DOOM Eternal

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Game Freeze on Loading to Main Menu
Tekijältä bozo.
If you're having a problem with Doom Eternal Freezing on the Loading to Main Menu, I have a solution to that problem.

If people like me have came across this issue, here are my ways to fix this problem.

1. id software folder:
Going to the folder that has the "id software" file that has Doom Eternal's Game Data (C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\id Software\) then you delete it to reset the Game Data (Caution: Please make a copy of the folder before deleting it!) After deleting it you might be able to load into Doom Eternal like normal
<If this step didn't work, use my other steps>

2. NVIDIA Shadowplay:
Sometimes this has happened to me when i tried to record the gameplay for my YouTube, that's another way to cause Doom Eternal to Freeze upon loading into the Main Menu. Try to Disable Shadowplay on the NVIDIA app.
<If this step didn't work, use my other steps>

3. Verifying Files:
It's easy to do, you hover your mouse on the game Doom Eternal, then you Right-Click the game. You will see a option saying "Properties". Once clicking it there will be a pop-up, all you need to do is find Local Files > Verify Integrity of game files. Once clicking it, you'll need to wait until it's done fixing files that might have corrupted.

Suggestions by people on the comments:

(Edited 4/30/2025) - Idea from hndres (In the comments)
For the people who found the NVIDIA Overlay/Shadowplay as the cause for the freeze on the main menu, and don't want to manually turn it off every time they boot Doom Eternal:

- Temporarily disable the overlay in the NVIDIA App (Settings > NVIDIA overlay)
- Open Doom > Settings > Video > Present From Compute > Off
- Close Doom
- Enable the overlay (see first step)
- Open Doom (to a lack of freezing!!)

(Edited 05/05/2025) Idea from Pedroso (In the comments): +com_skipIntroVideo 1 on steam loading options to skip intro and test faster
Steam overlay disabled
Nvidia app overlay disabled
Borderless window on Nvidia app
Max FPS 60 on Nvidia App

These are all the solutions I know of as of 2025 fixes!

If you find this helpful. Please leave a positive review, I would gladly appreciate it!
   
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bozo.  [tekijä] 5.5. klo 16.12 
Thank you :D
Pedroso 5.5. klo 15.50 
Definetly weird, thanks and happy birthday lol
bozo.  [tekijä] 5.5. klo 13.38 
Weird, I am starting to think that these types of bugs happen to me or small percentage of people like myself have this issue and is able to fix this. I might add it to the forums.
Pedroso 5.5. klo 9.56 
I tried many solutions from forums, I have disabled steam and nvidia overlays and it still didn't work. I reinstalled 2x times, I changed the directory to my SSD, ran verification on files, ran as admin, changed compatibility settings and nothing worked.

Finnaly I got it to work with these changes:

+com_skipIntroVideo 1 on steam loading options to skip intro and test faster
Steam overlay disabled
Nvidia app overlay disabled
Borderless window on Nvidia app
Max FPS 60 on Nvidia App
bozo.  [tekijä] 30.4. klo 5.13 
I might add your idea to the guide
hndres 29.4. klo 21.22 
For the people who found the NVIDIA Overlay/Shadowplay as the cause for the freeze on the main menu, and don't want to manually turn it off every time they boot Doom Eternal:

- Temporarily disable the overlay in the NVIDIA App (Settings > NVIDIA overlay)
- Open Doom > Settings > Video > Present From Compute > Off
- Close Doom
- Enable the overlay (see first step)
- Open Doom (to a lack of freezing!!)
bozo.  [tekijä] 19.4. klo 1.22 
Well, I used those methods and it worked for me. Maybe try reinstall the game?
II 17.4. klo 9.57 
Didn't help . There is nothing I didn't try so far