How To Fix Manor Lords UE4 Unhandled Exception Crash On PC [Solved]

Manor Lords is a strategy game featuring city building, tactical battles, and more. It launched as part of Steam Early Access (at the time of writing) and has proven quite popular among PC users. Given that Manor Lords is in Early Access, there are bound to be errors and issues that PC users experience like the Unreal Engine LowLevelFatalError crash and UE4 Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error crash. There are multiple reasons you are experiencing this error and the following are the fixes for it.

Manor Lords UE4 Unhandled Exception Fixes You Can Try

Manor Lords runs on Unreal Engine 4, a proven game engine with incredible visual fidelity and feature set. The game has proven popular among PC users, even as a Steam Early Access title. However, PC users report UE4 Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error crash with the following error message.

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The following fixes help resolve Manor Lords’ UE4 Unhandled Exception crash on PC.

Tweak Config File

Manor Lords is crashing with the UE4 Unhandled Exception error crash due to upscalers like FSR and DLSS. To fix the error tweak the game’s config file.

• Go to C:\Users\’yoour username’\AppData\Local\ManorLords\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
• Open Settings.ini in Notepad.
• Find ML.aaMode and it’ll be set to FSR or DLSS.
• Change ‘ML.aaMode=fsr’ or ‘ML.aaMode=dlss’ to ‘ML.aaMode=’ and save changes.
• Play Manor Lords and the UE4 Unhandled Exception error crash is fixed.

Remove Peripherals

PC allows users to use different peripherals without restrictions like HOTAS, controllers, and more. However, peripherals come with their own drivers or software to operate them. These drivers often conflict with the game and crash them with the “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” error. If you are using peripherals that aren’t essential to use a PC, it’s crashing Manor Lords to the desktop with the “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” error.

To fix the error, remove all non-essential peripherals, plug them back individually, and check which crashes Manor Lords with the Unhandled Exception error. Once identified, remove the peripheral when you play Manor Lords, and the “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” error is fixed.

Setup TDRDelay

Creating the TDRDelay file in the Windows Registry fixes Manor Lords’ UE4 Unhandled Exception error. It gives the GPU driver more time to respond or recover than the 2-second default timer. The following steps will show you how to create the TDRDelay and fix the Unhandled Exception error.

• Type regedit in Windows search and run it as an administrator.
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> GraphicsDrivers.
• Right-click in the right panel in the ‘blank space’ and Select New In Windows Registry.
• Select DWORD (32-bit) Value and name the file TdrDelay.
• Double-click TdrDelay and select Modify.
• Confirm that the value is 10
• Restart your PC.

Update Windows

An outdated Windows operating system is crashing Manor Lords with the “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” error. Update Windows to fix the error. Open Windows Settings > Windows Update > click “Check for updates” > install all available updates.

Delete DirectX Shader Cache

Microsoft frequently rolls out updates for its Windows operating system. Sometimes, an update corrupts the DirectX shader cache, which crashes games with the “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” error.

A recent Windows update has corrupted your DierctX shader cache stores on your PC or made it incompatible, which crashes Manor Lords with the “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” error. Delete the DirectX shader cache and a new one will be created the next time you launch the game, and the Unreal Engine Unhandled Exception error will be fixed.

• Open Windows Settings
• Go to System > Storage > Temporary Files
• Check “DirectX Shader Cache” and click “Remove Files”

Install or Repair Visual C++ Components

Visual C++ is necessary to run games on Windows. One or more Visual C++ components on your PC are corrupt or missing which crashes Manor Lords to the desktop with the “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” error. Install or repair Visual C++ components to fix the Unreal Engine Unhandled Exception error.

• Open the Steam library and type ‘Steamworks’ in the search bar
• Right-click “Steamworks Common Redistributables” > Manage > Browse local files
• A new Explorer window will open
• Go to _CommonRedist\vcredist
• There are folders with names in years starting from 2010
• Open each folder and run the VC_redis, both x64 and x86 versions
• Install or repair Visual C++ Redistributables and restart your PC

Repair System Files

Corrupt or missing system files is crashing Manor Lords with the Unreal Engine Unhandled Exception error. Run the SFC scan and it’ll download or repair missing or corrupt system files. This will fix Manor Lords’ Unhandled Exception error.

• Open CMD (Command Prompt) and run it as an administrator
• Type sfc /scannow and press enter
• Let the scan complete

Reinstall Windows

If all of the above fixes fail to resolve Manor Lords’ Unhandled Exception error, the culprit is your Windows installation. Do a fresh install of Windows and the error will be fixed.

That is all for our Manor Lords fixes for the Unreal Engine Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error. If you are facing errors and issues with other PC games or your PC, also see our hub for commonly occurring PC errors and their fixes.