Sons of the Forest just keeps restarting my pc.

[NoConTrol]

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

[kir-kanos]

Sounds like overheating maybe any idea of cpu/video card temps or maybe even power draw issue

[Father Lamb]

unstable power spikes..

[Crunchmeister]

LIke klr-kanos suggested. If it's physically rebooting your computer, the first things I would suspect is overheating issues (it really hammers the CPU and GPU). Check your CPU and GPU temperatures. Try running a stress test to see if you can reproduce it.

Next I'd suspect power supply. If you have inadequate power available for the heavy CPU and GPU load SOTF require, that would totally restart the system. Not knowing what hardware you actually have, this is hard to say.

Once those issues have been ruled out, the next thing I would suggest is possibly a hardware failure somewhere. Potentially bad RAM.

[mdm-T1000]

Originally posted by Crunchmeister:

LIke klr-kanos suggested. If it's physically rebooting your computer, the first things I would suspect is overheating issues (it really hammers the CPU and GPU). Check your CPU and GPU temperatures. Try running a stress test to see if you can reproduce it.

Next I'd suspect power supply. If you have inadequate power available for the heavy CPU and GPU load SOTF require, that would totally restart the system. Not knowing what hardware you actually have, this is hard to say.

Once those issues have been ruled out, the next thing I would suggest is possibly a hardware failure somewhere. Potentially bad RAM.

I had a 1050 ti and the game worked just fine (30 fps max but it didn't crash once) and I upgraded to a 2060 and now I can't even make a new game. My whole PC restarts, it can't be a ram problem I have 32 gb

[The Weasel]

Make sure to change graphic settings to a lower quality if your graphics card can't handle the game. Change everything to high instead of ultra then work down till your pc doesn't restart.

[Ozzys_Dad]

Originally posted by mdm-T1000:

Originally posted by Crunchmeister:

LIke klr-kanos suggested. If it's physically rebooting your computer, the first things I would suspect is overheating issues (it really hammers the CPU and GPU). Check your CPU and GPU temperatures. Try running a stress test to see if you can reproduce it.

Next I'd suspect power supply. If you have inadequate power available for the heavy CPU and GPU load SOTF require, that would totally restart the system. Not knowing what hardware you actually have, this is hard to say.

Once those issues have been ruled out, the next thing I would suggest is possibly a hardware failure somewhere. Potentially bad RAM.

I had a 1050 ti and the game worked just fine (30 fps max but it didn't crash once) and I upgraded to a 2060 and now I can't even make a new game. My whole PC restarts, it can't be a ram problem I have 32 gb

The amount of Ram doesn't matter if the there is a faulty stick. Most PC rebooting or shutting down issues are heat related, PSU issue or memory issue. PSU that is undersized or on it's way out is usually top of the list.

[RealFlyingHorse]

Originally posted by mdm-T1000:

I had a 1050 ti and the game worked just fine (30 fps max but it didn't crash once) and I upgraded to a 2060 and now I can't even make a new game. My whole PC restarts, it can't be a ram problem I have 32 gb

1050 ti = TDP 75 Watt
2060 = TDP 160 Watt
PSU to weak, Case Closed