How to Fix Watch Dogs 2 Errors: Crash, Black Screen, FPS Issue and More

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Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 released for PC on  November 2016. It is an open world game, set in a fictional San Francisco bay Area. Here in this how to fix Watch Dogs 2 errors article you will find some of the error, that was encountered by gamers, and the fixes for them. We suggest you to take a look at the system requirement details mentioned below.

System Requirements

Minimum

Processor: 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 or 3.0GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940
System Memory: 6GB RAM
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX460 or AMD Radeon HD 5850
Hard Drive Space: 25GB
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0x compatible
DirectX 11

Recommended

Processor: 3.5GHz Intel Core i7 3700 or 4.0GHz AMD FX-8350
System Memory: 8GB RAM
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT600-series or AMD Radeon HD7000-series
Hard Drive Space: 25GB
Soundcard: Surround sound 5.1 compatible
DirectX 11

How to Fix Watch Dogs 2 Errors: Crash, Black Screen, FPS Issue and More

Watch Dogs 2 Crash on Startup

There are two things you can try to fix the crash issue. First is, update the drivers. The second thing is that in case you have installed the game on an external hard drive, then try to install it in the default steam directory.

Watch Dogs 2 Won’t Launch

Verify the integrity of Game cache files.

1. Open steam
2. Open the library and click on properties.
3. Click on Local files tab and verify for Game cache.
4. Steam will check for the missing files.

If there aren’t any missing files, try to reinstalling the game.

Watch Dogs 2 Error : Code 0xa0000001 Fix

Check whether the graphics card has the latest drivers installed.

Game Freeze on Startup Issue in Watch Dogs 2

Run the game in Windows 7 compatibility mode. You should run the game, ubisoft launcher and Steam with admin privileges.

d3dcompiler_43.dll Error in Watch Dogs 2

You can download the missing dll file from Dll-Files Client.

APPCRASH in Watch Dogs 2

For AMD users: Try navigating to the Catalyst Control Center, and then select Games and disable AMD Radeon Dual Graphics.

Low FPS Issue in Watch Dogs 2

1. Go to Nvidia control panel.
2. The Manage 3D settings.
3. Then set the power management mode to prefer maximum performance.

Apart from the above, in the Task Manager, set High priority to the game.

Watch Dogs 2 Mirror Mode Crash

Try this.

Watch Dogs 2 Won’t launch Fix

Verify the integrity of Game cache files.

1. Open steam
2. Open the library and click on properties.
3. Click on Local files tab and verify for Game cache.
4. Steam will check for the missing files.

If there aren’t any missing files, try to reinstalling the game.

For now that’s all the common problems details and how to fix Watch Dogs 2 errors. You can find the complete Watch Dogs 2 Guide here.