# Niagara crashing on play

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419>\
**Category:** Blueprint\
**Tags:** crashes, particle-system, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [May 22, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419 "2023-05-22T07:40:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![deephal0](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/deephal0/32/703012_2.png) [@deephal0](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/deephal0)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419/1 "2023-05-22T07:40:23Z")

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so I created a audio visualisation particle system it worked fine in the viewport but when I pressed play it crashed with this error "unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION\_ACCESS\_VIOLATION reading address 0xffffffffffffffff

ntdll  
ntdll  
ntdll  
UnrealEditor\_SignalProcessing  
UnrealEditor\_Niagara  
UnrealEditor\_Niagara  
UnrealEditor\_Niagara  
UnrealEditor\_Engine  
UnrealEditor\_Engine  
UnrealEditor\_Engine  
UnrealEditor\_Engine  
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UnrealEditor\_UnrealEd  
UnrealEditor\_UnrealEd  
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UnrealEditor\_UnrealEd  
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UnrealEditor  
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kernel32  
ntdll"

if you know how to fix this please help.

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**Author:** ![KoileYo](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@KoileYo](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/KoileYo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419/2 "2023-06-02T18:55:27Z")

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Got the same issue with a different address.

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION\_ACCESS\_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000058002e0044

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**Author:** ![deephal0](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/deephal0/32/703012_2.png) [@deephal0](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/deephal0)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419/3 "2023-06-08T20:25:36Z")

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does yours also weridly crash sometimes when closing ue

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**Author:** ![deephal0](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/deephal0/32/703012_2.png) [@deephal0](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/deephal0)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419/4 "2023-06-12T21:32:58Z")

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this talks about it and staff mentions that theirs going to be a fix in 5.3 [UE5.2 crash caused by niagara particle system + audio spectrum 'NiagaraDataInterfaceAudio'](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-2-crash-caused-by-niagara-particle-system-audio-spectrum-niagaradatainterfaceaudio/1170362)

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**Author:** ![Anthony\_Attwood](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Anthony\_Attwood](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Anthony_Attwood)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419/5 "2023-06-13T01:50:22Z")

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Due to my deadline, I really hope 5.3 comes out fast… lol

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**Author:** ![deephal0](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/deephal0/32/703012_2.png) [@deephal0](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/deephal0)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419/6 "2023-06-13T15:06:43Z")

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yeah

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/niagara-crashing-on-play/1174419/7 "2023-07-13T15:07:18Z")

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