Game randomly crashes after >1 hour of gameplay

[zekebeans6]

MGS2 will randomly crash after playing for a while, doesn't seem to be related to any one place or event. I've got FHD on, is that the problem?

[Coleco_84]

Same here, and this started after the last patch, I beat the game twice before without a single one.

[Metric Guard]

Haven't done a great deal of testing, but the crashing could be related to the internal resolution. I started the Plant chapter at 1080p, and the game crashed after skipping the Stillman scenes on Strut C. After restarting at the original 720p resolution, I went from the Plant start all the way to Shell 2 without a single crash and quit there.

[Coleco_84]

Originally posted by Metric Guard:

Haven't done a great deal of testing, but the crashing could be related to the internal resolution. I started the Plant chapter at 1080p, and the game crashed after skipping the Stillman scenes on Strut C. After restarting at the original 720p resolution, I went from the Plant start all the way to Shell 2 without a single crash and quit there.

It happened the exact same thing to me, in the exact same cutscene, so I switched back to 720...only for then to crash when you are going to defuse the last bomb.

[Deadbeat_Hero]

What are your system specs? Are you getting anything related populating the event viewer/ reliability history?
I have played through the plant chapters bomb disposal on original mode with no issue.

[Lonnasia]

The moment I choose start game is shuts itself down, anyone know what to do? already tried with different screens settings and all that

[Scrub]

I too am running into random crashes in the Plant chapter.

Once with the MGSHD Fix v2.2 (so I ignored this and uninstalled the mods) and then twice in the same exact fashion with mods removed.

Crash 1: Started a new game+ on Very Easy, picked Plant. Proceeded normally (skipping all custscenes and hunting dogtags). Got up to the point where you pick up Sensor B, skipped a cutscene, and crash to desktop.

Crash 2: Started a new game+ from the same save file. Saved after meeting Snake when Rose prompts you to save. Watched the in-game cutscene on how to defuse a bomb, left the area after skipping more cutscenes, crash on transition.

Crash 3: Loading the save file created above. Crash came when just about to start C4 defusal in-game cutscene.

Windows 11 Pro
Ryzen 5 3600
GeForce RTX 3070 8gb
32G DDR4

I haven't seen this game ever crash, I have 50+ hours in MGS3 (with and without the MGSHD Fix mod) and have put in about 20 hours before the 2.0 patch and never ran into an issue.

[Jake 🦇]

I had the same problem. I uninstalled the game, the mods and all the appdata for the game. Vanilla works fine.

[Urahara]

I have the same problem - it crashed once during the tanker chapter while uploading photos, then another time during the Stillman cutscenes. if there's a way to fix it I would be grateful

[Deathraven13]

Well that's normal it's called the sons of liberty for a reason, so the game crash just like how Snake escaped his shackles, kojima is a genius ! -kojima fans if he wasn't fired by Konami.

[Scrub]

I haven't had it crash outside of yesterday and I've been palying a bunch, MGSHD Fix removed.

[VisciousFishes]

I am also experiencing crashes on my save too, at the Stillman cutscenes getting the freeze spray. I didn't start getting crashes until today. 2 practice runs tonight have been killed by Stillman at the exact same place. The crash hard locks the executable.

I have six saves on NG+. Each attempt has been to the end of plant and each has had a new save. Save one gets loaded, completed and saved to save file two, etc. So that is 7 completions, seven different saves. I'll let you know if earlier saves are messed up.

Internal resolution 1080p and 4k output. Vanilla game - no mods, no V's fix, no DXVK, no trainers. No SOS mod. Previously no crashes in two weeks.

[Afevis Solmunko]

Originally posted by VisciousFishes:

no V's fix. No SOS mod.

No Minecraft photorealism texture packs? No Skyrim script extender?

(Joking - V's fix and SOS are literally made for a completely different port of MGS2 made in 2003, saying you're not using them is PRETTY obvious lol)

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Afevis Solmunko:

Originally posted by VisciousFishes:

no V's fix. No SOS mod.

No Minecraft photorealism texture packs? No Skyrim script extender?

(Joking - V's fix and SOS are literally made for a completely different port of MGS2 made in 2003, saying you're not using them is PRETTY obvious lol)

The games are exactly the same. Substance edition, HD remaster and the Master Collection are ALL the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥ port.

[Afevis Solmunko]

Originally posted by VisciousFishes:

Originally posted by Afevis Solmunko:

No Minecraft photorealism texture packs? No Skyrim script extender?

(Joking - V's fix and SOS are literally made for a completely different port of MGS2 made in 2003, saying you're not using them is PRETTY obvious lol)

The games are exactly the same. Substance edition, HD remaster and the Master Collection are ALL the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥ port.

Quite ignorant, you obviously don't understand what you're saying and are just repeating crap you've heard from some random enclave of the internet without.

No, they obviously aren't the same port. The 2011 HD remaster was made by Bluepoint, who literally reverse engineered the game from the original releases & replaced entire chunks of the original games' engines with parts of Bluepoint's blast factor engine. They are very much not the same as the engines have been overhauled, hence why mods like V's fix and SOS, which were made for the extremely broken 2003 PC Substance port, don't work with the 2023 Master Collection port of the HD remaster.

[TTV_Hellfangwolf]

Originally posted by Metric Guard:

Haven't done a great deal of testing, but the crashing could be related to the internal resolution. I started the Plant chapter at 1080p, and the game crashed after skipping the Stillman scenes on Strut C. After restarting at the original 720p resolution, I went from the Plant start all the way to Shell 2 without a single crash and quit there.

Hate to be a bother but how do I change the screen resolution?