To start things off, I’ve never used Unreal Engine for any real workloads, just playing around with it, but I want to develop something. When I launch something using my laptop’s 5070Ti (with rather recent drivers, < 1 month ), it gives the error code
That looks like a null pointer error, the engine looking for an object in scene, and said object does not exist. The stack references nVidia functioins, particularly Aftermath. Meaning, UE is unable to interact properly with the GPU.
Since you are using the latest drivers, I would ask which type are you using, as nVidia offers both Game and Studio drivers. If you are on Game, I suggest using DDU to clear up your current install, then replace with the latest Studio drivers, as these are the most stable for development work.
If the crash persists even with those drivers, then you can force UE to stop checking for Aftermath. To do that, locate the ConsoleVariables.ini (usually at C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.x\Engine\Config), open it with a notepad, and add the following lines in the bottom:
r.Aftermath=0 r.GPUCrashDebugging=0
Save the file, then try to access UE again. Additionally, please make sure there are no active overlays in your system, specially Discord’s one, as there has been a spike on interference cases related to that particular overlay.
I just updated the Nvidia Drivers to to the latest Studio drivers and also changed the end of the ConsoleVarriables.ini to include r.Aftermath=0 r.GPUCrashDebugging=0 and it still shows the same error. Discord wasn’t running (atleast in task manager). I might try the DDU to re-install the drivers, but just a update to the newest studio drivers still create the same error.
I have seen Null pointer issues in the past, and although Discord (I DO NOT SUPPORT… Don’t Ask) does at times loads up and doesn’t show in the task manager because it’s not running but it does have a hook latch in the memory for when it does run. Check your system boot and uncheck it, if it’s there then reboot. Many sub apps can load up manually without it needing to be in your boot.
nVidia does support their products and will work with you, Contact them.
Finally got the courage to do it and seems like the DDU did its job and it works with the NVIDIA card now. Thanks! Also its a laptop so it might be ASUS to contact instead which is hell.