How to Fix Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Errors: Crash, FPS Issue, Black Screen and More

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Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is Ninja Theory’s action hack and slash video game. The game is available for PC and PS4 and here we will see how to fix Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice errors for PC that have come up so far.  Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is based on Celtic mythology and Norse mythology. The game focuses on Senua’s journey through a hellish underworld which has is the result of Senua’s psychotic manifestations of her reality and mind. Before you go on to check how to fix Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice errors, do have a look at the system requirements. The game has received good reviews so far.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Systems Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7, 8, 10
  • Processor: Intel i5 3570K / AMD FX-8350
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 770 with 2GB VRAM / Radeon R9 280X 3GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 30 GB available space

How to Fix Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice Errors: Crash, Performance Issue, Black Screen and more

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice Crash Fatal Error Fix

Gamers have come across Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice crash issues. The game seems to be crashing for some users randomly and for some the game crashes when the game starts and get to the Mental Health Disclaimer. A fatal error occurs. Let’s see what can be done to fix crash issue. Gamers on steam has come up with some solutions.

  • Verify integrity cache of the game.
  • Get the drivers updated.
  • Try lowering the graphics settings.
  • Finally, you can re-install the game.

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice FOV Issue Fix

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice’s FOV issue or the Field of View being not too acceptable for some players has been an issue. While some gamers find it perfect but for some, the camera is very close to the character. Here is the trick that has been shared on some platforms.

  1. Navigate to %localappdata%\HellbladeGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor.
  2. Open the Engine.ini file and paste the following:

[/script/engine.localplayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice Performance Issues, Low FPS Issue Fix

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice has some performance issues. Low FPS and Freeze issues have come up for many players. Below are some of the turnarounds that have helped some players.

  • In the file, gameusersettings.ini, make the following change:
    • sg.AntiAliasingQuality=0
  • In the file scaleability.in, add the following lines,

[AntiAliasingQuality@0]
r.PostProcessAAQuality=0

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice Turn off Motion Blur

To turn off motion blur in Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice, in the file location mentioned above, in the Engine.ini file, find r.MotionBlurQuality and make the following change:
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice Turn off Film Grain

To turn off Film Grain in Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice, in the file location mentioned above, in the Engine.ini file, find [SystemSettings], and make the following changes:
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Stuttering Issue

To fix Stuttering issue, you can try and make sure that the drivers are updated. If you have already updated the drivers and it is still not helping, try doing a clean install of the drivers.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Black Screen Issue Fix

Black Screen issue is generally due drivers issue. Try getting the latest drivers, if not already done.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice APPCRASH Issue Fix

For the AMD user, here is what has helped some players so far to fix APPCRASH issue.

  • Open the Catalyst Control Center.
  • Click on Games tab.
  • There disable AMD Radeon Dual Graphics.

These are some tips to fix Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice errors like crash, performance issue, black screen shared in forums so far. Check out Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice Guide: How to Unlock Extended Ending.