Crashing after about 10 minutes of playing

[FemboyFerret]

I picked up NMS a couple of days ago since it was on sale (been holding off since 2016) and from the periods of 10 minutes of gameplay I get to do before it crashes, I've so far actually quite enjoyed it.

The issue I'm having is that no matter what graphics settings I change in game (I must've tried over 20 different combinations), I still only get to play around 10 minutes of the game before it crashes. I'm on the latest drivers (1080ti, i7 5820K) running the game at 1440p on a 144Hz HDR monitor (tried both HDR and SDR, still crashing). I've verified the game's files, completely removed the game (saves and settings too) and reinstalled it, still crashing.

If anyone has any idea for a possible solution, don't be afraid to say so :)


Just a little bit more on the "crash"; the screen freezes between 2 frames flickering between each one. I can still hear the game playing in the background along with being able to hear myself moving, jumping, going into the menus, etc.

[Captain.Jartyk]

Maybe your CPU or GPU gets overheated, and therefore crashes, so check their temperatures, and if your fans are spinning and so on ..

[japp_02]

Overheating should not be the problem except if your computer goes in Hybernation automatically (that's what computers do when overheating).
Is there some specific part or location in the game where the crashes occur?
Have you checked / disabled your background programs, especially Windows Update that should not be running when playing?

[FemboyFerret]

Captain.Jartyk eredeti hozzászólása:

Maybe your CPU or GPU gets overheated, and therefore crashes, so check their temperatures, and if your fans are spinning and so on ..

They're both liquid cooled. Neither get past 65c under max load.

japp_02 eredeti hozzászólása:

Overheating should not be the problem except if your computer goes in Hybernation automatically (that's what computers do when overheating).
Is there some specific part or location in the game where the crashes occur?
Have you checked / disabled your background programs, especially Windows Update that should not be running when playing?

No specific part. I'm now able to make it last longer without crashing by setting the texture quality to Standard. Maximum VRAM usage the game got to was 7.5GB (out of 11GB total, 3GB still free).
Windows Update isn't running (I've got it disabled).

[tkwoods]

Have you tried using GeForce for optimizing the game?

I have a 1080sc with 8gb, i7 4770s and 16gb ram. I only have a 60hz display running 1080p.
The graphics are capped at 60fps in hardware not the game.

I have no issues at all with crashing.

[FemboyFerret]

tkwoods eredeti hozzászólása:

Have you tried using GeForce for optimizing the game?

I have a 1080sc with 8gb, i7 4770s and 16gb ram. I only have a 60hz display running 1080p.
The graphics are capped at 60fps in hardware not the game.

I have no issues at all with crashing.

I tried well over 20 different combinations of graphical settings.

[Biderbeck]

are you using a hard drive disk or ssd? could be a hd failure about to happen...

[FemboyFerret]

Biderbeck eredeti hozzászólása:

are you using a hard drive disk or ssd? could be a hd failure about to happen...

Tried on a regular SATA 3 SSD and 2 different NVMe SSD's. Same thing.

[Namaride]

Is this crash mostly happening when leaving a planet?
I had once a "bugged" planet that made me crash often.
Next system, new planet and it was gone.

[anonbc2000]

Maybe just go through the motions and double check these?
Verify steams NMS game files just in case.
Ensure the video drivers are not corrupt, and overwrite if able?
If running windows then run SFC /scannow

If no problems found for any of the above then Uninstall GeForce Experience

Also check your computer's memory, run MemTest86+ from USB stick & let it run ~ 24hrs
If memory gives some errors try reinserting memory, check timings, etc.
https://www.memtest.org/

[FemboyFerret]

Namasteride eredeti hozzászólása:

Is this crash mostly happening when leaving a planet?
I had once a "bugged" planet that made me crash often.
Next system, new planet and it was gone.

It's random. I can be on the same planet or in space, it'll still crash.

anonbc2000 eredeti hozzászólása:

Maybe just go through the motions and double check these?
Verify steams NMS game files just in case.
Ensure the video drivers are not corrupt, and overwrite if able?
If running windows then run SFC /scannow

If no problems found for any of the above then Uninstall GeForce Experience

Also check your computer's memory, run MemTest86+ from USB stick & let it run ~ 24hrs
If memory gives some errors try reinserting memory, check timings, etc.
https://www.memtest.org/

Already verified the game files.
I've ran DDU and reinstalled the latest Nvidia drivers (I've also tried downgrading a couple of generations).
Already ran "sfc /scannow". This is something I do every month anyway.
I'll give memtest a go and leave it running over night. Oddly enough this is something I actually use quite frequently on "test" systems since I actually deal with a lot of second hand memory.

I'll post an update tomorrow with the memtest results.

On an extra note: It seems to be taking anywhere from 30-60 minutes to crash now. So there's some progress, but still not perfect.

[FemboyFerret]

Update on the memtest: All blocks were fine. Nothing bad in the memory at all.
So I'm at an absolute loss here, no idea what to do at all.

[anonbc2000]

Maybe try uninstalling GeForce Experience? Can always reinstall it later.

Edit: Maybe also check/update or reinstall soundcard drivers? (esp. if Creative Labs)

[Thapero]

Any remedy for this as of yet? I have done all the above and then some and still have the same issue.

[FemboyFerret]

jason.s.thomas123 eredeti hozzászólása:

Any remedy for this as of yet? I have done all the above and then some and still have the same issue.

It just started working normally after a while. I still have no idea what caused it to start working, so I unfortunately cannot give a fix for this.

[Thapero]

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jason.s.thomas123 eredeti hozzászólása:

Any remedy for this as of yet? I have done all the above and then some and still have the same issue.

It just started working normally after a while. I still have no idea what caused it to start working, so I unfortunately cannot give a fix for this.

Thanks, guess ill wait it out and see what happens. i ordered another 16g Ram hoping it helps