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The sequel to the survival horror in the mysterious forest went into early access last week and immediately broke into the first line of Twitch, and the number of simultaneously playing Steam users reached half a million. Sons of the Forest turned out to be an even more fun game than the original, but it wasn't without technical issues. For many, the game crashes immediately after launch or after some time. Also, Sons of the Forest is not well-optimized.
In this article, we will figure out what configuration is needed for a comfortable game at high settings, as well as provide proven solutions for common technical problems of Sons of the Forest.
What kind of computer do you need for Sons of the Forest (system requirements)
Official minimum system requirements (1080p @ 30 FPS, high preset):
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit only!) / Windows 11 x64.
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 570.
- RAM: 12 gigabytes.
- DirectX version: 11.
Official recommended system requirements (1080p @ 60 FPS, high preset):
- Operating system: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64.
- Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X.
- Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.
- RAM: 16 gigabytes.
- DirectX version: 11.
Computer for playing at high. settings at 1440p @ 30 FPS (tested):
- Operating system: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64.
- Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700.
- RAM: 16 gigabytes.
- DirectX version: 11.
Computer for playing at high. settings at 1440p @ 60 FPS (tested):
- Operating system: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64.
- Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 / Radeon RX 6700 XT.
- RAM: 16 gigabytes.
- DirectX version: 11.
Computer for playing at high. settings in 4K @ 30 FPS (according to tests):
- Operating system: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64.
- Processor: Intel Core i5-12400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / Radeon RX 6700 XT.
- RAM: 16 gigabytes.
- DirectX version: 11.
Computer for playing at high. settings in 4K @ 60 FPS (according to tests):
- Operating system: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64.
- Processor: Intel Core i5-12600K / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / Radeon RX 6900 XT.
- RAM: 16 gigabytes.
- DirectX version: 11.
Sons of the Forest won't launch on Windows 7/10
Sons of the Forest crashes with error 0x0c000142 / 0x0c000005
Error 0xc000007b
"Out of memory" error in Sons of the Forest
Game crashes without error/freezes on startup / black screen / vcruntime140_1.dll error
- start Steam ;
- go to the "Library" section;
- right- click on the name of the game ( Sons of the Forest ) in the list on the left and open the properties;
- in the "Local files" tab, click "Verify integrity of game files";
- wait for the process to complete.
Resolution does not change / image goes off screen
- Find the Sons of the Forest.exe file in the game folder.
- Go to properties and go to the "Compatibility" tab.
- Click the "Change high DPI settings" button.
- In the "Override scaling mode..." option, select "Application".
Sons of the Forest slows down / lags/optimization problems / graphical artifacts
Check if your PC meets the system requirements
Update your video card drivers
- NVIDIA GeForce: The site itself will select the appropriate drivers. Just click "Search" and then "Download Now". After the download is complete, run the downloaded file and follow the instructions in the installer.
- AMD Radeon: Scroll down to Search for your product and select your graphics card under Graphics. Click the Submit button. On the page that opens, click LMB on your version of Windows and click "Download". Once the download is complete, run the downloaded file and follow the instructions in the installer.
Turn on high performance for graphics card
For NVIDIA GeForce owners:
- Open the NVIDIA Control Panel by right-clicking on the desktop.
- Select Manage 3D Settings from the list on the left.
- Switch to the "Program settings" tab in the main part of the screen and select Sons of the Forest from the drop-down list under "1. Select a program to configure "(if the game is not in the list, then add the appropriate button next to it).
- In the list below, find the "Power Management Mode" feature and toggle it to "Preferred Maximum Performance Mode".
For owners of AMD Radeon and AMD processors:
- Open Radeon Settings by right-clicking on the desktop.
- Go to the "System" section.
- In the "Switchable Graphics" category, set the graphics card with "maximum performance" as the main one.
- Click Accept.
How to adjust the graphics in Sons of the Forest / how to increase the frame rate
- Resolution: 1920x1080.
- Full Screen: Full screen.
- Vert. sync: disable.
- Max. fps: 60.
- Draw Distance: Medium.
- Global Shading: Low.
- Fog quality: low.
- Anisotropic textures: enable.
- Shadow Quality: Medium.
- Clouds: low.
- Grass: medium.
- Water: low.
- Offset Distance: Medium.
- Billboard quality: low.
- Texture resolution: half.
- Antialiasing: TAA.
- Dynamic resolution: TAAU.
- FPS at dynamic resolution: 60.
- Glow: enable.
- Screen Space Reflections: Disable.
- Blurring: Disable.
- Micro shadows: disable.
- Contact shadows: disable.
- Chromatic aberration: disable.
- Photographic film: to your taste.
- Color correction: to your taste.
"Soapy" (fuzzy) graphics in the game
- Your video card does not have enough memory to render textures in full quality. This game requires at least 6 GB of VRAM.
- Enabled FSR/DLSS dynamic resolution in performance mode.
Sound problems in Sons of the Forest
- Open the Windows Control Panel.
- Go to the Hardware and Sound section.
- Open sound settings.
- Select the default device (there should be a green check next to it) and go to its properties using the button below.
- In the "Advanced" tab, select the default format "24 bit, 48000 Hz".
- If it doesn't help, then lower it to "16 bits, 44100 Hz".
- If this does not help, then run the "Sound Troubleshooter" by right-clicking on the volume icon in the lower right corner of the desktop. Follow the instructions of the program.
Game freezes / “DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG” error / black screen
Game not saving in Sons of the Forest
Where are the Sons of the Forest saves?
Gamepad (joystick) not working in Sons of the Forest
- Delete the device in the "Device Manager" and restart the computer.
- If this does not help, then run the controller setup in Steam and manually set the Xbox Controller mode.
- If this does not help, then try connecting the gamepad via wire.
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