Crashes all the time

[ianmartinjjm]

Loved this game in the past, but now it's unplayable for me, crashes all the time. Haven't got any mods etc, re-installed everything, verified the game etc ... and still ... I launched the game and bang, crash. (by the way, my hardware is pretty high end. got no issues in any other game, even the games which put a lot of demand on hardware)

[Evrach]

Maybe a Direct X issue ?

[Copernicus]

Funny thing is, high-end hardware tends to crash. The higher-end, the more frequent the crashing. :) Often this is due to bleeding-edge hardware not being completely tested and early drivers not covering all corner-cases.

Can you provide a hint as to your hardware?

[Tweedeldum]

@ianmartinjjm I had the same thing. Went online to search for solutions, tried it al but all failed. The game kept crashing. But I have found a way to stop it from crashing. For me the problem was with Onedrive. I stopped the synchronisation of files and the game runs smooth. No crashes at all. Once done playing just turn synchronisation back on and you will see the autosave files will be uploaded fine.

If your crashes iare before the game even starts it might be an issue with the launcher. Here is a way to get around that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/mlompp/psa_how_to_bypass_the_launcher_in_steam/

Hope this helps!

[Blitz4]

Originally posted by Tweedeldum:

@ianmartinjjm I had the same thing. Went online to search for solutions, tried it al but all failed. The game kept crashing. But I have found a way to stop it from crashing. For me the problem was with Onedrive. I stopped the synchronisation of files and the game runs smooth. No crashes at all. Once done playing just turn synchronisation back on and you will see the autosave files will be uploaded fine.

If your crashes iare before the game even starts it might be an issue with the launcher. Here is a way to get around that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/mlompp/psa_how_to_bypass_the_launcher_in_steam/

Hope this helps!

same[www.pcgamingwiki.com]

there's also a ton of log files under \AppData\Local\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Logs -- not mentioned in pc gaming wiki but should be added, this is the same place where your benchmark stats are stored
in there just the startup.log will explain why it's crashing

I also used windows firewall to prevent the game from going online, of course this means no multiplayer, so only to test
https://www.esecurityplanet.com/networks/how-to-block-program-in-firewall/

I also suggest removing all fps limiters as that slows down loading the game.

[Playzr 🐵]

It used to crash for me when I used Direct X 12. Someone suggested I play in DX 11 and it hasn't crashed since.

[SlasH]

I can't remember the last time this game crashed when I play (using DX12).