Nsight Graphics FATAL INITIALIZATION ERROR: Invalid Call

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Hi, the Nsight Graphics “Graphics Capture (Beta)” mode gives me a “FATAL INITIALIZATION ERROR: Invalid Call” error in the log whenever I try and view resources.

Repro steps:

  • Launch my app via Nsight Graphics
  • Trigger a capture with F11
  • Open my capture in the Graphics Debugger
  • Click any of the “start live replay” buttons through the UI when trying to view a resource

I get a popup saying “Online replay failed to start. Reconnect in offline mode?”, and there is “FATAL INITIALIZATION ERROR: Invalid Call” in the log.

This happens 100% of the time. Can anybody help me debug why?

I’ve attached the full output log below, and the capture file can be found at www.AdamBadke.com/distribution/NSightGraphicsCaptureCrash.zip

Notes:

  • This occurs on a fresh installation of Win11, with Nvidia 576.80 drivers, and Nsight Graphics 2025.3.0
  • The application runs and renders perfectly fine otherwise
  • The D3D12 debug layer doesn’t report any errors
  • The “Frame Debugger” mode works without issue

Please let me know if you need anything else!

Log:

NVIDIA Nsight Graphics Capture Replayer

Loading Capture File:

Loading File … 100% (0ms)

Capture Information:

Process… SaberEngine
Command Line… “D:\Projects\Development\SaberEngine\Build\x64\DebugRelease\SaberEngine.exe” -import Scenes\Sponza\Sponza.gltf
UUID… 3c13f9ad-ed06-494b-b130-2f09815a1a25
Time… 2025_07_15_04_33_46.4480634
Nsight Version… 2025.3.0
Nsight Build Id… 36048000
Operating System… Windows 11 (24H2)
Primary GPU… NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Driver Vendor… NVIDIA
Driver Version… 576.80
Primary API Version… D3D12
D3D12Core Version… 1.616.1.0

Replay Information:

Nsight Version… 2025.3.0
Nsight Build Id… 36048000
Operating System… Windows 11 (24H2)

Initializing Replay:

Resource Creation & Initialization … 100% (954ms)
Application specific driver state found but not applied. To enable use --enable-dx12-application-specific-driver-state.
Using Replay GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Using Replay Driver Version: 576.80
Initializating Descriptors … 100% (0ms)

FATAL INITIALIZATION ERROR: Invalid Call

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Hi b1skit,

Thank you for using Nsight Graphics and providing your feedback. We are sorry for any inconvenience you have encountered. I can repro your issue by download the zip file and replay it with Nsight Graphics. An internal case has been created to track that.

Thanks
An

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Thanks, appreciate the reply! Glad you can reproduce the issue, please let me know if you require any additional information, I’m happy to help however I can.

Any ETA on when a fix might be released? I’m developing some new graphics features and this is a big hindrance to that.

Thanks again

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Hi b1skit,

I just double confirmed that the latest nightly build works fine with the replay file, and I think the next release of Nsight Graphics should has the fix.

Thanks
An

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