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CRASH HELP PLEASE — Recurring Crash to Desktop (Access Violation Illegal Read)

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Need more info
Issue key
ARGF-296
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Arma Reforger
Project
Game Feedback
Creator
fastgame007gmailcom
Created
Aug 9, 2026
Views
833
Platform
PC
Game Version
1.7.0.54
Mission
—
Is it modded?
no
Description

Hello.
Arma Reforger consistently crashes to desktop within roughly 10–20 minutes of gameplay, in all game modes tested, which include: singleplayer, vanilla multiplayer, and modded multiplayer. This has been occurring for several weeks across multiple game versions/updates and persists after extensive hardware and software troubleshooting on my end.
You will find attached a screenshot of the crash report I receive after crash, as well as my latest crashlog found in the files after a game on a modded server. PLEASE NOTE that as mentioned earlier, these crash ALSO happen on singleplayer as well as vanilla multiplayer servers.

System Specification

  • OS: Windows 11

  • CPU: Intel Core i7-13700F

  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (8GB VRAM)

  • RAM: 32 GB (32517 MB reported)

  • Game version: 1.7.0.54

  • PC model: Acer Predator Orion PO3-650 (prebuilt desktop)

Crash Description

Game runs fine until it suddenly crashes, leaving me with that crashnote attached.

Troubleshooting Already Performed (No Effect on Crash)

  • Full uninstall/reinstall of the game

  • Steam file integrity verification

  • Deletion of local Addons/mod cache folder

  • Reset of the game profile folder (Documents\My Games\ArmaReforger\profile) — fresh profile, still crashes

  • GPU driver fully removed via DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) and cleanly reinstalled (latest NVIDIA driver)

  • BattlEye service reinstalled via the game's dedicated install script

  • Game and BattlEye folders excluded from Windows Defender / antivirus

  • Windows Memory Integrity (Core Isolation / VBS) disabled

  • BIOS updated to the latest version (Intel microcode update included)

  • In-game FPS capped to 60

  • CPU stress-tested (OCCT with AVX2, and Core Cycler, 2 threads) — no errors found

  • RAM tested with HCI MemTest (10 instances × 20,000 MB, ~5 hours) — no errors found

  • CPU thermal paste reapplied

  • Crash reproduced in singleplayer, vanilla multiplayer, and modded multiplayer alike — rules out mods and server-specific issues

Additional Observation: CPU Temperatures

During a monitored session (HWiNFO log attached/available on request), the CPU repeatedly reached 100°C (thermal junction limit) under sustained clocks of ~5.1–5.2 GHz, within the first 2 minutes of gameplay. While this may be a contributing/aggravating factor specific to my hardware, this exact crash signature (Access violation, Illegal read, within minutes of launch) has been reported by other players with entirely different hardware configurations, including different CPU generations and GPU vendors, which suggests the root cause lies in the game itself rather than being purely hardware-specific.

In conclusion

Given that:

  1. The crash occurs identically across all game modes,

  2. No third-party software appears in either crash stack,

  3. Extensive hardware testing (RAM, CPU, GPU) found no faults,

  4. The same crash signature is reported by other players on unrelated hardware,

I believe this is a bug in the current game build rather than an issue with my system. If there is anything anyone could do to help me that I haven't done already I would be a taker. It really sucks because I have over 88 hours in game and now I simply cannot play anymore. It's one of my favorite games.

I would appreciate some help.

Thank you for your time and for looking into this.

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    2 months ago
  • fastgame007gmailcom
    created issue2 months ago
  • shutterace66
    2 months ago
    shutterace66
    2 months ago

    Have you run the Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool?
    Have you tried disabling XMP?


    This sounds like hardware.
    That temp spike is highly suspicious.


    Note: I am not a dev.

  • fastgame007gmailcom
    2 months ago
    fastgame007gmailcom
    2 months ago

    Hey,
    So I've just tried to run the Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool and it all passed.
    Sadly I cannot turn off XMP on my Computer as ACER or Intel, I don't know which one, won't allow my computer model to play with the BIOS menu too much.

    The temp spike is suspicious but do note that the crash has happened recently with temperatures of 70 degrees, which is a normal temperature mid game.

  • shutterace66
    2 months ago
    shutterace66
    2 months ago

    The BIOS is likely set to thermal throttle at 100c. And 70c seems high for Reforger. I am running a 14600k on a 360 AIO and don't see anything close to that. Perhaps you need to replace the thermal paste. I would run y-cruncher and see if it can do that for about 15 minutes. If it crashes, lower the CPU power or speed and test again to see if it improves.

  • fastgame007gmailcom
    2 months ago
    fastgame007gmailcom
    2 months ago

    As mentioned in my post, I did change the thermal paste already. I also already did CPU stress-tests, with OCCT, AVX2, and Core Cycler with no issues. I am not sure another test with y-cruncher would tell me something I don't realdy know.

    I already lowered the CPU maximum power state for 99% for what its worth. Still crashes.

  • shutterace66(edited)
    2 months ago
    shutterace66(edited)
    2 months ago

    I have nothing else other than an OS reinstall. I had to do that last week to fix some goofiness in the workbench. Good luck.

  • 2 months ago
  • l909
    changed state to
    NEED MORE INFO
    2 months ago
  • l909
    Moderator
    2 months ago
    l909
    Moderator
    2 months ago

    Hello.
    Can you please try the OS reinstall as suggested and let us know?

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State

Need more info
Issue key
ARGF-296
Access
Public
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Arma Reforger
Project
Game Feedback
Creator
fastgame007gmailcom
Created
Aug 9, 2026
Views
833