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Re: [Old Report] Dead Space Remake Freezing computer / DirectX Error / Driver Crash

I may have found a way. I play at 4k but it always crashes. When I start the game I change it to 1080p for about 3to 5min. after that I change it back to 4k and I've been able to play for about 2hrs.

I then saved and quit. I came back about 4hrs later and started it up again in 4k. it crashed. I changed it back to 1080p for 3min and back to 4k, it work again for my remainder of the game session. Might be a temp fix

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squiddlestiks
New Scout
3 years ago
@PumpDaddyKane Lemme try that, I play at UWQHD.
squiddlestiks
New Scout
3 years ago
Update: That did not change anything for me... Glad it worked for you @PumpDaddyKane.
PumpDaddyKane
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3 years ago
It has indeed crashed again on me within 10min after i tried that trick again. But it is definitely tied to resolution. I've left it at 1080p today for 1hr just to test on the pause menu a viola! no crash, very weird. I doubt we get a fix for this
Kamirogera
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3 years ago
I have been getting these on and off since launch day, I'm certain it isn't tied to any specifications or settings, it seems to be an issue with shaders from what I can tell. Changing the resolution would force the shader cache to rebuild, I also noticed it would last longer when I rebooted my machine, something else that would also wipe that cache. This is going to be a problem they need to fix on their game itself, or maybe in conjunction with drivers, but I don't think the silence from the developers is doing this game any favors, especially because the only people who will deal with this * are people who love the game more than crashing every 2 hours and making it actually impossible to run impossible difficulty because I can't even make it to Chapter 4 without crashing.
Please just at least acknowledge it and give us a timeframe when I can expect to actually finish this game.