Sword of the Stars II Crashes, Low FPS, Sound Errors and Fixes

In Sword of the Stars 2, gamers will be reacquainted with the original six races from Swords of the Stars I and its expansions as well as reveal the dark secret of the original series, the Suul’ka – an ancient race that is responsible for tampering with the Liir, Zuul, and other races in the game’s universe!

 

Let’s start with this what you should have to do first before running Sword of the Stars II which will save you many king of bugs and errors.

What should you do first?

Be sure to check the support article section related to Sword of the Stars II you're having problems with. There you can also find troubleshooting threads which our users have found helpful.

• It's important that you have the latest version of DirectX and graphics drivers installed!
• If you're using Windows Vista or 7, you should try disabling UAC. More information can be found here.
• Installing the latest updates for your operating system is always a good idea and can also resolve some of your issues. Same thing goes for shutting down or disabling any non-crucial applications running in the background, especially anti-virus software, as they might interfere with your games. Try it and see if it helps.

PC System Requirements:

Meet the system requirements before run Sword of the Stars II.

Windows Minimum Requirements:

• OS: Windows Vista 32-bit
• RAM: 2-GB RAM
• Video: 512-MB DirectX 10
• Display: 1024x768
• HDD: 2-GB free space
• CPU: Core2 Duo or equivalent
• DirectX: February 2010 or newer (DX10)
• Sound: Any Windows Vista compatible sound device, stereo speakers or head phones
• Controls: 2-button mouse and keyboard

Windows Recommended Requirements:

• OS: Windows 7 64-bit
• RAM: 6-GB
• Video: 1-GB DirectX 10/11
• Display: 1650x1080 or greater
• CPU: Intel i5 equivalent or better
• Sound: Any Windows Vista compatible sound device, 5.1 speaker configuration for full effect
• Control: 3-button mouse and keyboard

Download Latest DirectX for Sword of the Stars II

Download the Latest DirectX Version: Click Here. For more help about DirectX go to DirectX Problems and Issues for games

Download Latest Graphic Card Drivers for Sword of the Stars II

• AMD ATI Graphic Cards
• Intel
• Matrox
• NVidia
• S3 Graphics
• SiS

For more help about Graphics Drivers go to:

How to get Latest Drivers for your Hardware for best game performance?

Get Latest Drivers for Controllers, Joysticks, Racing Wheels, Mice and Keyboards

Download Latest Sound Card Drivers for Sword of the Stars II

• Creative Labs
• Yamaha LSI
• Realtek
• SoundMAX

For more help about Sound Drivers go to:

How to get Latest Drivers for your Hardware for best game performance?

Get Latest Drivers for Controllers, Joysticks, Racing Wheels, Mice and Keyboards

Sword of the Stars II D3dx9_41.dll Error Fix

Download and install the latest update of DirectX, you can download from here.

Sword of the Stars II msvcr71.dll, msvcr100.dll and msvcp100.dll Errors Fix

These error may cause of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 and 2010. So install these packages, you can download below.

For 32-bit Windows Versions:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010

For 64-bit Windows Versions:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010

Sword of the Stars II Crashes, Crash at Menu, Crash on Launching, Crashing while Playing – Fix

Solution 1: Disable all unnecessary background applications before starts Sword of the Stars II, especially browser flash-based games. These heavily consume resources which can slow down your gaming experience and just to be sure that nothing is conflicting with Sword of the Stars II. Try these steps to close hidden applications.

Click Start > Run > type msconfig > Click the Startup tab > Click Disable All button > Apply > OK, and restart your computer.

Solution 2: Delete the all temporary files from your computer by donning this
Click Start > Run > type %temp% > OK > click Edit > Select All > Delete.

Solution 3: Disable your anti-virus programs and sure to re-enable them after playing.

Solution 4: Alt + Tab out of Sword of the Stars II and check if there is any windows firewall or any other

Solution 5: After the updating the graphic cards and didn’t solve the issue then try to rollback your video card by downloading an earlier version of your video card’s current driver.

Solution 6: If you have a multi-core processor, try disabling them, it might do the trick!

Solution 7: Enable the 3GB switch to - worked for many as of May 18, but please note this is still not a guaranteed solution.

To enable the 3GB switch on Windows Vista™ or Windows 7:

1. Right-click Command Prompt in the Accessories program group of the Start menu. Click Run as Administrator.
2. At the command prompt, enter “bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 3072?
3. Restart the computer.

(If it doesn’t work)

To disable the 3GB switch:

1. Right-click on Command Prompt in the Accessories program group of the Start menu. Click Run as Administrator.
2. At the command prompt, enter “bcdedit /deletevalue IncreaseUserVa”
3. Restart the computer.

Solution 8: Last Ditch Solution: Update your BIOS (for advanced users only! If this is your first time doing this, be sure to read your motherboard documentation to avoid bricking your PC so try it at your own Risk!!!)

Antivirus Detecting Virus in Sword of the Stars II

Solution: Update your virus definitions. This is a false positive and there is no virus in Sword of the Stars II or read the virus issues guide here.

Sword of the Stars II cannot launch, Stuck at launcher, Crashes when clicking on launcher Fix

Solution 1: Verify integrity of your game cache on Steam

Solution 2: Try lower desktop resolutions

Sword of the Stars II is Unable to run properly with AMD Athlon 64 x2 processor / Running really fast or really slow

Solution: Download the AMD Dual-Core Optimizer

Sword of the Stars II isn’t Launching/ Nothing Happen after launch

Solution: First of all, make sure you have updated DirectX and Graphic Card Driver. After this if problem persists then install the Steam and then run the game, a quick and easy solution.

Sword of the Stars II Crash to Desktop (CTD) and Black Screen Fix

Solution 1: Run Sword of the Stars II in compatibility with Windows XP SP3.

Solution 2: Also, you can try to lower Sword of the Stars II’s settings by disabling VSync and multi-sampling and turning down environment detail levels.

Solution 3: Try to Update Your Graphics Cards and Motherboard Drivers.

Solution 4: Try different resolution options on your PC.

Solution 5: For NVidia users, go into NVidia control panel and add Sword of the Stars II.exe and make it "use NVidia GPU" to resolve this issue. And also try this, go to NVidia control panel and check if Sword of the Stars II.exe has to instances. If there are two instances, set both to use your specific GPU instead of automatic.

Sword of the Stars II Weird Mouse – Fix

Solution: Read our article Keyboard and Mouse Weird Problems and Lag Reduce Fix.

Sword of the Stars II has No Sound, Sound Error, Sound Problems and Sound Stuttering Fix

Solution 1: First of all, make sure you have installed or updated DirectX.

Solution 2: Reduce Sound Acceleration by following these steps: Click Start>Run>Type dxdiag>Press Enter> Select the sound tab and Reduce Sound Acceleration

Solution 3: Update your Sound Card Driver.

Solution 4: If you are experiencing no sound or sound stuttering, run Sword of the Stars II with Stereo Sound.

Solution 5: If you're using Realtek audio drivers, updating to the latest available drivers usually solves the problems. In case you have Realtek sound card on board, you may experience disappearance of sound while playing Sword of the Stars II. In that case try uninstalling the sound drivers and running Sword of the Stars II on default sound drivers, see if you the sound comes back if it doesn’t try updating your sound card drivers. In case you are on Windows Vista you may want to change your audio channel to “Stereo”. In order to do that:

Go to Control Panel>Sound> in “Playback Options” tab, select the current device you use for your sound and select “Configure”. Now change your audio channel to “Stereo”.

Solution 6: You can run Sword of the Stars II in 44k Stereo settings. For Change Settings (In Realtek) Go to Sound Manager>Properties>Advanced Settings here you can change the settings.

Sword of the Stars II won’t install because Anti-virus software has detected a threat/virus

Solution 1: Disable your anti-virus. Be sure to turn it back on after playing.

Solution 2: Add Sword of the Stars II to your firewall and anti-virus exceptions

Solution 3: Try reinstalling your anti-virus program.

Solution 4: Update your anti-virus program; be sure virus definitions are updated

Solution 5: Read our article Antivirus Detects Virus in games or detects threat/virus

Sword of the Stars II Crashes During or after the loading screen Fix

Solution 1: Disable your antivirus programs. Be sure to turn them back on after playing.

Solution 2: Try validating the steam files in case the installation is corrupted.

Solution 3: Manually add Sword of the Stars II for PC to your antivirus or firewall exceptions list.

Sword of the Stars II Crashes, Freezes, or Black Screen after Intro Video

Solution 1: Launch Sword of the Stars II with Novid added to launch options of Steam.

Solution 2: Verify Sword of the Stars II cache for errors. If there are corrupted files, try reinstalling Sword of the Stars II.

Solution 3: Disable or turn off your antivirus programs.

Solution 4: Manually add Sword of the Stars II.exe to your antivirus or firewall exceptions list.

Possible Solution 5: If your game installed on external hard drive so, copy Steam.exe and Sword of the Stars II files from your external hard drive to C:\. Launch Steam.exe as administrator and let it update.

Solution 6: Verify Sword of the Stars II cache for errors. If there are corrupted files, try reinstalling Sword of the Stars II.

Solution 7: There could be corrupted dll files. Navigate to \Steam\steamapps\common\ Sword of the Stars II \bin, then either delete everything in that folder or rename it to bin_old. After that Verify your game cache and it should re-download the dll’s.

Sword of the Stars II Visual 2005, 2008 and 2010 Run Time Error or "The Application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b). Click OK to terminate." - Fix

Solution: Install Microsoft Visual Runtime Libraries to fix this problem from Here

For 32-bit Windows Versions:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010

For 64-bit Windows Versions:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010

Sword of the Stars II "Failed to create D3D device” Error Fix

Solution 1: Install or Update DirectX to the latest version. This is usually encountered if you didn't install the bundled DirectX drivers when you installed Sword of the Stars II.

Solution 2: Update your video card drivers of NVidia/ATI/Intel HD from official download sites, and try installing their Beta drivers too.

Display Driver Has Stopped Working

Solution:

• Go to program files/steam/steam apps/common/ game.
• Right Click the portal application.
• Clicks troubleshoot in-compatibility issues.

Sword of the Stars II.exe Has Stopped Responding Fix

Solution: Try rolling back (downgrading to a previous version) your video card drivers and see if this will resolve the issue. Usually this is a problem with experimental beta drivers from NVidia or ATI.

You can try also our General Fixes for fix errors and issue which are not enlisted above.

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