No Man's Sky crashes with DLSS on build 0.7.7-pre12_older_20250630 and newer

[crzsotona]

Game name and version:

No Man's Sky build 147803 (Steam version)

Mods and mod versions used

0.7.7-pre12_older_20250630
(0.7.7-pre9_Daria works fine, I don't have builds in between)

GPU

RTX 4070Ti

OS

Windows 10

Used automated or manual install?

Automated (dxgi)

Also please mention in description which upscaler inputs are used (which upscaler you selected in game settings).
DLSS upscaler is used

Did you check the Wiki and Compatibility List?

Yes

Please describe the issue and steps to reproduce it

Game crashes when DLSS upscaler is used, XeSS works fine.

I have attached

OptiScaler_dlss_crash.log
OptiScaler_xess_working.log

[crzsotona]

I see that there was PR #525, which potentially can cause the issue.

[TheRazerMD]

Could you try using the latest Nightly 0719? And also the build from another post - OptiScaler_v0.7.7-pre13_20250730_addXeSSfiles.zip

[FakeMichau]

Would you mind trying with this build? You can also try setting DisableOverlays = true
OptiScaler.zip

[crzsotona]

Sorry for a late reply, I haven't touched gaming PC for several weeks.

I can't reproduce startup crashes with 0.7.7-pre12_older_20250630 and suggested newer builds (OptiScaler_v0.7.7-pre13_older_20250719/OptiScaler_v0.7.7-pre13_20250731) and attached @FakeMichau build.

I don't know, I haven't updated driver, game and Windows, but it stopped crashing somehow :/

The only issue I'm observing right now is that game hangs when I open OptiScaler UI with enabled in-game FG, it applies to any of these builds including 0.7.8

[FakeMichau]

I've tried to fix/workaround that UI crashing by disabling FG before the menu is opened (and that works on AMD) but if that's not enough then I don't know. Feels like a pain to debug with a card.

In the build I sent, I disabled the PR you linked on Nvidia cards. That is the most likely candidate.
Will close the issue before the original issue got resolved/resolved itself. If you notice crashing with DLSS again with the build I sent then feel free to reopen.

[crzsotona]

Yes, sure, I will test this game later on.
What's most strange is that originally I wanted to use Optiscaler with Nukem's FG as native wasn't working properly, like FG was trying to target initial FPS with FG, effectively halving FPS and causing stutters, but this is gone too. I'm disappointed as a QA.