Horizon Forbidden West HDR still crashing

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Hey there, downloaded SK update as of 3/25 and HFW is still crashing with HDR enabled. Log below:

03/25/2024 14:24:13.782: DebugHelper Symbol Search Path…: ;C:\Users*\AppData\Local\Programs\Special K
03/25/2024 14:24:13.782: Unable to load Special K Debug Symbols ('C:\Users*\AppData\Local\Programs\Special K\SpecialK64.pdb’), crash log will not be accurate.

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<+> System Memory Load…: 23%

Current Working Set…: 0.622 GiB (Max Used: 0.622 GiB out of Total Physical: 31.148 GiB)

Current Virtual Memory.: 1.086 GiB (Max Used: 1.086 GiB)

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03/25/2024 14:24:13.949: Unhandled Top-Level Exception (c0000005):

[! Except !] << EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION >>

[ Thread ] ~ Name…: “NxInternalRenderThread”
[ FaultMod ] # File…: ‘D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition\sl.interposer.dll’
[ FaultMod ] * RIP Addr.: sl.interposer.dll+0000000000026628h
[StackFrame] ↔ Rip=7ff974556628h, Rsp=007dcccff300h, Rbp=00000000000ch
[StackFrame] >-< Rsi=007dcccff3f0h, Rdi=007dcccff5a0h
[ GP Reg ] rax: 0x000000000001 rbx: 0x000000000000
[ GP Reg ] rcx: 0x000000000000 rdx: 0x01a8a4490000
[ GP Reg ] r8: 0x01a8a4374200 r9: 0x000000000001
[ GP Reg ] r10: 0x000000000003 r11: 0x007dcccff2d0
[ GP Reg ] r12: 0x0000000a08dc r13: 0x000000000000
[ GP Reg ] r14: 0x000000000000 r15: 0x01a8c38e3c00
[ GP Flags ] EFlags: 0x00010202

    sl.interposer.dll >   DXGIGetDebugInterface1
    sl.interposer.dll >   DXGIGetDebugInterface1
    sl.interposer.dll >        D3D12GetInterface

HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > NVSDK_NGX_UpdateFeature
KERNEL32.DLL > BaseThreadInitThunk
ntdll.dll > RtlUserThreadStart

03/25/2024 14:24:13.954: Unhandled Top-Level Exception (c0000005):

[! Except !] << EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION >>

[ Thread ] ~ Name…: “NxInternalRenderThread”
[ FaultMod ] # File…: ‘D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition\sl.interposer.dll’
[ FaultMod ] * RIP Addr.: sl.interposer.dll+0000000000026628h
[StackFrame] ↔ Rip=7ff974556628h, Rsp=007dcccff300h, Rbp=00000000000ch
[StackFrame] >-< Rsi=007dcccff3f0h, Rdi=007dcccff5a0h
[ GP Reg ] rax: 0x000000000001 rbx: 0x000000000000
[ GP Reg ] rcx: 0x000000000000 rdx: 0x01a8a4490000
[ GP Reg ] r8: 0x01a8a4374200 r9: 0x000000000001
[ GP Reg ] r10: 0x000000000003 r11: 0x007dcccff2d0
[ GP Reg ] r12: 0x0000000a08dc r13: 0x000000000000
[ GP Reg ] r14: 0x000000000000 r15: 0x01a8c38e3c00
[ GP Flags ] EFlags: 0x00010202

    sl.interposer.dll >   DXGIGetDebugInterface1
    sl.interposer.dll >   DXGIGetDebugInterface1
    sl.interposer.dll >        D3D12GetInterface

HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > NVSDK_NGX_UpdateFeature
KERNEL32.DLL > BaseThreadInitThunk
ntdll.dll > RtlUserThreadStart

03/25/2024 14:24:13.954: Unhandled Top-Level Exception (c0000005):

[! Except !] << EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION >>

[ Thread ] ~ Name…: “NxInternalRenderThread”
[ FaultMod ] # File…: ‘D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition\sl.interposer.dll’
[ FaultMod ] * RIP Addr.: sl.interposer.dll+0000000000026628h
[StackFrame] ↔ Rip=7ff974556628h, Rsp=007dcccff300h, Rbp=00000000000ch
[StackFrame] >-< Rsi=007dcccff3f0h, Rdi=007dcccff5a0h
[ GP Reg ] rax: 0x000000000001 rbx: 0x000000000000
[ GP Reg ] rcx: 0x000000000000 rdx: 0x01a8a4490000
[ GP Reg ] r8: 0x01a8a4374200 r9: 0x000000000001
[ GP Reg ] r10: 0x000000000003 r11: 0x007dcccff2d0
[ GP Reg ] r12: 0x0000000a08dc r13: 0x000000000000
[ GP Reg ] r14: 0x000000000000 r15: 0x01a8c38e3c00
[ GP Flags ] EFlags: 0x00010202

    sl.interposer.dll >   DXGIGetDebugInterface1
    sl.interposer.dll >   DXGIGetDebugInterface1
    sl.interposer.dll >        D3D12GetInterface

HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > NVSDK_NGX_UpdateFeature
KERNEL32.DLL > BaseThreadInitThunk
ntdll.dll > RtlUserThreadStart

03/25/2024 14:24:13.954: Unhandled Top-Level Exception (c0000005):

[! Except !] << EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION >>

[ Thread ] ~ Name…: “NxInternalRenderThread”
[ FaultMod ] # File…: ‘D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition\sl.interposer.dll’
[ FaultMod ] * RIP Addr.: sl.interposer.dll+0000000000026628h
[StackFrame] ↔ Rip=7ff974556628h, Rsp=007dcccff300h, Rbp=00000000000ch
[StackFrame] >-< Rsi=007dcccff3f0h, Rdi=007dcccff5a0h
[ GP Reg ] rax: 0x000000000001 rbx: 0x000000000000
[ GP Reg ] rcx: 0x000000000000 rdx: 0x01a8a4490000
[ GP Reg ] r8: 0x01a8a4374200 r9: 0x000000000001
[ GP Reg ] r10: 0x000000000003 r11: 0x007dcccff2d0
[ GP Reg ] r12: 0x0000000a08dc r13: 0x000000000000
[ GP Reg ] r14: 0x000000000000 r15: 0x01a8c38e3c00
[ GP Flags ] EFlags: 0x00010202

    sl.interposer.dll >   DXGIGetDebugInterface1
    sl.interposer.dll >   DXGIGetDebugInterface1
    sl.interposer.dll >        D3D12GetInterface

HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > MainProg
HorizonForbiddenWest.exe > NVSDK_NGX_UpdateFeature
KERNEL32.DLL > BaseThreadInitThunk
ntdll.dll > RtlUserThreadStart

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Hi,

Ensure you’re on the very latest version (just pushed as of a minute ago) v24.3.25.1.

Once you’ve updated to that version, if it still crashes and you’re on the Epic version then see the following part of the changelog:

  • [24.3.25] If HFW crashes when turning on HDR (Epic version), try deleting the
    Epic Overlay DLL as instructed in startup notification
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Hi, thanks - this did fix the crashing, but now when I launch the keyboard does not usually work (sometimes it does, usually not). Can’t quite figure it out. This is as of 24.3.26.1.