The developers of Spelunky have launched the next iteration of the game, Spelunky 2, with high hopes. The game is filled with new areas and new sets of difficulties and missions, however, some gamers reported that they are not able to play the game as Spelunky 2 keeps crashing, freezing, or just not loading at all on their system. In this article, we are going to see how to resolve the issue.
Fix Spelunky 2 crashing, freezing, or not loading
If Spelunky 2 is crashing, freezing, or not loading, then read the solutions mentioned below:
- Update the Graphics Driver
- Disable the Steam Overlay
- Adjust Discord Settings
- Verify the game files
- Stop Overclocking
- Adjust Graphics Card Settings
- Install the latest version of Visual Studio C++ Redistributable and DirectX
Let us go to the troubleshooting guide and resolve the issue so that you can play the game without it freezing or crashing.
1] Update the Graphics Driver
Start the troubleshooting guide by first checking whether you are using an outdated Graphics Driver or not. The issue in question can happen if your Graphics Driver isn’t compatible with the game, and you can simply resolve the issue by updating it. Here’s how to do so:
- Install a free driver update software,
- Download the latest version of the driver from the manufacturer’s website,
- Install Driver and Optional Update from Settings.
- Update GPU Driver from Device Manager.
Well, this should do the job for you if an outdated Graphics Driver was the culprit.
2] Disable the Steam Overlay
If you are using Steam Overlay along the game then this can be one of the reasons behind the issue. Disabling Steam Overlay seems to be more of a benefit than using it while playing Spelunky 2, yes you may lose additional features that Overlay brings, but at least you will be able to play the game.
You can follow the prescribed steps to disable Steam Overlay.
- Open Steam and click on Steam > Settings.
- Select the In-game option, and untick the box of Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game.
- Now, select the OK button to save the changes.
Now, if there is some other app with Overlay enabled, go to its settings and disable the Overlay. Finally, relaunch the game and check whether the issue persists or not.
3] Adjust Discord settings
According to some users, tweaking Discord settings seems to resolve the issue. We are going to do the same to see if this is true or not. Here’s how to change Discord settings:
- Launch Discord and go to the Users Settings.
- Click on Voice & Video and then select the Advanced option.
- Disable OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco System, Inc and H.264 Hardware Acceleration. then scroll down to QUALITY OF SERVICE and disable Enable Quality of Service High Packet Priority
Once you are done changing Discord settings, launch the game to see if you are free of the issue. If not then check the next solution.
4] Verify the game files
If Spelunky 2 is crashing, freezing, or not loading, then there might be an issue with its game files, either it is corrupted or some of them are missing. Verifying the game files not only resolves this issue but also makes sure that you are using the latest installation of the game. Follow the steps below to verify the game files:
- Open Steam and navigate to its Library.
- Right-click on the game and select Properties.
- Now, click on the Local Files tab, and then select Verify integrity of game files.
Wait for a bit, and then check whether the issue is resolved or not.
5] Stop Overclocking
Overclocking your GPU or CPU may allow you to have better performance, however, it also adds extra load on your PC. And this seems to be the reason why users face the said issue as not only you are putting too much load on your processor, there are a lot of games incompatible with overclocking. To resolve the issue, you need to disable Overclocking and set the clock speed to default. After making the changes, you should reboot your computer and then launch the game. Hopefully, you won’t face this issue again.
6] Adjust Graphics Card Settings
In this solution, we are going to change the settings of the Control Panel of your Graphics Card as high settings can put extra load on your PC, thus affecting the game’s performance. You don’t have to make all the changes mentioned below, just pick the ones you think are not necessary for you.
For NVIDIA Users
- Open NVIDIA Control Panel
- In 3D Display, click on the Adjust image settings with preview.
- Select Use the Advanced 3D image settings.
- Now, go to Manage 3D settings, and then click on Global Settings.
- Change the following settings:
> Turn off Image Sharpening,
> Turn on Threaded Optimization
> Set Power Management to Maximum
> Switch off Low Latency Mode
> Set Performance mode in Texture filtering quality
For AMD Users
- Launch AMD Control Panel and navigate to Gaming > Global Graphics.
- Now, change the following settings:
> Turn off Radeon Anti-lag
> Turn off Radeon Boost
> Turn off Morphological Filtering
> Turn off Anisotropic Filtering
> Turn off Wait for V-sync
> Turn off Maximum Tesselation Level
> Turn off Radeon Chill
> Set Performance mode in Texture filtering quality
> Set Multi-sampling in Anti-aliasing Method
> Turn off OpenGL Triple Buffering
> Turn off Image Sharpening
After making the required changes, launch the game and hopefully, your issue will be resolved.
7] Install the latest version of Visual Studio C++ Redistributable and DirectX
If you see an error such as vcruntime140_1.dll was not found or Renderer Error: DX11 Feature level 11.0 Is Required, either Visual Studio C++ or DirectX is absent on your system. Even if you don’t see this kind of error message, these two services are crucial for your game as, without them, the game won’t run on your system. So, make sure to install the latest version of Visual Studio C++ and DirectX. That should do the trick for you.
Hopefully, you are able to resolve the issue using the solutions mentioned in this post.
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Can my laptop run Spelunky 2?
To make sure that you can run Spelunky 2 on your PC, you need to make sure to that your computer meets the system requirement mentioned below. If you want to know the specification of your computer, just open Run, type dxdiag, and hit Enter.
- CPU: Quad Core 2.6 GHz
- RAM: 4 GB
- Operating System: Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit)
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 750 or equivalent
- Pixel Shader: 5.0
- Vertex Shader: 5.0
- Free Disk Space: 600 MB
- Dedicated Video RAM: 1024 MB
How many levels are in Spelunky 2?
Spelunky 2 has a total of 94 levels with varying degrees of hardship that its gamers have to endure to complete the game. Most gamers are excited to complete all 94 levels of the Cosmic Ocen to reach 7-99. You should download and play the game to experience them.
