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Crash - Crimson Desert (Workarounds)

Short answer

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: First i reinstalled Crimson Desert few days ago.

The problem

Hello everyone. My game has been crashing for a while now, right as I load into my save. I’ve tried everything, and the only thing that worked for me was rolling back my NVIDIA drivers to an earlier version. I’d like to know if anyone else is experiencing the same issue?

KlistoBR, original post

What players suggest

Well, let me post my Journey. First i reinstalled Crimson Desert few days ago. After reinstall i checked the files by going to settings in Steam/Crimson Desert on the right when you have game screen. It checked the files, all seems good. Then i reinstall drivers to 621.01. It styarted to load Shaders again, and then it worked. For me it does not work on older drivers. it works only on the new…

Vasco de Varan

Desativa frame gen, e caso a qualidade de iluminação estiver em cinemática, baixa pra ultra e faça o teste. E sempre que você fizer um update de driver, limpa os shaders do game.

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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: crash, nvidia, save

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ADD FPS Cap!!

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FPS Cap Limit?

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