Crashing on PC, freezing on Steam Deck.

[Morgan Freefarm]

Is there any fix? I feel like I am able to play 5-10 minutes on Steam Deck before I get freezing (background music still playing.) On my desktop I am able to play longer but inconsistently it'll just crash and restart my whole computer.

[Ronux]

I'm having the same problem on my steam deck. Mine has been freezing every 15min or so. This apparently has been an issue for a year now on proton and no solution has really been found that I can find.

[happy potato]

Verify files, make sure all clients and drivers are up to date, switch to windowed mode, and classic graphics. I think the latter is what effectively worked for me.

[Ronux]

Originally posted by happy potato:

Verify files, make sure all clients and drivers are up to date, switch to windowed mode, and classic graphics. I think the latter is what effectively worked for me.

I have tried everything to get it working. It's beyond frustrating. The game crashes both on my steam deck and my PC. I have searched and searched for different fixes and for the life of me I can't play for more then 5-10min at a time. I can't believe what a sorry state this game is.

[happy potato]

Originally posted by Ronux:

... I can't believe what a sorry state this game is.

It is quite pitiful indeed. Send a message to Steam Support. The more of us that do, the more pressure they will hopefully have to fix it.

[Galasdir]

The funny thing is if you go to Square Enix support page Chrono Cross is not on the list of games to select for support

[Sh1nRa358]

unoptimized port. use dxvk with the settings config AND use 4gb patcher on the exe AND make Windows Paging File 65536 to prevent vram popup.

[happy potato]

I'll add that for Linux - force run compatibility to proton experimental (optionally bleeding edge beta)

[OnyxTortoise]

Have you tried turning off SteamOverlay on PC?

[amannin]

Change the graphics to the original, pixelated artwork. Doing this completely fixes the game and makes it playable with no crashes on the Steam Deck.

[happy potato]

Change resolution to 800x600 (in CC launcher), enable FSR through steam deck settings [...] button on the right of the deck. allows game to render at a lower resolution.