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How to fix most crash/lag problem in sonic origins

By Abaw245

This guide will help you fix most of the problems related to lag and crashes, most of these issues are caused by the game using by default the integrated graphics card instead of the dedicated one, this guide will give you the necessary steps to switch from the integrated one to the dedicated one.

NOTICE: THIS MOSTLY APPLIES TO LAPTOP USERS

EDIT:A patch has been released that fixes this issue, if you think this is still happening to you, trying the guide is always an option

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Category: Modding or Configuration, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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24 Jun, 2022 @ 7:40am

6 Aug, 2022 @ 9:03am

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Guide Index

Overview

Checking what graphics card you have (skip to the next section if you already know)

Switching to the dedicated graphics card with windows settings

Switching to the dedicated graphics card with NVIDIA

Switching to the dedicated graphics card with AMD

How to increase performance if you only have integrated graphics (works with nvidia and amd too)

Things to try if the game doesn't open

Comments

Checking what graphics card you have (skip to the next section if you already know)

If you don't know which cards you have do the following:

1.Click the windows start button
2.Type in "device manager" and open it
3.Navigate to the display adapter section

Switching to the dedicated graphics card with windows settings

1.Open settings

2.System and display

3.Graphics settings

4.Browse for sonic origins at C:\Program Files\(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SonicOrigins\build\main\projects\exec and add it

5.Options

6.High performance and save

7.Reopen the game

Switching to the dedicated graphics card with NVIDIA

1.Open nvidia control panel (an easy way is to right click the desktop and select it)

2.Manage 3d settings

3.Program settings

4.Select "add"

5.Select sonic origins in this case

6.Select nvidia as the preferred graphics processor

7.Apply

8.Reopen the game

Switching to the dedicated graphics card with AMD

NOTICE:I DO NOT OWN AMD SO THERE IS A CHANCE SOMETHING IN THIS SECTION MAY BE WRONG AND THAT'S WHY I DECIDED NOT TO ADD ANY SCREENSHOT TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION (FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME)

1.Open amd radeon settings

2.System

3.Switchable graphics

4.Browse for your game in this case sonic origins

5.Select high performance

6.Apply the changes

7.Reopen the game

How to increase performance if you only have integrated graphics (works with nvidia and amd too)

1.Open Sonic Origins

2.Go to the museum island and select options

3.Go to graphics and lower the resolution

4.(NOT 100% GUARANTEE WORKING) According to some users using fullscreen instead of borderless window also seems to help

Things to try if the game doesn't open

If your game instead of lagging or crashing simply does not open when clicking on "play" there are a few things that you can try in order to fix it:

1.Update your graphics card driver

2.Reinstall the game

3.Close every program on your computer except for steam and try to open it

4.Restart your computer

45 Comments

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virtual 20 Apr @ 6:52pm

literally the "preferred graphics processor" will not show up for me

trixie 30 Dec, 2023 @ 9:40pm

hi all. not the gamer but his mom. I bought this for him but cant get it to work. i click on play, it tries to load and then switches to play again. I've tried all these settings but idk. the tech scene has grown beyond my knowledge.... he has a lenovo laptop. with the intel (r) uhd graphics 600. we're using a regular memory card for laptop storage. his other games on here work.

B-RY-N 17 Nov, 2023 @ 7:27am

they rely way too much on nvidia.
why can't they give other processors any love?

Trey 10 Nov, 2023 @ 11:45am

Sega and their 'new' games always have weird things going on :\

kosmicant 15 Aug, 2023 @ 9:45pm

i only have an integrated graphics card, and it will open sometimes, but crash most of the time during the loading screen after the auto save thing, dont know what to do about this, someone help?

Rubbe 27 Jun, 2023 @ 9:28am

Is it not just Denuvo making it lag every 10 seconds or so?

AnnaUekawa 23 Jun, 2023 @ 2:17am

Even with the Plus upgrade the game still lags and crashes. I use integrated graphics and this is the only Sonic game to have this problem.

Liver The Organ 7 May, 2023 @ 12:32pm

Sonic origins is not in in my steam apps

Nicodess 9 Oct, 2022 @ 8:52am

I could play for 1 day now every time I hit play button, game start and then suddenly crash with message " an error occured while loading your data" Drivers are updated, removed/reinstall the game, checked graphic card used. No idea what I can do next...

Gummigoofan 29 Aug, 2022 @ 5:28pm

this game is pissing me off i did not load it crashed it did not want to close

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