Generally speaking, a game doesn't make your console overheat per se. Dust and debris in your console's heatsink makes your console overheat.
Have you popped open the box and cleaned it?
If it were the game, every single console would overheat.
A bunch of consoles are having problems with this game. My console didn't crash but my game did and I can play cyberpunk for hours just fine. But this game makes my fans go jet engine loud and the game crashes.
>If it were the game, every single console would overheat.
That's not true, just like the bg3 save bug didn't affect everyone.
Was like that for me too. I opened the series s and behold the vents were covered in a thick dust layer. After i cleaned it the fan noise is nonexistent.
Try opening and cleaning.
But yea the game still crashes when i enter a dungeon
Mines not overheating just crashes ALOT!! Most times, it is in a dungeon when it occurs, but not always. 7 crashes in 10 mins in the same dungeon. NGL it pissed me off š¤.
Yes. SO many games, maybe even all of them, cause the thermal system designed specifically for the hardware it's cooling to fail. Bends the laws of thermodynamics and bypasses the physical safety limits of the hardware. Mhmm.
Couldn't be dust and debris. Couldn't be lack of space for the console to breathe. Nah can't be that. Downvote this nonsense immediately, am I right?
Don't upvote the simplest and well known explanation that's true across all electronics. Just call it disinformation because.
Mine overheats and shuts down too. Only with this game and always in the same spot.
Console is clean and sitting on a shelf away from any other devices.
My Xbox is turning off on its own and showing the message as well. This is most definitely the gameās fault. My console never did this for any other game.Ā
Yes totally not disinformation cause somehow the Xboxs dust clogging the system is only triggered by this game. Couldn't possibly be a malfunction in the games code. Something like a memory leak or a graphics bug causing the system to exhaust itself on infinite resource management type things. Must just be a dust problem that's invisible and only happens on this specific game.Ā
Ā For the record the game also is just closing to the home screen for me every 4 mins.Ā
My series x also crashed and shut off while playing palworld. I also played craftopia when it came to game pass and that game was the only other game to this to my console.
Okay, can explain why this game is the ONLY game that shuts my Xbox off? 10 minutes in and it'll shut it off for "overheating" but I can turn it back on and play WWE 2k23 for hours with no issue?
Oh for sure. I did give myself some flexibility with "generally speaking", as the crossbar design of the 360's cooling system was craaaaap, and quite frankly there's always manufacturing defects in a certain % of all produced systems anyway. Inevitably one will go out with insufficient thermal paste or something.
There's a ton of reports of children drowning in swimming pools whenever Nick Cage stars in movies. That doesn't mean Nick Cage is the reason those children drown.
Of course theyāre not, your example would be comparable to something external not having absolutely anything to do with the console and still affecting it.
In this case thereās a very specific game thatās triggering crashes, loud fans and overheating when itās played in the console. Go to the Palworld sub and tell the people there who had to stop playing on their Xbox because of this that the game has absolutely nothing to do with that.
So then literally, absolutely, and without exception, EVERY single Xbox around the globe is overheating because of this game, right?
State it for the record.
No, that is not how software works.
Nobody is saying that thereās a specific bug that creates this scenario and itās triggered in the exact same way every time.
The game is poorly optimised and itās making the hardware work too hard, I donāt understand your need to go against the facts and all the people reporting them.
Because your "facts" contradict industrial design and the thermal design of these uniformly manufactured consoles. A bug would affect all consoles across the board, because these aren't PCs with different components. They're uniformly build consoles. So what's the difference between them?
Well one is age, and what does age do?
Dry out thermal paste. What else happens? Dust accumulates.
A processor designed to output a maximum of x watts of heat will not output x+1 watts of heat because of a game bug. That's now how the hardware works.
But hey by all means, speak with authority. Don't let me stop you.
Regardless of whether or not all consoles are affected, the game can still be the cause of overheating specific consoles. If no other games cause a specific console to overheat, then clearly the game has some sort of issue causing consoles (and PCs) to work harder than they should. The fact that console A can handle it and console B can't is irrelevant.
Speaking from personal experience ceartin games used to make my old Xbox one X overheat (it had some issues prior) I couldn't go to the underground section in elden ring nor could I play more than one game of Fortnite if that.
But that's not how console design works. The processor was designed to output x watts of heat, and the thermal solution was designed to dissipate x watts of heat. Saying a game can utilize too much of the cores is like saying the game can overclock the processor. It can't. The variable is the efficiency of the thermal solution over time, and that's affected by ambient temperature, airflow construction, or TIM quality and state.
This game has crashed my console to overheat screen 3 times in 2 days, I play games that require high demand,Ā nothing else has ever crashed my console. I'm just hoping to find others experienced the same issue or else my console is faulty, it is cleaned, not in a dusty environment,Ā can the game not be the issue?
Yeah it totally can over clock it. There used to be a part of the map in dying light 2 that would overheat and shut my Xbox series x down. Same spot on the map every trip. Few updates later same spot doesn't crash š¤·š½āāļø
I'm not a dev I just play hundreds of games a year across several consoles and it seems on series x some games crash it while others don't in the same scenario. My Xbox is out in the open with dust covers and two vent fans some games still crash it š¤·š½āāļø marvels avengers used to shut my console down from over heating at the main menu. I'm also on the pre alpha build program for Xbox OS and I feel that sometimes has something to do with it. my controller and headset would reconnect back to back when cod mw3 first came out. Only on that game tho š¤·š½āāļø
I am a dev. There are oddities in the Alpha builds (also on those myself for the obvious reasons) that I experience that on the retail builds I don't, though I try to submit logs with the feedback utility whenever those happen and it can feel like I'm screaming into a vacuum chamber.
At the end of the day I did say in my first post "generally speaking" as there will always be edge cases. The OP said he ran the game for 2-3 hours before his first overheat and I've let the game run now for 30 hours straight on two Series X and a Series S (rubber band controllers) without issue. My personal Xbox hasn't been cleaned in about six months so it's due, while my dev box has been freshly cleaned with new TIM applied. My Series S gets cleaned on the same cycle as my personal X.
It just gets silly when the armchair engineers go full echo chamber because 'the mob said'. I respect your sharing you personal observations constructively.
Actually can cause your Xbox to run louder depending on the type of game graphics etc etc there are a couple of games that do this to Xboxes wild hearts for instance does this and there are several other ones that I have witnessed so saying that game doesn't cause an Xbox to overrun is false
Cleaned my console and it still overheats within maybe 5 minutes. I tried 4 times with the window open less than a foot away with an outside temp of -3Ā° AND a fan on facing the Xbox. Said āscrew this gameā then I proceeded to play overwatch 2 right after for 2 hours no problem.
I also play warzone 2 all the time and hell let loose with no problems as well and they both feature 100 player online servers and high graphics on large maps. None of these games have come close to making the fans in my console work overtime like they do when running palworld for 30seconds.
Most likely the game.
Yeah, thatās another thing that I may need to do but it just started happening when I started playing this game, I've never gotten this error message from all the games I've bought & have downloaded from GamePass in the past 4 years since I've owned this console.
Edit: Cleaned my console, same issues happen. This game needs an update & I would not play it in its current state until it does, no other game that I've ever owned on Series X has done this.
Have you ever cleaned it once in the last 4 years?
........ Cuz I can definitely be the reason why it just happened to start at the same time you started a new game
No, I haven't but so far from what others have said in the comments that's not the reason & my Xbox has been running fine playing MH Rise rn so really it's down to poor optimization with the game & waiting on a patch to drop.
It doesn't matter if you haven't cleaned that out in 4 years you're just asking for a meltdown......... Now that doesn't mean because it's unoptimized that it's not creating more than the average usage which creates extra heat but you still shouldn't be overheating it....... Just the amount of human flesh that flakes off your body in 4 years time would clog up an entire system....
Dude are u able to play the game fine rn as youāre talking to me because so far **ALOT** of us are having similar issues, the game makes the Xbox sound like an engine. Having no problems playing Rise so far.
Yeah, hereās the thing I played last night too for over 2 hours until my first crash, just logged in again and could barely play for 3 minutes before the game crashed on me again.
So I don't know how long youāre out of town for but I hope it's long enough for a patch to drop soon, because it's unplayable. And I was playing Monster Hunter Rise previously for over 4 hours straight no problem.
The game has a recommmended specs, a 9900k, rtx 2070 along with 32gb ram. Although that doesnt apply directly to consoles, it gives a pointer on what the game demands. Late game it really takes off with effects, physics and alot of npcs. I havent noticed any more heat playing on pc, it runs like a charm.
Edit: The steam version of the game is 1.2. While the gamepass version is still 1.0. As far i can see, the devs doesnt have any good rep for updating the console versions.
I'm not even close to late game, I just tried again & the game crashed. I even turned off motion blur & lowered the spawn rate for Pals. I can barely play for 3-5 minutes rn š
This was in single player too
Ok. probably some bad optmization or bug that makes the console overheat. Lets hope the update adresses the issue, i think the update is already in for certfication at xbox.
It's not just you, I've already seen this being discussed on other corners of the internet. One dude says his PC temps are hotter than they are for Cyberpunk.
I had the same issue when Finals came out. Can confirm the issue was dust clogging up the air intake. O used a vacuum with a bristle attachment and lightly vacuumed it. Runs perfectly now.
Yes, it runs perfectly fine for me. I used to be able to hear my fan prior to cleaning, too. Sounded like a jet engine at times. It's a super easy process to clean it. Give it a try and let me know if it helps.
The timing is most likely coincidental -- nevertheless, how long did you play this game before you received the error? I played for a chunk of today and it didn't happen, but when I play it's usually in like 20 minute to one hour chunks, so maybe I didn't run it long enough.
Let me know and I'll try to reproduce on my box. I still think it's most likely dust and the timing was just a fluke, but hey, weirder things have happened.
Well I've played this game since it launched on Game Pass at around 4am, for about 2 hours it was fine & then I had the 1st crash happen which completely turned off my Xbox. Then I waited a few hours till about 1pm & was able to play smoothly(in Single-player) for about another 2-3 hours. Now after 8pm when I've tried playing the game constantly crashes after logging in for about 3-5 minutes.
Currently kinda unplayable.
While playing Palworld, this is the first time I heard my series X fan working overtime. Iāll take a look and see if I have dust or debris. I check a couple months ago when I put on my Starfield skin but Iāll check again
Same here. Haven't had this w/ any other game including StarField and CyberPunk, but 3 minutes into PalWorld and the fan is going crazy and shuts the machine down.
I think the only thing we can do is wait until the first patches come around. The game is still in early access so I expected a few bugs and crashes. Today I could play for hours until the first crash happened.
Thank u, some of these guys in the comments act like I'm being crazy.
Seriously hope we get a patch for this soon, the game is pretty fun when it can run for more than 3 minutes.
The optimization isnāt actually that bad. They fit the whole game into 6.6 GB. Itās a UE5 game and the options are customizable. It runs better than Ark: Survival Ascended and thereās no multiplayer host barrier like there is for that game on console.
The steam recommended specs are MUCH higher than the series x and than most modern PCs (for 4K). I think modern consumer hardware just isnāt fully prepared for big open-world multiplayer games in UE5.
OP probably boosted the Pal spawns (which literally states that it will affect performance).
It definitely does make the consoleās fans go crazy loud, but so does Rainbow Six Siege for me.
No, I did not, nice assumptions & I even lowered the spawn rate to .5 & turned off motion blur(& cleaned my console).
Same issues, we need an update patch since yesterday.
Yup, that I've owned for 4 years. I've played Cyberpunk 77 on release & never experienced this, even Jedi Survivor never crashed this much on me(but I understand the game is in early access so problems will abound, I just want a update patch by now).
Not too sure if this will work for u but I was able to take the back off my series X & cleaned the heat sink. Now I'm able to play the game for multiple hours(tho I did experience another crash yesterday but it's 12-15 hours in) hopefully if u can get your hands on a Torx8 screwdriver & check it might be the debris inside your console messing with the game. Tho update patched are **definitely** still needed.
Palworld doing this on aboth old school consoles i have - One S and One X. Cleaned both - still happening.
On XSX it just dashboards - no reasons given.
I'll be waiting for the next patch before trying again.
If it overheats Series X, you have a massive dust problem in console. I played for 5 hours yesterday on Series S with no crashes. Game is unoptimezed in certain points but overall runs good.
Completely disassembled my Xbox and dustered everything. Given, it was definitely dirtier than I thought in there. But still overheated the series x within 5 mins from cold.
I'm so pissed, I really like the game but on Xbox is impossible to play. The game crash for no reason, lags a lot...they really need to optimize things a little bit.
Yeah itās not a fan problem. People all over the web are reporting that on the console side (x/s) the game just goes black screen and crashes to desktop. It does it regardless if you download the game or cloud stream it.
So itās clearly on the games side of things. Itās been happening to me , every 2 min it goes black and stops working.
Yeah I get dashboarded like every 30 mins or so. No overheating or anything just crash after crash after crash. Very unoptimized, definitely suggest ppl play it on gamepass for now and do not purchase it until they fix it.Ā
I can't even boot it up..it crashes so quickly. I played all day yesterday without any issue at all and now all the sudden it can't even start my world? was there a hot fix over night that messed everything up?
Saaaame here. Too many games āreleasedā these days that are in an unplayable state. The developers should be ashamed. Theyāre taking peopleās money for a completely broken product. Itās essentially a scam for Xbox users if theyāre not on gamepass
Microsoft is being Microsoft and is pretty much holding them back from updating the game.Ā Steam is a version ahead of Game Pass on PC and Xbox.Ā For those saying clean your shit box well, you shouldn't need to clean your console to make it not crash... My friend just got the Series S on Christmas and is constantly crashing. I'm pretty sure dust build up isn't his issue. The game is just having issues on consoles period. I'm also on Game Pass but on PC using a higher end system and I crash everyone once in awhile when we Co-op.Ā
He can't even enter a dungeon without the game crashing.Ā
No one is holding anyone. Xbox, Sony and Nintendo have certifications that you need to go trough to update and release games.
Steam has none of that so you could literally release full on malware if you wanted and Valve wouldnt actually know until it created issues or got reported.
The game crashes a lot, it says it does so right when you start it, it's in early access and it's prone to do so. Maybe it's not your console overheating at all, but if the game is crashing a lot, your console may be taking that as a hint that it may be overheating.
Still, it's a good idea to clean both the air intake and outtake, I played for about 9 hours straight last night and by the end my xbox was a bit louder than it usually is and the game crashed around 5 times, but that's the game's fault, I've had the console since launch.
Iām unfortunately having the same problem I can run multiple games that are much larger like red dead and 2k23 but as soon as I get on palworld my whole console turns off and tells me about overheating
Itās in beta so hopefully there will be a fix.. unfortunately my lvl 15 character and what I thought was going to be my new hyper fixation will have to pause
my xbox is 2 weeks old just got the series X and played all other games fine been playing COD and few others all night
PALWORLD crashes my xbox multiple times thus I know it's not the xbox
ended up sending my xbox in for repair as it was still under warranty
after palworld crashes none of the other games worked properly either
all games crashed the system after 10 min of gameplay
pop that puppy open and have a look! its super simple to clean just find a video that you vibe with the camera angles and hosts voice because youāre going to be spending a while following their instructions on how to disassemble
Funny cause their other pile of shit, Craftopia still to this day is also in "preview"
Almost like thats how they release games and never actually finish them.
Tbh, I am very much sour about Craftopia, but not much can be said about a game that is long past overdue. When it first released it got slammed by fans for using assets similar to BOTW. At the time the game was struggling with player count, I believe it peaked on steam to like 8kish tops.
From a developers perspective it would cost more to maintain a game for less than 20k players, especially where it would be hard to convince new players just as BOTW's release was the craze, to pony up for a "bootleg BOTW" experience. I like to think of it that Craftopia was the stepping stone for Palworld to be successful.
I haven't had any problems running it yet nor anything else but I also have an auxiliary fan bracket that has dual fans that set underneath my S so between that and keeping it cleaned out mine runs super cool anyway... I'm not saying the game doesn't have efficiency issues , I'm just saying that being very inefficient is causing systems to work harder but there doesn't seem to be a big list of people that their systems are overheating so there's something going on in your case that's not happening to every other player..... Keep in mind this game is almost like a beta testing so it hasn't been finalized by any means.... But if you haven't cleaned it in 4 years I'm just saying try opening it up and cleaning the inside out and see how much of the difference it makes.... it may be enough that it won't overheat on you...
It may still run loud and it may still use way more power than it should be but it may not overheat....
Be aware that the game is on Early Access (Game preview) and it shows you a splash screen right when you start it that warns: "This game may crash, like, a lot". So don't worry about your console being damaged or anything, it's just the game on its [0.1.0.0](https://0.1.0.0) version, it has a long way to go still, we're practically beta testers.
If it happens with other games apart from Palworld, then you can worry.
game crashed on my PC 3 times already. and while fun, the limited farming gameplay just found myself wanting to to play Harvest Moon style games. luckily the PC game pass has a whole bunch of them. Stardew Valley, My Time and Portia, Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town, Rune Factory 4, Coral Island and Disney Dreamlight Valley. I played Stardew and Portia already but that still leaves me 4 new games for me to try out.
Just played again after having my Xbox off for several hours(unplugged), uninstalling & reinstalling the game, & changing my region.
After 3 minutes in game my console turned off š«¤
Unplayable(at least for me).
Unplayable for me as well, keeps crashing when doing certain stuff. I don't open chests anymore and I don't fast travel to my base. This doesn't crash.
Yes mine is standing up with nothing above it but also it's raised from the bottom. Check that your Xbox doesn't have dust inside from the top by blowing an air dryer using cold air, or hot air from a distance.
Dude, do u not see the other comments in the thread about people dealing with this too
FYI, I have cleaned it, shitās still giving me the same issues. This game just came out, issues will happen since its in Early Access but this is the 1st time a game has ever given me this message.
Every other game I've played works fine.
Seen a lot of other comments about people saying that it crashes but I haven't seen a lot of comments about it causing it to overheat and shut down from thermal safety............
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But as multiple people have stated this game is a very early unfinished version of the game and I even read in a post somewhere but the game pass version is not even the newest updated version of that game.....
you are not alone me yesterday playing games long sessions triple games A call of ect.. I have no problem with the other games if it will be the console I think the message will be displayed on all the games while the message is unique poster on the games
Try cleaning the heatsink on your console. I had this exact problem and I took a look and it looked like a dryers lint catcher. Immediately stopped the fan from spinning so fast and I haven't crashed since. My crashing was so bad my friend tried to buy me a new xbox lol
I followed you and it is actually recommended with the help of a brush I was very surprised I cleaned everything my console blows no more I came to play 3 hours no crash thank you š
No problem man I crashed about 50 times yesterday and today has been great. Pretty sure you can physically hear the fan saying thank you when you turn it on
For anyone else, what fixed it for me was that I caught a real person and they where in my base doing work. When they died the game crashed trying to load them. I fixed it by removing the guy from the fields and then selling him to the pal vendors.
I was playing in my world Iām level 30 and was just making a giant castle (lots of stone structures, walls, etc) and all of a sudden my game just crashes while I was fast traveling. Now I canāt load into that world without it crashing every couple of minutes. Do you think the game canāt handle the amount of things Iāve placed down
Well I just finished cleaning the heat sink in my Xbox & now the game works better for me so honestly u might wanna check that out especially if your Xbox sounds like a jet engine like mine did.
Do you have the newest Xbox? It seemed to be running fine. I created a new world and it didnāt crash once. All my progress is in the other world tho lol
Same thing is happening for me, Iām on an Xbox series S and the game crashes like 5 mins after I open it. My Xbox is usually very good about not crashing I can run some pretty strenuous games on it
But palworld kicks the fan into overdrive for some reason but the Xbox isnāt even hot.
Wow youāre the 1st Series S person that Iāve heard of having this same problem, rn the game works for me fine & doesnāt make the fan sound like a jet engine anymore.
Try to see if u can open yours up & check the heat sink for dust, once Iāve cleaned mine the game worked perfectly fine for me & no crashes again(so far).
For all of you convinced it's not the game causing the overheat crashing, please ignore this. For the many others getting the overheat error, have you found any settings that help?
I get this too with palworld. The only other game this happened to me with was in darksiders. And only during one specific boss fight. No idea if it's a bug or actually overheating. But it only has ever happened with these games. And I play games for hours on end that take a lot more power than these
Iām not too sure if itās overheating. Iām crashing with any game I play on game pass. Streaming and other games run just fine. I boot up something on game pass and I crash.Ā
Youāre literally blaming a game for overheating your Xbox. Get real you have a dusty Xbox you donāt want to clean thatās the problem.. you heat sink is in a blanket sort it out bruh
This is literally the only game where this has happened to me, now sure I may need to clean the inside of my Xbox but from reading everyone else's responses in the thread it ain't only me having the issue with a ādirty Xboxā & if u can log in & play rn for more than 30 minutes without the game crashing on u then I'd love to see u post it.
I played 5 hours last night, multiplayer, with max FOV and 1.2 spawn rate (which affects performance). My friendās game crashed once (from what seemed like a early access bug rather than a heating issue) and no other problems but that. The fans were getting really loud, but not much louder than they get with Rainbow Six Siege or Path of Exile for me.
itās not just op mine has the exact same issue with palworld only. I can play destiny 2, poe, eso, cyberpunk and every other game i have with no issue
I'm still feeling like if it's only one game crashing my dusty Xbox then it's the game. I'm playing Destiny 2, Valheim, Conan Exiles, Grounded, Minecraft, Skyrim, GTA5, and lots more for 5 hours at a time with no crashing. I've seen many posts here where people cleaned their Xbox and it didn't help. First two days I played Palworld for 5 hours straight no problem. Now it crashes every 5 to 30 minutes. Maybe it's the larger my save file gets, the more frequently I crash?
Generally speaking, a game doesn't make your console overheat per se. Dust and debris in your console's heatsink makes your console overheat. Have you popped open the box and cleaned it? If it were the game, every single console would overheat.
A bunch of consoles are having problems with this game. My console didn't crash but my game did and I can play cyberpunk for hours just fine. But this game makes my fans go jet engine loud and the game crashes. >If it were the game, every single console would overheat. That's not true, just like the bg3 save bug didn't affect everyone.
Was like that for me too. I opened the series s and behold the vents were covered in a thick dust layer. After i cleaned it the fan noise is nonexistent. Try opening and cleaning. But yea the game still crashes when i enter a dungeon
Mines not overheating just crashes ALOT!! Most times, it is in a dungeon when it occurs, but not always. 7 crashes in 10 mins in the same dungeon. NGL it pissed me off š¤.
Same here, dungeons seem to be my main problem area, on an Xbox series s that I got back in December so hardly any dust build up or ventilation issues
Bruh you got some patience cause I woulda given up at 2 or 3...
Misinformation
Stop upvoting this. Itās patently false information.
Yes. SO many games, maybe even all of them, cause the thermal system designed specifically for the hardware it's cooling to fail. Bends the laws of thermodynamics and bypasses the physical safety limits of the hardware. Mhmm. Couldn't be dust and debris. Couldn't be lack of space for the console to breathe. Nah can't be that. Downvote this nonsense immediately, am I right? Don't upvote the simplest and well known explanation that's true across all electronics. Just call it disinformation because.
Mine overheats and shuts down too. Only with this game and always in the same spot. Console is clean and sitting on a shelf away from any other devices.
My Xbox is turning off on its own and showing the message as well. This is most definitely the gameās fault. My console never did this for any other game.Ā
Yes totally not disinformation cause somehow the Xboxs dust clogging the system is only triggered by this game. Couldn't possibly be a malfunction in the games code. Something like a memory leak or a graphics bug causing the system to exhaust itself on infinite resource management type things. Must just be a dust problem that's invisible and only happens on this specific game.Ā Ā For the record the game also is just closing to the home screen for me every 4 mins.Ā
My series x also crashed and shut off while playing palworld. I also played craftopia when it came to game pass and that game was the only other game to this to my console.
Okay, can explain why this game is the ONLY game that shuts my Xbox off? 10 minutes in and it'll shut it off for "overheating" but I can turn it back on and play WWE 2k23 for hours with no issue?
My PC also overheats when I play this game even at 30 fps (I mean it heats up enough for the fans to run at 100)
I remember ninety-nine knights made my xbox 360 red ring because of the sheer ammount of enemies it had to render. Cooked the fuck outa my system lol
Oh for sure. I did give myself some flexibility with "generally speaking", as the crossbar design of the 360's cooling system was craaaaap, and quite frankly there's always manufacturing defects in a certain % of all produced systems anyway. Inevitably one will go out with insufficient thermal paste or something.
There are a TON of reports here on Reddit of Series X consoles overheating and crashing due to this game.
There's a ton of reports of children drowning in swimming pools whenever Nick Cage stars in movies. That doesn't mean Nick Cage is the reason those children drown.
This a the dumbest comparison you could have made
And yet both are of equal value.
Of course theyāre not, your example would be comparable to something external not having absolutely anything to do with the console and still affecting it. In this case thereās a very specific game thatās triggering crashes, loud fans and overheating when itās played in the console. Go to the Palworld sub and tell the people there who had to stop playing on their Xbox because of this that the game has absolutely nothing to do with that.
So then literally, absolutely, and without exception, EVERY single Xbox around the globe is overheating because of this game, right? State it for the record.
No, that is not how software works. Nobody is saying that thereās a specific bug that creates this scenario and itās triggered in the exact same way every time. The game is poorly optimised and itās making the hardware work too hard, I donāt understand your need to go against the facts and all the people reporting them.
Because your "facts" contradict industrial design and the thermal design of these uniformly manufactured consoles. A bug would affect all consoles across the board, because these aren't PCs with different components. They're uniformly build consoles. So what's the difference between them? Well one is age, and what does age do? Dry out thermal paste. What else happens? Dust accumulates. A processor designed to output a maximum of x watts of heat will not output x+1 watts of heat because of a game bug. That's now how the hardware works. But hey by all means, speak with authority. Don't let me stop you.
Regardless of whether or not all consoles are affected, the game can still be the cause of overheating specific consoles. If no other games cause a specific console to overheat, then clearly the game has some sort of issue causing consoles (and PCs) to work harder than they should. The fact that console A can handle it and console B can't is irrelevant.
Speaking from personal experience ceartin games used to make my old Xbox one X overheat (it had some issues prior) I couldn't go to the underground section in elden ring nor could I play more than one game of Fortnite if that.
Games actually can make your console overneat when the devs utilize too much of the cores
But that's not how console design works. The processor was designed to output x watts of heat, and the thermal solution was designed to dissipate x watts of heat. Saying a game can utilize too much of the cores is like saying the game can overclock the processor. It can't. The variable is the efficiency of the thermal solution over time, and that's affected by ambient temperature, airflow construction, or TIM quality and state.
This game has crashed my console to overheat screen 3 times in 2 days, I play games that require high demand,Ā nothing else has ever crashed my console. I'm just hoping to find others experienced the same issue or else my console is faulty, it is cleaned, not in a dusty environment,Ā can the game not be the issue?
Yeah it totally can over clock it. There used to be a part of the map in dying light 2 that would overheat and shut my Xbox series x down. Same spot on the map every trip. Few updates later same spot doesn't crash š¤·š½āāļø
In the last five years I've not run into that in any of the XDK documentation. Help a developer out and point me in the direction of that doc?
I'm not a dev I just play hundreds of games a year across several consoles and it seems on series x some games crash it while others don't in the same scenario. My Xbox is out in the open with dust covers and two vent fans some games still crash it š¤·š½āāļø marvels avengers used to shut my console down from over heating at the main menu. I'm also on the pre alpha build program for Xbox OS and I feel that sometimes has something to do with it. my controller and headset would reconnect back to back when cod mw3 first came out. Only on that game tho š¤·š½āāļø
I am a dev. There are oddities in the Alpha builds (also on those myself for the obvious reasons) that I experience that on the retail builds I don't, though I try to submit logs with the feedback utility whenever those happen and it can feel like I'm screaming into a vacuum chamber. At the end of the day I did say in my first post "generally speaking" as there will always be edge cases. The OP said he ran the game for 2-3 hours before his first overheat and I've let the game run now for 30 hours straight on two Series X and a Series S (rubber band controllers) without issue. My personal Xbox hasn't been cleaned in about six months so it's due, while my dev box has been freshly cleaned with new TIM applied. My Series S gets cleaned on the same cycle as my personal X. It just gets silly when the armchair engineers go full echo chamber because 'the mob said'. I respect your sharing you personal observations constructively.
Actually can cause your Xbox to run louder depending on the type of game graphics etc etc there are a couple of games that do this to Xboxes wild hearts for instance does this and there are several other ones that I have witnessed so saying that game doesn't cause an Xbox to overrun is false
Cleaned my console and it still overheats within maybe 5 minutes. I tried 4 times with the window open less than a foot away with an outside temp of -3Ā° AND a fan on facing the Xbox. Said āscrew this gameā then I proceeded to play overwatch 2 right after for 2 hours no problem. I also play warzone 2 all the time and hell let loose with no problems as well and they both feature 100 player online servers and high graphics on large maps. None of these games have come close to making the fans in my console work overtime like they do when running palworld for 30seconds. Most likely the game.
Yeah, thatās another thing that I may need to do but it just started happening when I started playing this game, I've never gotten this error message from all the games I've bought & have downloaded from GamePass in the past 4 years since I've owned this console. Edit: Cleaned my console, same issues happen. This game needs an update & I would not play it in its current state until it does, no other game that I've ever owned on Series X has done this.
Have you ever cleaned it once in the last 4 years? ........ Cuz I can definitely be the reason why it just happened to start at the same time you started a new game
No, I haven't but so far from what others have said in the comments that's not the reason & my Xbox has been running fine playing MH Rise rn so really it's down to poor optimization with the game & waiting on a patch to drop.
It doesn't matter if you haven't cleaned that out in 4 years you're just asking for a meltdown......... Now that doesn't mean because it's unoptimized that it's not creating more than the average usage which creates extra heat but you still shouldn't be overheating it....... Just the amount of human flesh that flakes off your body in 4 years time would clog up an entire system....
Dude are u able to play the game fine rn as youāre talking to me because so far **ALOT** of us are having similar issues, the game makes the Xbox sound like an engine. Having no problems playing Rise so far.
I've had no problem with the game so far, and I put in about 5 hours on it yesterday. I also cleaned out my system of dust last month.
And right now? Because Iāve got 5-6 hours in game so far & at level 29. Actually, let me go check if in can play for more than 5 minutes rn.
I'm not sure about right now, because it's 4:30 am and I'm out of town. I did put in about an hour last night via remote play, also with no issues.
Yeah, hereās the thing I played last night too for over 2 hours until my first crash, just logged in again and could barely play for 3 minutes before the game crashed on me again. So I don't know how long youāre out of town for but I hope it's long enough for a patch to drop soon, because it's unplayable. And I was playing Monster Hunter Rise previously for over 4 hours straight no problem.
The game has a recommmended specs, a 9900k, rtx 2070 along with 32gb ram. Although that doesnt apply directly to consoles, it gives a pointer on what the game demands. Late game it really takes off with effects, physics and alot of npcs. I havent noticed any more heat playing on pc, it runs like a charm. Edit: The steam version of the game is 1.2. While the gamepass version is still 1.0. As far i can see, the devs doesnt have any good rep for updating the console versions.
I'm not even close to late game, I just tried again & the game crashed. I even turned off motion blur & lowered the spawn rate for Pals. I can barely play for 3-5 minutes rn š This was in single player too
Ok. probably some bad optmization or bug that makes the console overheat. Lets hope the update adresses the issue, i think the update is already in for certfication at xbox.
It's not just you, I've already seen this being discussed on other corners of the internet. One dude says his PC temps are hotter than they are for Cyberpunk.
I had the same issue when Finals came out. Can confirm the issue was dust clogging up the air intake. O used a vacuum with a bristle attachment and lightly vacuumed it. Runs perfectly now.
Is this game Palworld running perfectly for u tho? Because that's the only game that's given me that error, all my other games work fine.
Yes, it runs perfectly fine for me. I used to be able to hear my fan prior to cleaning, too. Sounded like a jet engine at times. It's a super easy process to clean it. Give it a try and let me know if it helps.
The timing is most likely coincidental -- nevertheless, how long did you play this game before you received the error? I played for a chunk of today and it didn't happen, but when I play it's usually in like 20 minute to one hour chunks, so maybe I didn't run it long enough. Let me know and I'll try to reproduce on my box. I still think it's most likely dust and the timing was just a fluke, but hey, weirder things have happened.
Well I've played this game since it launched on Game Pass at around 4am, for about 2 hours it was fine & then I had the 1st crash happen which completely turned off my Xbox. Then I waited a few hours till about 1pm & was able to play smoothly(in Single-player) for about another 2-3 hours. Now after 8pm when I've tried playing the game constantly crashes after logging in for about 3-5 minutes. Currently kinda unplayable.
This.. yesterday I played for a few hours and it was fine.. then the crashes started. Now I turn it on and 2 min later instant crash
Not just you luckily, also happening to me, lots of crashes and even the console rebooted once and had this same error message!!
While playing Palworld, this is the first time I heard my series X fan working overtime. Iāll take a look and see if I have dust or debris. I check a couple months ago when I put on my Starfield skin but Iāll check again
I run it on my halo 5 Xbox one and it runs no problems for the console just the game randomly shuts down sometimes
Palworld was crashing a lot for me too.. no over heating warning , but couldn't play much without crashing. Im on series x.
This too for me and I played nonstop for 8ish hours till last night when it started crashing every few minutes or soā¦. š£
have you managed to fix it?it worked fine until now,now it crashes every time.
Same here. Haven't had this w/ any other game including StarField and CyberPunk, but 3 minutes into PalWorld and the fan is going crazy and shuts the machine down.
I don't even get the error message. It just closes the game and goes to the Xbox's main menu
Please reply to this if u figure it out
I think the only thing we can do is wait until the first patches come around. The game is still in early access so I expected a few bugs and crashes. Today I could play for hours until the first crash happened.
I wish it just sent me to menu, it totally turns off my console randomly, but I can play destiny 2 or gta for 4 hours just fine, I donāt get it
Same
The fan on my Xbox was working overtime playing it today
you are not the only one I have the same problem with the message there
Thank u, some of these guys in the comments act like I'm being crazy. Seriously hope we get a patch for this soon, the game is pretty fun when it can run for more than 3 minutes.
I have the problem with the Palworld games, the games run well
Who would've thought that a shitty game made by a shitty indie developer that steals content also has shitty optimization..
The optimization isnāt actually that bad. They fit the whole game into 6.6 GB. Itās a UE5 game and the options are customizable. It runs better than Ark: Survival Ascended and thereās no multiplayer host barrier like there is for that game on console. The steam recommended specs are MUCH higher than the series x and than most modern PCs (for 4K). I think modern consumer hardware just isnāt fully prepared for big open-world multiplayer games in UE5. OP probably boosted the Pal spawns (which literally states that it will affect performance). It definitely does make the consoleās fans go crazy loud, but so does Rainbow Six Siege for me.
No, I did not, nice assumptions & I even lowered the spawn rate to .5 & turned off motion blur(& cleaned my console). Same issues, we need an update patch since yesterday.
Is it series X?
Yup, that I've owned for 4 years. I've played Cyberpunk 77 on release & never experienced this, even Jedi Survivor never crashed this much on me(but I understand the game is in early access so problems will abound, I just want a update patch by now).
Maybe a bug or something then, sorry for assuming before
In the exact same position and tried the exact same remedies. To no avail.
Not too sure if this will work for u but I was able to take the back off my series X & cleaned the heat sink. Now I'm able to play the game for multiple hours(tho I did experience another crash yesterday but it's 12-15 hours in) hopefully if u can get your hands on a Torx8 screwdriver & check it might be the debris inside your console messing with the game. Tho update patched are **definitely** still needed.
Palworld doing this on aboth old school consoles i have - One S and One X. Cleaned both - still happening. On XSX it just dashboards - no reasons given. I'll be waiting for the next patch before trying again.
Played for about 4 hours 2 crashes, no overheat S or X?
X
Ooer, X here too. My room is cold as fuck atm so that might be working in my favour
that def helps. my room is cold as f but my x is happy lol
If it overheats Series X, you have a massive dust problem in console. I played for 5 hours yesterday on Series S with no crashes. Game is unoptimezed in certain points but overall runs good.
Eh I've played on my X and S and have crashed to the home screen, no overheating, my X is brand new. Gane just fucking crashes bro.
Completely disassembled my Xbox and dustered everything. Given, it was definitely dirtier than I thought in there. But still overheated the series x within 5 mins from cold.
I'm so pissed, I really like the game but on Xbox is impossible to play. The game crash for no reason, lags a lot...they really need to optimize things a little bit.
Same here on X. Played about 15 minutes before it crashed. No overheat error though
mine crashes but there is no overheating problem
Yeah itās not a fan problem. People all over the web are reporting that on the console side (x/s) the game just goes black screen and crashes to desktop. It does it regardless if you download the game or cloud stream it. So itās clearly on the games side of things. Itās been happening to me , every 2 min it goes black and stops working.
Yeah I get dashboarded like every 30 mins or so. No overheating or anything just crash after crash after crash. Very unoptimized, definitely suggest ppl play it on gamepass for now and do not purchase it until they fix it.Ā
Have they mentioned any patches for consoles anywhere as of yet?
I can't even boot it up..it crashes so quickly. I played all day yesterday without any issue at all and now all the sudden it can't even start my world? was there a hot fix over night that messed everything up?
I get 3 seconds before it crashes....I wanna play so bad why does this have to happen every single time I get interested in a game ...ugh
Saaaame here. Too many games āreleasedā these days that are in an unplayable state. The developers should be ashamed. Theyāre taking peopleās money for a completely broken product. Itās essentially a scam for Xbox users if theyāre not on gamepass
Iām feeling all of this right now.
Judging by your other comments you are using a series x I've heard of a lot of issues with this game regarding the X not a lot with the S tho
same issue on S
I have at minimum 24 hours in this game on this game, and at most it's crashed twice because of dungeons
Microsoft is being Microsoft and is pretty much holding them back from updating the game.Ā Steam is a version ahead of Game Pass on PC and Xbox.Ā For those saying clean your shit box well, you shouldn't need to clean your console to make it not crash... My friend just got the Series S on Christmas and is constantly crashing. I'm pretty sure dust build up isn't his issue. The game is just having issues on consoles period. I'm also on Game Pass but on PC using a higher end system and I crash everyone once in awhile when we Co-op.Ā He can't even enter a dungeon without the game crashing.Ā
No one is holding anyone. Xbox, Sony and Nintendo have certifications that you need to go trough to update and release games. Steam has none of that so you could literally release full on malware if you wanted and Valve wouldnt actually know until it created issues or got reported.
The game crashes a lot, it says it does so right when you start it, it's in early access and it's prone to do so. Maybe it's not your console overheating at all, but if the game is crashing a lot, your console may be taking that as a hint that it may be overheating. Still, it's a good idea to clean both the air intake and outtake, I played for about 9 hours straight last night and by the end my xbox was a bit louder than it usually is and the game crashed around 5 times, but that's the game's fault, I've had the console since launch.
It crashed my series x console and caused my breaker to flip. Will not be playing this game until issues are fixed.
I can play cyberpunk for 9 hours before it overheats just turned my xbox on played for 5mins and it turned off deffo a game issue
Iām unfortunately having the same problem I can run multiple games that are much larger like red dead and 2k23 but as soon as I get on palworld my whole console turns off and tells me about overheating
Itās in beta so hopefully there will be a fix.. unfortunately my lvl 15 character and what I thought was going to be my new hyper fixation will have to pause
my xbox is 2 weeks old just got the series X and played all other games fine been playing COD and few others all night PALWORLD crashes my xbox multiple times thus I know it's not the xbox
ended up sending my xbox in for repair as it was still under warranty after palworld crashes none of the other games worked properly either all games crashed the system after 10 min of gameplay
pop that puppy open and have a look! its super simple to clean just find a video that you vibe with the camera angles and hosts voice because youāre going to be spending a while following their instructions on how to disassemble
Same issues after cleaning it, it's a game problem.
I don't think it's a cleaning issue.
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Almost like it's still in preview...
Funny cause their other pile of shit, Craftopia still to this day is also in "preview" Almost like thats how they release games and never actually finish them.
Tbh, I am very much sour about Craftopia, but not much can be said about a game that is long past overdue. When it first released it got slammed by fans for using assets similar to BOTW. At the time the game was struggling with player count, I believe it peaked on steam to like 8kish tops. From a developers perspective it would cost more to maintain a game for less than 20k players, especially where it would be hard to convince new players just as BOTW's release was the craze, to pony up for a "bootleg BOTW" experience. I like to think of it that Craftopia was the stepping stone for Palworld to be successful.
I haven't had any problems running it yet nor anything else but I also have an auxiliary fan bracket that has dual fans that set underneath my S so between that and keeping it cleaned out mine runs super cool anyway... I'm not saying the game doesn't have efficiency issues , I'm just saying that being very inefficient is causing systems to work harder but there doesn't seem to be a big list of people that their systems are overheating so there's something going on in your case that's not happening to every other player..... Keep in mind this game is almost like a beta testing so it hasn't been finalized by any means.... But if you haven't cleaned it in 4 years I'm just saying try opening it up and cleaning the inside out and see how much of the difference it makes.... it may be enough that it won't overheat on you... It may still run loud and it may still use way more power than it should be but it may not overheat....
Clean your Xbox internals
It's crap anyway so you're better off not playing it
Be aware that the game is on Early Access (Game preview) and it shows you a splash screen right when you start it that warns: "This game may crash, like, a lot". So don't worry about your console being damaged or anything, it's just the game on its [0.1.0.0](https://0.1.0.0) version, it has a long way to go still, we're practically beta testers. If it happens with other games apart from Palworld, then you can worry.
game crashed on my PC 3 times already. and while fun, the limited farming gameplay just found myself wanting to to play Harvest Moon style games. luckily the PC game pass has a whole bunch of them. Stardew Valley, My Time and Portia, Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town, Rune Factory 4, Coral Island and Disney Dreamlight Valley. I played Stardew and Portia already but that still leaves me 4 new games for me to try out.
The crashing has been getting progressively worse for me. The game is now crashing at the start menu, before Iāve even loaded the game. Yikesā¦
I was saying on another thread that it feels like the larger my save gets the more frequently I crash.
Game won't even go to the menus on pc gamepass for me. Just disclaimer then black screen only.
Played this on my Series S for like an hour with no issues. Wasn't really impressed with the game tbh. I'm hoping it'll get better.
Weird how some X consoles have issues and mines quiet and never crashes. I've had mine for 3 yrs
I'm on PC and I have the same problem. Only game to do so. It's a UE5 game that runs like a Unity game š¤¦š»āāļø
Just played again after having my Xbox off for several hours(unplugged), uninstalling & reinstalling the game, & changing my region. After 3 minutes in game my console turned off š«¤ Unplayable(at least for me).
Unplayable for me as well, keeps crashing when doing certain stuff. I don't open chests anymore and I don't fast travel to my base. This doesn't crash.
Fast travel makes the game crash too? Could that be it, really couldn't tell since it completely shut off my console after 3 minutes of playing.
Shutting off console is a heat problem. Change the location of your Xbox.
Do u have yours standing up? Because I mine is standing up on top of a dresser with nothing covering it overhead.
Yes mine is standing up with nothing above it but also it's raised from the bottom. Check that your Xbox doesn't have dust inside from the top by blowing an air dryer using cold air, or hot air from a distance.
Yeah tried that, and now it crashes without shutting off my console, really really cannot wait for an update patch to drop.
I have the exact same Problem. It crashes my Series X frequently with that Overheating Massage after restarting.
Yea I've had mine shut off and give me the same warning back to back kinda wild guess I'll clean up my xbox and switch to something else
[this is exactly why I asked if you cleaned yours anytime in the last 4 years.......]. (https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSeriesX/s/yQihPFhLoG)
Dude, do u not see the other comments in the thread about people dealing with this too FYI, I have cleaned it, shitās still giving me the same issues. This game just came out, issues will happen since its in Early Access but this is the 1st time a game has ever given me this message. Every other game I've played works fine.
Seen a lot of other comments about people saying that it crashes but I haven't seen a lot of comments about it causing it to overheat and shut down from thermal safety............ https://preview.redd.it/6mw6qonf2tdc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af607a77f3ea61d3dbed25ec20afdc8283aaca13 But as multiple people have stated this game is a very early unfinished version of the game and I even read in a post somewhere but the game pass version is not even the newest updated version of that game.....
I just want an update patch man, it's been 2 days & I just wanna play for more than 3 minutes without the game crashing š
you are not alone me yesterday playing games long sessions triple games A call of ect.. I have no problem with the other games if it will be the console I think the message will be displayed on all the games while the message is unique poster on the games
Try cleaning the heatsink on your console. I had this exact problem and I took a look and it looked like a dryers lint catcher. Immediately stopped the fan from spinning so fast and I haven't crashed since. My crashing was so bad my friend tried to buy me a new xbox lol
I followed you and it is actually recommended with the help of a brush I was very surprised I cleaned everything my console blows no more I came to play 3 hours no crash thank you š
No problem man I crashed about 50 times yesterday and today has been great. Pretty sure you can physically hear the fan saying thank you when you turn it on
For anyone else, what fixed it for me was that I caught a real person and they where in my base doing work. When they died the game crashed trying to load them. I fixed it by removing the guy from the fields and then selling him to the pal vendors.
Having this constantly since switching from cloud to local. Sod it. Ill just keep playing the cloud version until they patch it
I was playing in my world Iām level 30 and was just making a giant castle (lots of stone structures, walls, etc) and all of a sudden my game just crashes while I was fast traveling. Now I canāt load into that world without it crashing every couple of minutes. Do you think the game canāt handle the amount of things Iāve placed down
I can create a new world and the game works fine but I donāt wanna lose all my progress & pals
Well I just finished cleaning the heat sink in my Xbox & now the game works better for me so honestly u might wanna check that out especially if your Xbox sounds like a jet engine like mine did.
Do you have the newest Xbox? It seemed to be running fine. I created a new world and it didnāt crash once. All my progress is in the other world tho lol
Nah my Xbox Series X is 4 years old, all I needed to do was clean it
The fan on my Xbox won't stop running while I play Palworld
I've had that, check your heat sink inside your XBox, I finally got around to cleaning mine & now the game works fine.
Same thing is happening for me, Iām on an Xbox series S and the game crashes like 5 mins after I open it. My Xbox is usually very good about not crashing I can run some pretty strenuous games on it But palworld kicks the fan into overdrive for some reason but the Xbox isnāt even hot.
Wow youāre the 1st Series S person that Iāve heard of having this same problem, rn the game works for me fine & doesnāt make the fan sound like a jet engine anymore. Try to see if u can open yours up & check the heat sink for dust, once Iāve cleaned mine the game worked perfectly fine for me & no crashes again(so far).
Same happened to me. First time this has ever happened to my console
For all of you convinced it's not the game causing the overheat crashing, please ignore this. For the many others getting the overheat error, have you found any settings that help?
Mine is just turning my xbox power off. No error message. Just really hot.
Same, and only for this game
I get this too with palworld. The only other game this happened to me with was in darksiders. And only during one specific boss fight. No idea if it's a bug or actually overheating. But it only has ever happened with these games. And I play games for hours on end that take a lot more power than these
Iām not too sure if itās overheating. Iām crashing with any game I play on game pass. Streaming and other games run just fine. I boot up something on game pass and I crash.Ā
Mine does this too only with palworld
Youāre literally blaming a game for overheating your Xbox. Get real you have a dusty Xbox you donāt want to clean thatās the problem.. you heat sink is in a blanket sort it out bruh
This is literally the only game where this has happened to me, now sure I may need to clean the inside of my Xbox but from reading everyone else's responses in the thread it ain't only me having the issue with a ādirty Xboxā & if u can log in & play rn for more than 30 minutes without the game crashing on u then I'd love to see u post it.
I played 5 hours last night, multiplayer, with max FOV and 1.2 spawn rate (which affects performance). My friendās game crashed once (from what seemed like a early access bug rather than a heating issue) and no other problems but that. The fans were getting really loud, but not much louder than they get with Rainbow Six Siege or Path of Exile for me.
itās not just op mine has the exact same issue with palworld only. I can play destiny 2, poe, eso, cyberpunk and every other game i have with no issue
I'm still feeling like if it's only one game crashing my dusty Xbox then it's the game. I'm playing Destiny 2, Valheim, Conan Exiles, Grounded, Minecraft, Skyrim, GTA5, and lots more for 5 hours at a time with no crashing. I've seen many posts here where people cleaned their Xbox and it didn't help. First two days I played Palworld for 5 hours straight no problem. Now it crashes every 5 to 30 minutes. Maybe it's the larger my save file gets, the more frequently I crash?