Unity NVidia GPU Issue

[Stallion]

I was really enjoying this game, needs a fair few tweaks with the gameplay but overall I'm loving it.

Sadly, I have that issue with my NVidia GPU and the Unity engine not getting along, so it will occasionally just switch off my GPU. I hope they work on this as I was really getting into it.

[PixelCraze]

Originally posted by Stallion:

I was really enjoying this game, needs a fair few tweaks with the gameplay but overall I'm loving it.

Sadly, I have that issue with my NVidia GPU and the Unity engine not getting along, so it will occasionally just switch off my GPU. I hope they work on this as I was really getting into it.

Thanks for the report. We haven't seen this particular issue but there are several optimizations coming up next week so maybe those will adress the issue. Please let us know if the issue persists after that.

[Stallion]

I've throttled back the framerate to 60 FPS and this gave me some stability. I got a couple of hours play before it then shut off my GPU again.

[Stallion]

If it helps, every time it fails I check the file integrity and every single time it tells me 154 files have failed to load and will be re-downloaded.

I only try to play after validating the files.

I have currently got my studio to medium movies and now as soon as I choose continue from the main menu it goes to my saved game for a split second and then turns off my GPU.

GPU is NVidia Geforce 4070 Ti Super.

[PixelCraze]

Originally posted by Stallion:

If it helps, every time it fails I check the file integrity and every single time it tells me 154 files have failed to load and will be re-downloaded.

I only try to play after validating the files.

I have currently got my studio to medium movies and now as soon as I choose continue from the main menu it goes to my saved game for a split second and then turns off my GPU.

GPU is NVidia Geforce 4070 Ti Super.

Well, that just got even weirder. What do you mean by "turn off gpu"? Does the game crash or does the entire system shut down?

[Stallion]

The GPU switches off, the rest of the PC stays active until I press reset. There is a red light on the motherboard that lights up to indicate what has caused an error. In this case, the GPU light has lit up and my screen tells me it's getting no signal. I have no way of telling if the game is still running as I can't see anything on the screen to tell me, but the tower remains on.

I downloaded older drivers and tried to play my saved game, same result.

I started a new game and managed to get to the second level short film and then the same error again.

According to Dr Google, Unity causes all sorts of issues like this with NVidia graphics cards. Nightmare, as it's affecting a lot of games I love playing that have been absolutely fine until recently (Farthest Frontier is an example). The games that have issues all use Unity.

If it helps at all, one post on reddit isolated a problem like this to the doorknob on an asset (the literal doorknob on a door on an asset) within the game that screwed everything up. Weird, but thought it might help.

Quick edit to say I've played Cyberpunk, RE2 and Baldurs Gate 3 all with no issues recently so I'm not convinced it's an issue with my rig.

[PixelCraze]

Honestly, as a game developer with well over a decade of experience and hardware enthusiast, having built dozens of computers over the years and after troubleshooting issues related to our game and having personally tested our game on every gaming hardware imaginable for the past few months - I don't think your issue is related to our game.

Games are not capable of locking up your system. We couldn't do that even if we tried to. The worst that should ever happen from running any gpu related app is an application crashing or the system being slowed down. I think there is unfortunately something wrong with your system.

I've had something similiar happen a few years ago, playing Hogwarts legacy on a 3080 with something like 600W psu. That was the only game or application that would crash if I tried using raytracing and I guess that sent the gpu over the power limits, forcing the system to shutdown.

There is nothing on our end related to Movies Tycoon that we can do to help you.
I am just guessing but here's a few ideas what could be the issue:
- Same as mine before, power supply not high wattage enough for the gpu
- GPU defact causing instability
- Any form of overclocking on any component could be causing instability
- Do you by any chance have a recent intel cpu? 12th through 14th. gen intel cpus have a known instability causing defect
- The files you mention being missing also sound suspect. It could be your storage failing and loosing files or getting disconnected while being used - that would certainly lock up a system like you describe.

[Stallion]

I think that the PSU might be on the way out. Chatting to folks about your advice they think you're likely right with your ideas so I've ordered a 1000v PSU to see if swapping out my current PSU works. I've been told they don't always just go "pop", they can just fizzle out over time.

My CPU is a Ryzen 9 5950X that I upgraded a couple of months ago so no, not an intel.

Anyway, regardless of my PC woes you've been more than excellent so Movie Tycoon is getting a massive thumbs up from me on my review on Steam. Hopefully I'll be back after my upgrades and I can enjoy the game.

[Stallion]

Couple of things:
1) It worked fine running on the Steamdeck with a docking port
2) I have upgraded my PSU and my MB (MB just because) and it's currently working great :)

[PixelCraze]

Originally posted by Stallion:

Couple of things:
1) It worked fine running on the Steamdeck with a docking port
2) I have upgraded my PSU and my MB (MB just because) and it's currently working great :)

I am glad to hear that :)