Crash using native renderer

[PsychotropicPineapples]

I've tried the native renderer a couple of times but it crashes quite frequently. I've attached two logs from separate parts of the game, in case that helps. 005 is a crash when running down the road to meet the police at the start of the game. 011 is inside the hotel for the first time, when running down the hallway just outside of my room.

My system is a 7800X3D and an RTX 3080 running driver version 610.88. I tested it at both 1x and 2x resolution, both crashed in the same spots. I have a framerate cap set at 120 and it was at that limit every time I looked. For comparison, the ROV renderer did drop down to 116 fps for a little moment when running down that road, though I don't know exactly how much of a performance difference it gives me due to the cap I've set. The native renderer might run even higher if I didn't limit it.
The native renderer also seemed to lose the sun light after I crashed and reloaded the save just before running down the road. The z-fighting textures in the distance didn't look as bad as ROV, though.

deadlyprem_005.log
deadlyprem_011.log

[LittleBitUA]

Thanks, the two logs were exactly what was needed.

Both crashes are the same bug in the native renderer, and it is also what kite1234567 hit in #33. When the game let go of a model's data between two frames (it does that when it loads the next part of the map, like on that road or in the hotel corridor, and when the pause menu closes), the renderer could throw away its copy on the graphics card while the card was still drawing the previous frame with it. The card then read memory that no longer existed and Windows reset it (the DEVICE_HUNG in your logs). The resolution scale only changes how likely it is, which is why 1x and 2x crashed in the same spots.

2.0.3 fixes it: https://github.com/LittleBitUA/DPRecomp/releases/tag/v2.0.3. The renderer now keeps everything it stops using until the graphics card has finished every frame that used it. Updating from the launcher is enough. If you still get "GPU lost" on 2.0.3, please attach the new log: it now names exactly what the card was reading.

About the missing sunlight after reloading the save: could you post two screenshots of the same spot, one with the native renderer and one with ROV, plus the log from that session? That will show whether the renderer loses it or something else changed.

[PsychotropicPineapples]

Oh cool, that was a quick fix. Awesome.

I replayed through the start to get to that spot on the road and there was initially some rain(so no sun), but the rain started fading away and I could see York casting a shadow on the ground(though it wasn't particularly sunny, so the sunlight wasn't super noticeable). Reloaded the save and the shadow was gone. Switched to ROV, loaded that save, and then it was back again.

015 is from the native renderer, 016 is with ROV.
deadlyprem_015.log
deadlyprem_016.log

Edit: Oh sorry, forgot you asked for screenshots. Give me a moment.

Here you go. The one with shadows is ROV, the one without is native.

[LittleBitUA]

Thanks, the logs and screenshots make it clear. The log shows the renderer still draws the shadow map after the reload, so it looks like after a reload the native renderer samples a stale copy of it instead of the fresh one. It's on the list for the next update.

One question that would help: if you quit to the desktop, start the game again and load that same save, is York's shadow there?

[LittleBitUA]

Could you also attach that save? Zip the userdata folder next to the game without userdata\cache (that part is big and not needed) and drop the zip here. Then we can load the exact spot on the road and compare the native renderer with ROV before and after a reload.

[PsychotropicPineapples]

if you quit to the desktop, start the game again and load that same save, is York's shadow there?

The shadows are still gone after a restart. I think I tested a few times when switching back and forth.

Could you also attach that save?

Sure.

userdata.zip

[LittleBitUA]

Thanks for the save and for checking after a restart, that rules out the reload. We'll load it here and look at why York's shadow is missing on that road.