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jock.hughes Sep 19, 2017 @ 12:03pm
Avatar project freeze.
as soon as the avatar project starts on WotC my game freezes on the geosphere, any advice ? this has happened every time i play and I have even reinstalled it and only play with WotC mods.
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rain Sep 19, 2017 @ 12:23pm 
Delete the config folder in the documents path and then verify game files. This will reset your settings though.
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rain Sep 19, 2017 @ 2:36pm 
So, any luck?
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Zyrrashijn Sep 19, 2017 @ 10:18pm 
using AV software? Avast maybe?
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Pathborn Sep 19, 2017 @ 10:50pm 
for me it also frequently freezes, but always only on the geosphere. it has nothing to do with the avatar project starting in my case, it just seems to freeze on the geosphere randomly, quite a lot (it hangs and becomes unresponsive, so i have to close it in process manager, it isn't a direct crash). i wonder if it's connected to your issue. i haven't found a solution yet though (looking for one on these forums, that's the reason i'm here)
Last edited by Pathborn; Sep 19, 2017 @ 10:51pm
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Zyrrashijn Sep 19, 2017 @ 11:06pm 
try disabling your av for once and see if there are still hangs. This is mostly related to covert ops.
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Pathborn Sep 19, 2017 @ 11:13pm 
in my case at least i actually have no antivirus installed. i used to use antiviruses years ago but found they were more trouble than they were worth--even mcafee (the founder of the anti-virus company of the same name) says he doesn't use modern mcafee or modern anti-viruses at all.

reading in these forums i have seen people say that sometimes this can happen if the game is installed on a different hard drive than steam itself is. i have multiple hard drives and installed xcom 2 on a tertiary drive, which is not where steam is installed, so that could be the cause. i'll try reinstalling it on the steam directory drive to see if that fixes it. though that is a pain since it's about 70gb and reinstalling 70gb can take all day.
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Zyrrashijn Sep 19, 2017 @ 11:57pm 
you might check write permissions on you documents folder and the folders Xcom is installed to.
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Pathborn Sep 20, 2017 @ 7:56am 
Originally posted by Zyrrashijn:
you might check write permissions on you documents folder and the folders Xcom is installed to.

that is possible, but the bug only suddenly appeared after i bought this dlc expansion, it didn't exist and worked fine without this dlc. and if i play without the dlc it doesn't happen. and my permissions didn't change since then. but i'll give it a check anyway. but to me it sounds like it's just a release bug with a new dlc; often when games or dlc are first released there are bugs that need fixing after a few patches.
Last edited by Pathborn; Sep 20, 2017 @ 7:57am
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Zyrrashijn Sep 20, 2017 @ 8:10am 
but Wotc has several features that write onto the disc the vanilla version did not have.
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Highlord Balkan Apr 4, 2018 @ 10:59am 
Has anyone figured out a solution? I'm having a similar issue here.
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rain Apr 4, 2018 @ 11:11am 
Originally posted by Balkan:
Has anyone figured out a solution? I'm having a similar issue here.
Delete the config folder in the documents path and then verify game files. This will reset your settings though.
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