It`s just me or "Game freezes completely" is a common issue?

[Gogeba]

When you launch the game and see the CDPR logo - it can freeze completely.
Also, it happened twice when I pressed Esc(I just wanted to tweak some sound settings) and one time when I entered dialog.

In all of those cases - the only exit is to close the game through Task Manager.

Is this a problem with my laptop, or its just a 2.0 thing?

[Zer0]

It's extremely common with Alt + Tab. One bug related to this is the game seems to have an "in focus" issue. It resolves after tabbing further or bringing up task manager.

Doesn't sound like what you have though. But try what I suggested see if it helps.

Another thing I would check is temps, considering it's a laptop. Unlikely, but common enough.

[Gogeba]

I will check temp, but its definetly not about Alt+Tab because I don`t used it before freeze.
Is nVidia in-game overlay can be related to this?

[Zer0]

Originally posted by Gogeba:

I will check temp, but its definetly not about Alt+Tab because I don`t used it before freeze.
Is nVidia in-game overlay can be related to this?

Could be. My GPU is AMD. I presume you've updated drivers already, but if you don't use overlays may as well get rid of them.

Hearing intermittent freezing + laptop does make me want to double check temps to eliminate them as a cause.

[Gogeba]

I can understand the concern about the temperatures in the laptop, it’s just that everything was ok before, I’ll try other projects out of curiosity, the same Elden Ring.

[Zer0]

Originally posted by Gogeba:

I can understand the concern about the temperatures in the laptop, it’s just that everything was ok before, I’ll try other projects out of curiosity, the same Elden Ring.

They did greatly alter how it runs, especially on AMD, but I didn't catch the CPU you're using. I don't expect it's temps but I would rule that out from the start. I'd just run HWInfo or HWMonitor in the background. I presume only the game freezes and not the OS.

[EuerDickerFreund]

not common at all - check your driver, bios, windows 11 updates. if you dont use W11 - upgrade!

[Bogmore]

Sounds like a clean reinstall is needed

https://support.cdprojektred.com/en/cyberpunk/pc/sp-technical/issue/2233/how-do-i-clean-install-my-game

[Gogeba]

Originally posted by Zer0:

Originally posted by Gogeba:

I can understand the concern about the temperatures in the laptop, it’s just that everything was ok before, I’ll try other projects out of curiosity, the same Elden Ring.

They did greatly alter how it runs, especially on AMD, but I didn't catch the CPU you're using. I don't expect it's temps but I would rule that out from the start. I'd just run HWInfo or HWMonitor in the background. I presume only the game freezes and not the OS.

Yes, only game freeze, rest of the system is completely fine. CPU is from AMD, can't say exact model because I`m don`t have this laptop on hand rn (GPU is RTX 3060)

[Zer0]

Originally posted by Bogmore:

Sounds like a clean reinstall is needed

https://support.cdprojektred.com/en/cyberpunk/pc/sp-technical/issue/2233/how-do-i-clean-install-my-game

Agreed. If you use mods, or have ever used mods, this is almost a necessity. I've also heard deleting the configs helps some. Not sure if those are nuked or not with reinstall.

Try deleting "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\CD Projekt Red\Cyberpunk 2077". Note this will revert all your settings, including keybinds.

[Gogeba]

Originally posted by EuerDickerFreund:

not common at all - check your driver, bios, windows 11 updates. if you dont use W11 - upgrade!

Yeah, this laptop on W10, but rest of this should be fine, but I'll double check.

[Zer0]

Originally posted by Gogeba:

CPU is from AMD

One thing I'd try is messing with the SMT setting. You can find that in Settings -> Gameplay -> AMD SMT.

I have that on.

[Gogeba]

Originally posted by Bogmore:

Sounds like a clean reinstall is needed

https://support.cdprojektred.com/en/cyberpunk/pc/sp-technical/issue/2233/how-do-i-clean-install-my-game

I literally installed the game in night before update and then downloaded 2.0 patch.
So this should be a problem.

[Annonymous]

It's odd - I'm running the game on an older laptop, and have no issues at all.

OK, ok.. not totally true. At times, when I jump between game focus and inventory/character screen, the world seems to 'explode' like an atomic bomb has gone off. Doesn't matter if day or night, all of a sudden, everything is blinding bright, then tapers down to normal over several seconds.

i-7, 7700K, 32 GB RAM, dual NVIDIA GTX 1070