Inconsistent Crashing caused by "Unable to read" error

06-19-2018, 06:08 PM #1

No idea what causes this, but it happens whenever I play a game after a random period of time. It used to happen while I played Gauntlet Dark Legacy until it just stopped one day. Now it keeps popping up almost every hour or two during Yu-Gi-Oh The Falsebound Kingdom. Error message is barely helpful as all it says is it's an invalid write to something. Screenshot of error message is provided [Image: unknown.png]

**DJBarry004** · 06-20-2018, 12:49 AM #2

Does it also happens in latest dev? Also, make sure your dump is not corrupt by computing its MD5 hash.

You can use websites like Redump and GameTDB to compare your hash.

**JMC47** · 06-20-2018, 06:44 AM #3

This game just crashes a lot on console. Gauntlet I can't answer as I haven't investigated it.

06-20-2018, 08:31 AM #4

(06-20-2018, 12:49 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: Does it also happens in latest dev? Also, make sure your dump is not corrupt by computing its MD5 hash.

You can use websites like Redump and GameTDB to compare your hash.

Can you please explain how to do this? I do not see any MD5 in Dolphin's files and it's dump folder just has 3 empty folders inside of it

Also I am running the 5.0 release build. The dev build won't open for some reason

06-20-2018, 08:34 AM #5

(06-20-2018, 06:44 AM)JMC47 Wrote: This game just crashes a lot on console. Gauntlet I can't answer as I haven't investigated it.

It used to do it for Gauntlet, but then it just stopped and never happened again. Those are the only two games I have for the emulator so far. Gauntlet can be played for hours on end and not crash once, but Yu-Gi-Oh does it after every two chapters

**DJBarry004** · 06-20-2018, 09:40 AM #6

(06-20-2018, 08:31 AM)Sigma Wrote: Can you please explain how to do this? I do not see any MD5 in Dolphin's files and it's dump folder just has 3 empty folders inside of it

Also I am running the 5.0 release build. The dev build won't open for some reason

In this case, "your dump" means your actual game.

Dolphin has a feature of computing your dump´s MD5 hash to compare it against others.

07-13-2019, 01:34 PM #7

I'm going to bump this topic because I get this exact error and I'm wondering if anyone ever found a solution. I've read it happens on Dolphin 5.0 but didn't used to happen on some of the previous versions. I was hoping not to have to downgrade, but if I do would my current save file on 5.0 be compatible with a previous version of Dolphin?