Finally managed to fix my crashes

[Fang]

Hey all, probably gonna get buried in two seconds with the way this forum moves, but I'm one of the people who could physically NOT play this game at launch due to crashes.

Here's the rundown:

CPU: i7 10700
GPU: RX 7900 XT (20GB VRAM)
RAM: 32 GB (I upgraded from 16 to 32 yesterday (Saturday).

After the 16 to 32 GB RAM upgrade my game still stuttered like CRAZY on the main menu. So I went to the following steps:

- First I set my game to use DirectX11 mode in the config file. It's located in the same folder as the .exe. Simply change the top two lines from DirectX12 to DirectX11. I then deleted the Shader2.Cache file to make sure the game recreates the Shader in DX11 mode.

- After that I set -USEALLAVAILABLECORES in the game's startup configuration (right-click the game in your library, properties, and type in the above text in the field at the bottom.

- I have set both my Steam AND the game to always run as Administrator as a precaution.

- After that I set the game to a limit of 60 FPS in the options and enabled FSR to Quality (use DLSS if you're on NVidia of course).

- I have the game's core settings (like Textures and Shadows) on high but I have disabled most fancy stuff like Motion Blur. I have not attempted to experiment with turning those back on in regards to stability, I might do so later.

I went from completely unplayable to a currengtly stable game. I can even use Discord and Steam forums with the game open and no crashes. I also taunted the game by spamming the in-game menu a lot (used to cause crashes too) and so far so good.

[The Humble Scribe]

Let us know if anything changes. My menus keep crashing me as well, but I want to be sure this stays a solid fix for you first.

[Fang]

Originally posted by The Humble Scribe:

Let us know if anything changes. My menus keep crashing me as well, but I want to be sure this stays a solid fix for you first.

Will do, so far 2 hours of playtime without a crash - And to be as vague as possible to reduce any spoilers: I've only been exploring the starting area. My menus remain entirely stable that's 100% sure now, I've been inventory managing every 5 minutes.

[Fang]

Played another 3 hours today. Reached the capital city. Standing in the middle of the busiest part drops me down to a relatively steady 35 FPS but most everyone has that problem. I already rested at the Inn and did some vocation and Pawn quest stuff in the menus.

Still isn't crashing as of yet.

[Mudko3]

time to give this a whirl!

[Fang]

Originally posted by Mudko3:

time to give this a whirl!

I really hope it helps you. If you need any help by all means let me know.

[Mudko3]

update: It crashed shortly after while accessing a camp menu

[Playing DVD]

kinda helped. made my runs from 15 minute sessions to about an hour without crashing. might be on the right track.
crashed on an inventory menu in tavern not in the field

[SnottieSnot]

Hi i just tried it and apparently fixed the issue, but i need to change it to directx 11 everytime i play. Am i doing something wrong?

[Fang]

Originally posted by SnottieSnot:

Hi i just tried it and apparently fixed the issue, but i need to change it to directx 11 everytime i play. Am i doing something wrong?

Ah, for some reason my config file never swaps it back to DirectX12.
You can right-click the config file, open its properties, and set it to read-only. That way the game can't change it back (it won't crash, don't worry).

But the downside to that is that if you change any options in-game it will only apply for that session and be reset if you restart the game. You can always remove and readd the read-only tag again though. You can even do that while the game is running if you are able to TAB out.

Also: I've read online that you can also enable DX11 mode by adding -dx11 to the startup options (the same way you add -USEALLAVAILABLECORES in my post above) but I cannot personally confirm that this works!

[AirSniffer]

According to riva tuner the game still runs in DX12 so I it migt be hard coded. I've seen people suggest using -dx11 or --use-d3d11 but personally I haven't had any success with any of those "fixes".

[Drestin Black]

What kind of crashes were you having? Game played fine first 3 or 4 days. Now its crashing every 10 or 15 mins.

[Grr. [SG CMD] Majah Lazah]

-USEALLAVAILABLECORES

this is not an unreal3 game.

[marlow]

Thank you very much! That seems to fixed it for me or atleast i can now open my inventory

[OxZ]

If you're still searching for solutions, here's what can potentially help:

1. Launch DD2 As an Administrator
2. Run the Game in Compatibility Mode
3. Verify Dragon’s Dogma 2 File Integrity
4. Set the Game as a Firewall Exception
5. Stop the “Overlay” Feature in Steam
6. Reinstall Dragon’s Dogma 2 Cleanly
7. Set the Windows Defender to “Off”
8. Update Visual C++ Redistributables
9. Set Windows to “High Performance”
10. Close Background Windows Tasks

If you want to go through the solutions in detail, visit this blog post:

https://gamescopes.com/how-to-fix-dragons-dogma-2-crashing-10-solutions-for-pc/

Hope this is helpful for y'all :)

[M_Ravenstorm]

I'm 140+ hours in and just changed over to DX11 and I cannot believe how much better the game is running.

This shouldn't be surprising, though, seeing as you had to do something similar in DDDA to make it playable on PC.