Sons of the Forest just keeps restarting my pc.

[The Law]

I can launch the game and get to the title screen. If I click options, computer shuts down. If I start new game, I can get like 1 minute through the intro cutscene, then shuts off. I skip the intro cutscene, it turns off. Been a huge fan of the forest for a long time, a shame I can't try out the second one. If anyone has any tips or fixes, would be much appreciated.
Thanks ;)

[havotic]

Hello can anyone help me my game crash every time in heli scene or when i click settings
i got very good pc please help
my specs:
ryzen 7 2700x 8core
rtx 2060 super
128gigs of ram
and 750 psu

[sinephase]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย OverEgag:

Pretty much 90% of the problems described in this thread is the same thing that was happening to me before I replaced my PSU especially the random computer "reboots" with specific games one way to temporarily get past it right now is to use something like ParkControl to cap your CPU

One way you can tell if that's the case is if you watch your +12v voltages
if it's going down to even 11.6V your PSU is basically working at its limits

[MrTxbyyyTTV]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Cool whip:

Hey guys ive found a fix for myself on sons of the forest, ive underclocked my CPU an ive ramped up the cooling on my CPU. I believe but could be wrong that I've been having CPU temp/power spikes an in return my pc shuts down. This was a common occurrence in the helicopter at the start, an when dealing with the 3d printer in one of the caves. I tried a factory reset an that didn't work on the pc but I downloaded Intel utility and underclocked my CPU .7 Ghz and turned my Corsair water cooler on as hard as it goes an I haven't had a crash since. Ive also turned the graphics to normal but will try increasing it as time goes on

RTX 3090 from msi
I9-9900k
16gb ram
Windows 10
Running on a m.2 ssd
1600w psu

This did it for me atm, hopefully it keeps working right now

[sinephase]

Automatic overclocks are notorious for setting CPU voltages too high, you'd be amazed how much you can knock down temperature with even a small lowering of voltages

[havotic]

can anyone help me how to overclock my amd cpu i cant dowland amd master :c

[sinephase]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Havotic??? nieee:

can anyone help me how to overclock my amd cpu i cant dowland amd master :c

Just copy the settings that PBO or automatic overclock uses and input them in the BIOS as a place to start. Use OCCT to test stability and temperatures, lowering the CPU voltage small amounts at a time.

It's not quite so simple but that's the gist. Look up an overclocking guide on a forum for your CPU and motherboard.

[havotic]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย sinephase:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Havotic??? nieee:

can anyone help me how to overclock my amd cpu i cant dowland amd master :c

Just copy the settings that PBO or automatic overclock uses and input them in the BIOS as a place to start. Use OCCT to test stability and temperatures, lowering the CPU voltage small amounts at a time.

It's not quite so simple but that's the gist. Look up an overclocking guide on a forum for your CPU and motherboard.

where i can check what motherboard i got????

[Caduryn]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Havotic??? nieee:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย sinephase:

Just copy the settings that PBO or automatic overclock uses and input them in the BIOS as a place to start. Use OCCT to test stability and temperatures, lowering the CPU voltage small amounts at a time.

It's not quite so simple but that's the gist. Look up an overclocking guide on a forum for your CPU and motherboard.

where i can check what motherboard i got????

If you dont even know that STAY AWAY from overclocking if you dont want to permanently kill your Computer

[SharkHead]

In caves i'm gettin Blue screen of death every time. I can play the game normally outside caves, but when i go inside any cave, i get blue screen, and then my pc proceds to restart itself. Someone having this kind of problem aswell?

[sinephase]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย SharkHead:

In caves i'm gettin Blue screen of death every time. I can play the game normally outside caves, but when i go inside any cave, i get blue screen, and then my pc proceds to restart itself. Someone having this kind of problem aswell?

I think that's something with the engine communicating with the GPU driver. I had my GPU clocks reduce to around 1000 Mhz from 2000 Mhz when opening my crafting pack in a cave, causing the FPS to drop to about 16 FPS. Pretty strange behaviour. That should only happen with 2D work loads

[MrTxbyyyTTV]

So, i saw a fix yesterday where i had to underclock my cpu, which worked for a limitied time..
now i bought myself a new PSU yesterday (430w>850w) and i litterally havent had a crash yet.. tested it like 5 times and fully restarted the pc every time inbetween.

so you might wanna buy a new psu or see if you cant test it with someone else psu.

[Maviba]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย The Law:

I can launch the game and get to the title screen. If I click options, computer shuts down. If I start new game, I can get like 1 minute through the intro cutscene, then shuts off. I skip the intro cutscene, it turns off. Been a huge fan of the forest for a long time, a shame I can't try out the second one. If anyone has any tips or fixes, would be much appreciated.
Thanks ;)

If it chrashes immediately, then it's very likely a power or PSU issue.
Seems it's either to weak or itS' about to die.

[Plato]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Maviba:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย The Law:

I can launch the game and get to the title screen. If I click options, computer shuts down. If I start new game, I can get like 1 minute through the intro cutscene, then shuts off. I skip the intro cutscene, it turns off. Been a huge fan of the forest for a long time, a shame I can't try out the second one. If anyone has any tips or fixes, would be much appreciated.
Thanks ;)

If it chrashes immediately, then it's very likely a power or PSU issue.
Seems it's either to weak or itS' about to die.

Oke mate, if its a psu problem why can i play rdr2, hogwarts legacy both at ultra settings and sons of the forest a weaker game is crashing... it don't make sense at all, i think its a game problem because there are way to many with this exact same problem and i don't believe we all have psu problems..

[Maviba]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Plato:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Maviba:

If it chrashes immediately, then it's very likely a power or PSU issue.
Seems it's either to weak or itS' about to die.

Oke mate, if its a psu problem why can i play rdr2, hogwarts legacy both at ultra settings and sons of the forest a weaker game is crashing... it don't make sense at all, i think its a game problem because there are way to many with this exact same problem and i don't believe we all have psu problems..

Ever heart about power peaks?
That's reason Nr 1 if your your PC chrashes without a warning ofter starting a game..

So tell me: If it was a pure game issue, everyone should have it right?
Why didn't I and many others experience a single chrash then so far?
And why did otheres here in this thread got their issue fixed after replacing their PSU then?

SoTF is not a weak game (regarding to your system). actually it's very demanding.
And regardless of the reasons why or the game's performance:

if your system can't handle the load it's got an issue.
The game just revealed it.

[Metamorphosis]

Perhaps it's because the game is new and not yet really optimized.
For example, do we load the intere map World Layer on log-in? This require's so much power it's immense. It loads shader, High Quality Graphics.


This also makes sense why some people crash when entering caves, because it loads the entire cave system with all it's details?

If it only loads in chunks it will be way more optimized for your CPU and very likely not cause it to withdraw that much CPU power usage, causing it to completly dry it out.

Therefore, this could be the reason why. if you compare with other games, that may had this optimization such as Hogwartz Legacy and such on. This of course means that our PC is may weaker than yours, but that's because you have a more powerfull CPU that can handle this power usage, but ours it's still within an "Optimized" limit range, if the game was handled a little bit better