Crashes on PC Steam. Details and attempts to resolve inside. Close to refunding

[babychewbacca69]

Hi there,

Just purchased the game and have spent the past 3 hours trying to get it to stop crashing. 

Initially it kept dropping during the initial cinematic. After running it on windowed mode I was able to skip it and make it to the main menu. 

So far it crashes about a minute into story mode or training. I was able to join a quick match and dc'd upon respawn. 

Specs are below as well as the latest crash dump

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz, 4008 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB (2400MHz)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 980 Driver Ver: 460.89
Game installed on SSD

Game Version: Steam
Input: Saitek X55

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KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1

    Key  : AV.Fault
    Value: Read

    Key  : Analysis.CPU.mSec
    Value: 1999

    Key  : Analysis.DebugAnalysisProvider.CPP
    Value: Create: 8007007e on DESKTOP-H5AEM45

    Key  : Analysis.DebugData
    Value: CreateObject

    Key  : Analysis.DebugModel
    Value: CreateObject

    Key  : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec
    Value: 6185

    Key  : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb
    Value: 558

    Key  : Analysis.System
    Value: CreateObject

    Key  : Timeline.Process.Start.DeltaSec
    Value: 457

    Key  : WER.OS.Branch
    Value: vb_release

    Key  : WER.OS.Timestamp
    Value: 2019-12-06T14:06:00Z

    Key  : WER.OS.Version
    Value: 10.0.19041.1

    Key  : WER.Process.Version
    Value: 1.0.0.0


ADDITIONAL_XML: 1

OS_BUILD_LAYERS: 1

COMMENT:  Frostbite MiniDump. Address: 0000000142673C90 (In Windbg type: .ecxr)
[EOF]

NTGLOBALFLAG:  4000

PROCESS_BAM_CURRENT_THROTTLED: 0

PROCESS_BAM_PREVIOUS_THROTTLED: 0

CONTEXT:  (.ecxr)rax=0000000000000016 rbx=0000000000000008 rcx=0000000000000005
rdx=0000000000000004 rsi=00000000f4a88570 rdi=00000001430d5d70
rip=0000000142673c90 rsp=000000003ed8f5e0 rbp=000000003ed8f6e0
 r8=0000000000000001  r9=0000000000000108 r10=0000000000000022
r11=0000000000000004 r12=000000003a898af8 r13=000000003a6fa780
r14=00000000000006a6 r15=00000000319bea10
iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=0033  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00010206
starwarssquadrons!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xbb2720:
00000001`42673c90 0f541d39118d01  andps   xmm3,xmmword ptr [starwarssquadrons!NvOptimusEnablement+0x10d1a0 (00000001`43f44dd0)] ds:00000001`43f44dd0=????????????????????????????????
Resetting default scope

EXCEPTION_RECORD:  (.exr -1)ExceptionAddress: 0000000142673c90 (starwarssquadrons!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0x0000000000bb2720)
   ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
  ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
   Parameter[0]: 0000000000000000
   Parameter[1]: ffffffffffffffff
Attempt to read from address ffffffffffffffff

PROCESS_NAME:  starwarssquadrons.exe

READ_ADDRESS:  ffffffffffffffff 

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%p referenced memory at 0x%p. The memory could not be %s.

EXCEPTION_CODE_STR:  c0000005

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1:  0000000000000000

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2:  ffffffffffffffff

STACK_TEXT:  
00000000`3ed8f5e0 00000001`4266f894     : 00000000`0108001f 00000000`0108001f 00000000`319bea10 00000000`c189976e : starwarssquadrons!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xbb2720
00000000`3ed8f9e0 00000001`4105e418     : 00000000`0108001f 00000000`3a6efec4 00000000`3a6efec8 00000000`f4a84180 : starwarssquadrons!JointPosMotionDataDistance+0xbae324
00000000`3ed8fa80 00000001`41a3b35c     : 00000000`ffffffff 00000000`37f73380 00000000`00000000 00000000`072bbce8 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0xeafc58
00000000`3ed8fad0 00000001`41a3b0ce     : 00000000`37f73380 00000000`37f73380 00000000`072bbce8 00000001`4076bff3 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x188cb9c
00000000`3ed8fb10 00000001`41a41769     : 00000000`37f71980 00000000`00000000 00000000`3ed8fc60 00000001`441cb5c0 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x188c90e
00000000`3ed8fb60 00000001`41a40033     : 00000001`441cb5c0 00000000`3ed8fdd0 00000000`38990201 00000000`00000001 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x1892fa9
00000000`3ed8fcd0 00000001`41a3f7f5     : 00000000`3ed8fed0 00000000`389902b0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x1891873
00000000`3ed8fda0 00000001`411eaa94     : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x1891035
00000000`3ed8fdf0 00000001`411e9290     : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x103c2d4
00000000`3ed8fe20 00000001`411eab24     : 00000000`389902b0 00000000`38990270 00000001`41a3f7d0 00000000`00000003 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x103aad0
00000000`3ed8fe90 00000001`4076c5fe     : 00000001`4420cf00 00000001`41a3f7d0 00000001`4420cf88 00000001`41a3f7d0 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x103c364
00000000`3ed8fed0 00007ffe`713f14c2     : 00000000`05590f50 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00007ffe`713f1480 : starwarssquadrons!IsGameRuntime+0x5bde3e
00000000`3ed8ff00 00007ffe`739c7034     : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00007ffe`713f1480 : ucrtbase!thread_start<unsigned int (__cdecl*)(void *),1>+0x42
00000000`3ed8ff30 00007ffe`73afd0d1     : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
00000000`3ed8ff60 00000000`00000000     : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x21


SYMBOL_NAME:  starwarssquadrons!JointPosMotionDataDistance+bb2720

MODULE_NAME: starwarssquadrons

IMAGE_NAME:  starwarssquadrons.exe

STACK_COMMAND:  ~18s ; .ecxr ; kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  INVALID_POINTER_READ_c0000005_starwarssquadrons.exe!JointPosMotionDataDistance

OS_VERSION:  10.0.19041.1

BUILDLAB_STR:  vb_release

OSPLATFORM_TYPE:  x64

OSNAME:  Windows 10

IMAGE_VERSION:  1.0.0.0

FAILURE_ID_HASH:  {d5ef545f-3453-d0d4-a3eb-5c75f22ce23c}

Followup:     MachineOwner

I have already:

1. Clean reinstall of video drivers

2. Turned off all overlays (steam/discord)

3. Turned off volumetric effects and tried to run with reduced resolutions

4. Did 3 passes on memtest86 as well as windows memory diagnostics. 
5. Updated HOTAS Drivers

6. Disconnected mouse 

7. Disconnected HOTAS and tried kbm 

I am just 20 mins shy of 2 hours on steam and close to refunding. 

Kindly advise.