freezing until windows key is presssed (fix found)

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hii, my game has a weird freezing issue. my game constantly freezes and does not unfreeze until i press the windows key for some reason. the second i press it the game unfreezes and continues like normal until another freeze maybe 5 seconds later or 30 minutes later. as you can see this is pretty annoying and gets in the way of playing. i previously resolved this issue on my "free" version by setting priority to high and messing with cpu affinity which completely solved this issue, but now being a rightful owner, this version has eac which doesnt let me do that and i also dont want to lose online. i have tried unlimited shader cache and uninstalled xbox app. spec wise my pc can run elden ring perfectly in max with half the resources being used so it isnt a problem of specs. if anyone knows how to possibly solve this issue let me know please :)

edit: i found 2 solutions:

solution 1: disable eac > open game > in task manager set the game exe to high priority and under affinity disable cpu 0 > apply > re-enable cpu 0 > apply. this will make you only be able to play offline and the freezing stops for only that session, need to do the steps every launch. absurd fix but has worked for everyone reaching out to me :D

solution 2: i happened to full factory reset my pc and after that the issue was gone and able to play online without any freezing, so pick your poison lads

also if any help is needed feel free to reach out and add me, good luck tarnished

[lemoncurdman]

Use a Thawfrost bolus

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Originally posted by lemoncurdman:

Use a Thawfrost bolus

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[Arrow Sucks]

I'm running into the same issue. It worked great until the most recent patch, now it constantly freezes

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Originally posted by Arrow Sucks:

I'm running into the same issue. It worked great until the most recent patch, now it constantly freezes

a fix that i found is the same as in the post, if you dont care about online you can disable eac and change the priority. however i do want online, partly why i wanted to purchase it too, sadly now have to deal w this:(

[Ironwu]

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Originally posted by Arrow Sucks:

I'm running into the same issue. It worked great until the most recent patch, now it constantly freezes

a fix that i found is the same as in the post, if you dont care about online you can disable eac and change the priority. however i do want online, partly why i wanted to purchase it too, sadly now have to deal w this:(

Sounds like a networking issue. Try (as a test) playing the game in full off-line mode. See if the freeze issue is still there, or it has gone away.

Also, be sure to do a Verify Files to make sure nothing is out of place.

When you switched over from the pirated version to the legit version, did you copy and then delete the saves folder? Or did you just try to continue on using the saves from the pirate version?

[Magnus]

this might sound farfetched, but also clean out the dust from your case and fans. I did that recently and freezing stopped.

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Originally posted by Ironwu:

Originally posted by :):

a fix that i found is the same as in the post, if you dont care about online you can disable eac and change the priority. however i do want online, partly why i wanted to purchase it too, sadly now have to deal w this:(

Sounds like a networking issue. Try (as a test) playing the game in full off-line mode. See if the freeze issue is still there, or it has gone away.

Also, be sure to do a Verify Files to make sure nothing is out of place.

When you switched over from the pirated version to the legit version, did you copy and then delete the saves folder? Or did you just try to continue on using the saves from the pirate version?

by full offline do you mean no connection to my pc at all? because only switching the game to offline mode doesnt solve the freezing, but does allow for the task manager tweaks which then do solve it. when switching from pirated i just deleted pirated and started a new save in legit.

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Originally posted by Magnus:

this might sound farfetched, but also clean out the dust from your case and fans. I did that recently and freezing stopped.

doubt its that, pc is barely dusty and dust would only have an effect on performance, but the game uses like 40% cpu and 60-80% gpu so i dont think thats where the issue lies unfortunately :(

[Ironwu]

* I am meaning running with EAC active, but all the 'online' parts of Elden Ring disabled in the settings. So that it starts in Offline Mode.

* Did you actually delete the save directory itself? Or just deleted the files using the game tool?

* What do you do in Task Manager to change the game behavior?

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Originally posted by Ironwu:

* I am meaning running with EAC active, but all the 'online' parts of Elden Ring disabled in the settings. So that it starts in Offline Mode.

* Did you actually delete the save directory itself? Or just deleted the files using the game tool?

* What do you do in Task Manager to change the game behavior?

in offline mode it still freezes

i deleted the whole game folder, but im unsure if the save directory is in another place that i didnt delete

in task manager i previously set priority to high, and under cpu affinity unchecked cpu0 for example, didnt really matter which one and then checked it back again. its a stupid fix but it resolved all the issues before and i didnt counter a single stutter or freeze after that. i just found a file on nexusmods that sets the game to high priority in windows reg and that kinda helped, but still freezes commonly but a little less.

[Ironwu]

This is where the Save directory is located :

C:\Users\YOURUSERID\AppData\Roaming\EldenRing

If you really wanted to start 'clean', you would need to turn Elden Ring Cloud Saves OFF and delete the contents of that EldenRing folder. After copying out a backup, of course.

Messing with CPU assignments and priorities is a dangerous business and there is a lot of misinformation out there. I got caught by one of those that said the individual CPUs should be 'enabled' in the system setups. Big mistake and totally wrong. I found out the hard way that was bad and uninformed advice.

So, based on what you are describing, it certainly sounds like something is up with your computer's configuration. Could be a unique interaction with the Elden Ring code as there does not seem to be a general fault that is affecting huge numbers of players.

There is a general fault just introduced that is causing small stutters throughout game play on pretty much everyone's machines. It is possible that your system configuration is choking on those. Hard to say.

If I were you and needed to do something, I would probably try to get my system back to a default state. Possibly be first doing a recovery from a System Restore point. If one exists that was prior to all the issues.

I wish you the best of luck with this!

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Originally posted by Ironwu:

This is where the Save directory is located :

C:\Users\YOURUSERID\AppData\Roaming\EldenRing

If you really wanted to start 'clean', you would need to turn Elden Ring Cloud Saves OFF and delete the contents of that EldenRing folder. After copying out a backup, of course.

Messing with CPU assignments and priorities is a dangerous business and there is a lot of misinformation out there. I got caught by one of those that said the individual CPUs should be 'enabled' in the system setups. Big mistake and totally wrong. I found out the hard way that was bad and uninformed advice.

So, based on what you are describing, it certainly sounds like something is up with your computer's configuration. Could be a unique interaction with the Elden Ring code as there does not seem to be a general fault that is affecting huge numbers of players.

There is a general fault just introduced that is causing small stutters throughout game play on pretty much everyone's machines. It is possible that your system configuration is choking on those. Hard to say.

If I were you and needed to do something, I would probably try to get my system back to a default state. Possibly be first doing a recovery from a System Restore point. If one exists that was prior to all the issues.

I wish you the best of luck with this!

thank you so much, i also figured the problem is kinda unique since no one else is describing whats happening with my game and no one else also cared to take the time to try and help so thank you :). but i really havent messed with any of my pcs deeper settings and elden ring is the only game with this issue. this is what i meant by resetting affinity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58ETygl39eY

its a weird fix but it really did sort out everything, the top comment on that video blames it on eac which i dont know if its true but its whats preventing me from doing the fix xd.

the priority mod from nexus made the freezing a lot less frequent but now i cant unfreeze with the windows key but only by alt tabbing. weird situation overall and i guess ill try to just suck it up and play this way since its the only game with an issue like this. thanks again for the help mate!

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Originally posted by Ironwu:

This is where the Save directory is located :

C:\Users\YOURUSERID\AppData\Roaming\EldenRing

If you really wanted to start 'clean', you would need to turn Elden Ring Cloud Saves OFF and delete the contents of that EldenRing folder. After copying out a backup, of course.

Messing with CPU assignments and priorities is a dangerous business and there is a lot of misinformation out there. I got caught by one of those that said the individual CPUs should be 'enabled' in the system setups. Big mistake and totally wrong. I found out the hard way that was bad and uninformed advice.

So, based on what you are describing, it certainly sounds like something is up with your computer's configuration. Could be a unique interaction with the Elden Ring code as there does not seem to be a general fault that is affecting huge numbers of players.

There is a general fault just introduced that is causing small stutters throughout game play on pretty much everyone's machines. It is possible that your system configuration is choking on those. Hard to say.

If I were you and needed to do something, I would probably try to get my system back to a default state. Possibly be first doing a recovery from a System Restore point. If one exists that was prior to all the issues.

I wish you the best of luck with this!

the linked video description says "UPDATE: So later I tested this game with e-cores disabled and stuttering was completely gone and fps was also constant 60. Maybe the game gets confused if you have lot's of cpu cores/threads, because I have read lots of complaints from ryzen users too. Dunno." i have heard a the e-core disabling fix once and i also have an amd cpu so could be related, could be worth a try

[Ironwu]

e-cores are not real cores. They are emulated cores and they have caused a ton of problems in all kinds of software. :(

They could be an issue and it does not hurt anything to disable them in the BIOS/UEFI if that option is available. And yes, at this stage it is certainly worth investigating. :)

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Originally posted by Ironwu:

e-cores are not real cores. They are emulated cores and they have caused a ton of problems in all kinds of software. :(

They could be an issue and it does not hurt anything to disable them in the BIOS/UEFI if that option is available. And yes, at this stage it is certainly worth investigating. :)

couldnt disable ecores but found something interesting. process lasso shows that logical cpu0 and 2 are maxed out at all times while other cpus do either nothing or half of what they are capable of. if you have any idea what this could mean or how to fix it id really appreciate it :D

link to photo https://ibb.co/J7vfppr