7900xtx driver timeout

[SitaGupta]

The game crashes every 30 minutes with driver timeout. Does anyone else have this problem ?
System
5900x
7900xtx
32gb ram
m2 gen4

[Arokhantos]

If you do not wanna play on Linux you can use dxvk and copy the dxgi.dll file and d3d11.dll file into the sons of the forest folder same one as executable from the x64 folder of this.
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases

Since it does not crash on Linux it should not crash when using dxvk as well.

[Fromfreak]

Maybe too late but I think I solved it. Lower the GPU frequency to 90%.

[Massacher]

Originally posted by Fromfreak:

Maybe too late but I think I solved it. Lower the GPU frequency to 90%.

And how do we do that?

[Arokhantos]

You can makethe game run with vulkan with dxvk which also fixes it, which it runs on linux where it does not crash

[Tarby]

I don't know how people are finding it now without reading 3very page, I have a 7900XT and not having any issues. Only played the game with the current and the previous driver release

[Arokhantos]

Originally posted by Tarby:

I don't know how people are finding it now without reading 3very page, I have a 7900XT and not having any issues. Only played the game with the current and the previous driver release

If you read past 3 pages you notice its only 7900 XTX users having issues.

[Ryzilynt]

Originally posted by Arokhantos™:

Originally posted by Tarby:

I don't know how people are finding it now without reading 3very page, I have a 7900XT and not having any issues. Only played the game with the current and the previous driver release

If you read past 3 pages you notice its only 7900 XTX users having issues.

Problem has been identified, this should be marked as the correct answer.

[Arokhantos]

Originally posted by Ryzilynt:

Originally posted by Arokhantos™:

If you read past 3 pages you notice its only 7900 XTX users having issues.

Problem has been identified, this should be marked as the correct answer.

You can also fix it by using dxvk without having to downclock GPU since it does not ever crash on Linux and Linux uses dxvk which can also be used on Windows.
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases

[Massacher]

Originally posted by Arokhantos™:

You can makethe game run with vulkan with dxvk which also fixes it, which it runs on linux where it does not crash

I will try this. Thank you.

Originally posted by Arokhantos™:

You can also fix it by using dxvk without having to downclock GPU since it does not ever crash on Linux and Linux uses dxvk which can also be used on Windows.
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases

I downloaded dxvk-2.2.tar.gz. Is that the file I need?

Where do I put the files?

[Shifty]

Update 10 seems to add a fix

Fixed water shader causing crashing on some AMD GPUs

[Arokhantos]

Originally posted by Massacher:

Originally posted by Arokhantos™:

You can makethe game run with vulkan with dxvk which also fixes it, which it runs on linux where it does not crash

I will try this. Thank you.

Originally posted by Arokhantos™:

You can also fix it by using dxvk without having to downclock GPU since it does not ever crash on Linux and Linux uses dxvk which can also be used on Windows.
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases

I downloaded dxvk-2.2.tar.gz. Is that the file I need?

Where do I put the files?

Originally posted by Shifty:

Update 10 seems to add a fix

Fixed water shader causing crashing on some AMD GPUs

Same folder as executeable but should not be needed as stated by Shifty patch 10 fixes the shader that causes these crashes atleast near lakes.

my framerate also went up a lot i guess i should look soon to play this game a little more when i got the time to check if stable everywhere, but i guess some one will report back here in future.

dxvk method can work for other games as well or improve framerate of really old games
for game like this you would copy the dx11 file and dxgi.dll from 64 bit, you can often check per game if its directx11 or 9 etc

Anyway no longer need dxvk to play this game which is nice cos with framegen at driver level around the corner it can be used in this game probably as well in Q1 2024 unless they make this game vulkan based.

[Ninjatronix]

So what I did after hours of scouring the internet to fix this problem with my 7900xtx and SOTF crashing is that I uninstalled Adrenaline software (I cleaned up the drivers with guru3d for a clean install). I then downloaded the drivers from AMD, and when the installer pops up, select the install type to "Driver Only" under additional options. I don't have adrenaline, but the game seems to be running without crashes right now. I'll let you know if I start crashing again. So far so good.

[Arokhantos]

Originally posted by Ninjatronix:

So what I did after hours of scouring the internet to fix this problem with my 7900xtx and SOTF crashing is that I uninstalled Adrenaline software (I cleaned up the drivers with guru3d for a clean install). I then downloaded the drivers from AMD, and when the installer pops up, select the install type to "Driver Only" under additional options. I don't have adrenaline, but the game seems to be running without crashes right now. I'll let you know if I start crashing again. So far so good.

Devs fixed this previously unless they unfixed it again
edit: unfixed again checking the event viewer and googling suggest there is a memory leak issue the game probably has trouble adressing the high amount of vram on the 7900 XTX

More recent drivers have unfixed recent fixes as well.