Steam Deck Crashing and Automatically Shutting Down While Playing Palworld

[大哥打大哥大]

Hello Steam Community,

I'm experiencing a recurring issue with my Steam Deck where it crashes consistently while playing the game Palworld . Approximately every few dozen minutes, the device undergoes a crash. To address this, I've attempted the following steps without success:

1. I disabled the fan control to ensure that the cooling system remains active continuously. (This did not improve the situation)
2. I activated the battery storage mode. (This also did not resolve the issue)
In an effort to diagnose the problem, I checked the system logs before and after each crash. 3. I noticed a recurring error prior to each crash:
steamdeck vpower[606]: read /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/current_now: No such device (os error 19)

It's worth noting that I don't encounter these crashes when playing other games, which leads me to wonder if it might be an issue specific to Palworld.

I would greatly appreciate any insights or suggestions on how to resolve this issue. Thank you!

[Tronmaker]

I also see these crashes on my steamdeck when playing palworld. Hopefully its updated soon. until then ill just play on my pc

[SpideyThorn]

It crashes a lot for me too. I have to hard shut down the whole system and turn it back on

[Rank0rr]

Yeah, I also keep encountering this issue. It's super annoying to have to hard shut down my steam deck every hour and a half :/

[Dale "Dragon" Doback]

Perfectly consistent with my experience.

I crash 100% with Every dungeon I load into. fast travel seems 50/50. If you turn and change your FOV and there happens to be a syndicate group fighting some stuff? - crash.

After it crashes, everything freezes on the deck. You HAVE to Hard reset the deck and then everything is running slow upon reboot - even just steam itself navigating through menus etc.

When I'm around my base things seem ok, even with all of the monsters and extra buildings etc around, but most of my issues come from exploring and when there are multiple mobs on the screen.

Once it crashes the first time, they seem to start happening more frequently. I gave up after my 10th crash last night =(

[monkeypunch87]

I read about a memory leak, so yeah, your Steam Deck isn't powerful enough after a while. The game is out for 3 days, not Steam Deck certified and in Early Access. Give it some time.

[PeepYXB]

My experience is that the memory recycling mechanism of this game doesn't work and the virtual memory vRAM gets bigger and bigger the longer time you play.
Just into the game when the vRAM is 5.8G or so. After 20 minutes of play, vRAM occupancy reached 7GB or more when it is very easy to cause crash, especially the use of fast movement, it will be stuck at80% probability after map loading.
Now I have learned that when the vRAM is high, I actively return to the title screen and re-enter it.

[jtd66]

Are these crashes in anyway causing damage to the steamdeck. Don't want to destroy hardware over a 30 dollar game

[Eva]

Enter the developer settings and update to the main version 3.6, right after in “desktop” mode update Steam client to the beta version, very important it must be updated through desktop mode. I haven't had the games crash for 3 days, let us know if it's resolved

[c.morss]

Originally posted by Eva:

Enter the developer settings and update to the main version 3.6, right after in “desktop” mode update Steam to the beta version, very important it must be updated through desktop mode. I haven't had the games crash for 3 days, let us know if it's resolved

This worked perfectly for me. Thank you so much, I've been trying for days to figure this out!

[L3V14TH4N]

Originally posted by Eva:

Enter the developer settings and update to the main version 3.6, right after in “desktop” mode update Steam to the beta version, very important it must be updated through desktop mode. I haven't had the games crash for 3 days, let us know if it's resolved

I am currently unable to figure out where you are finding an update to 3.6 in developer? Do you mean to switch to Beta channel for my Deck and then update to 3.6 as 3.5.7 is the current OS the Deck has installed? Really loving the game but hating the crashes lol

[bearandbreegull]

Originally posted by Eva:

Enter the developer settings and update to the main version 3.6, right after in “desktop” mode update Steam to the beta version, very important it must be updated through desktop mode. I haven't had the games crash for 3 days, let us know if it's resolved

I would likewise really love to get more details on this.

I've entered settings >> developer >> toggle on "Show Advanced Update Channels"

Then back up to Settings >> System >> OS Update Channel = "Main"; Steam Client Update Channel = "Steam Deck Stable"

Then do the system update and reboot, which updates SteamOS to 3.6.

All of the above done in gaming mode.

If I'm understanding correctly, he next step would be to switch to beta (which beta, the one for the OS Update Channel or the one for the Steam Client update channel? I'm guessing the latter since you said "steam" rather than steamOS?) Plus you're saying it's important to switch to beta within desktop mode rather than gaming mode? How does one do that? Google is failing me. I guess if it's the Steam Client that should be in beta, I can try to do that from the Steam app on desktop...BRB.

Edit: OK, just put the Steam Client into beta by entering desktop mode, opening Steam app, and going to Interface and selecting "Steam Deck Beta" as the update channel. Don't have time to test Palworld right now, but will update this post later tonight when I play again. Fingers crossed!

[Eva]

Originally posted by bearandbreegull:

Originally posted by Eva:

Enter the developer settings and update to the main version 3.6, right after in “desktop” mode update Steam to the beta version, very important it must be updated through desktop mode. I haven't had the games crash for 3 days, let us know if it's resolved

I would likewise really love to get more details on this.

I've entered settings >> developer >> toggle on "Show Advanced Update Channels"

Then back up to Settings >> System >> OS Update Channel = "Main"; Steam Client Update Channel = "Steam Deck Stable"

Then do the system update and reboot, which updates SteamOS to 3.6.

All of the above done in gaming mode.

If I'm understanding correctly, he next step would be to switch to beta (which beta, the one for the OS Update Channel or the one for the Steam Client update channel? I'm guessing the latter since you said "steam" rather than steamOS?) Plus you're saying it's important to switch to beta within desktop mode rather than gaming mode? How does one do that? Google is failing me. I guess if it's the Steam Client that should be in beta, I can try to do that from the Steam app on desktop...BRB.

Edit: OK, just put the Steam Client into beta by entering desktop mode, opening Steam app, and going to Interface and selecting "Steam Deck Beta" as the update channel. Don't have time to test Palworld right now, but will update this post later tonight when I play again. Fingers crossed!

This is exactly the steps, thank you, did it work for you?

[Teroniss]

Download the Steamdeck Essentials mod on Nexus. It's ABSOLUTELY necessary if playing on a Deck

[bearandbreegull]

Originally posted by Eva:

Originally posted by bearandbreegull:

I would likewise really love to get more details on this.

I've entered settings >> developer >> toggle on "Show Advanced Update Channels"

Then back up to Settings >> System >> OS Update Channel = "Main"; Steam Client Update Channel = "Steam Deck Stable"

Then do the system update and reboot, which updates SteamOS to 3.6.

All of the above done in gaming mode.

If I'm understanding correctly, he next step would be to switch to beta (which beta, the one for the OS Update Channel or the one for the Steam Client update channel? I'm guessing the latter since you said "steam" rather than steamOS?) Plus you're saying it's important to switch to beta within desktop mode rather than gaming mode? How does one do that? Google is failing me. I guess if it's the Steam Client that should be in beta, I can try to do that from the Steam app on desktop...BRB.

Edit: OK, just put the Steam Client into beta by entering desktop mode, opening Steam app, and going to Interface and selecting "Steam Deck Beta" as the update channel. Don't have time to test Palworld right now, but will update this post later tonight when I play again. Fingers crossed!

This is exactly the steps, thank you, did it work for you?

YES! it seems to have worked! I've been purposely getting into situations that would've resulted in a crash before (advancing too fast in dungeons, having pals doing too much at base, getting mobbed by too many humans, leaving the game on for too long, etc). The game will drop framerate and increase fan speed same as before, but it manages to chug through without freezing or crashing.

Thanks so much!

[Killer Rabbit]

Installing CryoUtilities with the recommended settings has resulted in a crash free experience.