Smart Zoi Crashes my Game

  • Game Version: 20260223.10574.W

  • Platform: Steam Windows

  • Hardware Specifications & Operating System : AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 32GB RAM, Radeon™ RX 9070 XT 16GB VRAM, 2TB

  • Details: I turned it off since it causes my game crashing and not opening during loading the save file new or existing. I don’t have a problem with it until today.
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Thank you for reporting this. I assume with SmartZoi off the game is working fine? :thinking:

Yes. I’ve been fixing it for so many hours and it’s working perfectly fine now with Smart Zoi turned off. Maybe it’s the latest update of the AMD drivers or something.

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Hello,

Just to make sure are you running it on the dedicated gpu?

While the ARs kindly look into this, I wanted to say that your specs seem pretty strong so maybe this is an issue that the new engine caused, in case you are playing in the UE5.6 beta, but you can still try:

  • Update GPU drivers: Especially important for brand-new GPUs like RX 9070 XT.
  • Verify Steam files: Steam → Properties → Installed Files → Verify integrity.
  • Clear game cache: Common folder people delete:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\inZOI\Saved

Also, maybe you could move this thread to Bug Reports!

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Okay I will do that. My driver is up to date. I am not using it on beta since I want to use mods. I tested it out the beta just once then revert to it’s original.

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I tried next engine version just now without any mods and still crashed with Smart Zoi On. Once I turned it off it’s fine again.

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Thank you so much for testing every suggestion right away. This truly helps :folded_hands:

Would you please upload one of the older save files your tried to load with SmartZoi active? I’d like to try to reproduce your bug in all possible ways. Since I haven’t used SmartZoi frequently yet, I’ll try it with my various saves too of course.

20260322-142057.zip (8.5 MB) When there is Smart Zoi On there is no sound during loading when it is about to be on live mode. On Smart Zoi Off during loading and when I hear a sound already that sounds like “Execute” for a property I know I can open it. This is the save file for Smart Zoi Off. I can’t open the live mode when it’s ON, how will I save it? It always crashes whenever I try to open it with Smart Zoi On so it’s not on the save file.

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I uninstall and reinstall the inZOI just now with a clean slate and it crashed with Smart Zoi ON, OFF and it’s fine again.

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Thank you!!! Solved my issue as well! I’ll leave it off for now

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Having the same issue. Smart Zoi was working just fine, now the game crashes on loading any save file. Turning off Smart Zoi fixes it.

I’m also on an AMD card (RX 9070 XT). I tried rolling back the latest driver update, but it did not help. :frowning:

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i’m also on an AMD card (RX 9060 XT), experiencing the same issue even today after the new update!

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Same problem since the last game update, whereas before it worked perfectly

rx 9060xt 16GB

Please fix the problem or refund us for the game.

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Getting this with an RX 7900 XTX as well, I notice that using AI Build in build mode also gives a CTD. Would be nice to get an acknowledgement from the team about this issue

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  • Game Version:

  • Platform: (Steam windows / Steam Mac / Mac) steam windows

  • Mods: (Choose one: never used / removed / active)
    :round_pushpin:If you have used mods before, please list them: never used

  • Hardware Specifications & Operating System (OS version, CPU, GPU, RAM, storage…): windows 11, amd ryzen 7 8700F 32gb ram, RTX 4060ti

  • Steps to Reproduce:

So i’ve posted a report yesterday where my game began freezing and became unresponsive. I’ve finally managed to track it down to smartzoi. I’ve been using it just fine since release last year, but yesterday it randomly started crashing my game. It might have to do something with drivers since i’ve updated my drivers yesterday to the latest version and have finally made the connection

Nvidia driver version is 529.97

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Hello @polkacat99, I’ve merged your post into this thread since it relates to the same issue. Thanks! :slight_smile:

Hello everyone (@here),
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

If the issue is still happening, could you please provide files stated below so that we can check on the issue?

  • DxDiag Report (Windows)
  • Crash Dump Files

Instructions can be found here: How to Send User Files to The inZOI Team (Updated)

Thank you.

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I don’t have a “saved” folder inside my “blueclient” folder, but then again, smartzoi didn’t really crash my game but made it freeze indifinetily.

DxDiag.txt (127.4 KB)

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No ”saved” folder either

DxDiag.txt (93.5 KB)

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My game has been freezing frequently since the last hotfix. I use task manager to kill the game. I tried turning Smartzoi off just now and I played for 15 min before the game froze again

DxDiag.txt (115.4 KB)

. I have never used mods and this is a new save game. I also have no Saved folder under BlueClient.

I’m editing this because I think the only time my game froze was when I had Smartzoi turned on. I did realize that I could ctrl-alt-del and bring up task manager and then my game would unfreeze and I could go back to it and keep playing. I tried turning off Frame Generation and played for over an hour without the game freezing so that seems to be working.

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