UDK crashes

[jimyB]

Hello guys,
I posted the same topic in UT3 forums previously and people really got ****** off there , lol. I hope i am posting it in the correct place now.

Okay so,
I am almost done with my game in udk,just a few tweaks here and there still left. But i am currently facing a major performance issue with my game. I have three levels in my game and i have used simple udk level streaming to stream those levels.However when i am playing the levels , it works fine for like 20-30 seconds and then the PC restarts because it is not able to carry the amount of load. I have custom made materials, custom made meshes, custom skeletal meshes ,terrains, speed trees, foliage, BSP brushes etc kinda every possible thing there. I have a decent rig with 4gb ddr3 RAM, 240 gt 1gb graphics and a core 2 processor which runs all the latest hardcore games with ease on medium graphics atleast.The only thing it cant run at present is my Custom made level in UDK.Please help me out here cause i am not able to move any further unless and until i fix this issue.

[jimyB]

Okay i checked my log file after the crash which showed that there was memory overflow because it was calculating navigation points set for path nodes for my enemy class. So i removed all the path nodes and navigation points and reformed it into a simple enemy class with no path nodes.

Now i tested my level again to see if the crash occured again. It did, and this time i dont know what the problem was as the logs did not show any memory overflow due to navigation points. I have my error log file below.

[0084.64] ScriptWarning: Accessed None 'RightHandIK'
	Badguy1 UEDPIELevelOne.TheWorld:PersistentLevel.Badguy1_22
	Function UTGame.UTPawn:SetHandIKEnabled:008F

[0084.64] Error: SetOwner(): Failed to set 'Badguy1Controller_21' owner of 'Badguy1_22' because it would cause an Owner loop

[0084.65] Log: UPhysicsAssetInstance::InitInstance : Could not find root physics body: Badguy1_23

[0084.65] ScriptWarning: Accessed None 'LeftHandIK'
	Badguy1 UEDPIELevelOne.TheWorld:PersistentLevel.Badguy1_23
	Function UTGame.UTPawn:SetHandIKEnabled:0066

[0084.62] Warning: USkeletalMeshComponent::InitArticulated : No PhysicsAsset defined for UEDPIELevelOne.TheWorld:PersistentLevel.Badguy1_37.SkeletalMeshComponent_75 with skeletalmesh Mypackage2.Zombie

[0084.62] Warning: USkeletalMeshComponent::InitArticulated : No PhysicsAsset defined for UEDPIELevelOne.TheWorld:PersistentLevel.Badguy1_38.SkeletalMeshComponent_77 with skeletalmesh Mypackage2.Zombie

[0146.66] ScriptWarning:  WhatToDoNext with no pawn
	UTBot UEDPIEMainMap.TheWorld:PersistentLevel.UTBot_91
	Function UTGame.UTBot:WhatToDoNext:0068

[0989.48] ScriptWarning: Accessed None 'Weapon'
	UTBot UEDPIEMainMap.TheWorld:PersistentLevel.UTBot_454
	Function UTGame.UTBot:FightEnemy:02BB
[0989.51] ScriptWarning: Accessed None 'Weapon

These are some of the errors i got in my log file. The last one just before the crash occured. Seems there is no problem with the code or nething because the UDK crashes even if i am not playing the level. Even while designing the level the crash occured and PC restarts everytime.

I am using the UDKInstall-2011-08-BETA version. Please check and help me out here guys !

[ADF86]

... Seems there is no problem with the code or nething because the UDK crashes even if i am not playing the level. Even while designing the level the crash occured and PC restarts everytime.

Well by the sound of it you may be needing to clean out your pc; it's getting warmer and it's not at all uncommon to have PC's overheating around this time of the year. I'd recommend downloading Speedfan and looking at where your temps are before, and during UDK usage. If you're not sure if you're overheating you can post your temps here and I'll help ya out, or you can send me a pm. Also if you could post the full log, at least to where it crashes, there may be more information that can help to isolate the issue if overheating isn't the case; and myself or somebody else could help you figure it out.

[HornedBeast]

Well by the sound of it you may be needing to clean out your pc; it's getting warmer and it's not at all uncommon to have PC's overheating around this time of the year. I'd recommend downloading Speedfan and looking at where your temps are before, and during UDK usage. If you're not sure if you're overheating you can post your temps here and I'll help ya out, or you can send me a pm. Also if you could post the full log, at least to where it crashes, there may be more information that can help to isolate the issue if overheating isn't the case; and myself or somebody else could help you figure it out.

I completely agree. This sounds almost like a "hardware" issue to me. Defiantly worth having a clean out 'physically'. Perhaps get yourself a slightly bigger PSU (often cause of this kind of problem) and GPU too. Good luck!!!