Yup.
I've done everything to make this damn game work. Updated to the most recent patch today with the release of the season 14, and the game still crashes for me after being up for a bit. So, let me tell my story.
The Problem: Apex Legends crashes 55 seconds after game launch
Yes, the game crashes precisely 55 seconds after the game launch. Time measured starts the after the EAC splash screen, the moment the game enters exclusive full screen mode. No matter what I do, once the game has launched it will crash 55 seconds precisely afterwards. Be it on the login page, the lobby, the firing range, it doesn't matter *what* I'm doing when it crashes, it just will. Always 55 seconds after game launch, as measured by me well over 20 times now.
What I've Done To Resolve This Issue (In Rough Order Steps Were Taken)
1) Verified the integrity of the game files (Steam); all files verified, no problems. Game crashes after 55 seconds.
2) Deleted Apex Legends and downloaded it again. Game crashes after 55 seconds.
3) Deleted my config file (video settings, input settings, etc) game crashes after 55 seconds.
4) Reinstalled my graphics drivers (Nvidia). Game still crashes after 55 seconds.
5) Uninstalled my graphics drivers, restarted my computer, installed my graphics drivers, restarted my computer. Game crashes after 55 seconds.
6) At this point, I did a buch of other small things but this was 3 days ago and I don't remember, so onto step 7
7) Wiped windows (completely, from scratch) and installed a fresh install of Windows 10. Downloaded Apex Legends, launched game. Game did *not* crash after 55 seconds. Wowza!
8) Downloaded msi afterburner, rivatuner statiscs server, soundpad, and voicemod. Installed those applications, restarted computer.
9) Launched Apex, game crashes after 55 seconds
10) Uninstalled each of the individual programs listed here one by one, launching Apex each time. Nothing changed, game crashes after 55 seconds.
11) Restarted computer, launched Apex Legends on a machine that has NOTHING but the default windows utilities installed and STEAM. Game crashes after 55 seconds.
12) Did the very dangrous very stupid thing that people here were suggesting because it was a fresh install and I have nothing to lose; moved random driver files within the System32 folder somewhere else. Game works! Doesn't crash after 55 seconds! Wowza! I play Apex Legends for around two days happy that I can play my favorite game again despite the sheer amount of crap I had to deal with to get here. Do you all think it's reasonable to expect your end users to do all of this? Do you really?
13) Power goes out at my house yesterday, 8/8/22. Forcing the computer to turn off for the first time since the game successfully worked during Step 12. Game now crashes after 55 seconds again.
14) I do all of the steps from 1-12 over again. Nothing fixes the problem. Game crashes after 55 seconds.
15) I install Windows 11 just for fun, because at this point I have nothing to lose. Game crashes after 55 seconds.
16) Reseat GPU. Game still crashes after 55 seconds.
17) Remove GPU and attempt to run the game on integrated graphics (Intel). Game crashes before reaching the lobby, but STILL crashes 55 seconds after the game launched.
18) Put GPU back in, game crashes after 55 seconds.
19) Update to Apex Legends Season 14 Hunted. Game crashes after 55 seconds.
So that's that. I've wasted at this point well over eight hours of my life attempting to fix an issue taking steps so drastic that no sane person should be expected to take for ONE game that's not working properly.
Respawn, please fix.
Minor Update:
I have since wiped Windows 11 and reinstalled it from scratch all over again, and the game still crashes after 55 seconds. I beg someone at Respawn to please take notice of this issue and to at least say that it's something on your radar that you're aware of.
