[Coding] directplay8.dll+0x050851 crash

[Alex.]

Type: Coding
Bug: 8 people have reported a 0x80000003 crash at directplay8.dll+0x050851, we'll need to dive into and fix this.

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[Alex.]

One of the affected players has found a possible workaround

move directplay8.dll from EXE folder to somewhere else (desktop or whatever)
Launch game (scaling will be messed up) and try to join multi. Game will crash.
Change render settings from dx9 to dx8 then back to dx9
Copy the dll back to EXE and launch game

[Bartholomew_Roberts]

Those steps dont always seem to work. Im on windows 11 and it doesnt help anything. Kind regards Lex

[Alex.]

Yeah we're likely to ship a fresh directplay8.dll in the imminent hotfix, and then if there are still issues then troubleshoot from there.

[Alex.]

Try it now @Bartholomew_Roberts

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[Alex.]

If you're still seeing problems - in the folder where you find crash.dmp (the path is shown on the crash dialog), take PerfOptions.ini and copy it to Documents\My Games\Freelancer\PerfOptions.ini

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[Alex.]

This should now be fixed

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