gameclient.exe crashes on character load.

auntcris

There were no issues logging in and playing ealier today after the update. After a break i tried to get back into the game. I can get as far as the character selection screen with no issues. But when i try to log in a character the game crashes and windows pops up the following:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: GameClient.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5d77fc30
Fault Module Name: PhysX3Common_x64.dll
Fault Module Version: 3.4.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 5c2d4c9f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000000000098c2a
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: be3f
Additional Information 2: be3fda1550f37f5ba5c8845920f0426a
Additional Information 3: d89f
Additional Information 4: d89f6a850591d43ba22973e02914af44

I'm on PC, Win 8.1. Don't know what else you need.

frozenfirevr

Tried a restart? Multiple characters?

auntcris

Multiple accounts, all characters. I tried a game repair from the launcher, let it run overnight, but it got stuck on verifying Fotns_Cave_01_Cube.Wtex and never completed. When i tried to load the game this morning the game went thru a long update. After completing the update successfully, game still crashes on character load.

plasticbat

Fault Module Name: PhysX3Common_x64.dll
Fault Module Version: 3.4.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 5c2d4c9f

I believe PhysX3Common_x64.dll is from NVIDIA.
May be you need to update your graphic card driver.

auntcris

Thanks for the suggestion. I doublechecked the driver for my AMD graphic cards and i am up to date. This dll is placed in the NW directory, presumably during the NW game install.

In case it was corrupted, i downloaded the .dll from a dll site (same version) and tried again...same error.
Reinstalled Directx (offline installer, June2010 version)...same error.
Multiple attempts at NW Launcher file verify. It never completed, but got stuck on different files. nada.

My system is running Directx 11. I didn't see an ingame option to pick Directx 10 (which i saw recommended for NW somewhere). Is there any way to force the game to use Directx 10?

sandukutupu

Try running your game in safe mode, within the launcher there is an option to launch the game without all the graphics, shaders, and in a windowed mode. This will ask you to set up your gamma again. If you cannot find this option in the launcher, you can manually move or delete the file Gameprefs.Pref in the Neverwinter\Live\localdata folder.

nitocris83

I'll escalate this to the appropriate team to see if they have any info.

auntcris

Thank you nitocris83! Yesterday, I figured out how to create a support ticket and just got a response (escalation, not a solution) email. Ticket 8998. Cheers!