As I’m sure you hear all the time, I love the game but since 1.6 I am having major issues with KC:D. Sometimes it just closes, but other times it shuts down my entire computer! This is the only game that does this to me. I have a custom built pc that plays most games on max graphics. I turned down all the graphics in KC:D and it still does it from time to time. Does KC:D have an error log somewhere? If so I’ll try and find it and post it. Is anyone else having this issue? Please share. Thanks!
If your computer shuts down by itself, it probably means your GPU or CPU is overheating and it turn it off to prevent any damage to your computer (like a breaker would do at your house or apartment if a short circuit would occur).
Make sure that your remove any dust from the inside (specifically the CPU and GPU heat sinks + fans). Also, you should monitor the temperature of your GPU when idle and when under heavy stress (while gaming) and tell us if your computer is noisy when you are gaming. Make also sure that the case is well ventilated.
Considering what you wrote, it’s unlikely your situation, but I wouldn’t otherwise see why your computer would shut down by itself…
Yea I’ve been monitoring with CPUID HWMonitor and the temps stay the same as any other game. ~58 degrees. It doesn’t shut it all the way down, it goes to a blue screen that starts scanning the error logs. Other times it just shuts down KC:D which I’m assuming that windows was able to handle the error. I clean my cpu fan out once a month, and change the thermal paste about every 3 months. I am 99% sure this is not an issue with my computer. Other graphically intense games work fine (Mordhau, Fallout, ARK etc).
I’ve put 400+ hours into KC:D and have never had this issue until the 1.6 update.
Haven’t had it shut my computer down, but yesterday it ctd’d without so much as a “go fk yourself”. That had not happened to me since beta… This after updating to 1.6 btw.
Ive not had any BSODs (blue screen of death) (generally no longer blue as microsoft is trying to pretend they arent a thing) in any version of KCD.
I did notice my temps were hitting 80s on my cpu for first time ever (watercooled; usually 70s during KCD).
Most games dont push all cores as hard or as long as KCD does.
Id bet that the OPs machine has an overclock on it.
One that proves stable in all other games that are not hitting the CPU 100% (constant).
Id suggest intel burn test (or a range of other software utils) that push CPU to thermal/power limit and see if the PC is fine under load.
Maybe back off 100-200mhz of overclock for KCD.
(Based on post it doesnt sound like the GPU, but those ‘stable temps’ suggest it isnt overclocked either)
Would be great if it was just a glitch with kcd 1.6 (and thusly righted with 1.7)
Ive had no crashes with 1.6 and I have been pushing my overclocks (within 100mhz of top cpu and cache speeds obtainable- KCD will make my machine hot in heavy use scenarios).
Admittedly- rattay north of 40 frames and forrests north of 50 frames per second in ultra details is computer melty territory (older PC)
The only reason I post this (last post, above) is that I have noticed much changes in KCD that add more and tighter CPU crunching and better throughput for everything (netting better fps whilst yielding less popins etc) with a few updates.
At least three updates so far have yielded noticably better framerates (minimums; the framerate that actually matters) and features like cloth physics are guaranteed to add loading.
With this last patch I get framerates as if I have a 1ghz overclock on all six cores/twelve threads.
First patch they fixed cpu effectiveness (1.2 or 1.3 made multicore much better utilised) I could drop my cpu speed 500mhz and net the same fps.
They did it again with last patch (noticable improvement via cpu) and so I started playing with overclocks to see how much extra CPU could still assist this game.
It now appears less of a ceiling; ramping up to 4.5ghz (from 3ghz) nets more fps.
I run at 4.2Ghz (24/7 OC) and KCD now gives better fps than version 1.2 gave with 4.5ghz. (4.5ghz nearly nets me a locked sixty framerate but my cheapie video card holds it back due to ultra plus graphics settings and running top level antialiasing…)
This game wants every bit of CPU offered to it.
I bet it could crash machines with overclocks that run fine in everything else.
Forza horizon 3(pc) is the opposite; so well coded to run poorly on superhigh end rigs that I can get stupid high overclocks on video card and cpu and the machine barely breaks a sweat. Same numbers for battlefield 1 would reset the PC.
KCD would likely die on menu load if set to the same overclocks that Forza allows…
(Hmm have to go hunting for the recent thread here wherebusers game died on the menu load; maybe a thing!)
I’ve noticed hunted animals don’t disappear since 1.6,maybe the cause? The deer hunting spot directly east across the river, I’ve notice about 9 deer are still lying there after about 3 weeks of in game time. Regular Xbox.
The lag and stuttering is almost back at 1.43 for me. More hunting = more lag.
Noticed it too on my kills. wrote a thread on it too “the dead and the staying”
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Sorry, missed that thread. Pretty sure that’s part of the cause.
I tried many fixes too for the same problem of Blue Screen at the intro page itself. I reinstalled, checked core temps, updated drivers, deleted mods and reduced graphics to minimum. That didnt work for me.
What WORKED was to PROVIDE MORE SPACE ON HARD DISK FOR THE GAME since i had less than 5 gb free on it before. After 30 GB free, no more blue screens! Hope anyone getting them again reads this.
Posted same reply in another thread for more people to see. Wishing u luck