Crash immediately at start

[PuMo]

Ok, just uninstalled the drivers for both GPUs with DDU, made a clean install of both with the very latest versions but still I can't get D2X-XL to run.

I even tested by completely disabling the IGPU in the UEFI/BIOS to no avail.

DirectX version keeps showing the dialog and the log with this

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CommandList::Flush: device removed (0x887A0007) - graphics device lost, terminating

And this is the last report and log from the Vulkan version.

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d2x-xl D2X-XL 2.0.0 crash report

time:      2026-10-04 23:26:52
reason:    access violation (0xC0000005)
access:    reading address 0x0000000000000000
thread:    15096
context:   shader 'modelShadowMaskRT': fragment shader library
symbols:   X:\Games\D2X-XL\d2x-xl.pdb

call stack:
  #00  amdvlk64.dll!boost::archive::detail::iserializer<sc_xml_iarchive,_SC_SI_PS_ATTR_CH_ENTRY>::load_object_data + 0x1B6BE12
  #01  amdvlk64.dll!boost::archive::detail::iserializer<sc_xml_iarchive,_SC_SI_PS_ATTR_CH_ENTRY>::load_object_data + 0x1B95F68
  #02  amdvlk64.dll!boost::archive::detail::iserializer<sc_xml_iarchive,_SC_SI_PS_ATTR_CH_ENTRY>::load_object_data + 0x1B9AC81
  #03  amdvlk64.dll!GetSettingsBlobsAll + 0x368BA
  #04  amdvlk64.dll!GetSettingsBlobsAll + 0x385C2
  #05  amdvlk64.dll+0x1B88E9
  #06  amdvlk64.dll!vk_icdNegotiateLoaderICDInterfaceVersion + 0x1B374
  #07  amdvlk64.dll!vk_icdNegotiateLoaderICDInterfaceVersion + 0x1C5D5
  #08  amdvlk64.dll+0x1CAEB9
  #09  amdvlk64.dll+0x20F8E9
  #10  vulkan-1.dll!vkResetEvent + 0x51986
  #11  d2x-xl.exe!PipelineCache::CreateLibrary  D:\Projects\Libraries\custom\rendertools\vulkan\src\pipeline_cache.cpp(629)
  #12  d2x-xl.exe!PipelineCache::FragmentShaderLibrary  D:\Projects\Libraries\custom\rendertools\vulkan\src\pipeline_cache.cpp(761)
  #13  d2x-xl.exe!PipelineCache::CreateShaderLibraries  D:\Projects\Libraries\custom\rendertools\vulkan\src\pipeline_cache.cpp(569)
  #14  d2x-xl.exe!Shader::Create  D:\Projects\Libraries\custom\rendertools\vulkan\src\shader.cpp(752)
  #15  d2x-xl.exe!BaseShaderCode::CreateShader  D:\Projects\Libraries\custom\rendertools\vulkan\src\base_shadercode.cpp(162)
  #16  d2x-xl.exe!BaseShaderCode::CreateShaders  D:\Projects\Libraries\custom\rendertools\vulkan\src\base_shadercode.cpp(117)
  #17  d2x-xl.exe!BaseShaderHandler::CreateShaders  D:\Projects\Libraries\custom\rendertools\src\base_shaderhandler.cpp(61)
  #18  d2x-xl.exe!Initialize  D:\Projects\d2x-xl\src\main\descent.cpp(738)
  #19  d2x-xl.exe!RunApplication  D:\Projects\d2x-xl\src\main\descent.cpp(927)
  #20  d2x-xl.exe!main_getcmdline  C:\temp\SDL2-2.32.10\src\main\windows\SDL_windows_main.c(80)
  #21  d2x-xl.exe!invoke_main  D:\a\_work\1\s\src\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl(102)
  #22  d2x-xl.exe!__scrt_common_main_seh  D:\a\_work\1\s\src\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl(288)
  #23  KERNEL32.DLL!BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x16
  #24  ntdll.dll!RtlUserThreadStart + 0x2B

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+++ Memory access violation

Could be an issue with older AMD GPUs? I don't know if other of the beta testers around here that can make it run are using nVidia or AMD and which model.

[Adminion]

The weird thing is that the crash occurs with both gfx apis, which do things sufficiently different to not both cause the same problem, which seems to be raytracing related. I will provide a game version with a command line switch "raytracing", "raytracing 0" will turn all raytracing code completely off. Let's hope that will help and you can run d2x-xl 2.0. Raytracing doesn't really give you too much, it's more of a gimmick than a massive improvement as far as I can tell, D2X-XL is not Cyberpunk with reflections and what not. The setting below raytracing still gives you per pixel light and shadows. The biggest benefit of raytracing seems to be even faster lightmap calculation, but your system should handle that well without it.

[PuMo]

Finally! with raytracing 0 in my .ini file I'm now able to run it!

Found a good bunch of bugs here and there, but at least I can play it.
I will post about those bugs later in their respective topics, hopefully I may get some time to test and report them toroughly on next weekend.

[Adminion]

You found bugs? Impossible!

[Adminion]

Waiting for your bug reports ...

[PuMo]

There are a couple here and there, mainly visual but I want to report them properly, with details, screencaps, etc. Will try to make some time to post about them on Friday or Saturday, having kind of a busy week at job.

[Adminion]

Ok, thanks for the update.