CTD on game launch when using BetterConsole SFSE in Starfield

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Game name and version:

Starfield, latest, Steam

Mods and mod versions used

Optiscaler 9.4 downloaded today

GPU

3060

OS

Win11

Used automated or manual install?

Both automated and manual tried

If on AMD/Intel and Automated, used DLSS inputs?
NA

Also please mention in description which upscaler inputs are used (which upscaler you selected in game settings).
Doesn't matter

Did you check the Wiki and Compatibility List?

Yes

Please describe the issue and steps to reproduce it

When I have BetterConsole SFSE installed and any FG selected in optiscaler and FG set to on in game menu, the game CTDs during launch before any menu or logo. On first install before settings are initialized, I can open the game and set up Optiscaler, and restart, but when going to game settings and selecting FG it immediately CTDs. Removing BetterConsole SFSE resolves the issue.

This seemed to crop up with the post 9.2 versions, I've been using both BetterConsole SFSE and Optiscaler together for a few weeks. After 9.3 I had to use FSR not DLSS or it would CTD. At 9.4, today, nothing worked just CTD until I half by half disabled mods and tested until it booted up. 268 mods, and removing betterconsole lets optiscaler work just fine with DLSS or FSR on my 3060, like it has been until the past few days.

I have attached

Nothing I'm tired from brute force testing Optiscaler with a couple hundred mods until I found this was the one borking it.

[TheRazerMD]

Please upload a log from a working and non working version

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Please upload a log from a working and non working version

I don't see a log in the game folder I assume I have to turn it on somewhere? The Starfield crash logs were just pointing to dxgi.

[cdozdil]

Set LogToFile=true at OptiScaler.ini and reproduce the issue.

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Set LogToFile=true at OptiScaler.ini and reproduce the issue.

OptiScalerCTD.log

Here's the CTD log.

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I guess the debug option in the logging section of the optiscaler overlay is too verbose. The log of it working fine without betterconsole is too large to upload. What option in there should I check for logging, or should I just do the ini like you said?

[cdozdil]

You can zip it and send.

But this is weird because FG swapchain created for FSR-FG shoud support IDXGISwapChain3, also what is trainwreck.dll ?

[10:16:43.406907] [D] DxgiFactoryHooks::CreateSwapChainForHwnd Created new swapchain: 2182012F660, hWnd: D0A52
[10:16:43.406936] [I] WrappedIDXGISwapChain4::WrappedIDXGISwapChain4 1 created, real: 2182012F660, refCount: 1
[10:16:43.406943] [D] DxgiFactoryHooks::CreateSwapChainForHwnd Created new WrappedIDXGISwapChain4: 217A0B98550, pDevice: 20BEF5F5300
[10:16:43.410468] [I] StreamlineHooks::streamlineLogCallback [19.07.2026 10-16-43][streamline][info]dxgiswapchain.cpp:94[checkAndUpgradeInterface] Upgraded IDXGISwapChain v0 to v4
[10:16:43.430514] [D] FfxApiProxy::D3D12_CreateContext Created with fg_dx12: 2182032B5B0
[10:16:43.430548] [I] FfxApiProxy::VersionDx12_FG FfxApi Dx12 FG version: 3.1.6
[10:16:43.430557] [D] FSRFG_Dx12::ConfigureFramePaceTuning HybridSpin D3D12_Configure result: The operation was successful.
[10:16:43.430569] [I] FGHooks::HookFGSwapchain Hooking FG SwapChain present
[10:16:43.434232] [W] StreamlineHooks::streamlineLogCallback [19.07.2026 10-16-43][streamline][warn]dxgifactory.cpp:118[setupSwapchainProxy] Skipping swap chain because it is missing support for the IDXGISwapChain3 interface.
[10:16:49.667427] [D] hkCreateDXGIFactory Caller: trainwreck.dll

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OptiScaler.zip

Here's the working log, just played for a few minutes.

Trainwreck is a crash logger for Starfield, been using it a while.

[cdozdil]

Hi,

Log is not a full one, beginning of it is missing.

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Then it must have auto truncated because that's what was there. Is there a preferred level aside from debug that's less verbose?

[roesingape-pixel]

I did it again for both since I've been messing with settings (for some reason DLSS upscaler selected in Opti's overlay breaks some menus, FSR doesn't, but DLSS looks better so I keep trying to fix it). In the zip, one log with BCSFSE enabled ctd, one with it disabled that got into the game and confirmed with overlay and then exited out. So the log was a lot shorter since I didn't play much. But everything is identical except betterconsolesfse being disabled or enabled. It just might be slightly different than the first one I posted.

OptiScalerCTDBetConSFSE.zip

[TheRazerMD]

Could you try if this build helps? #1063 (comment)
Just requires renaming the OptiScaler.dll to dxgi.dll or whichever name you've used.

[TheRazerMD]

After wasting an hour trying different combinations with OptiScaler 0.9.4, so far this seems to be the only working combo (with a caveat):

• Install Starfield Script Extender (SFSE) the usual way
• Install Opti as d3d12.dll - only filename that didn't instantly crash on boot combined with BetterConsole - Free lanes compatibility

Now comes the tricky part

• Drop the BetterConsole - Free lanes compatibility DLL file into the game root with OptiScaler - so BetterConsole.dll is right next to Opti and Starfield.exe
• Rename BetterConsole.dll to ReShade64.dll
• Set LoadReshade=true in OptiScaler.ini - this way OptiScaler will load BetterConsole and the overlay will work

Haven't really played around with it, but the overlay does open fine and pressing pause game worked.

As for DLSS-FG crashing when being switched in game options, that one seems to be caused by the mod rehooking wrong.
If the game doesn't save the DLSS-FG setting as ON after crashing, then an easy fix just seems to be setting uiFrameGenerationTech=1 in StarfieldPrefs.ini in \Documents\My Games\Starfield