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Mammoth Roundup of Destiny 2 bugs, glitches and possible fixes
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Destiny 2 has been released for PC players, first with a pre-load and now globally to everyone. Whenever a new game gets released, especially one already popular on other platforms, there’s huge hype. So, naturally, more and more start downloading it, which results in a heavy load on servers, one among thousands of issues for Bungie’s flagship title.
In this article, we’ve decided to make a huge round-up with most, if not all, the Destiny 2 bugs on PC, with fixes where available.
Destiny 2 bugs, issues, glitches
This article will be continuously updated as we discover more and more. Before proceeding, it’s important youupdate to the latest NVIDIA and AMD driversin order to avoid some of these problems.
If the play button is greyed out, it simply means the game hasn’t been released yet, so just have a little more patience.
1. Blizzard app getting stuck on initializing
If you’re getting the “Blizzard app getting stuck on initializing” error, you should know first of all that this isn’t something limited to Destiny 2, but it’s common. Usually, a restart and/or redownload of the app should fix this.
In case it doesn’t work as easily as that, Blizzard suggests third-party programs running in the background can interfere with their games. If this is the case, here’s what you need to do:
Selective Startup
Note that Selective Startup may disable firewall and security software, so make sure you re-enable your security software after trying these. Also, if your issue still persists, have a look atBlizzard’s official guide.
2. Corrupted or missing game files
If some of your Destiny game files are corrupted, the easiest fix is to delete the game completely and re-download it. The second most immediate option is to make use of your Windows’ built-in troubleshoot functionality.
For that, you just need to select the game, right click on it and choose “Troubleshoot compatibility“.
3. Game crashes or closes unexpectedly
Many gamersreportedthat Destiny crashes with a black screen error at launch or a few minutes into the gameplay.
After character Creation, and first cutscene the game turns to a black loading screen but then crashes for my PC. beta played just fine but now this game wont load for me. please help. just crashes to desktop.
If your Destiny 2 crashes or closes unexpectedly, Microsoft has provided acomplete guideon how to fix this, but it should serve as a general guide. We will make sure to add specific fixes for Destiny 2 once we have them.
Meanwhile, you can also try the following general troubleshooting steps:
4. PC players get randomly banned
If you got banned from Destiny 2, but you still don’t know what you did wrong, you’re not the only one. Actually, many gamers consider theywere wrongfully banned.
Other people on Reddit are saying they got banned without even playing the game. It seems the auto-banning software is banning first and asking questions never.The URL given with the ban message also says there is no means to overturn a ban because they only ban after “rigorous checking,” which is obviously a load of crap as I have literally done nothing on this game but play through the first mission.
This is a widespread problem and there are several possible explanations for it:
5. FPS drops and stuttering
Many gamers also experienced FPS drops and stuttering while playing Destiny 2. Usually, installing the latest Windows 10 and graphics driver updates solved the problem.
Here’s how one gamer describes this issue onReddit:
Am I the only one getting very noticeable FPS drops? I go from 144 to 110 and sometimes even 90, every 2-3 minutes or so. (game freezes for a split second)I play on a 144Hz 1080p monitor. That’s why it just feels terrible.
Users also confirmed that if the two solutions mentioned above didn’t work, restarting your PC will. You can also try changing some of your settings in Task Manager. Changing the priority on destiny2.exe to “High” should help reduce stuttering, especially if the option is set to “Lower than normal” by default.
For more information on how to fix low FPS issues on Windows 10, check out these two related articles:
6. Destiny 2 freezes
For many players, stuttering turned into freezes. More specifically, the game often freezes completely for 10-15 seconds on average and then resumes.
This is quite a severe issues, preventing gamers from playing the game.
Game is unplayable. No matter what settings I choose (fullscreen, windowed, maximum spec/minimum spec) it randomly freezes for a few seconds (up to 10 seconds) and then comes back. It is happening so often that it is unplayable. This hasn’t happened in any other game.I also already installed the newest drivers from intel.
To fix that, try closing background apps so that all your PC may use all the resources available to run the game.
7. Game server disconnects
Many players reported that the game randomly disconnects from server and returns to the Character Selection section.
Disconnect and get booted to Character Selection with the error code Cabbage.And yes, I’m aware that the destiny 2 website claims this to be a router issue. But that is not the case. Its enabled on my windows firewall, its enabled on my router firewall, and the two other people who share the same router/modem have no issues whatsoever. Wonder what they spent those 7 weeks on, clearly it wasn’t networking.
These are the most common Destiny 2 issues reported by gamers so far. As we stated in the beginning of this article, we will continue to scour the forums and add more bugs to the list as soon as we discover more problems.
If you encountered other issues while playing the game, tell us more about your experience in the comment section below.
Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
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