Windows bluescreen / forced restart of PC - crash when playing standard games in franchise

Zanz · 03-18-2024, 04:22 PM

Hello, I have submitted a league save file named 20240318 - Crash to the ftp site.

Today was my first day playing OOTP25. This morning I got about 100+ minutes of play in, and played two games of a franchise in game on default graphics settings.

I saved the franchise and left for a while and came back to play later. Now, I continue to get blue screens (CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT and VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE are the bluescreen errors. The VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE this most recent time told me that the cause was igdkmdn64.sys). Once, I didn't get a blue screen, but the game froze and my PC just straight up restarted without me prompting it.

I have tried changing the graphics settings to be lower and specifically tried capping framerate to 60. Earlier today this seemed to work as I was able to play a game without crash, but the video was very stutter-y between plays. Now, even that does not appear to work, I get crashes in the first few pitches of the game I start.

igdkmdn64.sys is related to intel integrated graphics, according to a google search. I have an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 - wondering if maybe OOTP is using the integrated graphics instead of my actual better card? No idea. 12th gen Intel I5 processor.

Appreciate any advice you can offer.

Zanz · 03-19-2024, 09:49 AM

For what it's worth, I tried disabling OpenGL in the graphics settings and this appears to have stopped the crashing. My graphics card is compatible with OpenGL from what I can tell and is fully updated, so not sure why that'd be the cause, but just letting you know, in case.

03-18-2024, 04:22 PM	#1
Zanz Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 2	Windows bluescreen / forced restart of PC - crash when playing standard games in franchise Hello, I have submitted a league save file named 20240318 - Crash to the ftp site. Today was my first day playing OOTP25. This morning I got about 100+ minutes of play in, and played two games of a franchise in game on default graphics settings. I saved the franchise and left for a while and came back to play later. Now, I continue to get blue screens (CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT and VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE are the bluescreen errors. The VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE this most recent time told me that the cause was igdkmdn64.sys). Once, I didn't get a blue screen, but the game froze and my PC just straight up restarted without me prompting it. I have tried changing the graphics settings to be lower and specifically tried capping framerate to 60. Earlier today this seemed to work as I was able to play a game without crash, but the video was very stutter-y between plays. Now, even that does not appear to work, I get crashes in the first few pitches of the game I start. igdkmdn64.sys is related to intel integrated graphics, according to a google search. I have an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 - wondering if maybe OOTP is using the integrated graphics instead of my actual better card? No idea. 12th gen Intel I5 processor. Appreciate any advice you can offer.

03-19-2024, 09:49 AM	#2
Zanz Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 2	For what it's worth, I tried disabling OpenGL in the graphics settings and this appears to have stopped the crashing. My graphics card is compatible with OpenGL from what I can tell and is fully updated, so not sure why that'd be the cause, but just letting you know, in case.