Potential Random Crashes to Desktop Fix
Have a potential fix for everyone having issues. Like most, could run 2-8 games without a crash, and then an hour later experience 33-66% crash rate. Not gonna go deep into specs, but I am running a 144hz monitor and an RX 480.
Regardless of specs, after the changes I made, I literally am completely crash free in probably 75-100+ games, along with a friend who has literally the exact same PC, and had the same exact issues, and did this config fix and alleviated their crashes as well.
FIRST VIDEO CONFIG FILE CHANGE
https://www.reddit.com/r/lowspecgamer/comments/aothco/how_to_unlock_framerate_on_apex_legends_works/
Follow the directions in this link if you are running 144hz, if you are 60hz or whatever your monitor limit is, just change it accordingly. My video config file that I was running is copy pasted below, if you want to just copy paste it in for ease of testing. make it read only after, otherwise it can get rewritten in game if you even glance at the in-game video settings
"VideoConfig"
{ "setting.cl_gib_allow" "0" "setting.cl_particle_fallback_base" "3" "setting.cl_particle_fallback_multiplier" "2" "setting.cl_ragdoll_maxcount" "0" "setting.cl_ragdoll_self_collision" "1" "setting.mat_depthfeather_enable" "1" "setting.mat_forceaniso" "2" "setting.mat_mip_linear" "1" "setting.stream_memory" "83886" "setting.mat_picmip" "1" "setting.particle_cpu_level" "0" "setting.r_createmodeldecals" "0" "setting.r_decals" "0" "setting.r_lod_switch_scale" "0.6" "setting.shadow_enable" "0" "setting.shadow_depth_dimen_min" "0" "setting.shadow_depth_upres_factor_max" "0" "setting.shadow_maxdynamic" "0" "setting.ssao_enabled" "0" "setting.ssao_downsample" "3" "setting.modeldecals_forceAllowed" "-1" "setting.dvs_enable" "1" "setting.dvs_gpuframetime_min" "6736" "setting.dvs_gpuframetime_max" "6944" "setting.defaultres" "1600" "setting.defaultresheight" "900" "setting.fullscreen" "1" "setting.nowindowborder" "0" "setting.volumetric_lighting" "0" "setting.mat_vsync_mode" "0" "setting.mat_backbuffer_count" "1" "setting.mat_antialias_mode" "12" "setting.csm_enabled" "0" "setting.csm_coverage" "0" "setting.csm_cascade_res" "512" "setting.fadeDistScale" "1.000000" "setting.dvs_supersample_enable" "0" "setting.gamma" "1.000000" "setting.configversion" "7" }
end video config, 1600x900 not required, just current resolution i am running
Game Properties / Advanced Options Line
"+fps_max 0 -novid -freq 144 +cl_showfps 4 -forcenovsync"
That video config change along with these command line options for 144hz setup completely fixed the crashes for me. It turns on adaptive resolution I believe, so things you aren't straight looking at kinda get toned down / blurred out, but it also helps the game and your frames just run smoother.
So, with that being said, after being crash free for about 50ish games, the adaptive resolution was getting a bit... annoying, or harsh on my eyes, so I decided to play around with settings again. I defaulted the video config file, fired the game up, crashed instantly upon landing. I then set my max frames in the command line options to 110, this fixed the crashing, after every 10 games or so I upped it in 10 frame increments, ending with 135, and still am completely crash free, with a "default" video config.
I'm not too computer savvy but I think it just has something to do with unlocked frames or some kind of frame rate overload that causes the crash.
was also told from someone who just tried " . . . it should be included that people go into their direct video card settings and disable any framerate lock/limiter they may have."
