Game's crashing on 1.20.11

[Matt Covino]

Update: Based on a related thread on Reddit, I toggled my graphics settings down one (from High), and I don't seem to be having any issues any more. I'm not sure which specific setting is the culprit, but things seem good now!

[Matt Covino]

Spoke too soon. BSOD.

[Moltrey]

MC:

One other thing you might try is a MS tool I use to check Windows hasn't gone haywire. It is DISM or Deployment Image Servicing and Management, it checks your Windows image against an online version for errors/corruption.

Left click on the Start button, type in command at top search bar, find Command Prompt, launch as Administrator if you can.

Once the black text command window is open type: (Notes: _ are spaces, hit Enter when at end of line to execute. It may take a while to scan through everything.)

DISM_/Online_/Cleanup-Image_/RestoreHealth

I am at a loss as to why this is being such a PITA for you; I haven't had VS crash once yet. Anyway, good luck. Hmm, one other avenue just popped up in my head, you can always download DDU or Display Driver Uninstaller. You are going to want to launch it when in Windows Safe Mode so it can properly do its job. A lot of times old driver detritus is floating around your PC after a while, DDU will take care of it.

 

Edited August 24, 2025 by Moltrey
another thought

[Moltrey]

In another thread, Mickey22 solved his crash issues recently with VS and a NVidia GPU by reverting to v531.29 drivers.

[Matt Covino]

Thanks for the recommendations, Moltrey. I'll give that a shot.

[Matt Covino]

On 8/24/2025 at 7:44 AM, Moltrey said:

MC:

One other thing you might try is a MS tool I use to check Windows hasn't gone haywire. It is DISM or Deployment Image Servicing and Management, it checks your Windows image against an online version for errors/corruption.

Left click on the Start button, type in command at top search bar, find Command Prompt, launch as Administrator if you can.

Once the black text command window is open type: (Notes: _ are spaces, hit Enter when at end of line to execute. It may take a while to scan through everything.)

DISM_/Online_/Cleanup-Image_/RestoreHealth

I am at a loss as to why this is being such a PITA for you; I haven't had VS crash once yet. Anyway, good luck. Hmm, one other avenue just popped up in my head, you can always download DDU or Display Driver Uninstaller. You are going to want to launch it when in Windows Safe Mode so it can properly do its job. A lot of times old driver detritus is floating around your PC after a while, DDU will take care of it.

 

Good news, after upgrading to 1.21 stable, running the DISM, and re-running a few of the utilities in WhoCrashed, my game now seems stable.

Thank you to everyone who commented in this thread. I'm off to start leatherworking!