PEAK, an online co-op game about climbing, is one of the biggest smaller releases of the year, selling nearly one million copies in just four days. It’s also pretty light on the hardware, but it’s not perfect when it comes to stability, leading to crashes.
If you’re constantly running into a crash during or at launch in PEAK, here are a few things you’re able to do to fix that.
AMD Users: Play in DX12 Mode
If you have an AMD GPU, the developers recommend playing in theDirectX 12 modeinstead of Vulkan. This is supposedly more stable and should resolve any crashes. Switching to DirectX 12 is pretty simple. Instead of using the shortcut to launch PEAK, run the game from Steam, and you’ll be given the choice of renderer.
If this improves your experience, you may also check “Always use this option” in the window.
Don’t Use Alt+Tab, for Now
If you use Alt-Tab during the game, it can result in a crash. For now, avoid that while playing PEAK. This is a known issue, and the developers have confirmed that they are looking into it.
Apply an FPS Cap, or Use Vsync
The developers recommend applying an FPS cap while playing PEAK. I don’t recommend using the in-game tool to do this, but instead applying a cap on the driver level. This means you can simply apply a framerate cap that either corresponds to your monitor’s refresh rate or something you can consistently hit.
Alternatively, you can use the in-game vsync feature to do the same.
This is also helpful if your system is a bit too powerful and you’re getting better performance than your monitor’s max refresh rate.
Verify Game Files
PEAK has received plenty of updates since its release, which is why I recommend checking if all your game files are in order.
Update GPU Drivers
Make sure you’re using the latest GPU drivers, especially if you haven’t updated those in a while. you’re able to get the latest drivers for your GPU from the links below.
Generic Troubleshooting
Apart from that, you can try the following generic troubleshooting suggestions.
If nothing works, you can send your crash logs directly to the developers at[email protected]
You can find the logs here:
Though this shouldn’t be necessary after following my recommendations above for fixing the crashing issues in PEAK.
Ali Hashmi
Ali has been writing about video games for the past six years and is always on the lookout for the next indie game to obsess over and recommend to everyone in sight. When he isn’t spending an unhealthy amount of time in Slay the Spire, he’s probably trying out yet another retro-shooter or playing Dark Souls for the 50th time.
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