why i couldn't enjoy the forest2.

[Awthirdly]

first time,i couldn't play the game normally.it's always broke down usually.and at that time,my notebook is 16g ram.(rtx 3060 130w).but now,i upgrade the ram to 64g (also rtx 3060).and i i set every config of game's performance to lowest .unexpected it still broke down usually.please,i'd like to see some suggestions.i wonder know how to play this game as normal as other players.by the way, the cpu is AMD Ryzen 7 5800H.

[Hellsmoke]

Notebooks aren't made for gaming. Sure you can game on them and they have pretty good hardware these days but the cooling is and will always be an issue.

I can't say for certain that this is what is causing your problem because it could literally be one of a hundred reasons but that's just some advice in general. Sons of the Forest runs really hot, I can easily imagine notebooks having a hard time with it.

Then there's all the bloatware they come with that could be causing problems, drivers being out of date, Windows simply being broken because it hasn't had a clean install in ages. Could be anything really.

I'm no pro but if I were in your situation and I absolutely couldn't get it to run, I'd probably give windows a clean install to eliminate the possibility of it being a software problem. But like I said, I'm no pro. You basically gotta play elimination and eliminate all possible problems to try and single out what is causing it to crash.

Mine hasn't crashed a single time during many hours of play but that isn't saying much as we have different hardware.

[special_darkwolf]

i play the game on gaming laptop with 16 gig ram and a 3060 rtx and i7 cpu and i can run it on max and just got 1 crash sinds release day

[Awthirdly]

Originally posted by special_darkwolf:

i play the game on gaming laptop with 16 gig ram and a 3060 rtx and i7 cpu and i can run it on max and just got 1 crash sinds release day

thanks for ur description that make me get some direction to resolve my question

[Awthirdly]

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

Notebooks aren't made for gaming. Sure you can game on them and they have pretty good hardware these days but the cooling is and will always be an issue.

I can't say for certain that this is what is causing your problem because it could literally be one of a hundred reasons but that's just some advice in general. Sons of the Forest runs really hot, I can easily imagine notebooks having a hard time with it.

Then there's all the bloatware they come with that could be causing problems, drivers being out of date, Windows simply being broken because it hasn't had a clean install in ages. Could be anything really.

I'm no pro but if I were in your situation and I absolutely couldn't get it to run, I'd probably give windows a clean install to eliminate the possibility of it being a software problem. But like I said, I'm no pro. You basically gotta play elimination and eliminate all possible problems to try and single out what is causing it to crash.

Mine hasn't crashed a single time during many hours of play but that isn't saying much as we have different hardware.

i'm very thankful for your detailed and overall description,By saw others config of laptop which is similar with mine could run it normally.i will base on your suggestion and others experience to find the corrent way run it.finally,thanks for ur comment again.i think that it's very useful for me.

[RatBoggles]

Your specs are for sure good enough to run this game better than you already are, have you tried turning the DLSS option to performance? also are you playing with your laptop plugged in or no?

[sopness]

Idk why everyone is talking about the hardware performance, please make sure you have updated all your driver, if you are using laptop, make sure it is plugged in and with enough space for ventilation, and last but not least, tweak the game settings!!!

The reason why modern games have so many settings is to fit different hardware specifications!!! Try google your specifications and see if anyone else has a working profile, if there is none, tweak it yourself, try turning everything off/lowest first and turning on one at a time to find your perfect match!!!

[R4SO]

put fps limit to 30

[Bullied by Pigeon]

broke down as in? does your FPS drop randomly or does it keeps dropping and crashes? and how long can u play before you crash.. try playing at beach where there are no trees in your immediate vicinity makes it easier to trouble shoot.. open task manager and see RAM usage while u play lets you spot if there is some kind of memory leak...

your specs sounds good enough.. make sure your hardware is not throttling due to overheating check temps when u run.. if its throttling there is the issue.

[Warsun]

I am using a Ryzen 2700 and it is not affecting performance. Its not the processor its definitely your graphics card. An if you have 16GB it should be working properly or its windows in General. An i hate to tell people to reformat but it really helps sometimes.

Try the settings first before anything. If your other games are working fine. Its not that. You may want to also check your daylight savings time. That can also screw with game timings and slow performance.

[Shunyaku]

I don't like being mean, and I definitely am in favor of games being more accessible but... dude. (Seriously this is probably gonna be little more than "You should have known" so feel free to ignore if simply will not agree with such a thought. We ain't need a back and forth for the next hour but I'm that type of weird that can't shut himself up in an argument)
First off laptops are not and never will be good gaming machines. They can kind of work at times, and you can definitely limp into the barn performance-wise so to speak, but the extra bulk of desktop components over laptop is NOT cosmetic. The reason my 3080 is 1/3 the overall size of a laptops component-containing half only twice as thick isn't because it's funny, or just to house fans (Though fans are SO important for modern tech) that wouldn't fit into a laptop; the architecture of chipsets and demands of radiators/heat displacement devices these days need tremendous enhancement for full function. To be frank, you may as well be upset that your Hyundai rice-burner with all those after-market parts still can't keep up with whatever next years highest-end sports car model from Porsche will be. Yeah, it's a bit lame that you need so much more for the power desired, but literally nobody in the twenty-seven years the internet has been creeping in to our world has ever been able to actually say with full truth and sincerity that a laptop is or even could EVER be on par with a top of the line tower.

But, I mean even desktops are having huge performance drops at times. You need to recognize what Sons of The Forest is, presently.

This is an EARLY ACCESS GAME that looks like a freaking TRIPLE A release. There are going to be MOUNTAINS of issues because they're still implementing TONS of the game. We don't even know for sure that the island is 100% what the final thing will be! They might add more caves and special hidden locations and objects, not to mention some features are REALLY screwed up yet.
This morning, I grabbed the life raft gear for my current save, and as I got back to the beach and looked up I saw a bird no more than 20-30 feet from me not only look visually affected by a cloud flying over thee MOUNTAIN at least a klick away, but it even created trails in/from the cloud, despite the fact it should have been so far away that would be impossible.

[Broku]

Boohoo, get a pc or an actual gaming laptop if you want top of the line games. Get outta here.

[Princesse♡]

Originally posted by Awthirdly:

first time,i couldn't play the game normally.it's always broke down usually.and at that time,my notebook is 16g ram.(rtx 3060 130w).but now,i upgrade the ram to 64g (also rtx 3060).and i i set every config of game's performance to lowest .unexpected it still broke down usually.please,i'd like to see some suggestions.i wonder know how to play this game as normal as other players.by the way, the cpu is AMD Ryzen 7 5800H.

strange, i also have ryzen 7 but 8gb of ram. i put graphics to low and i have almost no lag. when i do, it's due to my connection and not the game. the forest was horrible for my PC and lagged so bad i couldnt play multiplayer