Shadow Warrior 2 Crashing, Not Starting, Low FPS: How to Fix

When it comes to Shadow Warrior 2, most players complain about the problems they had with the game. One of the most common issues is that players are unable to start the game at launch. However, players are also reporting crashes and performance issues such as FPS drops, low FPS, and stuttering.

If your PC can run the game, you are good to go and you can start fixing your issues, if not you need to upgrade it because that’s why you are encountering the error in the first place.

How to fix Shadow Warrior 2 common issues?

To fix the commonly encountered problems in Shadow Warrior 2 like crashing, not starting, and performance issues, the first step that you need to take is to verify if your PC meets the minimum system requirements of the game.

Down below you will find the following solutions:

1. Shadow Warrior 2 Crashing
2. Shadow Warrior 2 not starting
3. Shadow Warrior 2 performance issues: FPS drops, low FPS & stuttering
4. Shadow Warrior 2 network error

1. Shadow Warrior 2 Crashing

For some players, the game randomly crashes while they are playing, or even gets the Shadow Warrior 2 crash on the loading screen.

Others reported that the game keeps crashing before reaching the main menu or a crash on startup that makes the game impossible to play.

If you are one of the players that are encountering crashes and you are unable to get past the main menu or save any progress go ahead and check our solutions below to fix this issue:

• Restart the game – Before trying more complex methods, make sure that your game has regular crashes by restarting it.
• Update graphics driver – You can manually do this from Device Manager → Display Drivers → Expand → Update Your GPU Driver.
  

A faster and safer way is to utilize the most efficient driver updater tool PC HelpSoft. It will scan your PC entirely and update any drivers in very short moments.

• Verify the integrity of the game files – Perform this method on Steam, going to Library → Right-click on the game to select Properties → On Local files go, press the Verify the integrity of the game files button
  
• Run the game as an administrator – Access the game installation folder → Right-click on the game and select Properties → Tick the box that says Run the game as an administrator and click Apply and OK to save.
• End background apps – Start Task Manager on your desktop → On the Processes tab, find any programs that may interfere with the game (like your antivirus) and select End task.
  

2. Shadow Warrior 2 not starting

This is the most common error that players are complaining about. They click Play in the Steam Library and the Shadow Warrior 2 is not starting.

For others, the game starts for a few seconds but they only see a black screen and after that, it closes but Steam is saying that they are still playing the game and it’s counting seconds. To fix these issues regarding Shadow Warrior 2 not launching, you can try out the method below.

Workarounds:

• Try reinstalling everything from the game’s redist folder as an Admin
• To fix this issue go to C:\Users\*\Saved Games\Flying Wild Hog\Shadow Warrior 2\profiles\steam_*/config.cfg, here find line: r_fullscreen_monitor 0 and change it to (or add it if it’s not there): r_fullscreen_monitor 1. 

If you are running Windows 10 N version and the game doesn’t start, you can try installing Media Feature Pack

Install the ‘Media Feature Pack for N and KN versions of Windows 10’ KB3133719 from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53356. Restart PC, Windows will be updating. After that, the game can be launched.

3. Shadow Warrior 2 performance issues: FPS drops, low FPS & stuttering

The game is unplayable for a lot of players because of the Shadow Warrior 2 FPS drop and the annoying stuttering encountered in the game.

Players with an i7 processor and GTX 980ti graphic card are complaining about low fps and stuttering in the game.

As you can see, the problem is not because their PC is weak but because the game is poorly optimized. To fix this issue and optimize the game follow the solution below.

Workarounds:

• Install the latest NVIDIA Driver version 373.06, which is already optimized for Shadow Warrior 2
• Try setting vertical sync to “Fast” in the Nvidia Control Panel
• Change the game settings from Fullscreen Window to Fullscreen

4. Shadow Warrior 2 network error

Another issue that may occur while playing this awesome game is connection issues prevent the players to access the game servers.

However, some gamers suggested that a quick fix for this would be to close any overlay applications such as Discord, as it may interfere with your network while playing this game.

Shadow Warrior 2 system requirements

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 x64
• Processor: Intel Core i3-6300 (2 * 3800) or AMD A10-5800K APU (4 * 3800) or equivalent
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: GeForce GT 560Ti (1024 MB) or Radeon HD 6850 (1024 MB) or better
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 14 GB available space

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 x64
• Processor: Intel Core i5-5675C (4 * 3100) or AMD A10-7850K APU (4 * 3700) or equivalent
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: GeForce GTX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 290 with 4 GB of Video Memory (4096 MB) or Radeon HD 7970 (3072 MB)
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 14 GB available space

Shadow Warrior 2 graphics settings

Below you can find the graphics settings of the game for the NVIDIA graphic card. You can use the settings below for a slight improvement in frame rate and performance overall.

Supported only on 9xx and 10xx. Lowers resolution on screen borders. Use for increasing performance, at slight image quality hit.

• Disabled – normal rendering
• Conservative – small image quality decrease and medium performance gains
• Aggressive – medium image quality decrease and high-performance gains

Supported only on HDR-compatible displays (currently only UHD TVs). Works only in exclusive full-screen mode (set display mode to “full screen”). Allows for displaying a wider range of colors and luminance ranges on those TVs.

Allows to scale the game’s resolution, while keeping native UI resolution. If set to >100% it results in a super-sampled image.

Let’s hope that by now you managed to fix all your Shadow Warrior 2  issues and that you are enjoying the game. If you still encounter some issues, and you are unable to fix them, please comment below.