Necromunda: Underhive Wars is an action-based tactical RPG game, developed by Rogue Factor and published by Focus Home Interactive. This is a newly released game on September 08, 2020, and available for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. Though the game has received mixed reviews by the PC players on Steam and offers stunning graphics, some of the PC players have reported that the Necromunda: Underhive Wars game is Crashing at Startup or Won’t Launch or Lags with FPS drops.
Now, if you’re also experiencing the same issue with your Necromunda: Underhive Wars PC game then this guide is for you. Almost every PC game comes with multiple bugs or error codes that plenty of unfortunate players encounter. Even after getting the multiple patch fixes from developers, some of the bugs remain the same or some new bugs start appearing for some other reasons. So, without wasting any more time, let’s check out the troubleshooting guide below to resolve this issue.
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Why Does Necromunda Underhive Wars Keep Crashing?
It’s quite obvious that there may be a couple of reasons present either in the PC or in the game which can cause crashing at the startup or even after loading the game. Let’s take a quick look at some of the possible and most common reasons below:
- Either the game or Windows system glitch is causing this issue which can be fixed by simply restarting the computer.
- It’s also possible that the machine configuration isn’t compatible with the system requirements of the game. You can check out the system requirements below.
- Maybe the game files are corrupted or missing while downloading or installing. Delete the game and files from the drive and retry.
- Most of the time an outdated Windows OS or graphics driver version can cause crashing. Always keep updated.
- Chances are high that the DirectX version is outdated. Try updating it.
- Sometimes even the outdated game version or the client/launcher version can also a major reason. Keep updating.
- There are some of the background running apps that can always create troubles for you due to the higher CPU/Memory usage which can be closed via Task Manager.
- Last but not the least, the Antivirus program or Windows Firewall protection can also prevent the game files to run in a proper way.
Minimum System Requirements:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 / AMD FX-6300
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R9 270
- Storage: 40 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 30 FPS in 1920×1080 Low preset
Recommended System Requirements:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: 4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 970 / Radeon RX 580
- Storage: 40 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 60 FPS in 1920×1080 High preset
Necromunda: Underhive Wars Crashing at Startup, Won’t Launch, or Lags with FPS drops: 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 Necromunda: Underhive Wars 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
- 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 Methodto 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
Necromunda: Underhive Wars gamers on Steam client can follow the below steps:
- Open the Steam Library by logging into the account
- You can find the Necromunda: Underhive Wars game there
- 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 Necromunda: Underhive Wars game to check whether it’s crashing at startup or not.
That’s it. We hope this guide was useful to you. You can comment below for any queries.