WatchDogs crash on screen mode change

[Serenity]

Hey guys,
I've played Watchdogs for a bit and had no problems, however recently everytime I start the game it starts in windowed mode, so I go straight to the menu options and change to fullscreen. As soon as I click apply the game instantly crashes and I have to terminate it. Anyone got any ideas what the problem is?

Graphics Card: GTX 750 TI
Processor: AMD FX 8350 Eight Core
RAM: 16GB

[Speirs]

you can try this when game starts hold alt and press enter this will put your window into full screen

[Serenity]

Thanks for the suggestion, but its not getting it to change that is the issue, the second it tries to load fullscreen, for some obscure reason it crashes.

[Phillip D Monkey]

Try to run it with your full Resolution in borderless its the same thing, doesn't crash for me and you can do other thing while your game runs in the backround.

[Speirs]

you can also try this, go to your documents find my games then watch dogs and edit game profile in there, you have something like this quality ResolutionX="1280" ResolutionY="720" change it to the resolution you want

[Serenity]

It's in fullscreen now everytime it starts but still crashes

[Speirs]

if you are on AMD wich i think you are, try to use different drivers might help (note im just suggesting things no idea if it will work

[Serenity]

The odd thing is, I've played it for a few hours previously without any issues, yet all of a sudden this has cropped up.

[Speirs]

ah, i see. well you can back track abit what did you install or change in the last hours. maybe you can fix the problem by change it back hmm ;)

[Jordan de Tijger]

Sorry to necro but I don't suppose you found a fix for this issue?
When I run it it opens in borderless. When I put it into fullscreen, it CTDs.

[Ubi Milky]

Hello Jordan de Tijger, sorry to hear that you are experiencing this issue also when running at full screen.

Can you tell me what aspect ratio it is you are trying to use, in the settings of the game?

I had the same issue on my 2K monitor when I first launched the game, I verified the game files in the launcher and the 2nd time I launched the game the crash when switching to full screen stopped.

Please try verifying your game files in Steam, then launch the game afterwards and see what happens > https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

Ubisoft Support

[Jordan de Tijger]

Hi, there,

I solved the problem. I believe I verified the files and restarted my PC (can't quite remember but that feels right). This was on Ubisoft Connect, however.

Cheers

[Ubi Milky]

That's great news Jordan, thank you very much for the update, verifying files is a good first step for most problems with crashing in games and you can do this in any game launcher.

If you come across any other issues, feel free to make another post in the forum and we will do our best to help when we spot your post.

Take care buddy.

Ubisoft Support

[BigFoot]

Originally posted by Jordan de Tijger:

Hi, there,

I solved the problem. I believe I verified the files and restarted my PC (can't quite remember but that feels right). This was on Ubisoft Connect, however.

Cheers

How to do it? I couldn't find an option on Ubisoft app

[Ubi-Keo]

Originally posted by BigFoot:

Originally posted by Jordan de Tijger:

Hi, there,

I solved the problem. I believe I verified the files and restarted my PC (can't quite remember but that feels right). This was on Ubisoft Connect, however.

Cheers

How to do it? I couldn't find an option on Ubisoft app

Hi,

Apologies for the late response.

If you are still experiencing this issue and are wanting to verify your game files then please check the link below:

https://ubi.li/qa75C

- Ubisoft Support

[Jordan de Tijger]

Originally posted by Ubi-Keo:

Originally posted by BigFoot:

How to do it? I couldn't find an option on Ubisoft app

Hi,

Apologies for the late response.

If you are still experiencing this issue and are wanting to verify your game files then please check the link below:

https://ubi.li/qa75C

- Ubisoft Support

Thanks. You going through your backlog? :P