Connection unstable?

[Tony]

So like I'm trying to play this game and I just got it a few days ago.

But like it's always offline that and says "connection unstable 51003"?

[Bane]

Originally posted by Rivers Of Blood:

it's 2023 still can't connect to network (epic version)

I have gamepass version and there is a same issue. I won't buy any upgrade for that nonsense.

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by Tony:

Yeah I just bought the Directors Cut, and now I can connect.

But don't bother, the game progressively more and more frequently starts crashing with Access Violation. There is a bug, in the game code that crashes it frequently on PC with NVidia.

This isn't a game issue. I've put well over 50 hours in so far... Not had a single crash. Using an nvidia card...

Access Violation errors are often an indication of a bad driver install (use DDU to nuke your graphics driver then reinstall the latest one), or hardware problems (particularly RAM errors, run memtest86 overnight to check).

If you've got anything overclocked, set it back to reference settings. This includes factory overclocks on graphics cards.

But the developers seem oblivious and support suggests random witchcraft starting from removing Realtek Driver to disabling antivirus and DLSS, none of which actually works.

Realtek drivers can cause issues with some games, especially if they've not been updated in a while. Admittedly it's been a few years since I last saw them causing any real problems... Replacing them with windows generic audio drivers will fix the problem. I can't comment as I've not used the onboard audio with the game.

Depending on your antivirus, that could well be the culprit (even if you've "disabled" it, some still have background processes running). So if you're using some Symantec/Norton/Kaspersky/Avast/AVG bollocks or similar, uninstall it and reboot.

And don't run a bunch of overlays (Steam/Epic/Discord/OBS etc). In fact, turn them all off while testing.

It could also be a faulty windows component. Open a command prompt as admin, and run the following commands:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

If it finds any errors run:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

This one sometimes appears to freeze, that's normal. Leave it alone and it will sort itself out after a short while.

And finally, run:

SFC /scannow

If this one finds any errors, let it fix them, reboot, and run it again.

Originally posted by Bane:

Originally posted by Rivers Of Blood:

it's 2023 still can't connect to network (epic version)

I have gamepass version and there is a same issue. I won't buy any upgrade for that nonsense.

You don't need to buy the upgrade, just wait until they fix the server issue. Because of the time of year, they only started looking at it yesterday.

[Strangepowers]

And servers are back

[Tony]

Originally posted by lw410254021:

Originally posted by Tony:

Yeah I just bought the Directors Cut, and now I can connect.

But don't bother, the game progressively more and more frequently starts crashing with Access Violation. There is a bug, in the game code that crashes it frequently on PC with NVidia.

But the developers seem oblivious and support suggests random witchcraft starting from removing Realtek Driver to disabling antivirus and DLSS, none of which actually works.

Oh my... I really hope they can fix those questions ASAP
Did you buy it on Epic or on Steam?

Epic, although the problem has been noticed on Steam too.

[Tony]

Thanks for the detailed answer.

Originally posted by funkynutz:

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This isn't a game issue. I've put well over 50 hours in so far... Not had a single crash. Using an nvidia card...

Access Violation errors are often an indication of a bad driver install (use DDU to nuke your graphics driver then reinstall the latest one), or hardware problems (particularly RAM errors, run memtest86 overnight to check).

If you've got anything overclocked, set it back to reference settings. This includes factory overclocks on graphics cards.

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It's not entirely impossible.

I do not overclock my CPU, but I am running an Xmp profile. I will stop that and check.

My Windows was very recently installed and the commands show no error.

The question does remain why this game in particular has the crashes...

[funkynutz]

Ah I forgot about XMP... I had to disable it on my rig because it was always making Fallout 4 crash...

[0oos]

Thread over network is back

[T9]

Originally posted by Rivers Of Blood:

Thread over network is back :sleepyjill:

Nice. Thanks

[Tony]

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Ah I forgot about XMP... I had to disable it on my rig because it was always making Fallout 4 crash...

I removed the Xmp Profile and set it to Auto, and I have been playing for hours. Not a single crash since then!

If you are a developer, I owe you an apology. If you are not, I owe you a thanks!

I have a mixed set of RAM sticks from two different manufacturers. I think I will get them from same manufacturer now to equalize things and then try higher Xmp again.