How to Fix Crash in Star Wars Outlaws (SWO), Frame Generation and More
If you are troubled by crashes in SWO, you have found yourself a great article, as here you will learn methods that can help you eliminate this problem.
It is not new that games are available in different editions offering more features with each tier. A new trend has started to appear lately where for extra money we are granted access to a title earlier. Such is the story of Star Wars: Outlaws. Some of people who already play might have been unpleasantly surprised by technical difficulties in the form of blurry graphics, stutters, but also crashes. Many believe that the latter is caused by the frame generation capabilities of some graphics cards, yet is it really the root cause of this issue? Let’s try to take a deeper look.
Crashes in Star Wars Outlaws Explained
The most faithful fans of Star Wars universe, who have forked out on Gold or Ultimate edition of SWO can enjoy its well-crafted world. Actually, it’s not entirely true, as there are players who are heartbroken by this game’s constant crashes. The main culprit pointed out in several posts on reddit lead to Nvidia’s frame generation technology available on RTX4000 series GPUs. However, there might be a lot more to it.
There are multiple other reasons why the production might be crashing mostly gathered in this reddit thread. Below you will find sieved through and summarized version of it:
- Getting back to frame gen for a moment – the obvious solution for now is to turn it off till it gets fixed. However, even using the latest Nvidia drivers, it doesn't seem to solve the issue. The best thing to do right now is to wait for SWO further patches and be on the lookout for the most recent GPU drivers.
- The next thing that may be the reason for crashes is VPN or rather it’s incompatibility with Denuvo, as it might appear that the title is trying to launch from different locations. For now, it’s recommended to turn the VPN off if possible.
- To prevent crashes, it won’t hurt to verify game files. There are people who claim that it helped in their case. Additionally, turning off in-game overlay is also recommended.
- Another thing that seems to be causing problems is synchronization of saves to the cloud. Of course, having this function enabled is recommended, but it’s worth checking if it is indeed causing crashes in your case. If it helps, turn it off for the time being and keep an eye out on patch notes in future updates.
- Some fans inform that the problem is related to the latest release 24H2 of Windows 11. In their case rolling back to version 23H2 solved the issue, yet it’s not recommended to do so unless you are really desperate to play Outlaws. You do it on your own risk.
- Finally, there is the matter of 3rd party programs that have screen recording capabilities. Turning them off has a chance to stop interfering with the SWO and prevent crashes.
As a personal note, I’ve been experiencing crashes with different production, Ghost of Tsushima, and indeed turning software related to screen recording, like OBS, SteelSeries GG, or others alleviated the problem for me almost completely.
It is concerning that such big and anticipated title with $70 price tag is causing so many issues, especially that its requirements are on the mid to high end of the spectrum. Let’s hope that Ubisoft will take full responsibility for the state of this production and alongside Nvidia they will prepare a batch of performance patches. Till then, we trust that the workarounds provided in this article will help you alleviate the issues and allow you to experience great adventures in the galaxy far, far away.
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