Problem Orbiter crashing after second start

[dundun92]

Since I reinstalled Orbiter 2016, ive consistiently had an issue where after starting a 2nd mission, it would CTD about 95% of the time (occasionally it wouldnt, but very rare and even then it would likely crash on subsequent starts). Its fixable by simply exiting orbiter and rebooting it so its not a deal breaker or anything, but its still slightly annoying. Is this a common bug, or do I just need to reinstall Orbiter.

 

[Krishnan]

I have got the same problem....

 

[Urwumpe]

What kind of settings do you have configured in Orbiters "Extra"-Tab, under the point "Debugging Options > Orbiter shutdown options?" Does respawning the Orbiter process fix your issues?

 

[dundun92]

Does respawning the Orbiter process fix your issues?

Yes, it does. Heres the screenshot with the shutdown options:

 

[Urwumpe]

Yeah, then one of the add-ons you use is not properly allocating or deallocating its resources.

 

[dbeachy1]

As a workaround, you could switch your Orbiter Shutdown Mode to "Respawn Orbiter process", which will exit orbiter.exe immediately and restart it every time you exit Orbiter. This is often faster than the "De-allocate memory and display launchpad dialog" option as well.

 

[kuddel]

If you are developing an add-on you should set the shutdown option to "De-allocate memory and display launchpad dialog" however.
Just to make sure your add-on behaves like a good citizen. Memory- or other Resouce-Leaks should not be accepted - never.

 

[n72.75]

Bonus points if you can figure out which addon it is.

 

[dundun92]

As a workaround, you could switch your Orbiter Shutdown Mode to "Respawn Orbiter process", which will exit orbiter.exe immediately and restart it every time you exit Orbiter. This is often faster than the "De-allocate memory and display launchpad dialog" option as well.

Tried that and it did indeed work, and you are right, it is faster. Thanks!

 

[kuddel]

Bonus points if you can figure out which addon it is.

If you limit the addon count to a minimum numer which do not leak, than it' clear: It's your own -not yet ready- addon