freezes at character creation

[Earlam]

The game freezes when I get to the character creation menu, whether in server or solo game. If I click somewhere it says the game window is unresponsive but i still hear the game sound. No error message is displayed.

MB: Gigabyte Z170x gaming3
Processor: I5 6400 oc
Ram: 16gb DDR4
GC: Radeon RX 470 G+ (8g)

[wildbill]

Open properties for ASA from steam. In the general tab, for the Launch Options, enter:
-dx11
Create your character. Load into the game and then exit from the game. Now change this to (or you can just delete the -dx11):
-dx12

This is what works for me whenever I have this problem (did this all the time the first few weeks, but doesn't anymore).

[Thorgram]

Originally posted by wildbill:

Open properties for ASA from steam. In the general tab, for the Launch Options, enter:
-dx11
Create your character. Load into the game and then exit from the game. Now change this to (or you can just delete the -dx11):
-dx12

This is what works for me whenever I have this problem (did this all the time the first few weeks, but doesn't anymore).

Me too, it's the one workaround that works 100% of the time. :)

[isemgrim]

Originally posted by wildbill:

Open properties for ASA from steam. In the general tab, for the Launch Options, enter:
-dx11
Create your character. Load into the game and then exit from the game. Now change this to (or you can just delete the -dx11):
-dx12

This is what works for me whenever I have this problem (did this all the time the first few weeks, but doesn't anymore).

this, and since you have roughly the same system as me you will also probably crash a few seconds after you get in game(with dl12, dl11 doesnt crash but the game looks ♥♥♥♥ and runs even ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥)
to fix this you need to enter
ark.VertexCountScaling 1 in the console as soon as you get in.

i copy and paste: r.VolumetricCloud 0 | r.VolumetricFog 0 | r.Nanite.MaxPixelsPerEdge 2 | r.Streaming.PoolSize 0 | ark.VertexCountScaling 1
into the console command the second i get in game. the other commands are just to make the game run at a higher fps but it does make the clouds and fog go away, some people dont like that but id rather have a somewhat higher fps then having clouds and fog enabled just to make it look pretier.
i run everything on medium except foliage qualtity.
disable foliage interaction
and put the disable hlod on on.
further disable interface transitions.
this made my game run. i know its a hassle but its the way it is right now.
also there is an inventory crash. i dont know what causes it and the fixes for it are not working for everyone.

[Earlam]

Originally posted by wildbill:

Open properties for ASA from steam. In the general tab, for the Launch Options, enter:
-dx11
Create your character. Load into the game and then exit from the game. Now change this to (or you can just delete the -dx11):
-dx12

This is what works for me whenever I have this problem (did this all the time the first few weeks, but doesn't anymore).

Thanks a lot. It's laggy but i can now play

[isemgrim]

Originally posted by Earlam:

Originally posted by wildbill:

Open properties for ASA from steam. In the general tab, for the Launch Options, enter:
-dx11
Create your character. Load into the game and then exit from the game. Now change this to (or you can just delete the -dx11):
-dx12

This is what works for me whenever I have this problem (did this all the time the first few weeks, but doesn't anymore).

Thanks a lot. It's laggy but i can now play

read my post to be able to play with better graphics and less lag:P

[Nicodemus]

Originally posted by Earlam:

Originally posted by wildbill:

Open properties for ASA from steam. In the general tab, for the Launch Options, enter:
-dx11
Create your character. Load into the game and then exit from the game. Now change this to (or you can just delete the -dx11):
-dx12

This is what works for me whenever I have this problem (did this all the time the first few weeks, but doesn't anymore).

Thanks a lot. It's laggy but i can now play

I had the same issues. Now I play through GeForce Now and it's smooth as butter. Just got to have reliable internet.

[wildbill]

Originally posted by Earlam:

Originally posted by wildbill:

Open properties for ASA from steam. In the general tab, for the Launch Options, enter:
-dx11
Create your character. Load into the game and then exit from the game. Now change this to (or you can just delete the -dx11):
-dx12

This is what works for me whenever I have this problem (did this all the time the first few weeks, but doesn't anymore).

Thanks a lot. It's laggy but i can now play

You left out the last step to set it back to DX12, so it isn't so laggy

I know what you mean about the lag. I ran the game a few days with the -dx11, it was terrible and barely playable. Just use -dx11 for the character creation, later for playing, remove it or set to -dx12.

[Earlam]

The game freezes if I try to play without the -dx11 param, so I have no choice. I can play at 15 fps, what works best with my config is this:

Game option in steam:
-dx11 -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -sm4 -d3d10 -nomansky -lowmemory -novsync -high

Once in game, i type into the console:
r.VolumetricCloud 0 | r.VolumetricFog 0 | r.Nanite.MaxPixelsPerEdge 2 | r.Streaming.PoolSize 0 | ark.VertexCountScaling 1

[wildbill]

Originally posted by Earlam:

The game freezes if I try to play without the -dx11 param, so I have no choice. I can play at 15 fps, what works best with my config is this:

Game option in steam:
-dx11 -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -sm4 -d3d10 -nomansky -lowmemory -novsync -high

Once in game, i type into the console:
r.VolumetricCloud 0 | r.VolumetricFog 0 | r.Nanite.MaxPixelsPerEdge 2 | r.Streaming.PoolSize 0 | ark.VertexCountScaling 1

Interesting. I'm no expert at any of this, mostly I just repeat stuff I've read in here that seems to work. Apparently the -dx11 turns off some features present in the Direct X version 12 driver that were not available in version 11. This would seem to indicate some type of bug present when those features are used. If you haven't already tried this, you might want to check what version of video driver you have installed and see if it is the latest and upgrade if needed. I suspect as more people play games using UE5, most video cards will get updates to improve how they work. No idea of any time frame for if or when this will happen.