Bugthesda is back.

[ShogZ]

Sadly, like several others after a number of (relatively) bug free hours I've now run into a constant crashing mess. The game will crash constantly after 5-10 minutes of play, regardless of what I do or which settings I enable/disable.

Crash isn't hardware as the desktop runs fine and other games run no issue (In the same session), temperatures all good etc. The first few hours were stable (No CTDs) but after 5+ hours it's back to bugthesda's usual.

Has anyone found a fix for this or is it just 'wait for a patch' and hope?

[CptApollo]

I've played 70 hours without any major issues, and suddenly 2 CTDs within 5 minutes of eachother. Both on the same (lush) planet.

[ShogZ]

Similar to me, but you got a lot further, congrats on at least being able to isolate the crash!

[minefield]

Haven't had any crashes, but I did get an infinite loading screen once. 25 hours in so maybe it'll happen to me too - it's a Bethesda game after all. Still seems pretty solid for me right now.

[ShogZ]

Glad it's going well for you. I'm starting to think its a memory leak bug. After a full reset you can get 30 mins to 1+ hour of play then CTD again.

[Rampant Razza]

48 hours in, ive had 3 or 4 CTD's- stuff happens im not too bothered about that... what is really grinding my gears at the moment is, every minute or so especially planetside my game will freeze for a few seconds then carry on as normal.

im not gonna wish for the death of bethesda like some people seem to do these days when they dont get their own way, but it is a tad annoying.

the only other issue ive come across is i once had an entire stockpile of ammo just magically disappear from my inventory- this happened by switching to and from different weapons in new atlantis, not sure if its a known bug and not sure if that was the trigger.

[ZombieHunter]

I had one CTD after a 6 hour session. I haven't had any more since. Hope I don't start having them. Maybe this is related to a save file becoming corrupted more and more over time? I hope not.

Overall though this is far less buggy than Skyrim or FO 4 were at launch. In Skyrim I had about 10 Louis Letrusch characters outside the Whiterun Inn. I had a quest to talk to the leader of one of the factions that would not go away and yet I had no interactions with him. I had the one where you were supposed to get some fancy weapon from an area and the weapon was there but non interactive. In FO 4 I saw a mutant floating in the air perpendicular to the ground and all kinds of weird glitches related to cleaning up the neighborhood and crafting. I don't remember specific quest glitches in it. Skyrim was the worst for quests not working.

To this day I still can't get all my quests to work in Skyrim. The stupid lady I want to marry (the village where the spider cave is) completely glitched out. She isn't in the death room and her ID isn't even in the game anymore. No clue what happened. The spiders still trigger when they should not, kill NPCs and then the NPC is invisible and/or trigger twice and mess everything up. That quest is still bugged.

[ShogZ]

I feel your pain re Skyrim, although I found that on launch (on console) better than I do Starfield. I've had a few notorious Bethesda bugs from the get go, NPCs clipping through walls, people disappearing and things spawning inside each other etc.

Right now with Starfield my theory is it's a memory leak, because sure enough a few hours in and bam the CTD run starts. I have to reboot the PC completely and then, if lucky, get another hour or so before CTD central again.

[mav001au]

Over sixty hours playing no crashes *touch wood* hopefully it will get resolved for you

[FREEZED]

i have 150 hours gameplay and not a single crash, maybe problem is on your computer.

[ShogZ]

Originally posted by mav001au:

Over sixty hours playing no crashes *touch wood* hopefully it will get resolved for you

Glad to hear it's working well for you, alas not the same here.

[Cquarto91 Warband Mod Archiver]

No crashes just a dumb can't buy anything bug even know I have credits from the console commands lol https://youtu.be/R1qcQZk5lqs

[Hannibal]

Originally posted by Rampant Razza:

48 hours in, ive had 3 or 4 CTD's- stuff happens im not too bothered about that... what is really grinding my gears at the moment is, every minute or so especially planetside my game will freeze for a few seconds then carry on as normal.

im not gonna wish for the death of bethesda like some people seem to do these days when they dont get their own way, but it is a tad annoying.

the only other issue ive come across is i once had an entire stockpile of ammo just magically disappear from my inventory- this happened by switching to and from different weapons in new atlantis, not sure if its a known bug and not sure if that was the trigger.

Same here. In the beginning it was fine, but once you got deeper in the game Ive experienced crashes and freezes. Really got worse right at the 50-60 hour mark otherwise it ran well.

[ShogZ]

Originally posted by FREEZED:

i have 150 hours gameplay and not a single crash, maybe problem is on your computer.

Everything else runs fine, including other new/launch titles, the game crashes to a fully functioning desktop (no BSOD or system hang) hardware temps are all good, it's a software issue and that software is Starfield. I have a decent system which runs everything else, no problem.

[mav001au]

Originally posted by ShogZ:

Originally posted by mav001au:

Over sixty hours playing no crashes *touch wood* hopefully it will get resolved for you

Glad to hear it's working well for you, alas not the same here.

I'm sorry to hear that I hope it resolves for you. I have heard doing a file check in steam can help

[ShogZ]

Originally posted by mav001au:

Originally posted by ShogZ:

Glad to hear it's working well for you, alas not the same here.

I'm sorry to hear that I hope it resolves for you. I have heard doing a file check in steam can help

Many thanks - I'll give that a shot.