Hi everyone, lately I am having issues while playing Dragon Quest VIII on Citra. The game will freeze within minutes after booting, every single time. Most often, the freeze is preceded by the audio suddenly stopping. About ten seconds later, the game will freeze entirely and a manual shutdown of the emulator is required. Though sometimes audio and video freeze at the same time. The freezes seem to happen at random points in the game, e.g. during battles, during cutscenes and while in towns. This happens both with OpenGL and Vulkan. I have attached logs for both API’s.
Does anyone have any idea what could be the cause of the issue? Thanks in advance!
System Information
- Operating System: Windows 11
- CPU: Ryzen 7 5700x
- GPU: RX 6950 XT
- Citra Version (found in title bar): Canary 2639
- Game: Dragon Quest VIII
Vulkan log → citra_log.txt (310.8 KB)
OpenGL log → citra_log.txt (552.0 KB)
System Information for Support
Client Version Canary 2639 HEAD-95bdc8c
Operating System Windows 11 Version 22H2 (Build 22621.2283)
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor | AVX2 | FMA
Graphics API Unknown (?)
Graphics Renderer ?
GPU Driver Version ?
CPU JIT [x]
Hardware Shader [x]
Hardware Shader, Accurate Multiplication [ ]
Shader JIT [x]
System Region -1
Shader Disk Cache [x]
Here’s some issues I found with your log that might help.
- Enabling Accurate Multiplication is recomended in certain games. If you are experiencing graphical glitches, try enabling this option.
System Information for Support
Client Version Canary 2639 HEAD-95bdc8c
Operating System Windows 11 Version 22H2 (Build 22621.2283)
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor | AVX2 | FMA
Graphics API OpenGL 4.3.0
Graphics Renderer AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
GPU Driver Version 23.9.3.230915
CPU JIT [x]
Hardware Shader [x]
Hardware Shader, Accurate Multiplication [ ]
Shader JIT [x]
System Region -1
Shader Disk Cache [x]
Here’s some issues I found with your log that might help.
- Enabling Accurate Multiplication is recomended in certain games. If you are experiencing graphical glitches, try enabling this option.
Hi all, I would like to let you know that the issue seems to be fixed. I started Googling some of the last log entries (specifically something about ‘Cubeb Audio Stream Stopped’) and found a Reddit post by someone who encountered similar log entries and crashes while playing Samus Returns. A user named ElQuitro replied with this fix:
‘Disable New 3DS mode, and of the 3 options in the bottom section of graphic settings, check the first and third options. Leave the middle one unchecked and disable bilinear filter. You’re welcome.’
That seems to have done the trick for me as well. So if this ElQuitro guy is around here, kindly pass my thanks to him/her.