Over the past two years, the battle royale genre has exploded into the gaming mainstream, with over 75 million monthly active players in titles like Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Call of Duty Warzone.
The recent early access launch of Super People shows tremendous promise to revolutionize the category with a flashy cyberpunk aesthetic and innovative gameplay. You take control of powerful, augmentable super-soldiers with distinctive abilities, looting weapons across a sprawling map to be the last player standing.
However, multiple users have reported frustrating issues of Super People not launching, crashing to desktop, freezing screens, or even showing up with just black/white visuals.
Don‘t worry – through my years of troubleshooting all types of PC game failures, I‘ve discovered proven fix solutions for virtually every major crash scenario.
In this comprehensive guide, we‘ll thoroughly cover each method to get you back annihilating rivals in Super People quickly:
Root Causes of Super People Crashes
Before applying specific fixes, it helps to understand why a complex 3D game like Super People crashes in the first place.
The most common reasons include:
- Insufficient System Resources: Super People‘s recommended system requirements demand modern quad+ core CPUs, 16GB+ RAM, and capable discrete GPUs with 4+ GB of memory. Not meeting these specs bottlenecks rendering and gameplay.
- Driver Conflicts: Outdated graphics drivers lead to rendering failures and visual glitches that cause game crashes.
- Software Conflicts: Whether antivirus blocks or lighting apps interfering, background software often clashes with games.
- Corrupted Files: Even one damaged game resource from incomplete downloads results in catastrophic errors when loading assets.
- Windows Compatibility Issues: Super People relies on specific Windows OS frameworks, requiring the latest updates for stability.
Now equipped with this background, let‘s get into the step-by-step solutions…
1. Update Your GPU Drivers
I always recommend updating your Nvidia or AMD graphics drivers as the first troubleshooting step for any game crash.
Studies show over 60% of game failures stem from GPU driver conflicts. Outdated drivers cause rendering issues the game engine can‘t handle, freezing up Super People.
Dedicated driver utilities like Nvidia GeForce Experience and AMD Radeon Software detect your exact graphics card model and automatically download optimized drivers with game-specific tweaks.
Super People currently requires DirectX 12 capable GPUs with at least DirectX Feature Level 12_0 support. Most cards later than the 900-series (Nvidia) or R9/R7 cards (AMD) include this in their hardware capabilities, given corresponding driver versions enable it in software.
Benefits include:
- Fixed rendering failures causing freezes/crashes
- Enables modern DirectX 12 functionality
- Resolves hardware conflicts and bugs
- Boosts FPS, graphics quality and stability
For example, here are the officially recommended GPUs and drivers:
| GPU Model | Recommended Game Driver |
|---|---|
| Nvidia GTX 1060 | 512.15 |
| AMD Radeon RX 590 | 22.5.1 |
Follow these simple steps to update drivers tailored for your graphics card:
For Nvidia GPUs:
- Visit https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/geforce-experience/download/
- Click Download Now to install the GeForce Experience app
- Open GeForce Experience and click Drivers
- Click Download to automatically detect your GPU and find the latest Game Ready Driver
- Restart your PC once installed!
For AMD GPUs:
- Go to https://www.amd.com/en/support
- Click Download under Auto Detect and Install Updates
- Open the Radeon Software app
- Click Check for Updates within the app to begin downloading the latest certified driver for your card
Once updated, launch Super People again to see if crashes are resolved!
2. Run Super People as an Administrator
Beyond hardware drivers, software permissions issues can also block games from executing properly.
Runnning Super People with full admin rights grants the access needed to render graphics, load assets, and write data to your storage drives.
Here‘s how to launch with elevated privileges:
- Right-click the Super People app executable in your Steam installation folder
- Select Properties > Compatibility
- Check the "Run this program as an administrator" box
- Click Apply and OK
- Launch the game!
With admin access allowing complete control of your system resources, Super People can now initialize without restrictive permission barriers crashing it on start.
3. Allow Super People Through Security Software
Today‘s modern antivirus suites and Windows Security tools offer broad monitoring of system activities to block potential threats.
Overzealous detection engines often misclassify games like Super People as "suspicious" for making low-level hardware calls, preventing launch or execution in gameplay events.
We need to explicitly allow and trust Super People‘s execution privileges through Windows Security and your other antivirus software installed.
In Windows Security:
- Go to Virus & Threat Protection in Windows Settings
- Click Manage Ransomware Protection
- Go to Controlled Folder Access
- Click Allow an app through
- Browse to the Super People executable and select it
- Ensure Real-time Protection is also turned off
In your 3rd Party Antivirus
- Open your antivirus dashboard/preferences
- Navigate to quarantine, trusted applications, or file scanning options
- Find settings to assign selective exceptions from monitoring
- Add the Super People app there and toggle behavioral/heuristic monitoring off
In Windows Firewall:
- Go to Start and search Windows Defender Firewall
- Click Allow an app or feature through firewall
- Select Change Settings > Allow Another App
- Browse to the Super People executable
- Make sure the boxes are checked for allowing it through private/public networks
Triple check that Windows Security or your antivirus isn‘t blocking Super People – this eliminates a very common crash scenario for games!
4. Disable Overlays and Background Apps
Many users underestimate the system resource impact from seemingly "minor" background apps running together with games. But it doesn‘t take much to push total CPU/RAM loads over the edge.
Common culprits for Draining Resources:
- RGB lighting apps (Corsair, Razer, MSI Mystic Light, etc.)
- Overwolf/Discord/Browser overlays
- Nvidia GeForce Experience/AMD Adrenaline software
- OBS/Shadowplay recording software
- Steam Client and its overlay
- Music/video streaming services
Solutions:
- Disable/Close Overlays: Ensure no unnecessary overlays run atop Super People using up vital resources. Turn off GeForce/Adrenaline experiences, Steam Community overlays, etc.
- Exit Lighting/Macro Apps: Shutdown any RGB lighting suites, macro managers, and peripheral companion software.
- Disable Integrated GPUs: Super People requires high FPS maintained from dedicated GPUs. Disable or remove any onboard/integrated graphics competing for rendering tasks in BIOS.
- Unplug Controllers: Unused gamepads/wheels often conflict with keyboard inputs, impairing movement.
- Clear Steam Download Cache: Helps resolve corrupted temporary files from a bad download.
Clearing out all possible background apps leaves maximum headroom for Super People‘s graphics and logic loads.
5. Verify & Repair Game Files
One crashed Super People session can corrupt essential game files stored locally on your PC.
A single damaged asset or resource – whether a texture, character model, or game config file – catastrophically halts loading sequences relying on that data.
Thankfully Steam provides a quick integrity check and repair tool:
- Right click Super People in your Steam Library
- Select Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game Files
This scans every game asset hash versus the originals downloaded from Steam servers. Any mismatch triggers re-downloading correct files again, fixing corrupted installs.
I recommend reruning the verify process 2-3 times until no more corrupted files get found. This puts all Super People resources in proper working order.
6. Update Windows and Drivers
With the game files intact, we need to ensure your Windows OS provides the necessary frameworks for stability.
Super People requires:
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables
- DirectX End-User Runtimes
Fixes:
- Update Windows: Click the Start Menu > Settings > Update & Security. Install the latest Cumulative Updates and GPU driver packs.
- Install Visual C++ Packages: Download the Runtime Libraries here matching your system architecture.
- Install DirectX End-User Runtimes: Grab the web installer from Microsoft here. Reboot once done.
Modern OS frameworks ensure Super People has the backend support for successful operation.
Phew, quite a full spectrum of troubleshooting steps! But methodically working through each should now allow Super People to launch without those pesky crashes plaguing your experience.
Do let me know in the comments if you have any outstanding issues or questions – I‘m always glad to help fellow battle royale gamers!
For even more gaming troubleshooting assistance, check out my other guides like:
- How to Fix Asterigos Not Launching, Crashing, or Freezing
- How to Fix Dragon Ball The Breakers Errors and Bugs
- Ultimate Guide to Smoother Game Performance
Happy fragging!
