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Jayem200
Seasoned Newcomer
2 months ago

(PC, Steam) TF2 Freezing PC randomly when connecting to servers or games

Hi, I'm pulling my hair out currently trying to get TF2 running on my PC Consistently. When I load into a multiplayer game (and rarely, the main menu) the game freezes my entire computer, locking my cursor and requiring a forced restart to get out of it.

This appears to occur completely randomly, as I when I do get into a game I can run it at 144fps with no stuttering or issues, so I doubt it's a hardware issue. I've searched everywhere for fixes and so far I've tried all of the following to no avail:

  • Verify integrity through Steam.
  • Clear cache through EA.
  • Ran the game in admin mode and compatibility mode (for both windows 7 and 8).
  • Updated graphics drivers.
  • Lowered graphics settings many times.
  • Adjusted server (London, Frankfurt, etc.) for MP.
  • Reinstalling the game to two different drives.

Below are the specs for my PC:

  • Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 5 225F 3.30 GHz
  • 16gb RAM
  • MAG B860 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7E39)
  • GeForce RTX 4060

I think it's something to do with my PC reaching the servers as the game seems to crash either when finding the data centres or joining a game. If I undo the fix found in this guide (https://medium.com/@nart70/titanfall-2-how-to-fix-connecting-to-respawn-servers-bug-1a6adfc4af4d) the game appears to run fine, however I can't find a data server, meaning I wouldn't be able to play MP regardless.

Any advice or similar experiences would be appreciated. Thanks!

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3 Replies

  • ForgottenBread3's avatar
    ForgottenBread3
    2 months ago

    As you said previously if your pc crashes, then try using full virus scan on your pc, if that didn't work try re-downloading system. I think there maybe a miner or other high technology virus on your pc that windows didn't detect so if windows anti-virus didn't helped try using a Dr.web (he requires keys but you can find free keys) or any other free anti-virus which I don't recommend because they can be viruses themselfs. And try using vpn in my case it helped.

  • Jayem200's avatar
    Jayem200
    Seasoned Newcomer
    30 days ago

    I've attempted every step you've mentioned here. Ran multiple scans through multiple different anti-viruses, all of which didn't find anything. Tried the VPN method which didn't do anything unfortunately.

    I seriously doubt it's a virus as I have no other issues in any other game or application on my PC other than Titanfall. The freeze always occurs whilst A) connecting to an in-game server or B) connecting to the data server. By changing my system variables back to default, the game boots just fine, but I don't have any connection to servers. I don't have any interest in TF2 singleplayer but love the multiplayer. Would it be a better idea to take this issue to a general tech-support forum, and could you recommend one if so? Thanks for the suggestions thus far. 🙂

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