Game crashes every time I go to this lake

[tall plank]

Anytime i go to Oaker Lake my game crashes. i have been everywhere else and the game runs fine. my computer is a 3k gaming rig with a AMD Ryzen 9 5900x CPU 32 gigs of ram and a NVDIA GeForce RTX 3080.

[tired loom]

Same ... 🙁

[zinc pilot]

Hello, I have the same problem.

[ivory canyon]

Hi, try this solution that @deft tulip take to me and This is the solution that has worked for me so far. https://discord.com/channels/1250565449847017512/1439601488186835035

[tall plank]

I have verified my files and my graphics card is upto date my ram is fine I can play way more complex games that are harder on computers on max graphics. Its definitely on the game side probably code issue loading that zone of the map.

[ivory canyon]

@tall plank when I change to dx11 the problem gone. I got a try next time to go back to this area to SEE if the problem is in the camping área. I visit the area between lakes and no problem there.

@zinc pilot ¿Your problem was on roswell?

[zinc pilot]

Yes, exactly

[tall plank]

This game offers different dx's I thought i saw it say cimmi g soon.

[ivory canyon]

@tall plank I visit the area and drive thru all the path with not problem.

@zinc pilot I went to roswell, find some meteorites, sell it and exit roswell without problem.

[tall plank]

What is the graphics setting it looks like the low end. I tried lowering my graphics setting from epic to regular in the area and it worked. Its weird it's only in that area I have to do it. I guess because there is a lot plants on epic in the area but I can play KCD2 on max with a steady FPS no crashes.

[deft tulip]

Did you try using the DX11 launch option? It really seems that is the issue, especially if lowering your settings worked.

Higher settings have DX12 features and as it’s more complicated to implement correctly can result in poor performance or stuttering if not done properly. Switching to lower settings means that a lot of these features are disabled which could be the reason it worked.

I would highly suggest using DX11 as it’s generally more stable, at least until DX12 is better implemented.

If you are going to avoid the trouble areas, you should be able to get away with keeping it DX12 and high settings to make use of the advanced features.

[tall plank]

Yeah i didnt know if the game aloud the switch from different DX in the game so that makes sense i was having the issue. So I just have to go in steam properties and change it there. Usually games that alow us to switch when you first launch the game let's you pick. This game didnt do that so I didnt know you could.

[deft tulip]

Many games don’t give the option but switching between dx12 and dx11 is available with most every game.

[ivory canyon]

@tall plank On steam, go to the game and then properties... on launch options puts -dx11

[tall plank]

Yeah i mostly always see the option.

[tall plank]

Thank you!

[deft tulip]

It would depend on the games you are playing but the majority are most definitely not providing options.

The pre-launch menu is becoming less common as developers are moving towards better options like in-game toggles and auto detection. The Steam launch options are available for power users as a fallback (still not guaranteed to work though).

I would personally say:

• Majority of games don’t offer any options
• Roughly ~10-20% of games offer some kind of launch options like pre-launch, steam launch flags, or in-game but tend to be more often adopted by AAA Studios or VR compatible games
• Pre-launch is becoming less common, launch flags are widely supported but often not documented, and in-game options or auto detection is now preferred.

Most games don’t offer these options because it’s much simpler to avoid advanced API launch options, the engine defaults to the best API (Unreal Engine and Unity), and supporting multiple APIs mean a lot more testing has to go into the game to ensure stability.