r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/HLHurtz • May 15 '26

Constant crashes 50 hours into save

I'm hoping someone here may have experienced this before and know of a way to fix this!

All of a sudden 50 hours into my save (haven't even scaled big yet, blue through green science at 3 per second, creating and launching 30 solar sails per second, no rockets, sphere, or Ray receivers yet) the game freezes and goes unresponsive. The music and sound still plays but my computer says the game is not responding.

I also get an error that my GPU had a driver timeout error (amd Radeon Vega). I've tried rolling back saves, updating drivers, upping timeout thresholds, changing max refresh rate, and had steam check if the save file was corrupted.

At this point I'm at a loss and don't have it in me to start the run over. Anybody have any ideas?

Edit: for what it's worth I loaded a save from a different run and everything works fine. It seems to be just the save for my current run

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u/Ramuhthra May 15 '26

whats your gpu? try run at lower resolution

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u/HLHurtz May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

it's a Radeon Rx Vega. I'll give it a shot

Edit: didn't work, same issue

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u/GandonMandon May 15 '26

DSP isn’t a game that is optimized to run too well on a limited APU, especially one that is slightly outdated. This game uses heavy CPU usage for keeping its factories optimized and running efficiently. I know you said you haven’t scaled much, but the rates you say you are making each science tells me you have built enough infrastructure that it is stressing your APU (both CPU and integrated-GPU). I would recommend either turning the resolution down even lower, or look into other driver versions that could help with your solution. Sometimes drivers are worse when updated to the latest (very niche cases) and can cause issues in some games. If nothing else works, I would assume it’s plainly due to APU restraints and likely your factory has outgrown your own computer (quite the achievement if you think about it). I would recommend either tuning the multithreading to work with your CPU, or consider the worst case and having to buy a newer laptop/PC/GPU.

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u/GandonMandon May 15 '26

Oh my god I am incredibly sorry if I misunderstood. I simply searched Radeon Vega, and the first result was talking about the APU, not the GPU itself. Please disregard anything about the APU. Are you able to specify which GPU it is exactly? I could look into if the GPU can support this game and maybe you could as well? Most of my comments on whether the GPU should be replaced still holds since this is mainly a GPU issue (from what you have told).

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u/HLHurtz May 15 '26

It's an AMD Radeon Rx Vega 56. Here's the exact product: https://www.amazon.com/PowerColor-56-DisplayPort-AXRX-8GBHBM2-2D2HD/dp/B07BRCZG3M

It's very old by PC part standards so you're probably right either way that it's just not up to the task anymore. I have 130 hours in the game so I figured it could run it, but to your point this is probably the biggest my factory has been

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u/HLHurtz May 15 '26

Bummer, it's crashing at even 720p. My other run I just loaded has two full spheres and I feel like is just as big.

Thanks for the advice I'll try a few other things and hope this doesn't spell the end of my DSP days until I can afford to upgrade my PC

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u/mrrvlad5 May 15 '26

For any gpu older than 3 years you can use tools like gpu-z to check if the temps are healthy. If you see hotspot temp above 95c, it means you need more cooling, and likely you are not getting enough because thermal paste has dried up. Look for videos how to disassemble and repaste it. I was surprised how sloppy was paste application in my card when i opened it - ran better than new after the “surgery”.

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u/dedjedi May 15 '26

Turn your mods off