Tired of crashes interrupting yourDiablo 4loot grind in Season 4? Don’t worry, it’s not just you. The forces of Hell have introduced a nasty new bug that causes Diablo 4 to crash when players use portals or fast travel.
This guide covers the cause of crashes in Diablo 4 and a potential fix involving specific graphics settings with NVIDIA graphics cards.
How to fix crashing in Diablo 4 when fast travelling
Since the arrival of Season 4, which introduced abrand-new item overhaulandendgame activity, many players are finding themself face-to-face with the toughest foe in the game:frequent crashes. These crashes typically occur when using a Town Portal or fast travel but can also happen during or shortly after loading screens.
The culprit appears to be NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation, a setting toggled by default on modern NVIDIA GPUs. As someone who has experienced many crashes myself this Season, I wasable to fix all crashing issues in Diablo 4 by disabling NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generationin the game’s settings.
How to disable NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation in Diablo 4
Todisable NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generationin Diablo 4 and hopefully prevent future crashes, follow these steps:
Note that this option is only available on PCs using certain NVIDIA cards, such as the GeForce RTX 4060. It goes without saying for all PC game fixes, but alsoensure your drivers are up to date.
How to Scan and Repair Diablo 4
If you aren’t using an NVIDIA GPU or disabling DLSS Frame Generation didn’t solve your crashes, the next step is toScan and RepairDiablo 4 in the Battle.net client:
Scan and Repairdoes exactly what it says on the tin: It scans Diablo 4’s contents to see if any files have gone funky and replaces them if necessary.
If you’re still experiencing crashes, all that’s left to do iswait for Blizzard to release a fixand avoid fast travel as much as possible. If you believe your crashes are unrelated to the current bug, you can alsocontact Blizzard supportdirectly or reach out on theofficial forums.
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