Game overheats PC and shuts Computer down!

[Quinn de Runa]

Hello,
the game keeps overheating my PC on the lowest settings possible. I'm way over the expected parameters the game needs, so this should not be a problem. The more I build and the more I explore the more my computer turns into a very good heater and shuts down after one hour in game. It reaches up to 85°C which is waaaay too much. I cleaned everything today, so nothings blocking the airflow or what so ever but I think the game just uses or needs too much power. I really do not want to ask NASA for a spare PC and since this is Early Access I hope this issue is looked into. I really enjoy this game but not if it turns my PC in an old fashioned combustion engine. I had no problem while playing the demo and now I bought it and I'm quite far and I really want to keep playing. Is anyone having this problem too or any similar problems or is it just me?

[INKEDinARIZONA]

First whats your pc specs? cpu/gpu/ram. Also maybe your cpu/gpu need fresh thermal pads/paste reapplied. Whats your fps/CPU utilization in game? Whats reaching 85c, gpu or cpu?

[CrazedBumblebee]

If your PC is overheating, that's an issue with your PC, not with the game. Sure, the game might be causing your GPU or CPU to spin up beyond what other stuff does, but if your PC is configured correctly it should not overheat.

It could be due to the temperate in your room, the air flow, the heat dissipation of your box etc... I personally struggled with overheating issues for about 2 years non-stop, and finally managed to resolve it. It used to be that if I room was above 71F my PC would overheat doing the simplest of things, but now it runs smooth as anything even if it's 80F or higher in here.

I can run this game on Maximum settings (albeit at a very diminished capacity) and all my fans spin up to maximum while I get something in the realm of 5 frames per second... but i've literally spent 30 minutes + trying to play on Maximum without any kind of crash or overheat even though everything was maxed out. So you might want to take a look at what you can do to improve your situation.

If it helps at all, running an AMD CPU is going to have issues with overheating without a good motherboard. I used to swear by MSI, but most of their boards do NOT have heat sinks on their north bridge, which results in it overheating. Some of their more recent ones do, but i've switched to Asus and no longer have an issue (it does have a heat sink on the north bridge). I'm also running liquid cooling on the CPU with 2 radiators and 6 Noctua fans. plus 3 other fans for airflow. My CPU regularly sits at about 49C and is no longer in danger of overheating, and my RAM, CPU and North bridge remain low - i'm only explaining this so you can understand why you might need to do to fix your issue.

Good Luck.

[Panda V4]

Go into settings and lower the "Target Framerate" setting till your temperature is normal.

[Cup of Joe ☕]

Hi Quinn de Runa...,

I experienced similar , but my systems are 4k and can handle it.

The Developer needs to open-up the Graphics Settings Tab (Choice Is Good) , and that will solve all your problems!

In the meantime , consider reducing the game's generic graphics settings and reducing the resolution to 1080p.

Have you also considered using a quiet household fan to boost airflow in-and-around your system?

Properly placed , it really will help your gaming temperature!

Regards.

[GameOverRIP]

Originally posted by CrazedBumblebee:

If your PC is overheating, that's an issue with your PC, not with the game. Sure, the game might be causing your GPU or CPU to spin up beyond what other stuff does, but if your PC is configured correctly it should not overheat.

It could be due to the temperate in your room, the air flow, the heat dissipation of your box etc... I personally struggled with overheating issues for about 2 years non-stop, and finally managed to resolve it. It used to be that if I room was above 71F my PC would overheat doing the simplest of things, but now it runs smooth as anything even if it's 80F or higher in here.

I can run this game on Maximum settings (albeit at a very diminished capacity) and all my fans spin up to maximum while I get something in the realm of 5 frames per second... but i've literally spent 30 minutes + trying to play on Maximum without any kind of crash or overheat even though everything was maxed out. So you might want to take a look at what you can do to improve your situation.

If it helps at all, running an AMD CPU is going to have issues with overheating without a good motherboard. I used to swear by MSI, but most of their boards do NOT have heat sinks on their north bridge, which results in it overheating. Some of their more recent ones do, but i've switched to Asus and no longer have an issue (it does have a heat sink on the north bridge). I'm also running liquid cooling on the CPU with 2 radiators and 6 Noctua fans. plus 3 other fans for airflow. My CPU regularly sits at about 49C and is no longer in danger of overheating, and my RAM, CPU and North bridge remain low - i'm only explaining this so you can understand why you might need to do to fix your issue.

Good Luck.

The game barely uses CPU it's mostly GPU and Memory on my end, i run a 1070, Ryzen 5 5600 and DDR 4 memory at peak the GPU is always at 98% 77degrees Ceven sitting on the menu typing this but not going mental on fan speeds and the memory maxes out at 1.3Gb use, average of 900Mb, meanwhile the cpu is at 24% and that's with other stuff running in the background and the game in max 1440p settings.

[BigSilverHotdog]

GPU game big time. Makes my gpu hot exactly the same as similar games on the same engine. Heat issues are almost never related to a single piece of software or engine. I recommend new drivers and carefully inspect installed software list.

[CrazedBumblebee]

GPU's are surprisingly resilient and can run at extremely high temperatures just fine. 135C or so albeit hot as f will be just fine. If your GPU is at 77C that's actually pretty low temp, so if your PC is overheating it's not likely your GPU, but rather your memory bus (north bridge), RAM, or CPU. Even if your CPU is only at 24%, anything over 60C is problematic and 70C will fry it.

Get something like HWMonitor and watch the temps of all hardware, have it log everything to file, including crash temps, and you'll likely see what it is that's overheating and at what temp.
If it's your GPU that would be highly surprising, but would suggest that you have poor airflow in your case, you GPU fans aren't working, or your rooms ambient temperature is too high so it's not cooling it down enough.

[GameOverRIP]

Originally posted by CrazedBumblebee:

GPU's are surprisingly resilient and can run at extremely high temperatures just fine. 135C or so albeit hot as f will be just fine. If your GPU is at 77C that's actually pretty low temp, so if your PC is overheating it's not likely your GPU, but rather your memory bus (north bridge), RAM, or CPU. Even if your CPU is only at 24%, anything over 60C is problematic and 70C will fry it.

Get something like HWMonitor and watch the temps of all hardware, have it log everything to file, including crash temps, and you'll likely see what it is that's overheating and at what temp.
If it's your GPU that would be highly surprising, but would suggest that you have poor airflow in your case, you GPU fans aren't working, or your rooms ambient temperature is too high so it's not cooling it down enough.

Quoting the wrong person. the OP was the one with the issue, not me. i was saying it's not taxing anything

[Quinn de Runa]

Hi folks. Thanks for all your advices. I tried lowering the fps in the game settings and I think that did the trick. And it was my CPU that was getting hot as hell not my GPU.

My processor is: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor 3.50GHz
RAM: 16 GB
System: 64 Bit
Graphic: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (had to put in this one because my better one died on me months ago and I kept this one for backup)

The funny thing is that other games such as ARK Survival Evolved - which is using quiet a lot of ressources and was a nightmare in early access - is running absolutely fine with no issues and all my other games too. I think it might be an issue with early and I know it's a very small team for this game but I hope they can fix a few things.
Anyway, because I have no problems with other games I think it has to be an issue with this game because it's in an early stage or what so ever.
I just keep the window open and freeze a bit it's 10°C (50°F) here in Germany. ;-)
But as I sad lowering the fps which were on infinite before helped. Hope it continues to do so.

[Quinn de Runa]

And I updated everything today had no time yesterday to do it. Wish me luck

[CrazedBumblebee]

Originally posted by Quinn de Runa:

Hi folks. Thanks for all your advices. I tried lowering the fps in the game settings and I think that did the trick. And it was my CPU that was getting hot as hell not my GPU.

That's great. The game does tax the CPU quite a bit, at least from a heat generation perspective as all my fans will sometimes spin up to full and as mentioned some AMD chipsets have overheating problems (intel chips can usually run hotter and tend to run cooler). I'm not sure why this happens, as i'm running a 16 core machine that's mostly idle during game play, but it's doing something that's causing a fuss.

I don't think it's the game itself, it's likely just something that's part of the unity engine and likely not something that the developers will be able to have any input on.

Do you have water cooling on your CPU? it makes a huge difference. Coolermaster do some good fully closed CPU water coolers that you literally just plug in like it's a normal heatsink and fan, usually for about $100 or so.

If you're using a GTX 1050, you might have some of the graphics calculations being offloaded to the CPU too, such as PhysX if that's being used, which could potentially cause issues during rocket launches and meteor storms, which could explain the heating issue.

At least you've got it working now though.

[Laofse]

Those old FX processors are known for running hot so that doesn't surprise me at all. My old FX 8350 would keep my bedroom nice and warm in the winter and turned it into a sauna in the summer. It's also my experience that Unity engine games often are a bit CPU heavy.

[Quinn de Runa]

Originally posted by CrazedBumblebee:

That's great. The game does tax the CPU quite a bit, at least from a heat generation perspective as all my fans will sometimes spin up to full and as mentioned some AMD chipsets have overheating problems (intel chips can usually run hotter and tend to run cooler). I'm not sure why this happens, as i'm running a 16 core machine that's mostly idle during game play, but it's doing something that's causing a fuss.

I don't think it's the game itself, it's likely just something that's part of the unity engine and likely not something that the developers will be able to have any input on.

Do you have water cooling on your CPU? it makes a huge difference. Coolermaster do some good fully closed CPU water coolers that you literally just plug in like it's a normal heatsink and fan, usually for about $100 or so.

If you're using a GTX 1050, you might have some of the graphics calculations being offloaded to the CPU too, such as PhysX if that's being used, which could potentially cause issues during rocket launches and meteor storms, which could explain the heating issue.

At least you've got it working now though.

I have no water cooling and honestly I don't have the money for it now, but I'll keep it in mind for later....someday. :)
And yes I recognized some lags during meteor storms and especially when the rain sets in. Thanks for all the info. ^^

[Quinn de Runa]

Originally posted by Laofse:

Those old FX processors are known for running hot so that doesn't surprise me at all. My old FX 8350 would keep my bedroom nice and warm in the winter and turned it into a sauna in the summer. It's also my experience that Unity engine games often are a bit CPU heavy.

I can confirm the warm winter and the tropical summer. It does exactly what you described.
Didn't know that Unity causes this problems that's new to me. Thanks for the information. :)

[Maviba]

Originally posted by Quinn de Runa:

I have no water cooling and honestly I don't have the money for it now, but I'll keep it in mind for later....someday. :)
And yes I recognized some lags during meteor storms and especially when the rain sets in. Thanks for all the info. ^^

You don't need to buy a water cooling system just for your old FX CPU.
That's a waste of money. Better save it for an entire new CPU.

Maybe replace thermal paste first, or if it doesn't work buy yourself a simple Cooler master Hyper 212 fan cooler.
It's an excellent low budget cooler for about 30 bucks.