HITMAN™ How to Fix: (Error Code: 0x80000003)

This guide aims to help players who have this particular crash (code: 0x80000003) with HITMAN™

It’s simple. If your game randomly crashes frequently, sometimes after 5/10 minutes of gameplay, sometimes right after you load a save.

Open the Windows Event Viewer (in start menu search bar). In application category, look for Hitman application errors. If in the detail you see 0x80000003 exception code and if in System category, you see this too : “display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding”, it means that you are affected by the TDR crashing issue…

Event Log Error: 0x80000003 “A Breakpoint has been reached”

Faulting application name: hitman.exe, version: 1.15.0.0, time stamp: 0x5d8c9186
Faulting module name: hitman.exe, version: 1.15.0.0, time stamp: 0x5d8c9186
Exception code: 0x80000003
Fault offset: 0x0000000000e5b635
Faulting process id: 0x5ac
Faulting application start time: 0x01d581f390d89dfb
Faulting application path: E:\Program Files\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Hitman™\dx12retail\hitman.exe
Faulting module path: E:\Program Files\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Hitman™\dx12retail\hitman.exe
Report Id: ef23cbdf-6a51-4976-a5e4-cbfef3c68714
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 

According to my observations in the last couple of months, with DX11, Nvidia Turing architecture and HITMAN, the GPU randomly hits the timeout threshold defined in TDR Windows registry keys.
The nVidia driver doesn't have enough time to recover and this is what causes the crash

The Windows default threshold value is "2" seconds. to prevent this issue from occurring the value must be changed to "10" seconds

Couple off ways to test before doing the actual method:

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1. Try disabling V-sync.
   
2. Try changing the Exclusive Fullscreen to Fullscreen, or vice versa.
   
3. Try to launch the game in DirectX 12 mode (available in launcher settings).
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The Actual Method:

If non of the methods above worked try doing the next solution:

• Update your Nvidia drivers to the latest version available (search for the latest hotfix).
  

  Updated 10/03/2019 12:15 AM (GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 436.51)

  
  
• Simply go to: Start --> Run --> Type in "Regedit" and navigate to:
  

  "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers"

• Create a key of type "DWORD (32-bit) for a 32-bit system. or a "QWORD (64-bit) for a 64-bit system.
  
• Name it "TdrDelay" with a value of '10' as "Decimal value".
  
• Reboot your system, launch the game, and the crashes won't happen :D

In a nutshell it gives the GPU 10 seconds to recover/respond vs. 2 seconds (default).

[Yass Rif]

0x80000003 most of the time and 0xc0000005 one or two times

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What is your crash error code? is it exactly the same that i'v mentioned in the guide?

[Yass Rif]

Excuse me but, do you have an other solution ?

[Yass Rif]

I changed DX11 to DX12 and it seems that I crash less than before, but I have some FPS drops too, kinda sad :'(

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GPU Usually runs hot even with Water Cooling the game engine is kinda messed up, what i've mentioned in the guide helped me during the play through of Hitman 1/2

[Yass Rif]

I have done everything in the guide but my game keeps crashing on any map if I load / save multiple times... Rip