Debug a "code -1073741819 (0xc0000005) 'Access violation'" in a Windows Phone 8.1 Game

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My game is crashing in random moments and when this happens Visual Studio does not throw any exceptions; actually, debugger still runs for a a minute or two and then this appears in the Output:

The program '[1752] Template.exe' has exited with code -1073741819 (0xc0000005) 'Access violation'.

I searched for the problem and seems it may have diverse causes. As visual studio does not break, I can not find the line in code where game crashes neither can I read the call stack.

I also tried to use the Dump File which is auto generated in Documents/Debug in Windows Phone. But a do not realize how to use it, I hit any of the Debug buttons and all of then fail to run.

So, is there a way for debugging Access Violations? (focusing in Windows Store Apps / Phone 8.1 games)?

(the dump file is in this link).

Let me know if any more info is needed.

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Answer by WesleyNR · Aug 14, 2015 at 01:33 PM

Looks like I found a workaround...

This is what appears in the minidump:

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After googling a few days I reached a topic in Unity Forums where is suggested to add the following line of code at the end of App class constructor, in App.xaml.cs file, for better debugging:

 appCallbacks.AddCommandLineArg("-force-gfx-direct");

(...) it will disable multithreaded renderer, so the stacktrace information will contain everything that lead up to the crash point.

Curiously, after doing that, no more crashes happened; I tested in a old backup which was easy to reproduce the crash. I know the real problem was not solved, but that access violation crash has gone...

Could it be a multi-threading problem? Would it be a bug? Could it be caused by game scripts?

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