[Crash] FATAL ERROR

[TheHuntress]

I have been having some problems with a map I am editing, and sometimes the game crashes in specific parts in an inconsitent manner. Here is the crash log see if anyone can help me find the cause of the problem. The crash happens during the attack of the enemy base, the crashes are pretty inconsistent, and I think it could be related when a building gets destroyed? or maybe an enemy gets killed? Can't really tell but it does happen when attacking the enemy base.
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Warcraft III (build 6401)

Exe: f:\users\war3.exe
Time: Apr 25, 2026 3:46:28.891 PM
User:
Computer:
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This application has encountered a critical error:

FATAL ERROR!

Program: f:\users\war3.exe
Exception: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 0023:6F2D70F1

The instruction at '0x6F2D70F1' referenced memory at '0x00000000'.
The memory could not be 'read'.


War3Build: 1.26.0.6401
Played Demo03.w3m
Player 0 The Huntress Race Orc StartLoc 0
Player 1 Kul'Tiras Marines Race Human StartLoc 1
Player 2 Kul'Tiras Marines Race Human StartLoc 2
Player 3 Island Trolls Race Orc StartLoc 3
Player 4 <Unused> Race Orc StartLoc -1
Player 5 <Unused> Race Human StartLoc -1
Player 6 <Unused> Race Undead StartLoc -1
Player 7 <Unused> Race NightElf StartLoc -1
Player 8 <Unused> Race Human StartLoc -1
Player 9 <Unused> Race Orc StartLoc -1
Player 10 <Unused> Race Undead StartLoc -1
Player 11 Underworld Minions Race NightElf StartLoc 4
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x86 Registers
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EAX=00000000 EBX=042E1DF4 ECX=00A90E30 EDX=41726570 ESI=05DA2754
EDI=4258039F EBP=00000000 ESP=0019FAA0 EIP=6F2D70F1 FLG=00010246
CS =0023 DS =002B ES =002B SS =002B FS =0053 GS =002B


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Stack Trace (Manual)
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Address Frame Logical addr Module

6F2D70F1 00000000 0001:002D60F1 f:\users\war3.exe\Game.dll

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Stack Trace (Using DBGHELP.DLL)
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6F2D70F1 Game.dll GameMain+2939041 (0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000)


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Loaded Modules
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0x00400000 - 0x0047D000 f:\users\users\war3.exe
0x03F80000 - 0x04273000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_8bf8ab287ec0df61\igdgmm32.dll
0x06220000 - 0x06DD5000 f:\users\redist\miles\Mp3enc.asi
0x0AE90000 - 0x0E99E000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_8bf8ab287ec0df61\igd9dxva32.dll
0x15000000 - 0x15061000 f:\users\Storm.dll
0x21100000 - 0x2115F000 f:\users\mss32.dll
0x22600000 - 0x22616000 f:\users\redist\miles\Mssfast.m3d
0x22700000 - 0x22717000 f:\users\redist\miles\Mssdolby.m3d
0x22C00000 - 0x22C18000 f:\users\redist\miles\Msseax2.m3d
0x24600000 - 0x24611000 f:\users\redist\miles\Reverb3.flt
0x26F00000 - 0x26F2A000 f:\users\redist\miles\Mp3dec.asi
0x60000000 - 0x6005D000 f:\users\ijl15.dll
0x68DD0000 - 0x68E7E000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\apphelp.dll
0x6A600000 - 0x6A6A2000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\mscms.dll
0x6B630000 - 0x6B687000 C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Internal.Graphics.Display.DisplayColorManagement.dll
0x6BA80000 - 0x6BA89000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\avrt.dll
0x6BA90000 - 0x6BB99000 C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.dll
0x6BBA0000 - 0x6BBB0000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\resourcepolicyclient.dll
0x6BBC0000 - 0x6BD35000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUDIOSES.DLL
0x6BD40000 - 0x6BD64000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DEVOBJ.dll
0x6BD70000 - 0x6BDEE000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\MMDevApi.dll
0x6BE00000 - 0x6BE09000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msdmo.dll
0x6BE10000 - 0x6BE2F000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winmmbase.dll
0x6BE40000 - 0x6BEDA000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ResampleDmo.DLL
0x6BEE0000 - 0x6BF56000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DSOUND.DLL
0x6BF60000 - 0x6BFAB000 f:\users\redist\miles\Msseax.m3d
0x6BFB0000 - 0x6C06F000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCR100.dll
0x6C070000 - 0x6C0D9000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCP100.dll
0x6C380000 - 0x6C45B000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CoreMessaging.dll
0x6C460000 - 0x6C564000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\textinputframework.dll
0x6C570000 - 0x6EFA6000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_8bf8ab287ec0df61\igc32.dll
0x6EFB0000 - 0x6EFCE000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_8bf8ab287ec0df61\igdinfo32.dll
0x6F000000 - 0x6FBB5000 f:\users\Game.dll
0x72DE0000 - 0x72F1C000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_8bf8ab287ec0df61\igdumdim32.dll
0x72F20000 - 0x72F4B000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\cryptnet.dll
0x72F50000 - 0x72F6A000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bcrypt.dll
0x72F70000 - 0x72F90000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\gpapi.dll
0x72FA0000 - 0x72FD3000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll
0x72FE0000 - 0x72FF4000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CRYPTSP.dll
0x73000000 - 0x7300E000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSASN1.dll
0x73020000 - 0x73029000 f:\users\Mh-Detector.mix
0x73030000 - 0x73059000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntmarta.dll
0x73060000 - 0x73084000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dwmapi.dll
0x73090000 - 0x73097000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d8thk.dll
0x730A0000 - 0x7315C000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8.dll
0x73160000 - 0x73191000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dbgcore.DLL
0x731A0000 - 0x73380000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dbghelp.dll
0x73390000 - 0x7340F000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
0x73420000 - 0x73457000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dxcore.dll
0x73460000 - 0x73544000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\OPENGL32.dll
0x73550000 - 0x735E1000 C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.26100.5074_none_cf989b7a8eac3574\COMCTL32.dll
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0x73820000 - 0x73828000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\VERSION.dll
0x73830000 - 0x73863000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINMM.dll
0x73870000 - 0x73878000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WSOCK32.dll
0x73880000 - 0x738AB000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SspiCli.dll
0x738B0000 - 0x738F2000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\GLU32.dll
0x73900000 - 0x73B25000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WININET.dll
0x73F50000 - 0x73F93000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\cfgmgr32.dll
0x740A0000 - 0x740AB000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINNSI.DLL
0x741D0000 - 0x74224000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\mswsock.dll
0x74910000 - 0x74925000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\kernel.appcore.dll
0x74930000 - 0x7493A000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CRYPTBASE.dll
0x74940000 - 0x7494E000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\UMPDC.dll
0x749C0000 - 0x74A15000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\powrprof.dll
0x74A20000 - 0x74A47000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IPHLPAPI.DLL
0x74A70000 - 0x74A93000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\GDI32.dll
0x74AB0000 - 0x74BA0000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL
0x74BB0000 - 0x74C35000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\msvcp_win.dll
0x74C40000 - 0x74D94000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ole32.dll
0x74DA0000 - 0x74E09000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcryptPrimitives.dll
0x74E20000 - 0x750EB000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
0x750F0000 - 0x75173000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\sechost.dll
0x75180000 - 0x7527B000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wintypes.dll
0x75470000 - 0x75495000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\IMM32.dll
0x754A0000 - 0x758F1000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\SETUPAPI.dll
0x759A0000 - 0x75A6F000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\shcore.dll
0x75A80000 - 0x75AFF000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x75B80000 - 0x75BE1000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2_32.dll
0x75BF0000 - 0x75CDC000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\gdi32full.dll
0x75CE0000 - 0x75DF8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSCTF.dll
0x75E00000 - 0x76085000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\combase.dll
0x76090000 - 0x7612E000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x76140000 - 0x761F7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\comdlg32.dll
0x76200000 - 0x7628A000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\clbcatq.dll
0x762B0000 - 0x763C0000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll
0x76440000 - 0x76507000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\msvcrt.dll
0x76510000 - 0x765CC000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\RPCRT4.dll
0x765D0000 - 0x76BF7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\SHELL32.dll
0x76C00000 - 0x76C07000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\NSI.dll
0x76C10000 - 0x76D17000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\CRYPT32.dll
0x76D20000 - 0x76D3A000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\win32u.dll
0x76DB0000 - 0x76DFF000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x76E10000 - 0x76FDA000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll
0x76FF0000 - 0x771AF000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll


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Memory Dump
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Code: 16 bytes starting at (EIP = 6F2D70F1)

6F2D70F1: 8B 55 00 8B 82 10 03 00 00 8B CD FF D0 33 F6 39 .U...........3.9


Stack: 1024 bytes starting at (ESP = 0019FAA0)

* = addr ** *
0019FAA0: 9F 03 58 42 F4 1D 2E 04 0C FB 19 00 F4 1D 2E 04 ..XB............
0019FAB0: 04 00 00 00 54 27 DA 05 04 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 ....T'..........
0019FAC0: 61 24 01 6F E7 2D 06 5B 88 00 8A 11 04 00 00 00 a$.o.-.[........
0019FAD0: F4 1D 2E 04 94 00 4F 02 F4 1D 2E 04 F4 1D 2E 04 ......O.........
0019FAE0: 27 57 2D 6F 01 00 00 00 F4 1D 2E 04 F4 1D 2E 04 'W-o............
0019FAF0: D4 2E 07 1B 9F 03 58 42 00 00 00 00 D0 00 8C 00 ......XB........
0019FB00: F4 1D 2E 04 00 00 00 00 A0 41 F8 10 D4 2E 07 1B .........A......
0019FB10: 54 B2 2D 6F D0 00 8C 00 F4 1D 2E 04 28 BF 2D 6F T.-o........(.-o
0019FB20: E7 7D 47 6F A0 3D A8 6F 03 2C 06 5B A8 00 E5 14 .}Go.=.o.,.[....
0019FB30: D0 FB 19 00 28 F9 82 6F 00 00 00 00 38 D5 46 6F ....(..o....8.Fo
0019FB40: F4 1D 2E 04 88 00 8C 00 B4 E3 46 6F C8 00 8C 00 ..........Fo....
0019FB50: 88 00 8C 00 9F 03 58 42 61 E5 46 6F B8 00 AF 05 ......XBa.Fo....
0019FB60: 74 01 EE 10 58 FC 19 00 9F 03 58 42 64 FC 19 00 t...X.....XBd...
0019FB70: 90 00 ED 10 DB E9 46 6F 8E 0C 47 6F 58 FC 19 00 ......Fo..GoX...
0019FB80: 74 06 7C 1B D4 2E 07 1B 58 49 2F 6F BE 75 53 6F t.|.....XI/o.uSo
0019FB90: FD A6 62 6F 44 FC 19 00 B3 2C 06 5B 44 FC 19 00 ..boD....,.[D...
0019FBA0: BC 00 A0 0F 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0019FBB0: 42 00 00 00 74 06 7C 1B 14 DD F1 1B B4 A8 08 1B B...t.|.........
0019FBC0: B4 A8 08 1B 30 FC 19 00 00 00 00 00 90 2A 11 21 ....0........*.!
0019FBD0: 5C FC 19 00 88 0A 84 6F 00 00 00 00 D0 A7 62 6F \......o......bo
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0019FC00: F7 78 53 6F 44 FC 19 00 01 00 00 00 B0 00 A0 0F .xSoD...........
0019FC10: B8 00 A0 0F 85 37 55 6F 44 FC 19 00 0F 2B 06 5B .....7UoD....+.[
0019FC20: BC FC 19 00 B0 00 A0 0F 00 00 00 00 20 01 72 04 ............ .r.
0019FC30: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0019FC40: 10 00 00 00 E4 80 95 6F 00 00 00 00 92 00 09 40 .......o.......@
0019FC50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A D7 A3 3B A4 FC 19 00 ...........;....
0019FC60: 38 75 83 6F 00 00 00 00 13 39 55 6F 19 00 00 00 8u.o.....9Uo....
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0019FC80: 88 00 72 04 FC 91 1C 13 05 00 00 00 48 01 74 04 ..r.........H.t.
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0019FCA0: 01 00 00 00 64 FF 19 00 38 11 84 6F 00 00 00 00 ....d...8..o....
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0019FCC0: FC 91 1C 13 7C 03 63 6F E0 1C AE 74 00 00 00 6F ....|.co...t...o
0019FCD0: E0 D0 AC 74 80 67 AC 74 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...t.g.t........
0019FCE0: 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 20 31 38 64 34 00 AF CD E8 3C Engine 18d4....<
0019FCF0: 14 FD 19 00 10 73 F6 74 AB AB AB AB 0C 91 06 77 .....s.t.......w
0019FD00: 27 73 F6 74 F0 46 00 00 E0 1C AE 74 FC 90 06 77 's.t.F.....t...w
0019FD10: 30 AF F7 74 C0 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 E0 D0 AC 74 0..t.B.........t
0019FD20: F7 2B 06 5B 51 04 63 6F 01 00 00 00 C4 98 00 6F .+.[Q.co.......o
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0019FD60: 78 65 00 00 80 67 AC 74 02 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 xe...g.t........
0019FD70: 03 00 00 00 64 00 00 00 23 00 18 00 70 63 6D 00 ....d...#...pcm.
0019FD80: 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 3C 6F 00 70 3F 6F 00 ........ <o.p?o.
0019FD90: 60 63 6D 00 00 00 6D 00 9E 03 00 00 D0 FD 19 00 `cm...m.........
0019FDA0: 9A ED 02 77 00 00 00 00 BB CB E8 3C E0 1C AE 74 ...w.......<...t
0019FDB0: 08 FE 19 00 80 67 AC 74 A8 FD 19 00 D4 FD 19 00 .....g.t........
0019FDC0: 64 FF 19 00 70 1C 07 77 53 EA E1 4B FE FF FF FF d...p..wS..K....
0019FDD0: E4 FD 19 00 48 E0 01 77 00 00 6D 00 00 00 00 00 ....H..w..m.....
0019FDE0: 8F CB E8 3C 1C FE 19 00 BD 81 F6 74 00 00 00 6F ...<.......t...o
0019FDF0: 10 FE 19 00 00 00 00 00 18 FE 19 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0019FE00: F9 13 40 00 E0 1C AE 74 00 00 00 6F 80 67 AC 74 [email protected]
0019FE10: 08 00 09 00 70 6B 45 00 50 98 00 6F 30 FE 19 00 ....pkE.P..o0...
0019FE20: 94 67 AC 74 00 00 00 6F 70 6B 45 00 F9 13 40 00 .g.t...opkE...@.
0019FE30: E0 D0 AC 00 1F 2A 06 5B 19 14 40 00 00 00 00 6F .....*.[[email protected]
0019FE40: 10 0E 47 00 E5 81 6D 00 74 FF 19 00 00 00 00 00 ..G...m.t.......
0019FE50: 10 00 4D 02 00 00 00 00 00 40 09 00 00 02 4A 00 [email protected].
0019FE60: 00 00 00 00 77 4E 90 AD 5C 78 0D 4C D7 3B F3 F2 ....wN..\x.L.;..
0019FE70: E8 25 D3 C9 DE EE FC 6A 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .%.....j........
0019FE80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0019FE90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................


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[the.Axolotl]

That crash log is an access violation (null pointer); this almost always means you’re using an invalid handle — usually a unit or group that is null or already destroyed.

Since it happens during combat / base attack, check any triggers that run on:

• unit death
• unit removal
• unit replacement

The most common causes are:

• replacing/removing units inside a unit group loop
• using (Triggering unit) after it was removed/replaced
• reusing a destroyed group
• arrays/indexers returning a null unit

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The log itself won’t tell you the exact trigger, but it does confirm it’s a logic issue, not graphics or performance.

Also worth noting you’re on 1.26; it’s less forgiving with invalid handles, so bugs like this tend to crash the game instead of failing silently.

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PS It would be super cool if you’d put that in a txt file and uploaded it as an attachment.