Fix Party Animals Not Launching, Crashing, Freezing, Lagging & Low FPS On PC
5Fix Party Animals Does Not Start, Fix Party Animals Lag, Fix Party Animals Crash to Desktop CTD, Fix Party Animals Lagging,Fix Party Animals FPS Drop
Step 1) Perform Power cycle- Shut down your computer, unplug the power cable, press & hold the power button ON PC for few seconds, turn off WIFI router, wait for few seconds and restart your WIFI router and then restart your computer
Step 2) Make sure date, time, time zone and region are correct on your computer
Step 3) Check for Steam Client Updates
Step 4) Run intl.cpl and change format to English United States
Step 5) Allow the game exe file to your antivirus program such as Avast, norton, bit defender, McAfee, Comodo etc. also allow the exe file to Windows security and Windows Defender firewall
Step 6) Verify the game files
Step 7) Do a clean installation of graphics driver
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/
https://www.amd.com/en/support
Step 8) Run the game on dedicated graphics card
Step 9) Run the game as an administrator from the game installation folder
Step 10) Disable “Performance Monitoring Flash Indicator” in GeForce Experience
Step 11) Run these commands
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset
netsh interface ipv4 reset
netsh interface ipv6 reset
netsh interface tcp reset
Step 12) Perform Network Reset- Make sure you have the WIFI password
Step 13) Switch to a different network
Step 14) Use Ethernet connection
Step 15) Try -dx12/-dx11 in launch options
Step 16) Update Windows 10/11 to the latest version 22H2
Step 17) Install Visual C++ Files https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-160
Step 18) If able to launch the game then switch to Windowed mode, Turn off DLSS & FSR, opt for a lighter setting of Network Stability Adjustment to minimize control latency, Lower down Graphic Presets
Step 19) Disconnect Additional joystick, controllers. Unplug hotas, wheel, pedals, mouse, Razer Tartarus, disconnect all the additional USB adapter connected to PC, disable Steam overlay, close all the overlay apps (Discord, GeForce Experience, Nvidia shadow play overlay, AMD overlay), Close all the overclocking app such as MSI Afterburner, riva tuner etc. Turn off Razer Synapse (razor lighting effects) and MSI Dragon Center, corsair software, end nahimic services & lightingservice.exe in task manager, remove the undervolt, perform clean boot
Step 20) Increase the Virtual Memory:
View Advanced system settings
Initial Size: 1.5 x Total Ram
Maximum Size: 3 X Total Ram
Step 21) Uninstall and reinstall the game to the different drive (Try SSD first)