Game just closing

[Das Trojanische Pferd]

Hi guys am i the only one that has the problem that the game just randomly closes? without error or anything

[BuzzardBee]

Nope, you're not alone. It's been happening for a while now. I switched over to the old client to launch the game but that and the official game launcher now seem to be having issues with the 2-step verification process through authenticator now.

Honestly, I just want to play the damn game and after nearly 15 years, it's becoming damn near impossible to do so reliably and consistently.

[Das Trojanische Pferd]

yea my mother almost "crashes" every 5 minutes even worse when she has Prime Video on the second monitor

[XLVII]

same here! twice in a matter of 5 min.

[Kleetoids]

Not the only one. I've been crashing like crazy as of late.

[Costie_MJC]

i was having this and found in graphics settings i changed 1 thing and so far no crashing i changed the setting for textures.

[Espionage724]

I've heard some people report issues with AMD graphics drivers I think after 22.5.1. 22.5.2 is when they did that large re-write, and all newer drivers also have it. Personally I had no problem on drivers newer than 22.5.1 though with a 6600 XT.

On Linux also with a 6600 XT, I used to have random crashes kind of frequently. I just chalked it up to some Linux oddity. I haven't had a random crash in Linux for weeks now though.

Basically, it's likely graphics-related. I'd do all the usual stuff like making sure drivers are up-to-date, make sure your overclocks are stable, and clear shader caches (GPU-side and delete ShaderManager.jcache and ObjCache.jcache from RS3's folder). If using AMD graphics, downgrade to 22.5.1 or older (I recommend 22.2.3 for any kind of video encoding). In RS3's settings, sit in lobby and toggle Textures from Compressed to Uncompressed; even if you download all the Uncompressed data and never switched to Compressed, Compressed still downloads data; make sure data is fully downloaded for both.

[CaptSternn]

"as the client is downloading..." This was not a good thread to find. Making me a sadpanda before I can even start. Feelers for you all who are already immersed =[

[Bones]

I only just installed the game a few days ago and it's happened a dz or more times. Completely at random. No error, no warning, nothing else running etc. Sometimes it's when I'm loading, and sometimes it's in the menu, and sometimes its a few times back to back for no reason. Getting a bit tiresome. Hope they fix whatever is causing it, or my interest in the game will sadly be cut short. It's suddenly nonstop today. I am unable to play it for longer than a couple minutes.

[Cisco2950]

Originally posted by tarapotamus:

I only just installed the game a few days ago and it's happened a dz or more times. Completely at random. No error, no warning, nothing else running etc. Sometimes it's when I'm loading, and sometimes it's in the menu, and sometimes its a few times back to back for no reason. Getting a bit tiresome. Hope they fix whatever is causing it, or my interest in the game will sadly be cut short. It's suddenly nonstop today. I am unable to play it for longer than a couple minutes.

I just decided to try this game today since so much history. The status in Steam says I have played for 3.7 hours so far in the tutorial area. I may have been logged in total for that time, but lucky if I stay in for more that 3 minutes at a time before it just fully closes. I walk over to a pile of ore start mining and it closes. So lame.