I went digging in the Event Viewer and was taking a look at my logs and I found some logs that might pertain to this specific issue. They all happened exactly at the time my game crashed, and they seemed to be consistent, every crash I get them. I know it has something to do with the CCC.exe process, which is the Catalyst Control Center for my ATI Radeon card.
Here's an example of what I'm getting:
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0000000066: 2011-11-15 23:08:37:179 Exception: Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\ATI\ACE\Profiles.xml' is denied. Exception Called by:
ATI.ACE.APM.Server.XmlDocumentSaver::SaverWorker processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(APM.Server, Version=3.5.4268.23115,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000065: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:167 Unable to obtain Color Correction information, dem status: -2 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::Parse processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000064: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:121 FAILED: ADL.ADL.ADL_DFP_AllowOnlyCETimings_Get Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000063: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:120 iDEMDeviceDFP2Settings.GetDFP2DVIReduceBlankingInfo failed with status 7 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000063: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:120 iDEMDeviceDFP2Settings.GetDFP2DVIReduceBlankingInfo failed with status 7 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000062: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:119 iDEMDeviceDFP2Settings.GetDFP2DVIAlternateModeInfo failed with status 7 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000061: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:095 FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23118, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000060: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:094 FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23118, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000059: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:092 FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23118, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000058: 2011-11-15 23:08:34:750 FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23118, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000066: 2011-11-15 23:08:37:179 Exception
ATI.ACE.APM.Server.XmlDocumentSaver::SaverWorker processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(APM.Server, Version=3.5.4268.23115,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000065: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:167 Unable to obtain Color Correction information, dem status: -2 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::Parse processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000064: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:121 FAILED: ADL.ADL.ADL_DFP_AllowOnlyCETimings_Get Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000063: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:120 iDEMDeviceDFP2Settings.GetDFP2DVIReduceBlankingInfo failed with status 7 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000063: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:120 iDEMDeviceDFP2Settings.GetDFP2DVIReduceBlankingInfo failed with status 7 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000062: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:119 iDEMDeviceDFP2Settings.GetDFP2DVIAlternateModeInfo failed with status 7 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000061: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:095 FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23118, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000060: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:094 FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23118, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000059: 2011-11-15 23:08:35:092 FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23118, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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0000000058: 2011-11-15 23:08:34:750 FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by:
ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:04216 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:
(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4268.23118, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)
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Has anyone been having the same problem with an ATI card? Does anyone know any fix? Anyone gone digging around found the same issue?
I am completely clueless about what the logs are actually referring to, but I know it has to do with the crashes.