I tried the opt-in and still freeze during lander missions and then crash to desktop with no error reporting when I hit escape to leave the planet. If I don't hit escape I can twiddle my thumbs for as long as I want (longest I waited was 30 seconds before hitting escape to trigger the crash). I am stuck on a planet where it happens a lot, 82 G. Eridani II. I've tried max video settings (2560x1440 my native res, 2x AA, shadows, etc. on good) and then cranked them all the way down (1920x1080, no AA, No shadows, no v-sync). It doesn't matter on 82 G. Eridani II, crashes within 30 seconds every time. Very repeatable on that world. Full runlog.txt below. I can't find the SwapChainPresentFailDump.xml file. It isn't in the folder specified.

Star Control RunLog.txt
Build description: v1.02 (CL53237) - FinalRelease - CookAssets=Off - NetworkAPI=Steam - DX11   - OptimizeNitrousLibsForDebug=OFF
User: andre_000
INISettings:etermineVRAM dedicatedVideoMemory 2007MB dedicatedSystemMemory 0MB sharedSystemMemory 8161MB vendorID 10de deviceID 1184
UI is scaled by 133.3% and may not look sharp.
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Info: GenerateStampInstances Rand Seed 1240
Error: Planet has too many props, or props have too high collision triangle density. Prop collision will be discarded.
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Nitrous Error: Swap Chain Present Failure:
(887a0005) The GPU device instance has been suspended. Use GetDeviceRemovedReason to determine the appropriate action.
Device Removed Reason: Device Hung: (887a0006) The GPU will not respond to more commands, most likely because of an invalid command passed by the calling application.
See E:\Andrew\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Star Control/SwapChainPresentFailDump.xml for details
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We've identified this as a GPU overheating issue.  For now (until we find some better solution) either adjust your GPU to have the fans be more aggressive at cooling it down or decrease the shadow and/or graphics setting.

I loaded Asus GPU Tweak II to check out what is going on with my video card when the game is playing. I fired it up and went down to 82. G. Eridani II. GPU temps started to rise but it wasn't spiking by any stretch. It went from went up 50 degrees at desktop idle to ~63 degrees (which is not super hot). Fan speed went from 50% at idle to ~71% so stuff is happening but the game still froze after 10-15 seconds after landing on the planet.

The problem may be with the games interaction with the graphics card but my card wasn't super stressed when it froze.

I love the few hours I've put into the game since I bought it so I am reluctant to say that I have to shelve it until there is a fix for this problem.

True, I am trying to run this game on an easy bake oven.       And I realize it maybe way too early for you to comment.  However, I do play this with an x-box controller.  Does Stardock have any console plans?   My x-box one could run this way better than my aging light bright cpu.   

Got a mail of you, both the last update you released just minutes ago and the sample version isnt working on "Slatha"

Hey Bonkal,

I also have the GTX680, and I downloaded GPU-Z 2.11.0 to check my GPU Temps. Seems unrelated in my scenario as I can freeze out at any temp range it seems.  I have the freeze occurring anywhere from 50-75 degrees.. then sometimes I'm pushed into the low 80s and all is good until so I'm also doubting the finding of overheating GPU.

The good news is I was contacted by Stardock support today about testing out a beta build that they hope could help with the issue.  The bad news is instructions were for Steam purchases whereas I purchased from GOG, so fingers crossed I can still help to test through my GOG purchase.

At least for me the game runs on my work laptop with no issues (with its crappy built in GPU) so it hasnt been a blocker for me in terms of actually playing and I didnt refund via GOG but its super weird to have my gaming rig not be able to handle a game and my "spreadsheets and emails only" laptop being able to run it better. 

But hopefully we're in the final stretch as it seems Stardock is indeed looking into it.

Today i tried to play a little bit today, was exploring some other proxima centauri planets, everything was fine, i was even on several surfaces without any problem til i cam to a planet starting with a "B" (top left corner of that starsystem), again a planet with trees and froze in an instant, pretty sure its either animals or trees

do you also have a nvidia gpu?

[EDIT: My frustration is at a end!  Turns out this problem had nothing to do with Stardock, and also nothing to do with overheating - and everything to do with my hardware.  Have not been gaming much lately, went ahead and launched Grand Theft Auto 5 after my post and played... suddenly a crash after 30 mins of play!  This led me to realize the issue had to be something with my hardware, and resulted in me spending a few hours toying with things.  Turns out my old 755m's must have degraded a little, they don't ever run hot, but required a small underclock of the GPU memory.  Reduced memory clock on the 755's by around 150, suddenly the game is 100% stable.  Played for many hours last night, had a blast!  If you are having these problems and are using Nvidia hardware, give it a shot - my method involved snagging a copy (free) of nvidiatuner, installing it, and then underclocking the GPU memory on both cards by around 150.]

I'm at my wits end on this one.

Specs:  Lenovo Ideapad y510p (i5-4200m, 2x nvidia 755m's in SLI, 16 GB RAM)

Issue: constant random crashing.  Sometimes I will crash in solar system map, sometimes in lander mode, sometimes in battle mode.  Once in a blue moon I can play for 20-30 mins between crashes, usually the game crashes within 90 seconds of launch.

What I have tried:

Underclocking GPU core and/or memory clock speed

Changing my swap file from system managed to an obscenely huge amount as recommended.

Updating GPU drivers (running latest Nvidia game ready)

Reinstalling windows 10

Confirming BIOS is running the latest revision.

Testing other games (I own dozens of titles, this is the only unstable game on my system)

Verifying temperatures (It's not a overheating issue, not even close to what would be considered high heat is ever obtained)

Changing graphic settings in game (game issue even in lowest possible resolution, no shadows, lowest textures, no AA)

Replacing my settings.ini file with both versions support has linked in the FAQ.

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 runlog.txt

Star Control RunLog.txt

Build description: v1.02 (CL53321) - FinalRelease - CookAssets=Off - NetworkAPI=Steam - DX11   - OptimizeNitrousLibsForDebug=OFF

User: mouse

INISettings:etermineVRAM dedicatedVideoMemory 1944MB dedicatedSystemMemory 0MB sharedSystemMemory 8167MB vendorID 10de deviceID fe4 

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Scene Mode: Entering MOVIE

Game Loop Mode: Entering LOADING

Scene Mode: Entering MOVIE

Scene Mode: Entering MAIN_MENU

Game Loop Mode: Entering MENUS

Scene Mode: Entering LOADING_POPUP

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Info: GenerateStampInstances Rand Seed 1397

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Nitrous Error: Swap Chain Present Failure:

(887a0005) The GPU device instance has been suspended. Use GetDeviceRemovedReason to determine the appropriate action.

Device Removed Reason: Device Hung: (887a0006) The GPU will not respond to more commands, most likely because of an invalid command passed by the calling application.

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This is pretty frustrating, Stardock.  Are you any closer to finding a solution to this issue, as it seems to be happening to others since launch (and 2 patches ago)?  Been looking forward to this game for a long time, and feeling pretty burned and that I may have just wasted my money on a product that does not seem ready for 'prime time'.

Thanks in advance for helping me enjoy this game.  It looks great, the story is tons of fun so far - but in the current state of things it might as well be labeled 'totally unplayable'.

Turns out the problem was actually my hardware, Bonkal!  Check my edit to the post above and give it a go.  tl;dr underclock your GPU memory by a bit (my base memory clock is around 2500mhz, underclocked it by around 150mhz and boom - 100% stable game) - I guess the GPU's on my rig are starting to reach end of life and are just not able to perform at full throttle.  The underclock did not effect my framerate in any way, verified that too.

Give it a shot, maybe it'll work for you?

FYI: I had around 6-8 month old drivers for my GTX and didn't have issues with crashes or framerate. After I updated to the latest one, this problem appeared.

Totally fine - we are tougher than woodpecker lips   

It's all of your feedback that we appreciate - from it, we make better games.

Enjoy the game and thank you much for your support and patronage - can't tell you how much each mean to us.

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

Thanks for the update.

Are you on the opt-in build?

https://forums.starcontrol.com/491641/page/1/#3730477

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager