Dark Souls III Freeze.

[hiimFred]

So I played the game just two days before for about an hour and a half mostly messing with my characters creation and getting to know the mechanics in Cemetery of Ash. I has no problems whatsoever.

 

Today I wanted to play and move on with the game but it froze. Twice. The screen and sound just froze.

I could Ctrl+Alt+Del and click on "Task Manager" but nothing happened. I tried to Alt+Tab to Chrome, or Steam, or the Task Manager but the screen simply was black (first lit black, then pure black as if the monitor turned off).

The only screen I could actually see is the blue Ctrl+Alt+Del screen. From there I could restart my computer.

I'm starting to lose my patience here because I had a similar problem with GTA V (where if I wanted to Alt+Tab, or exit the game, I would get a black screen and had to turn off the PC manually).

I also had a black screen problem with an old GPU of mine some years ago. NONE of my friends have ever experienced something like that, and I have NEVER found a solution for it. Am I THAT F*ING unlucky?:P

 

 

My Specs:
i5 6500
GTX 1070 FTW (card is not overclocked)
16 GB Ram
550W G2 PSU
Windows 10 pro 64

[Praesi]

I guess you checked and reinstalled your Drivers.

 

Freezing often is a Heat Problem. Check your Temps.

[hiimFred]

@Praesi Hello and thanks for your time. I do not think it's a temp issue. This particular problem only happened on Dark Souls 3 so far. Not on Witcher 3 (a lot more demanding), not on Doom. Drivers are up to date.

[Praesi]

Maybe validate the game files will help. I didnt had a single crash in DS3. So the Game itself should be ok.

[hiimFred]

@Praesi What do you mean "validate the game files"? Can you be more specific please? I saw other posts on steam too about freezes in DS3.

[Praesi]

16 minutes ago, hiimFred said:

@Praesi What do you mean "validate the game files"? Can you be more specific please? I saw other posts on steam too about freezes in DS3.

Rightklick

Properties

Local Data

Verify game cache

[hiimFred]

@Praesi I must be blind, because I can't find it.. Right Click on the DS3.exe?

 

EDIT: Never mind, found it! Gonna give it a shot. You were talking about right clicking on game in Steam.

[Praesi]

43 minutes ago, hiimFred said:

@Praesi I must be blind, because I can't find it.. Right Click on the DS3.exe?

 

EDIT: Never mind, found it! Gonna give it a shot. You were talking about right clicking on game in Steam.