How to fix computer freezing while playing this game?

[Future Sailorz]

Occasionally the game freezes or crashes. When the game freezes my only recourse is to restart my PC because I can't even ctrl+alt+delete which is a major issue. I'm afraid to continue playing the game, as the crashes/freezes are becoming more frequent/severe the further i progress in the game.

I had the same issue when i first started playing the game a couple years ago -- i gave up half way through because the bugs/crashes were so frustrating to deal with. I was hoping the game would be optimized/playable by now. No other game gives me a problem.

Is there anything I can do to stop this from happening?

I don't have any mods on the game. And none of my hardware is overclocked.

Running game on default settings -- medium graphics.


windows 10
motherboard: asrock z77 extreme4
graphics card: nvidia geforce gtx 660 ti
cpu: i7-3770
ram: 16GB memory

[cretedog]

I would try verifying the game files and check all your drivers. I hope this helps. You may need a little more ram and vram.

[Noeat]

check GPU temperature
and check Windows Event Viewer for errors in that time

[DargonBlak]

turn down the graphics settings - set graphics to borderless

[Future Sailorz]

Thank you all for your feedback!

[MrDeity]

I had a lot of stability issues at higher graphics settings as well. My game kept crashing and giving me the "blue screen of death." That was when I had all settings on high or very high.

When I lowered the settings my game stability issues virtually went away. I put all advanced graphics settings to medium, except for "Game effects" and "Shadows," which I put on low. I strongly suspect the in-game weather effects, which is controlled via the "Game effects," is lacking optimization and is the leading cause of instability for systems having dated graphics cards.

Fortunately, I think the game still looks great even on these lower graphics settings. Give it a try.

[Future Sailorz]

Thanks!

[[DBH].Whismerhill.{SSgt}]

Originally posted by Future Sailorz:

Occasionally the game freezes or crashes. When the game freezes my only recourse is to restart my PC because I can't even ctrl+alt+delete which is a major issue. I'm afraid to continue playing the game, as the crashes/freezes are becoming more frequent/severe the further i progress in the game.

I had the same issue when i first started playing the game a couple years ago -- i gave up half way through because the bugs/crashes were so frustrating to deal with. I was hoping the game would be optimized/playable by now. No other game gives me a problem.

Is there anything I can do to stop this from happening?

I don't have any mods on the game. And none of my hardware is overclocked.

Running game on default settings -- medium graphics.


windows 10
motherboard: asrock z77 extreme4
graphics card: nvidia geforce gtx 660 ti
cpu: i7-3770
ram: 16GB memory

if the crashes get more frequent
then I'd verify you have no hardware issues
-1 do some hardware monitoring, check your temperatures
enable vsync or limit your framerate can also help
-2 check your storage devices (particularly if HDD)
for a quick check up you can use crystal disk info to display SMART status of your storage devices
-2b for a longer check up you can use manufacturer tools

[cretedog]

You can also check your Device Manager and run a dxdiag,exe