# Crashes after not playing for a while

**URL:** <https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/7997>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [December 20, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/7997 "2025-12-20T16:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeinziDerHeld](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/heinziderheld/32/4787_2.png) [@HeinziDerHeld](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/HeinziDerHeld)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/7997/5 "2025-12-21T17:14:32Z")

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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](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/7680)**)
- 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](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/6381) + create new save file**)

Please feel free to comment with other possible causes and I’ll try to update the list.

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