I've been in this forum before, and some people might recognize me, because I made a thread about my problems with Assassins Creed games. I was frustrated then, but now I'm frustrated again, because now I can't play any game without it crashing. The games that crash: Skyrim, Assassins Creed (the new titles, Valheim crashes the least amount of times, but still crashes), Hunt Showdown, Deep Rock Galactic, Need for Speed Most Wanted (yes, THE OLD ONE, and NFS Payback didn't crash???), Middle Earth Shadow of War (and probably other games I haven't tested yet). Games that don't crash (for some reason): Left 4 Dead 2 (and probably any Steam engine games, because CSGO works fine as well), Borderlands, Minecraft, Sea of Thieves, Project Zomboid, It Takes Two.
All these games are the ones I so far noticed that crash and don't crash, and I mention them because I'm CONFUSED. It seems Borderlands games and Sea of Thieves is a way bigger and newer game than Skyrim or NFS Most Wanted, BUT DOESN'T CRASH. And I have no clue when this started, what started it.
It usually goes like this: I open a game, I play for about 10 minutes and more (depending on when my pc decides to crash it, because sometimes it is completely random). I could be playing Skyrim 10 minutes one time, then playing it for 2 hours the next without it crashing at all. And the crashes have a similar pattern: the game freezes, cuts to an old frame like the main menu from when I launched the game or any other past activity withing the game (in Skyrim, I can even hear my character still doing the actions I press, but all I can see is the main menu frame). That's about it. The screen freezes, cuts to an old frame (or doesn't, depending on the game), I can hear a glitch sound and then I open task manager and end the game (sometimes I can't even Alt+Tab to the task manager, so I have to Restart my pc).
I will put my PC specs at the bottom of the thread. So far I have (in my knowledge) updated my Mother Bord Drivers, any other significant drivers related to running videogames, I upgraded AND downgraded my Nvidia drivers to see if that was the problem. I have cleaned space in my C: drive, I have tried installing AC Odyssey to the C: drive to see if it fixes the issue (Spoiler: it didn't). I have cleaned the fans and clean them at least 2-3 times a year. NOTHING HELPED.
So please, to the people reading right now, help me xd Cause I'm really frustrated that I can't enjoy a simple game of Deep Rock Galactic, and crash every 10 minutes while joining a game with randoms. Or enjoy any game, to be exact.
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gwWBwu0IcHflbvmDdytjSZd
My pc model is MSI GF63 8RD (Laptop)
Disclaimer: for any people that didn't get a response from me and suggested different options in my last post, I want to fully apologize for not answering. The only real reason would probably be, that I didn't get a response for a week, and no emails were sent to me about updated on the post, which led me to believe no help is going to be provided
In addition to my reasoning on this matter, one very well known PC helper responded to my post to mention, that I haven't provided information and that he is personally abandoning my post (which I fully understand). That also added to the fact, that I thought that no help is gonna come my way from anyone else.
If no one want's to respond to this one either, I will fully understand the reasoning, since I was being an *******, but if responses do happen, I will make sure to check them and respond as fast as possible.
Updates (according to the answers I have missed on my last post)
1. Most of the games are installed on my D: drive, and I have tried reinstalling them to my C: drive, but that didn't seem to fix the issue. I don't really know what BB and BF errors mean, so I can't fully answer that question ://
2. Yes, the laptop is plugged in and full ventilation is activated when I play games.
3. A lot of time has passed since I have installed Windows 11, and I believe this issue has been happening even when I had Windows 10, so I don't think that could be the issue.
4. I have performed a clean boot and I believe I have updated my BIOS? I question that, because I have tried to do and it seemed to work, but since my laptop is pretty old and since the problems have continued to happen even after I updated them, I came to the conclusion that it's not the problem (most likely, might try it again if it IS the case). And yes, Nvidia Control Panel and battery settings are all set to High Performance.
On Unreal Engine games, when they crash, I keep getting a message that it's a Unreal Engine issue? I can't seem to remember what it said exactly, but something to do with Direct X which is installed on my computer (something about it not existing, but then the game wouldn't run?)
That's about it for now, I will keep you updated if the clean boot has helped, but for some reason I believe that it's a Hard Drive issue. I might try bringing my PC for physical inspection, but I don't know if people that work on fixing your physical pc parts can help with internal issues (which might really be the closest case).
All these games are the ones I so far noticed that crash and don't crash, and I mention them because I'm CONFUSED. It seems Borderlands games and Sea of Thieves is a way bigger and newer game than Skyrim or NFS Most Wanted, BUT DOESN'T CRASH. And I have no clue when this started, what started it.
It usually goes like this: I open a game, I play for about 10 minutes and more (depending on when my pc decides to crash it, because sometimes it is completely random). I could be playing Skyrim 10 minutes one time, then playing it for 2 hours the next without it crashing at all. And the crashes have a similar pattern: the game freezes, cuts to an old frame like the main menu from when I launched the game or any other past activity withing the game (in Skyrim, I can even hear my character still doing the actions I press, but all I can see is the main menu frame). That's about it. The screen freezes, cuts to an old frame (or doesn't, depending on the game), I can hear a glitch sound and then I open task manager and end the game (sometimes I can't even Alt+Tab to the task manager, so I have to Restart my pc).
I will put my PC specs at the bottom of the thread. So far I have (in my knowledge) updated my Mother Bord Drivers, any other significant drivers related to running videogames, I upgraded AND downgraded my Nvidia drivers to see if that was the problem. I have cleaned space in my C: drive, I have tried installing AC Odyssey to the C: drive to see if it fixes the issue (Spoiler: it didn't). I have cleaned the fans and clean them at least 2-3 times a year. NOTHING HELPED.
So please, to the people reading right now, help me xd Cause I'm really frustrated that I can't enjoy a simple game of Deep Rock Galactic, and crash every 10 minutes while joining a game with randoms. Or enjoy any game, to be exact.
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gwWBwu0IcHflbvmDdytjSZd
My pc model is MSI GF63 8RD (Laptop)
Disclaimer: for any people that didn't get a response from me and suggested different options in my last post, I want to fully apologize for not answering. The only real reason would probably be, that I didn't get a response for a week, and no emails were sent to me about updated on the post, which led me to believe no help is going to be provided
In addition to my reasoning on this matter, one very well known PC helper responded to my post to mention, that I haven't provided information and that he is personally abandoning my post (which I fully understand). That also added to the fact, that I thought that no help is gonna come my way from anyone else.
If no one want's to respond to this one either, I will fully understand the reasoning, since I was being an *******, but if responses do happen, I will make sure to check them and respond as fast as possible.
Updates (according to the answers I have missed on my last post)
1. Most of the games are installed on my D: drive, and I have tried reinstalling them to my C: drive, but that didn't seem to fix the issue. I don't really know what BB and BF errors mean, so I can't fully answer that question ://
2. Yes, the laptop is plugged in and full ventilation is activated when I play games.
3. A lot of time has passed since I have installed Windows 11, and I believe this issue has been happening even when I had Windows 10, so I don't think that could be the issue.
4. I have performed a clean boot and I believe I have updated my BIOS? I question that, because I have tried to do and it seemed to work, but since my laptop is pretty old and since the problems have continued to happen even after I updated them, I came to the conclusion that it's not the problem (most likely, might try it again if it IS the case). And yes, Nvidia Control Panel and battery settings are all set to High Performance.
On Unreal Engine games, when they crash, I keep getting a message that it's a Unreal Engine issue? I can't seem to remember what it said exactly, but something to do with Direct X which is installed on my computer (something about it not existing, but then the game wouldn't run?)
That's about it for now, I will keep you updated if the clean boot has helped, but for some reason I believe that it's a Hard Drive issue. I might try bringing my PC for physical inspection, but I don't know if people that work on fixing your physical pc parts can help with internal issues (which might really be the closest case).