Hyper Scape – Crashing, Won’t Launch or Lags with FPS drops: How to Fix

Hyper Scape is the Ubisoft’s new fast-paced battle royale shooter video game. It’s expected that the closed beta will initially come out in the first week of July 2020 and the full release in the 2nd week of July 2020. It’s codenamed as Prisma Dimensions that is actually a new AAA titled multiplayer game set in futuristic virtual place for both PC and consoles. The game also supports crossplay mode and more. However, some of the PC players may experience a couple of issues with the game like Hyper Scape Crashing, Won’t Launch, or Lags with FPS drops, etc. If you’re facing the same, check this guide.

It’s quite expected from a newly launched game whether it’s in closed beta mode or in the full public version. Meanwhile, the issue with the PC games are quite higher in comparison with console games. The online BR games can also cause issues like graphical glitches, game stuck at the loading screen, matchmaking error, black screen issue, and more. So, in order to fix these most commonly happened issues, you will need to follow some of the possible troubleshooting steps below.

Before heading over to the methods, it’s highly recommended to check the game system requirements with the PC configuration. Next, you will need to check whether the internet connection is active or not. Finally, check that the game version, Windows OS version, and graphics drivers version are fully updated to its latest patch. Now, you can proceed to the steps below.

Hyper Scape - Crashing, Won't Launch or Lags with FPS drops: How to Fix

Why Does Hyper Scape Keep Crashing?

It seems that either your game or the PC has some issues. We have mentioned some of the possible reasons below.

  1. PC configuration doesn’t meet the game’s system requirements.
  2. An outdated Windows OS or graphics driver version.
  3. Either your game files are corrupted or missing.
  4. The DirectX version is outdated or not working.
  5. Any overlay app is running in the background.
  6. Windows Firewall or Antivirus program is preventing the game to launch.

Minimum System Requirements:

  • Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 3220 @ 3.3GHz or AMD FX-4130 @ 3.8Ghz
  • RAM: 6 GB
  • Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2 GB), AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2 GB) or Intel HD 520
  • Hard Drive: 20 GB available storage
  • Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card with latest drivers
  • Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse, or controller

Recommended System Requirements:

  • Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
  • Processor: Intel Core i7 4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • Video card: NVIDIA GTX 970 (4 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 480 (4 GB)
  • Hard Drive: 20 GB available storage
  • Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card with latest drivers
  • Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse, or controller

Hyper Scape – Crashing, Won’t Launch or Lags with FPS drops: How to Fix

Now, without wasting any more time, let’s jump into the steps below. Keep in mind that both the Nvidia and AMD graphics drivers are well optimized for the Hyper Scape game. So, if in case, you haven’t updated your graphics driver yet, do this first.

1. Update Graphics Drivers

If you’re using the Nvidia graphics card then update the GeForce Experience app on your PC from the Nvidia official site here. But if you’re using the AMD graphics card on your system, then update the latest AMD Drivers from here.

2. Disable Steam Overlay

  • Open Steam on your Windows.
  • Head over to the Settings > Click on the In-Game option.
  • Click on the checkbox to disable “Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game“.
  • Once the checkbox mark is removed, click on OK.

3. Adjust Discord Settings

  • Launch Discord > Click on User Settings.
  • Select Voice & Video from the left sidebar.
  • Scroll down a bit and click on the Advanced.
  • Next, disable OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco System, Inc.
  • Then disable Enable Quality of Service High Packet Priority.
  • Now, go to Overlay.
  • You can also turn off the in-game overlay.
  • Next, head over to Appearance.
  • Go to Advanced.
  • Disable Hardware Acceleration.
  • Once done, restart the system.

4. Adjust Nvidia Control Panel Settings

  • Click on Adjust image settings with preview under 3D settings.
  • Select Use the advanced 3D image settings.
  • Next, launch the Nvidia Control Panel.
  • Click on Manage 3D settings > Go to Global Settings.
  • Additionally, you can also adjust some of the other options:
    • Disable Image Sharpening
    • Enable Threaded Optimization
    • Use Maximum Performance for Power Management
    • Turn off Low Latency Mode
    • Set Texture Filtering Quality to Performance mode

5. Change AMD Control Panel Settings

  • Go to Global Graphics.
    • Turn off Radeon Anti-Lag
    • Turn off Radeon Boost
    • Use Application settings for Anti-Aliasing Mode
    • Set Anti-aliasing Method to Multi-sampling
    • Turn off Morphological Filtering
    • Disable Image Sharpening
    • Turn off Anisotropic Filtering
    • Use Performance mode for Texture Filtering Quality
    • You can also enable Surface Format Optimization
    • AMD Optimization for the Tesselation Mode
    • Wait for V-sync – Turn it off
    • Use AMD optimization for the Shader Cache
    • Disable OpenGL Triple Buffering
    • Turn off Maximum Tesselation Level
    • Set Graphics for the GPU Workload
    • Turn off the Radeon Chill
    • Disable Frame Rate Target Control

6. Verify Game Files via Steam Client

The Hyper Scape gamers on Steam can follow the below steps:

  • Open the Steam Library by logging into the account.
  • You can find the Hyper Scape game here.
  • Right-click on the game and click on Properties
  • Select the Local Files tab
  • Then click on Verify Integrity of Game Files
  • Wait for the process and then restart the game to check whether the issue has been fixed or not.

7. Uninstall Recent Windows 10 Update

A couple of days ago, Microsoft has released a new update for Windows 10 with KB4535996. So, this particular cumulative update for Windows 10 is quite buggy and causing so many errors or problems.

  • Go to Start menu > Click on Settings
  • Next, go to Update and Security
  • Click on View update history
  • Now, if you can see that there is an update having KB4535996 has been already installed. Make sure to uninstall it.
  • Here you will see Uninstall updates option on the top of the page.
  • Click on it and select the mentioned cumulative update version.
  • Right-click on it > Select Uninstall.
  • It may take some time to delete that update and your system may restart automatically.
  • Have some patience and you can also manually reboot your Windows PC (if required).

8. Remove Temporary Files

  • Press Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the RUN program.
  • Now, type %temp% and press enter
  • You will get a bunch of temporary files on a page.
  • Select all files by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
    Next, press Shift + Delete on the keyboard to remove all the files.
  • Some times some of the temporary files can’t be deleted. So, leave them as it is and close it.

9. Set Default CPU and Graphics Speed

As most of the users always want to use ultra-high performance from the CPU and GPU from the very first day. So, most of the users either buy an overclocked version or manually increased the overclocking speed. So, if you’ve also overclocked your GPU speed and after doing that you’re experiencing bottleneck or lagging or crashing related issues, just set it to default mode.

You can also use the MSI Afterburner tool or Zotac firestorm application in order to lower the clocking speed. Once done, you can run the Hyper Scape game and check if the problem is fixed or not.

That’s it. We hope this guide was useful to you. You can comment below for any queries.

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