk.conf )in root EDF6 directory. The files should be in the same directory as EDF6.exe. In my case it's D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 but you can get there via steam library > right click on the game > Manage > Browse Local Files.
- Make sure it started in the Windowed mode or it will crash. You can change it later to Borderless Window when you confirmed it's working stable.
- Don't change to "Full Screen" and use Borderless instead.
- If the game is crashing delete d3d11.dll dxgi.dll from EDF directory and start from the step 3. Make sure that you configured your dxvk.conf correctly and DO NOT use any overlay software except the steam one.
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ALTERNATIVE VERSION if you don't want to download zip files from unknown sources:

- download dxvk-gplasync by yourself: https://gitlab.com/Ph42oN/dxvk-gplasync
(If you still experience issues with crashes try using regular dxvk: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v2.4 )
- DO NOT use any external settings like anti-lag, forced vsync, Radeon Chill, etc.
- Disable EOS overlay by going to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\Epic Online Services\managedArtifacts\98bc04bc842e4906993fd6d6644ffb8d

and rename EOSOverlayRenderer-Win64-Shipping to any other name. That's needed to remedy crashes caused by EOS overlay with DXVK
- Open your game, turn off Anti-Aliasing and set Windowed mode in your graphics settings in game. Restart the game to be sure the changes are applied and it's in windowed mode.
- Drop d3d11.dll dxgi.dll in root EDF6 directory. The files should be in the same directory as EDF6.exe.
- Ceate dxvk.conf in the same directory with the following parameters:

dxvk.gplAsyncCache=true
dxgi.maxFrameRate=60
dxgi.tearFree=false
dxgi.syncInterval=1

Feel free to experiment with them if you know what you're doing.
- Make sure you actually see extension like EDF6.exe and not just EDF6. You need this to make sure dxvk.conf has correct extension or it won't work.
- In Windows 11: Settings > System > For Developers > File Explorer > tick "Show file extensions". This way you can make sure your config file is not secretly called dxvk.conf.txt.
- DO NOT use any overlay software except the steam one.

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On a side note from me: if the game runs super slow at about 20fps then it's probably wrong conf file. You can delete it and make sure you use the one from the link or make sure it's not a txt file.
To make sure it doesn't have wrong extension go to: Settings > System > For Developers > File Explorer > tick "Show file extensions". This way you can make sure your config file is not called dxvk.conf.txt

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Please, leave a feedback if the guide has helped you or not. This info may help others.

[CorporateHammer]

Kabanchick の投稿を引用：

CorporateHammer の投稿を引用：

So basically EOS is breaking the game as it's implementation was a hack job and it's a shame as I do not see a patch coming at all. I don't remember hearing about the game crashing on console as there is no EOS there.

I don't know how you came to that conclusion, but there is EOS on console.

For PC / Console cross play sure. I'm not aware of this game having that hence my post about not having EOS on console.

[Woolfe]

Thank you to the OP and Kabanchick.

Seems to have fixed my issue. One of the hot springs levels crashed every time I tried it. Was able to successfully complete.

Annoying that this hasn't been fixed officially yet.

[Irregulator]

FunkyWolfy の投稿を引用：

not working for me. I crash in the menus now. can't get in missions. So it's even worse

Same here--well I can get in a play a mission or two, but crashing in menus between missions which never happened before trying this fix.

[Revivia]

I think this helped fixed a some of the crashes that I had, although not all of them. After this fix I've been crashing in the menu sometimes when changing weapons so I'm not really sure how to fix that.

The Kruul fps fix is something that I can confirm 100% that doing this has fixed for me. Before doing the fix the Demon Descent mission where is just Kruuls is near unplayable for me.

[C1REX]

I wonder what is causing crashes in menus for some people. Maybe some background app?

Do you guys have all possible apps closed?
Chrome, Discord, torrent, epic store, afterburner, etc?

I hope the patch from devs will come quickly but it’s a tiny studio with just 25 employees (like medium sized indie dev) and they may not have enough man power and talent to sort it out quickly.

[Kabanchick]

Irregulator の投稿を引用：

FunkyWolfy の投稿を引用：

not working for me. I crash in the menus now. can't get in missions. So it's even worse

Same here--well I can get in a play a mission or two, but crashing in menus between missions which never happened before trying this fix.

Revivia の投稿を引用：

I think this helped fixed a some of the crashes that I had, although not all of them. After this fix I've been crashing in the menu sometimes when changing weapons so I'm not really sure how to fix that.

The Kruul fps fix is something that I can confirm 100% that doing this has fixed for me. Before doing the fix the Demon Descent mission where is just Kruuls is near unplayable for me.

Please double check that you are not using ANY AMD Adrenaline settings like enhanced sync, radeon chill, adaptive sync, forced vsync etc., you are in a borderless or windowed mode not in fullscreen and that you are not using ANY overlay software except the steam one.
While testing the fix I got this issue too and the culprit was overlooked overlay software.
Hope that helps.

[Irregulator]

Kabanchick の投稿を引用：

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Please double check that you are not using ANY AMD Adrenaline settings like enhanced sync, radeon chill, adaptive sync, forced vsync etc., you are in a borderless or windowed mode not in fullscreen and that you are not using ANY overlay software except the steam one.
While testing the fix I got this issue too and the culprit was overlooked overlay software.
Hope that helps.

Good call, thank you! I forgot that I had turned on adreneline chill again (had a crash post fix, trying everything). I also quit the Razer apps even though I don't know that they were doing anything. Razer controller still works without them, so no loss. Limited testing so far, but no crashes yet.

[PR4Y F0R M0J0]

Not having any luck so far with the steps but thanks for posting here. Regular dxvk also doesn't work.

I consistently crash to desktop within the first 5-10 seconds of level 16 without fail. It'll freeze for a sec or two, then bam.

Adrenalin is using default settings and up til now I've tried all the basic troubleshooting, uninstalling mods/reinstalling game/tweaking ingame settings/tweaking adrenalin settings etc.

Using 7900 XT and event viewer logs EDF6.exe and its dll as the culprits along with this access violation code: 0xc0000005.

Not sure what to do. Could roll back drivers I guess?

[C1REX]

PR4Y F0R M0J0 の投稿を引用：

Not sure what to do. Could roll back drivers I guess?

If you decide to do that then use DDU uninstaller first.

[PR4Y F0R M0J0]

C1REX の投稿を引用：

If you decide to do that then use DDU uninstaller first.

Just updated my comment to reflect that regular dxvk files also didn't do the trick. Yep was going to use DDU. Let's see!

[Zarious101]

C1REX の投稿を引用：

G-sai の投稿を引用：

Dude, I'm so tired. Why the hell should I look for guides, look for loopholes, understand hardware just so that a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ $60 game works normally and doesn't crash!!!?!?!?

Of course we shouldn’t and the game should be fixed.
It’s for people who don’t want to hope and wait for a patch.

I never had so badly crashing game on PC yet.

I'm going to wait for a patch.

[Strider]

Still continue to be able to complete missions without issue thanks to this guide. One thing to say is make sure all settings for EDF 6 in the AMD gaming section are disabled or set to use the application's settings. Also if you are using multi monitors make sure the settings are applied to the monitor EDF 6 is on. This tripped me up at one point.

Quick hardware reference:
rx 6900 XT 16 GB VRAM
64 GB Ram
CPU: Ryzen 9 3950x
AMD 23.10 driver version

[LoveBadRabbit]

It works, but now I just have a game horribly saturated in color.. Is there a way to bring back its original color?

[C1REX]

LoveBadRabbit の投稿を引用：

It works, but now I just have a game horribly saturated in color.. Is there a way to bring back its original color? :GhostScared:

That's a first. The fix shouldn't really affect colours. Do other games work fine?
Maybe try to remove the fix and apply again?

[Terravir]

This has been a huge improvement. No longer do i crash on maps that used to be a guarenteed crash for me. Plus the game runs smoother, better, and even looks a bit better.