For nearly 6 months now AMD has done nothing to solve the Display Driver Crashing issue with the Unreal 4 engine specifically. I’ve ran several separate computers with R7s and R9s both of which had the exact same random crashing problem in Unreal4 Engine games and more specifically the Level creator/studio. It crashes extremely often making the use of it 100% unusable as anything you do will crash before you get to save the game. Most Unreal4 Engine games have this crash issue too, not so much with better optimized games but will still regardless have this crashing issue.
Just googling AMD Unreal4 Engine crash issue will return one of the Multiple AMD Support threads on this issue. It seems AMDs driver updates since oct - dec have done nothing to fix this so I suppose the only thing left to do is directly request help from the Unreal engine site. I can provide more information as well as logs on UR4 games that have been having these crashes. Most of the time it’s due to the gpu being unable to load shaders because it is stuck initializing whatever. I’m unaware if this problem persists on UR3 engine but it is definetly a problem for UR4 with AMD Graphic Cards more specifically the R7 280, R9 380 and R9 390, all having the exact same problem (as well as using the exact same driver but as I’ve said before AMD has done nothing for half a year to resolve this issue despite multiple threads about it).
Yes it’s been persisting since October when the first thread was created about this issue. Since no updates have resolved the issue and this is definitely a real issue as everyone who uses hardware that uses the main basic drivers for AMD R7s - R9s have this crash issue. I’ve made sure none of my parts were failing and were all functioning as they should. It’s definitely an issue with the drivers perhaps one that is unfixable for them. I managed to get in touch with a few AMD staff members but none of them responded yet (it’s been over a month now I think) but they did all check my thread so I’m sure they know about this.
I do have a asus Titan X but it physically wont fit in my current main build which is just a super safe build I’ve made to assure I have a working computer for years to come. But it seems this AMD issue if cannot be resovled by unreal I guess I will have to get a NIVIDA piece. I really want to use the Unreal4 Engine now but this bug prevents me 100%.
The driver crash issue is quite old, persisted for only a short time and was fixed by AMD in the 15.11 beta driver. I am myself using a R9 390 and since that driver update, the crash is fixed.
You must be mistaken because I seen that statement by AMD as well but it was obviously not true. Several people including my self are still having this issue. Right now I’m on the R9 380 and creating a level with unreal4 is impossible as the crash happens as often as unoptimized unreal4 games would. Just to clarify I have tested this on the R9 300 series and the R7 200 series. BOTH as of 9.14.10.01162. CRimson 15.12 are crashing with Unreal 4 engine. The older drivers never fixed this problem nor switching to them fixed the problem.
So could you do me the favor of posting your exact Hardware? Do you know if AMD products have different architect for their own GPUs like they do versus Intel CPUs? I have test ran three separate video cards all using these same drivers all have the same common crash issue each one with a totally different PC build, different PSU, motherboard everything. Since Dec 17 when the last driver update was made I’ve tested this and it’s still not working.
UE4 based games are somewhat playable. HHour - worlds elite a new indie game was having lots of crashing issues nearly as often as the Unreal4 Engine level editor does but they optimized it greatly and It doesn’t crash often but it does crash regardless.
Other UE4 engine games like ARK do not crash anymore either but it’s not due to the drivers it’s due to the game’s updates over time. The Unreal4 Engine where you program and create stuff is where it’s more than obvious there is a serious Driver issue with the Unreal 4 engine.
And from what I can confirm, R9 300 and R7 300 series are not working, but the same drivers are also intended for R9 Nano, and Fury series as well as R7 200, and HD series. I’m very interested in the person who stated he does not crash anymore, because I’ve physically proven this is a Driver/UR4 issue.
16.1.1 is the Radeon(catalyst) software version not the Driver version. The Latest driver was on December 17th.
I have tested this on Windows 7 as well. Do you know what producer your Graphics card is? Like XFX, sapphire, msi? I’m not 100% sure if it matters but if there is any difference with the producers I’m going to need to grab a different one aside from XFX which I’ve gotten all my graphic cards from to test. Also I’m just assuming you are able to use the Unreal4 Engine studio thing without any crashes. In which case this may very well be a hardware problem which the guys programming the drivers may be having problems addressing. I’ve received no response despite countless attempts to contact AMD to address this issue. Hopefully it can be resolved soon.
Yes, I am able to use UE4 without any display driver crashes. The engine itself like to crash sometimes obviously, but thats not the fault of the driver My graphics card is from Powercolor, but that does not make any difference.
Yes, I am able to use UE4 without any display driver crashes. The engine itself like to crash sometimes obviously, but thats not the fault of the driver My graphics card is from Powercolor, but that does not make any difference.
And I think you are wrong about the driver, the most recent version is called “AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1.1 Hotfix Driver Version 15.301.1801”.
Sadly I’m not entirely wrong. The hotfix is obviously for the Driver but it’s also a literal fix for the Radeon software it’s self (in conjunction with the radeon), and I was using the latest hotfix patch before but it just so happens on my current build I avoided installing any radeon or catalyst software and just the drivers them selfs.
My graphics card is from Powercolor, but that does not make any difference.
My graphics card is from Powercolor, but that does not make any difference.