Fixing crashing every 10-20 minutes

[ThatSaintConrad]

Every 10 or 20 minutes, it crashes, out of nowhere, no error message either. It just quits and all I would be doing is walking, opening something, attacking, firing, ect. I just fixed the lag too and I tried getting a refund before fixing the lag but sadly steam is too greedy to give me my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ money back. Please give me a simple, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ way of fixing crashing or else I can never play this game.

[FT]

If you use an AntiVirus program on your computer, you should add the game to the AntiVirus' WhiteList.

If your harddrive has fewer than 15-25gb of space left, you should try to clear some space on it so it isn't super full.

If your computer's PageFile is disabled or limited you should change it back to normal/default.



Those things are pretty quick to get right and they're things you should do either way to make sure everything runs decently.
IF you still have crashing even after all three of those are taken care of, you should really share your computer's specs when asking for help...otherwise we don't even know if you're on Linux or MacOS or Windows8.1 or using a computer with 4gb RAM and an HD4650, etc.
You should also look in the game's folder and copy/paste the latest crash report into the free PasteBin website then copy/paste the link from there into your post here.
This stuff is all in the "how to report issues/problems" thread that I'm guessing you didn't look at....since you posted a crash complaint in the GeneralDiscussion section for some reason.

[Helltear]

To me it seems like RAM or HDD issue. Had similar problems with other games and it turned out one of my RAM sticks was faulty. Do the RAM check "windows memordy diagnostic", if it will be ok, try moving 7d2d to different drive if possible

EDIT: and check your OS application logs, maybe there is a hint why game closed

[JimmyIowa]

Update graphics HW driver to the latest.

Verify game files.

Remove all mods and delete the mod folder.

Some of the moderators here are pretty good at spotting problems in the game logs. See how to report an issue in the support forum for help on how to find and post your game logs.

[ThatSaintConrad]

Originally posted by FT:

If you use an AntiVirus program on your computer, you should add the game to the AntiVirus' WhiteList.

If your harddrive has fewer than 15-25gb of space left, you should try to clear some space on it so it isn't super full.

If your computer's PageFile is disabled or limited you should change it back to normal/default.



Those things are pretty quick to get right and they're things you should do either way to make sure everything runs decently.
IF you still have crashing even after all three of those are taken care of, you should really share your computer's specs when asking for help...otherwise we don't even know if you're on Linux or MacOS or Windows8.1 or using a computer with 4gb RAM and an HD4650, etc.
You should also look in the game's folder and copy/paste the latest crash report into the free PasteBin website then copy/paste the link from there into your post here.
This stuff is all in the "how to report issues/problems" thread that I'm guessing you didn't look at....since you posted a crash complaint in the GeneralDiscussion section for some reason.

quick note on the discussion topic that you decided to add for some reason: since you really care (and I don't) it's on the general discussion because I do not give a ♥♥♥♥. Thanks.
I do not have a crash report folder for some reason, I've looked everywhere in the local files and there is nothing related to crashing. Once again, it did not give me an error/crash message, it just quit.
my specs are:

AMD FX-7500 Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G 2.10 GHz
6.00 GB (4.97 GB usable)
64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

I do have a lot of storage taken up so I will start getting rid of a lot of ♥♥♥♥ but for me it takes a bit. I really need to get a new PC but sadly I cannot afford it, and neither can I afford to make my own (which many have so "kindly" told me to do and called me a dumbass for saying I can't afford a new PC and that I should SPEND 500 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DOLLARS to make my own, which again, I cannot afford either.)

[Philthy]

sounds like your hardware is broken. heat maybe fried some parts. maybe your ventilators dont work propperly

[ThatSaintConrad]

Originally posted by JimmyIowa:

Update graphics HW driver to the latest.

Verify game files.

Remove all mods and delete the mod folder.

Some of the moderators here are pretty good at spotting problems in the game logs. See how to report an issue in the support forum for help on how to find and post your game logs.

have already verified game files
I have no mods, I don't plan on to have any either.
I will check for the latest graphics driver after I free up more storage.

[ThatSaintConrad]

Originally posted by Philthy:

sounds like your hardware is broken. heat maybe fried some parts. maybe your ventilators dont work propperly

they work fine. I even have those keyboard fan things under it to keep it from overheating. Although this PC is very old, I cannot afford a new one and I will probably not get a new one until I don't when but it will take some time before i'll be able to get a new one.

[JimmyIowa]

Originally posted by lil ♥♥♥♥♥ named bobbert BCP:

6.00 GB (4.97 GB usable)

Is this system memory? because that's below minimum requirement for the game.

[Philthy]

Originally posted by lil ♥♥♥♥♥ named bobbert BCP:

Originally posted by Philthy:

sounds like your hardware is broken. heat maybe fried some parts. maybe your ventilators dont work propperly

they work fine. I even have those keyboard fan things under it to keep it from overheating. Although this PC is very old, I cannot afford a new one and I will probably not get a new one until I don't when but it will take some time before i'll be able to get a new one.

it obviously doesnt work fine. but ok...
when was the last time you put cooling gel on your grafic card??

[FT]

The game might just be struggling to run on 6gb RAM and 1-2gbVRAM.

Clearing some Harddrive space (and making sure the PageFile isn't disabled or limited) should help avoid crashes by throwing unused stuff into the harddrive's-PageFile instead of letting it use up all the RAM when the game needs it.


You can also adjust a few of the game's graphic/video options if you haven't already:
TextureQuality HALF
UMAtextureQuality LOWEST
ViewDistance NEAR

This will help the game use less VRAM and less RAM...which might help.

You can also lower how much VRAM the game uses a little by lowering the in-game resolution instead of the Manual ResolutionScaling option. The Manual RES-scaling can be convenient, but it usually uses a little more VRAM and a tiny bit extra CPU+GPU.


IF you happen to run anything else in the background while playing that you could otherwise live without (like playing music or having a browser window open or something) closing that extra stuff should help use a little less RAM too.

[HertoghJan]

I started to have this issue after I reinstalled Windows... out of the blue the game simply crashed, I only got 1 log and it stated there was a problem with D3D11.dll after that nothing else, no new logs after every consecutive game start.

I looked in Windows Event viewer and hoped to find something to get me looking the right way but the only thing there was 7dtd.exe (version) stopped interacting with Windows.

Anyway, a long story short... I rolled back no one but, I think it was 2 versions of Nvidia driver to 511.23 and my problem was solved.

It may or may not help everybody but I hope it helps some of you.

[Mardoin69]

Glad to hear you sorted it out. I'm surprised you can run this game very well at all with only 6GB system RAM. You didn't list your video card (or I missed it.) But, if it's Nvidia based, be sure to always choose 'custom' (or Advanced if they change the name up again) and select the check box for 'Perform a clean installation' whenever you want to update the driver. Some people have tested multiple different drivers and found that version 472.12 seemed to perform much better with 7d2d. It's because the newer drivers added a bunch of fluff that don't apply to most older games and they take away something that the older games CAN make use of....forget the specific on that but, I read into it. Aside from that, FT's settings adjustments are great tips. You can see some more here;

https://steamcommunity.com/app/251570/discussions/1/3190241086281294394/

[HertoghJan]

Hello Mardoin69,

I don't know where you got the information of only having 6GB of system RAM (maybe a typo?), cause you got misinformed.

Mobo: Asus Maximus hero VIII (not the latest version)
CPU: I5 6600K
RAM: HyperX 16GB 2100MHz
GPU: Asus Strix 980Ti
Samsung EVO 850 (OS)
Samsung 970 Pro 2 TB (Games)
Western Digital 1TB (Data nd Stuffs)


It's an 'older' PC for gaming standards but it still rocks!


Regards,

HJ

[Mardoin69]

Originally posted by HertoghJan:

Hello Mardoin69,

I don't know where you got the information of only having 6GB of system RAM (maybe a typo?), cause you got misinformed.

Mobo: Asus Maximus hero VIII (not the latest version)
CPU: I5 6600K
RAM: HyperX 16GB 2100MHz
GPU: Asus Strix 980Ti
Samsung EVO 850 (OS)
Samsung 970 Pro 2 TB (Games)
Western Digital 1TB (Data nd Stuffs)


It's an 'older' PC for gaming standards but it still rocks!


Regards,

HJ

Lol....think I was reading through so much from beginning to end and confused system specs between multiple responders. Yeah, that's actually a pretty beefy game rig. It's the other poster (OP--Saint Conrad) that I was crossing specs with. This is what happens when I get in here into the wee hours of the morning.....need sleep, lol.

[JimmyIowa]

Originally posted by HertoghJan:

I don't know where you got the information of only having 6GB of system RAM (maybe a typo?), cause you got misinformed.

Yeah the 6gb spec came from OP, in this post. (OP has since changed his username)

Originally posted by Saint Conrad:

my specs are:

AMD FX-7500 Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G 2.10 GHz
6.00 GB (4.97 GB usable)
64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

It wasn't clear if that was system memory or video memory. But video memory isn't normally quoted as being "X useable". it's always all useable. So it sounded like system memory.