Game crashes over corrupt data all the time, cannot play for more than 30min-1hr without it crashing

Game crashes over corrupt data all the time, cannot play for more than 30min-1hr without it crashing.

I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled, run scan and repair numerous times.

I have a good PC, no other crashes in other games, runs Diablo at 300 fps which I capped at 300… what is the deal its unplayable

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Try lowering it to 100.

As a comparison:

I run a 12900K, 32G DDR5, High speed NVMe drive, and a 4080S. Mine is capped to 100FPS, with a 1440 display.

As a result, its rock solid at 100FPS. And the in-game latency is 8.5-10ms. If I unlock the FPS and let it go as fast as it wants, the in-game latency spikes, and problems will begin.

300 will NOT work well with this game. This game does better capped lower than it will higher. Higher FPS actually introduces in-game latency.

If you are running a 4090, I would still cap it to around 150, tops. Prior to VoH launch, I was able to run at 165FPS farely solid with some dips, but after RT got added then VoH, I had to lower the FPS cap to keep the in-game latency under 10ms.

Keep in mind, this has nothing to do with your internet latency.

Good luck.

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You may have bad memory in your PC (or poorly inserted memory modules/intermittent bad contact etc). Or you may be running memory not compatible with your motherboard’s qualified vendor’s list, or memory is running too fast or with too tight timings.

It’s quite common to see memory issues showing up only in one specific piece of software, while all others still work OK. If you’re running overclocked memory with tweaked timings it’s worth changing speed back to default in your UEFI/BIOS and check if game reliability improves.

Also, check if your memory modules are on your manufacturer’s compatibility list. They might work fine even if they aren’t on there, but they also might not. If you’re the handy type, you might want to pull the modules out and then re-seat them again to make sure they’re in all the way and have good electrical contact (remembering to pull the power cord, following proper procedures regarding static electricity etc…)

Also… Malware in your system? Heh. Worth checking out too.

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He literally said it is the only game with an issue. I am also having it. Other games are fine. Is there a memory module exclusive to D4 in my PC?

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Have to agree. Memory problems such as those would show up in multiple things, not just one game.

That said.

I know this game can be touchy about XMP enabled memory or DOCP (AMD) in rare instances.

But skipping past it being memory here:

The reason I pointed out FPS, is because this game is kinda backwards when it comes to FPS and how the game runs.

You really need to set a cap on the FPS rate. And you want that set to where it won’t dip, even if you are in a heavily player populated town, or while looking at the blacksmith inventory. No dips.

If its dipping, you need to set it lower, or start turning things off. Here’s why:

This game for whatever reason is highly dependent on the in-game latency being at 10ms or less. There is no easy way to monitor this, but you can install a tool like RivaTunerStatistics (usually partnered with Afterburner) to provide a customizable on-screen readout of your system stats.

Mine monitors temps, fan speed, GPU load, memory usage, VM usage, etc., along with in-game latency and FPS.

What I have noticed, is when your GPU is set to lets say… 200FPS. But the game is bouncing between 100-180FPS all the time, the in-game latency is constantly spiking and changing as a result. This causes noticeable issues with the game play.

Now, once I get the FPS capped to where its no longer fluctuating at all, the in-game latency flatlines to a nice low 8.5-9.5ms, with occasional 10ms, the game plays very nicely. The only time you see FPS or latency change is when you do a cut scene or teleport, or open a stash. But they are very brief.

Bottom line, stabilize the FPS, stabilize the in-game latency, and the game will perform better and hopefully crash less.

Mine is pretty rock solid, but I keep on top of that in these cases.

Edit

I have to take some of this back. I just got done recording a video showing why this was important, only to find out I was wrong. Somewhat.

I will share said video shortly.

Okay, wanted to provide an update:

This is not exactly correct as I found out when I made this very video proving otherwise:

-https://youtu.be/CEaZxWCrCEw

That said, there is some factual proof that running the game harder and at higher settings does cause issues as well, also demonstrated in this video.

While its a 23min video, I try to show the reasoning behind why I run the settings I do.

In this video I go over my settings, show examples of its performance, then toward the end I try to break the game or cause it to crash. And nearly succeeded. The game was not happy with me toward the end.

And while I was mistaken in part regarding the in-game latency in fact will go down when raising the FPS (which is supposed to happen) the end result when pushing the quality, the FPS and the game asset loading to the limit also did show the game can crash quite easily if you don’t take some steps to prevent it.

In other words.

This game is coded quite badly. Its been a while since I pushed on it like this, but I was surprised at how easily it can be ran to cause it to goof up. Its no wonder so many of you have issues. It didn’t use to run quite this badly. Its no wonder I have had to turn off my RT features this patch.

That said, for some of you, I think the issues can be mitigated, but that doesn’t excuse the codework or the inherent problems the game’s engine is causing with memory usage and overall performance.

Got a pastebin.com of your Fenris log(s)?
I can’t seem to find any posts of yours explaining your exact issue, all of your PC’s specs, or any resolution steps you’ve already taken.

Maybe

Not all games are coded the same way or use the same engine. I can name 3 games off the top of my head right now that have issues with 24H2 due to custom engines that don’t exactly jive with the newest Windows updates (2 of which have been acknowledged by Microsoft & NVIDIA).

I dropped the FPS to 100 capped and will see if that changes anything.

My rig is;
i7-14700KF
ASRock Z790
32 GB Corsair DDR5 6600
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB/WD 1tb
NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super

if that helps, and gpu is updated.

I do have full corsair ICUE fans/ram/cpu watercooling that when the game crashes it tends to crash all my lighting… could that be interfering?

Try disabling the Peripheral Lighting option in the game.

It still crashed on me at 100 FPS, popped up several messages: corrupt, memory and unknown Hard Error…

Can you get me a copy of the FenrisDebug file from that crash?

You can use pastebin.com to share it.

i got the same motherboard as you i use to have a big crashing probleme 3 day ago i do everything a can on my side driver ssd name it to found out asrock listed a new bios update 16/01/2025 after doing the bios update all my issue are gonne i can play the game on whatever graphic setting i want ultra hard medium low issue are gonne DTMace have take quite some time with me on another post trying to figuring something out of this to finaly see that my bios was not up to date

i9 14900kf 3.2 ghz 24
asrock z790-c
rtx 4070 super
32gb ddr5

do I really need to buy a thumb drive to update it?

I’m not easily finding the bios update, mine is the Z790 Steel Legend

you need a 32gb usb driver and format it to fat32

asrock z790 steel legend wifi?

if you have the asrock z790 steel legend wifi the last update is 19.02 publish 2025/1/15

you can see the bios version in windows+R type msinfo32 go on version bios/date you can see the version of bios u have there
or restart your pc spam f2 to go to the bios page all the info gonna be there to

i dont know if this gonna help for your issue but for me that was the game changer of my crashing issue every time i tp or go on another page during my game open now i can play all day long

Ya I crash a lot on portaling or when I first enter an area and there is that lag spike.

Yes Z790 Steel Legend with Wifi

first season this game has ever crashed for me and now it’s doing it ever couple of hours. Also notice a couple of crashes said D4 ran out of memory.
Never had any issue with an D game / season up to this season.
This is definitely something from their side.
I always play a pulverize druid as well.

So I bought a thumb drive, did the Bios update and the game still crashed. Was able to play longer it feels like… at the end of the day feels like its Diablo causing it to crash…