Common Problems and Solutions

This Guide is a comprehensive list of every known issue regarding Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes' PC Release. Look inside and you will most likely find that your issue is at very least on the list and being discussed, if a fix has not been found. (Hi Mr K)

Common Problems and Fixes/Workaround

PLEASE NOTE - IF YOU ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE MINIMUM SPECS LISTED ON THE STORE PAGE I WILL NOT ASSIST YOU. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESEARCHING YOUR PURCHASES.

A BETA UPDATE HAS DROPPED. FROM NOW ON THAT UPDATE WILL BE THE VERSION OF THE GAME I WORK OFF OF FOR THIS LIST

1) Poblem - Not attaining max FPS on a monster rig
Solution - Try running in fullscreen instead of borderless (this was an issue I had and fixed this way)

2) Problem - Game fails to start
Solution - If you have all controllers already unplugged (including logitech G13 if you have one), download and install the latest Nvidia beta driver and restart computer. (Thanks The Laughing man!

3) Problem - Crash on startup
Solution - Disconnect controller before startup, reconnect after startup or close DXTory. Additionally, install the beta update.

4) Problem - Snake himself looks blurry as hell on Max settings.
Solution - Turn screen filtering (Which handles Depth of Field) to high instead of Extra High. (Thanks p☈oxy!)

5) Problem - Controller does not work properly and or the camera is messed up
Solution - Install Beta Update

6) Problem - Screen Tearing on Max settings with V-sync on.
Solution/workaround - Force VSync through external program like Nvida inspector (I limit my FPS to 58 through a program like Nvidia inspector and it fixed this issue for me personally)

7) Problem - Snake spinning, moving without input or otherwise performing actions without input, and or mouse not working
Solution - Check device manager and disable andy gamepads you dont have plugged in. (Thanks Fawriss!) You can find them in Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Device Manager\Human Interface Devices. Be aware that one of those controls your mouse, so always right click and choose Properties/Driver and then Disable - this way, if you find the one controlling your mouse, you can re-enable it with your keyboard (Thanks Kazeite!) Additionally install the beta update.

8) Problem - The Steam interface doesn't work when the game is running, can't take screenshots or view the achivement list
Solution - Restart the game. (Thanks p☈oxy!) Or close recording programs. (Thanks Taako!) Another fix for the Steam overlay not working if you are using MSI Afterburner or Evga Precision X, Open RTSS and enable "Custom Direct3D support" (Thanks DIENER!)

9) Problem - Game shows controller prompts when no controller is plugged in
NO KNOWN SOLUTION

10) Problem - Mouse cursor appears over game
Solution - Click the mouse a couple times.

11) Problem - No shells eject from guns
UNRESOLVABLE - Patch needed

12) Problem - certain weapons have bugged animations (URAGAN-5 and AntiTank Launcher confirmed) How the reload animation should look: http://a.pomf.se/gykcic.webm and how it looks: http://a.pomf.se/thfhmr.webm
UNRESOLVABLE - Patch Needed

13) Problem - Mouse Buttons can't be rebound.
UNRESOLVABLE - Patch needed

14) Problem - Invert X or Y does not change mouse control.
Solution - Install the beta update

15) Problem - Sound does not play for cutscenes or iDroid
SOLUTION - If Windows is setup to 5.1 but you are in 2/2.1 change it to that. To do so, go to Control Panel>Sound
There, in the Playback tab, search for your sound card, right click it and left click "Configure Speakers" and follow the Speaker Setup wizard.
(Thanks SkyNET™!)

16) Problem - Game crashes at the ending cutscene.
Solution - this seems to be caused by "K-Lite Codec Pack" So you need to open its Media Tweak Tool and go into preferred decoders and uncheck ".m4v (USE MERIT)". (Thanks -----[B£nJi]-----!)

______AMD USERS READ THIS_______

AMD USERS NEEDS TO GO AND REPORT A MEMORY LEAK ON AMD HARDWARE, IF YOU CAN PLAY JUST FINE FOR 20 MINUTES AND THEN THE GAME CRASHES OR USES INSANE AMOUNTS OF MEMORY, YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM THIS MEMORY LEAK. REPORT IT ON THE CRASH THREAD STICKIED BY THE KJP DEVELOPER

ONLY ONE KNOWN WORKAROUND TO AMD CRASHES - Turn your textures to low. Some people will still crash!

INSTALLING BETA UPDATE

To install the beta update, right click the game on your steam library and select properties

After selecting properties, look for a tab labeled Betas then on "Opt in to a beta" click the drop down box and select Beta Update.

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Adding here the issue that if you play with mouse and keyboard on default control settings, you wouldn't have the option to let go of opponent after grab. You can solve this by simply changing control scheme to action 2, which gives the ability to hold left mouse to let go of opponents

[omnibarebones]

Sgoc, i can't tell if you're serious or not. L2 and R2 are the most common aim and fire buttons on controllers in most games, if you want it to be R1 and X like MGS 1-3, rebind the Steam controller configs.

[Sgoc]

Using PS3 controller. Why did they put aim on L2 and shoot on R2? This is awfull. How can i change it?

[Belwoods]

I tried to play but the game thoesnt sonws.

[rdtsolid]

I tried all the beta updates, still not working for controller, I'm using the logitech controller.
my spec is;
ROG Strix G531GT
i7-9750 2.6GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
16GB Ram
500HDD

What am I doing wrong?

For MGSV TPP controller is working fine and game also fine

[SHEEPISH SUPERCHASE]

i was expecting, more gun.

got help for fixing the game.

[Gray Fox]

uninstall mcaffee

[BattleSupreme]

okay so how do i fix it?

[Gray Fox]

Battlesupreme, if you run mcaffee twice in a row it will detect ITSELF as malware, so uh, dont use mcaffee?

[BattleSupreme]

What about the McAfee crash, where the .exe is detected as malware?