Does Cyberpunk 2077 not play nice with external SSD's?

[Etharian]

My game won't start at all. Like, not even a splash screen before a crash report shows up.

[Toonen1988]

What kind of connection port do you use? USB 2.0, USB 3.0, USB 3.2, USB 4.0? Or does it use eSATA connection?

[Etharian]

Originally posted by Toonen1988:

What kind of connection port do you use? USB 2.0, USB 3.0, USB 3.2, USB 4.0? Or does it use eSATA connection?

I use a USB-A to USB-c I think it's a 3.0? I haven't had any problems with any other games so I thought it was cyberpunk that was screwing up.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by Etharian:

My game won't start at all. Like, not even a splash screen before a crash report shows up.

External SSD are limited by USB port speed.

[Ferral72]

i had to use a USB 3.1 port to get it to work fine on my end. 3.0 and lower was causing audio desync and lag issues in both this game and starfield for me.

Also if you have antivirus software that uses Real Time Protection, it seems to force the game to crash into a Flatline Error - i have to go in and stop it (using the turn off for 10min option) so that the game will start up - once in and Real Time Protection starts back up, your good. Tho you have to do this each time you start up the game

[Insanity Factor]

I'm running CP2077 (GOG version) on an external SSD using usb-c connection (and this is an older pc, so definitely not the latest and finest of connectors undoubtedly), seems to run fine.

But I actually had to do a full clean re-install of the game because I had old version on the pc previously. So if you've had the game installed before, you might wanna try out the tips in this link:

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

I had the same problem (for me it was the "CP2077 has flatlined" error, and uninstalling the game + manually deleting the game system files and then reinstalling got me in game in 2.0.

[Etharian]

Originally posted by Ferral72:

i had to use a USB 3.1 port to get it to work fine on my end. 3.0 and lower was causing audio desync and lag issues in both this game and starfield for me.

Also if you have antivirus software that uses Real Time Protection, it seems to force the game to crash into a Flatline Error - i have to go in and stop it (using the turn off for 10min option) so that the game will start up - once in and Real Time Protection starts back up, your good. Tho you have to do this each time you start up the game

Nope sorry, did't work for me. The game launcher pops up, and I press play, and then 2 to 3 seconds later a crash report shows up.

[Etharian]

Originally posted by Insanity Factor:

I'm running CP2077 (GOG version) on an external SSD using usb-c connection (and this is an older pc, so definitely not the latest and finest of connectors undoubtedly), seems to run fine.

But I actually had to do a full clean re-install of the game because I had old version on the pc previously. So if you've had the game installed before, you might wanna try out the tips in this link:

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

I had the same problem (for me it was the "CP2077 has flatlined" error, and uninstalling the game + manually deleting the game system files and then reinstalling got me in game in 2.0.

Doing a clean re-install will take me a while (I have slow internet), I'll check back in with the results later.

[Etharian]

Originally posted by Insanity Factor:

Helpful advice.

She LIVES! Thanks that did the trick.

[Insanity Factor]

Originally posted by Etharian:

Originally posted by Insanity Factor:

Helpful advice.

She LIVES! Thanks that did the trick. :awswadine:

Schweet! Happy I could help :)