Set in the 16th century, Sekiro: Shadow die twice is the game which is an action adventure game. The game is developed by From Software and is available to everyone now. Although the game is available in the market recently still, I have managed to playthe game few times.
This is what I need to tell you about the issues that I have faced during my gaming session. I thought of compiling a guide stating the bugs which I have encountered during my gaming sessions. As far as the game is concerned, it is so well packed with action and will high your adrenaline rush be resulting in a very attention-grabbing game. The franchise of the game is one of popular ones who are big earners of all the times.
Join us as we will provide the various fixes to the bugs in the game. As this discussion is open for everyone, do let us know if you have any queries/concern. We will provide you the solutions as soon as possible. There are some technical issues which are pending to be resolved by us. Once we will have the answers of those issues, we will give you the update further.
Before going further please check the minimum requirements that are required for the smooth functioning of the game. This is very important for the performance of the game as many of the players ignore the system requirements and then later face the resolution, lagging, stuttering issues etc.
And if you are having a high-end PC then you never face any graphic or performance related issue. Note that if your system has low configurations that it is very often that you game might crash.
Official Minimum Requirements
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 8 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 | AMD Radeon HD 7950
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 25 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible
Official Recommended Requirements
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 8 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K | AMD Ryzen 5 1400
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 570
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 25 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – Unable to Install:
This is the first error that occur while playing the game. The game is not able to install due to some reason which hinder the game play. Not only Shadow Die Twice, in fact this is common error occur during the installation of many PC games. Below steps can help you in fixing the issue.
- It is possible that the antivirus software installed in your computer is hampering the game from installation. It is the features of these software which prevent the installation from unwanted sources. Due of trust issues, sometimes the anti-virus software blocks the game.
You can fix it by turning the antivirus software installed in your PC during the time of installation. You can go to the setting and then turn off the anti-virus software.
- If the steps stated above doesn’t help, then it might be possible that there might be issue with your DVD. Check the DVD. Check if has scratches or is dirty. Clean the DVD and get new one if the DVD is broken or have scratched on it.
- Most of the people install the game using iso file. If you are using iso file, then check if it is corrupted. If so, then download new one from the official website. Download the file, install it and then try launching the game again
- Most of the time if you reinstall the game that will help. Because the component of the game gets corrupted and if you reinstall it you fix them by replacing them with new ones.
And you know there is this trick with windows, where if you reboot your PC, majority of the issues get fixed. So, try your luck. Try rebooting your PC.
Shadow Die Twice Won’t load, Won’t Start or Crashes on launch:
The issue where you are not able to start the game, or the game is not loading can be resolved by just updating the drivers. Yes, you have heard it right, driver!
Updating video drivers and later motherboard driver will help you fix the issue. Old drivers prevent the game from loading due to not meeting the resources consumption of the game.
You can download the drivers manually by visiting the official sites. You can download below drivers –
- Download Nvidia Card drivers
- Download AMD ATI Card drivers
If above two drivers are not working, then you can try downloading DirectX. It can be savior for you. You can download the new ones and fix your issue.
Turning of UAC:
UAC is user access control feature in windows where it blocks the apps from unknown sources from being installed. This are very helpful for security and safety. During the installation of the game, try turning this feature off.
You can do that be performing the steps below-
- Go to start and then search UAC.
- Switch off the UAC and restart your PC.
Disabling the UAC will surely help, and you will be able to install your game.
Shadow Die Twice Lagging, Freezing and Low FPS Problems:
This is the problem where the speed of the game reduces in terms of quality and which result in lagging in the game. Lagging is very often and quite frequent. You can even install Razor game booster which will increase the gaming experience and result in no lagging.
If you have nvidia Graphic Card installed in your PC, then you can perform the steps below-
- Go to Nvidia Control Panel and then to “3D manages settings”
- Click on program setting and further search for power management.
- Choose maximum performance which will reduce lagging.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Resolution issue:
If you are facing the resolution issue and cannot play the game. Then you should try updating your video drivers. You can update the drivers which will includes both motherboard and video drivers.
You can also perform the steps given below:
- Set the Nvidia Control Panel and adjust the desktop
- Set aspect ratio and also scale by GPU.
- Try to free your resources which are unwanted. Kill the process which are not used. Free as much resources as possible. You can do that by killing all the process of the apps running in background. In the task manager, go to processes and from there you have to simply kill process which is eating up maximum CPU and RAM.
- Turing of Vsync and Antialiasing will also help.
- Poor internet connection can also be the reason why you are facing resolution issue. Check your network connectivity.
After executing all the steps mentioned above, I am sure that you will be able to fix your problem, and which will help in running the game smoothly.
Shadow Die Twice Black Screen Problem:
This issue occurs when you are not able to see the screen of the game and all the pixel turn to be black. You can fix this issue by updating the video drivers. These issues occur mainly due to the old version of drivers which doesn’t support the graphic of the game and surely you will fix them by updating or getting new drivers.
Try the steps given below to fix the black screen problem-
- Update the video and motherboard drivers by downloading them from the official site.
- Secondly, you can fix it by turning three things off –
- Vsync
- Anti-aliasing
- Filtering
- Reduce the multi sampling.
- Disable the antivirus software which might be blocking the game from loading.
- Free maximum resources so that you can run the game smoothly.
If nothing above works then reinstall the game and try again.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice No Audio:
Sometimes everything works fine except the audio, there is no audio from the game. This problem is related to DXDiag.
- Search for DXDiag in the start menu and open it.
- Increase the sound and there you are coming out of this situation.
- Updating the audio drivers might also help in fixing the problem.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Unable to save game on stream:
Streaming issues are issues which occur when you are not able to run the game smoothly. One of the very basic reason is slow internet. Bad internet connectivity leads to this issue.
- You can try the steps below to fix the problem of streaming-
- Exit the game and restart your PC.
- Check the game file and validate their location. Make sure that they are not corrupted.
- Login to the account and then go to library section. Choose the game folder and then go to local file tab.
- Check the cache of the file of the game.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Mouse Lagging:
In this error you are not able to see the characters on the screen. Fix the issue by setting the video control panel. You can set the max frame value as two as can fix the mouse lagging.
I am sure if you follow the guide for troubleshooting various issues in Shadow Die Twice, you fix majority of them. All these steps will help in reducing the pain that you might have suffered if you have not encountered this guide. Do let us know if you have any query related to the game and let us know about your gaming experience in the comment section below.
