SOTF CRASHING / DATA LEAK?
My specs are good enough to run the game. But it takes so much memory. It uses 7.1gb when entering a save file. Then gradually raising up until 8gb of memory use and crashes / freezes
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How much memory do you have in your system? And how much are you using running other applications? Sons of the forest requires 12gb of ram to run
@JinnKazuyaa what the person above is asking ^
16gb ram atm
Nothing else uses too much, discord uses 700mb
If everything else combined is not exceeding 3 gbs or so, then the problem is elsewhere
Yea , i did verify the files integrity
Run as admin, compatibility mode windows 8, lowest graphic settings possible in game, but it still happens
Most of them just delayed the crash time, and its installed on ssd , not hdd, so im blanking out
Minimum requirements are
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon RX 570
CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
RAM: 12GB
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Storage: 20GB (SSD recommended)
Recommended requirements GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti/ AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
CPU: Intel Core i5-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
RAM: 16GB
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Storage: 20GB (SSD recommended)
I'm not sure if it's your operating system, running windows 8
Wait ill pullup my specs
The problem is my friend has worse laptop and can play well
So im puzzled
NVIDEA GeForce RTX 3050Ti Laptop GPU
16GB RAM
AMD RADEON(TM) Graphics
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
They have shittier specs, and it only takes up 800mb of their RAM and mine takes 8Gb in task manager
It starts off at 7.100gb≈, and gradually rises every second till 8gb, and crashes
Ive never had this problem with any game, and ive run heavier games before
That's strange. Not sure then, sorry.
Alright, appreciate the try man
Imma try to install it on an external ssd later
which brings up second question that may be the cause of the issue til i disappeared for an hour, are u playing it on an ssd or nah?
game has been known to have issues when not installed on an ssd, its even recommended in the listed specs
The game is installed on their ssd
ah ok, hm
wait, their os is windows 8?
Yes, set to windows 8 compatibility mode which I'm not sure if it actually works like that or not
considering windows 10 is also stated as a min requirement, that should be heavily considered as the issue @JinnKazuyaa
I'd be curious if a simple operating system upgrade works. Everything else is met. I played Ark with 16gb of ram and I think min is 12 and it was fine.
Heyya sorry for the damn late reply i was sleepin too long
Im on windows 11 i think? I set it to auto update
I put it to run on compatibility mode for windows 8, and run as administrator as per my friends advice
https://discord.com/channels/268142459844952064/286082526508744704/1390322624365723748
Also do look here, this is what i mean when it keeps increasing. Imma try redownloading on an external ssd real quick.
Yea i read that some people downloading it on hdd is an issue, but mine wasnt
Update : redownloaded on an external ssd and same issue. So back to square 1 for me. Game was at lowest graphic settings possible, and vsync off
Max fps even limited to 60
How are you only using about 9GB of RAM, but it’s at 90% usage..? Surely that means you can’t have 16GB of ram
Ill send a pic in #media🎨
https://discord.com/channels/268142459844952064/286082526508744704/1390326505225064460
Ok super strange. Have you downloaded any FPS booster applications or something similar that’s intended to increase performance? These sometimes clash with certain games - it did for me with BeamNG so might be the same issue idk…
Also your laptop is SUPER loud, so could be an overheating issue. No idea though, SOTF isn’t very demanding.
I’m able to run it on:
Ryzen 5 3600
GTX 1660 Super
16GB RAM
No idea what the issue could be if not what I listed above.
Im using nitro5
It’s also possible that you got a faulty CD Key. If you bought it through steam then that won’t be an issue though.
I can manually adjust its fan speed
I put it on max for high performance games
Okay, that won’t mess with anything
Have you downloaded mods for SOTF?
Yea i have a friend with 8gb ram that played it on his laptop, it occupies 800mb of ram only
Nope pure vanilla
My specs btw
That’s really confusing. It’s a very low spec game.
Are there any issues with the SSD you’re using?
This issue happened with valorant once, but redownloading fixed the issue
Have you tried redownloading?
At first i downloaded on the laptops SSD, i just redownloaded on an external SSD
Okay. Super rare that both SSDs would be faulty.
i dont think my ssd’s are the issue tbh, ive run apex, cs, valorant
Ive even run valorant and 2 roblox instances at once ;-;
Also i did update my graphics driver yesterday :/
Okay so it could be any of these issues:
- Your GPU only has 4GB of VRAM, and SOTF is very VRAM intensive, so lower your graphics settings.
- It’s possible that you’re running the game via your integrated graphics, so see if you can force your game to run through the RTX GPU.
- Very possible that your drivers are fucked, uninstall and download an older version that you know works.
- Your laptop is overheating.
This is really all else I can think of bro, test it all out? Sorry if this doesn’t help!
I did run it on all low / very low / off
I dont know what VRAM is, im not an expert at computers / laptops
How do i run it via RTX GPU?
It was on an older version previously, i updated the drivers after crashing a lot and it still persists with the same shi
And its not overheating, my airconditioning is at 18C, my room is freezing
VRAM is video-memory. It’s required to run games and display the picture. Some games require more VRAM than others. SOTF requires quite a bit, potentially more than your GPU offers. My GPU for example has 8GB of VRAM, and so I can run most games very well.
Haha not your room! The internals of the Laptop! Download a temperature regulator and check your temps. Super important to keep them low
Yeaa ik what u meant, but its not overheating. I just changed the laptops fans earlier this year
Cpu temp at 62C, Gpu at 41C
Need to go into your settings. I’m not 100% sure as I’m on PC, not a laptop and I don’t have integrated graphics, so it was never an issue for me. I always just plugged into the GPU instead of my MOBO
That’s perfectly fine, not an overheating issue
Should optimizations for windowed games be on or off? In settings
Gpu preferance just set to high performance
Honestly, no idea. Optimizing a PC or Laptop via the windows settings normally doesn’t change much. I’ve done so much to my PC to optimise it and only get maybe 7-8FPS more, so really not an issue.
The only other thing I could recommend is trying to run the game on someone else’s PC through your steam account. Or getting yourself a PC. Diagnosing issues on a laptop is always much harder as the GPU is always worse and RAM is always a lower quality. This is a very strange issue bro
Does it usually use 8gb+ of memory?
My friend who has a midranged + pc only used 4.2gb of memory
Ill ask him later to run it using my acc
It shouldn’t. And the RAM usage increasing so quickly is definitely not normal. It’s very possible that your RAM is dying or that it isn’t transferring the data quick enough
Its maintaining 8.5gb of memory atm, 91% gpu
And the game is running ok?
For now ig?
Weird. Your RAM usage shouldn’t be that high, yet it is likely poor quality being a laptop build. I’m sorry to say, but it might not be possible to run SOTF consistently. Are your other games still working okay today?
Nvm the memory and gpu is still spiking
Ive googled it and i think its called data / memory leak? Hence the post title
Im scared to even run discord rn tbf
You might be in a situation where your laptop will become unusable if that’s the case. Might be time to replace the RAM or get a new laptop/PC…
I’d recommend selling the laptop and getting a low/mid range PC. Mine only costed me £300 and can run most modern games in 1080p
I set the graphics setting in the settings before running the game at low but it auto went to ultra again after in game, just noticed
And lowered everything again
7.5gb memory (maintaining) 51-52% gpu (maintaining)
That’s far better!
Hope it works continuously!
Im still weirded out about the memory tho
Thats absurdly high
Ill let it run for another 10-20 mins, then test it out + discord and see if it crashes
Yeah, it shouldn’t be that high. It is very possible that your RAM is low quality and therefore needs to use more to meet the megatransfers required for the game. It shouldn’t be a huge issue, but if the crashing persists, definitely ask Reddit.
All right , ty for sticking here man ❤️
Of course bro - hope it all works out!