I was able to try to reproduce any of the crashes mentioned lately on a different setup which hasn’t played inZOI’s updates after March.
Here’s the system I used for my test:
Game Version: latest
Platform: Steam windows
Mods: none
Hardware Specifications & Operating System: Win11; XMG NEO TGL/M21; Intel Core i7-11800H; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070; RAM 16GB; DirectX 12 Ultimate
Results:
- long shader improvements but no crashes or lags
- lobby was fully accessible without delays, lags or crashes
- canvas didn’t stutter, lag or crash
- old save file: map got updated, everything was still working as intended, no lags or crashes
- new save file: CAZ showed ne issues, loading into the new world didn’t crash, chosen world Cahaya didn’t glitch, lag or crash, Zoi was able to move around and live as intended
Educated guesses what might cause crashes for other players:
- installing numerous updates + patches all at once after not using that setup might corrupt some of the files (-> solution?: verifying game files via steam → How to verify your game viles via steam)
- a lot of driver updates have been released in the past weeks (NVIDIA, Intel, Windows, etc.); these if not installed properly or mix-and-match between old and new drivers for different programs might cause crashes, lags and graphic issues (solution?: auto-updates + manual driver updates)
- corrupted old save files (solution?: Resolving Crash Issues After the Latest Update + create new save file)
Please feel free to comment with other possible causes and I’ll try to update the list.