Why does the world of tanks game freeze? World of Tanks crashes on startup - fixing bugs

Is World of Tanks slow? Or do you have a weak computer? Or did you log into the game after the next update and WoT began to slow down terribly? If all this is familiar to you, but this course of events does not suit you, then read this article to the end, delving into every line of text. And, if everything is done correctly, then you will part with the game brakes forever...

So let's begin:

Why World of Tanks slows down:

First, let's check such banality as system requirements. I know, I know, now you start:

So, minimum system requirements for playing world of tanks:

Operating system: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
256 Kbps.
Processor (CPU): and here's the most interesting thing, in 2014 this figure was 2.2 GHz, in 2015 added to the numbers: "supporting SSE2 technology", A in 2016, the 2.2 GHz numbers were removed, but wrote in words "With two or more physical cores"(but as far as I know, 2 cores began to be released as soon as the processor frequency exceeded the threshold of 2.6 GHz, so we draw conclusions)
Random access memory (RAM): 1.5 GB for Windows XP, 2 GB for Windows Vista, Windows 7/8/10.
Video adapter: GeForce 6800/ ATI HD X2400 XT with 256 MB memory, DirectX 9.0c.
Audio: DirectX 9.0c compatible.
about 27 GB.

The minimum requirements are minimal because you will launch the game, but it will be difficult to play comfortably, believe me. So it is unlikely that it will be possible to remove the “brakes” and “freezes” of the client. Here you can’t do without upgrading your hardware... The parts recommended for replacement are, of course, the processor, video card and RAM...

Operating system: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 - 64-bit.
Internet connection speed: 1024 Kbps or higher (for voice chat).
Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-3330 (for those who don’t know: 4 cores at 3 GHz - not bad).
Random access memory (RAM): 4 GB (or more).
Video adapter: GeForce GTX660 (2 GB) / Radeon HD 7850 2 GB, DirectX 9.0c.
Audio card: DirectX 9.0c compatible.
Free hard disk space:~36 GB.

The recommended requirements are certainly not exorbitant, but for old computers this is, as they say, “like walking to China” and if you are reading this article, it means that you have something in between these two characteristics. As usual, either the video is weak, or the RAM is not enough, or the percentage was inherited from someone’s hardware.

World of Tanks is slow! Well, what can you do here?

If your lags and slowdowns are due to the processor and even more so if this same processor is single-core, there’s nothing you can do about it, will have to change, well, he doesn’t “take out” the game now, although in 2014 it was still possible to play on this... alas

By the way, about how to choose good computer I wrote in the article, I recommend reading it.

Next comes random access memory (RAM). What can you do with it? Physically, of course, nothing. But you can remove unnecessary garbage, all programs that are loaded in your tray (for those who don’t know, the tray is where the Windows clock is, usually the lower right corner). That's why you need all sorts of managers when playing (viber, mail, icq, skype, etc.) - close it! Torrent?! Definitely OFF! Not only does it “eat up” the RAM, but it also clogs the Internet channel. Next is the browser, brrrrr... Look in the manager how much Google Chrome is eating. You will be horrified! We're closing! We close the rest of the browsers (because they also consume quite a lot)! I would even close the antivirus while playing (by the way, NOD32 has game mode, which frees up a certain amount of RAM for games), and it’s not possible to completely disable any antivirus so easily.

Special aesthetes use programs like Wise Memory Optimizer, which clear the memory of unused data (personally, I would not recommend using these, because I myself caught “ blue screen death" on a test computer with WinHR installed).
It's better to buy it, of course. RAM up to a decent 4 GB, especially if you old computer then the RAM for it (DDR, DDR2) will cost mere pennies, and the comfort from it will be felt for a very, very long time. On the test machine I played on dual-channel RAMe (DDR2) 4 GB (2x2GB) and everything was fine!

Next in line for us video card.

If there is not enough video memory, then we try to remove the excess using the program WOT Tweaker downloading it for current version game client on the Internet. In the tweaker you can remove such extras. effects that cannot be disabled from the game client, such as flying dirt from under the tracks, optical effects from a burning tank, etc. But it's worth it, take my word for it!

If the fps in the game shows too little 5-10, then you can try running the client in “safe mode”:


this will turn everything off installed mods and we can safely say that fps drops due to mods. For example, I met fps drop from fashion. About more detailed setup I will post a video clip at the end of the article. Read on...

It happens to someone that the computer hardware is far from weak, and up to latest versions, and there’s nothing unnecessary hanging out in the tray (like a torrent), but Worl of Tanks still slows down. Then the problem is most likely with the Internet provider. Pay attention to the ping in the game, if it exceeds 50 ms, then something is wrong, either the provider is to blame, or you are running some program that requires an Internet connection to work, or your computer has a virus, such as a Trojan, that constantly sends packages via your Internet channel.

A word about 3G modems

About 3G modems(4G modems) I don’t want to talk about it here. A whole article has been written about this: . In it, I explained why everything is so bad when playing via a USB modem and which WoT game server you don’t connect to, the ping is still huge, sometimes up to 300 ms. One can only feel sorry for those people who, apart from 3G, have no Internet of any kind, and there are quite a few of them. And to say that their world of tanks is slow is to say nothing...

Well, probably the last reason for this is actually the operating system itself. As programmers say “windows must die”... And it’s not for nothing that they say it. While Windows was running in system registry all sorts of slag is collected, starting from old records about a long time ago remote programs and games and ending with new entries from some mail satellite, Yandex browser and, God forbid, from some virus that alone can create up to a million false registry entries in order to load the percentage to full.

So, over time, all this loads the work of the operating system itself, since it doesn’t really take long for programs to start running or the same text editor It takes a very long time to open or save documents. Here you know that the end has come for Windows. And don’t expect super speeds from it, much less a comfortable game in WoT.

There are only 2 ways out. The simplest and almost painless for the brain is to remove Windows and install a new one. The second is to start a complete cleaning of the computer, not deleting necessary programs, disk defragmentation, registry cleaning. Long and tedious. But it's up to you.

Well, as promised, I’ll post it at the end of the article video from the developers themselves(by the way, many thanks to them for it) about that how to optimize graphics in World of Tanks. This video talks in detail about what fps is and what each slider in the settings is responsible for, how you can achieve an increase in fps and what it will cost.

Setting up graphics in WoT from version 1.0

And that's all for me! Many thanks to all those who made it through this article to the end! Good luck in setting up the client, huge fps for you and no lags, so that later they don’t ask why World of Tanks is slow.

Don’t forget to share in the comments who and how defeated lags, brakes and freezes in World of Tanks. After all, your comment can help a hundred or even a thousand people!

Dear players, before asking your question, take the trouble to read all the comments, perhaps there is already an answer to it. All duplicate questions will be ignored. Thanks for understanding!

The first difficulties may begin at the stage of the game launcher. If the launcher crashes after launching, you will need to configure it correctly.

1. Remove the Updates and Wargaming.net folders from the system Windows folders: XP C:\Documents and Settings\UseName\Local Settings\temp, Vista and Win 7 C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp
2. Launch the launcher again, specifying port 6881 and using a torrent connection.
3. We add the game to the firewall and antivirus exceptions (if you are using a standard firewall, this is done directly in the launcher settings).

Launcher freezes, gear spins

If you see a picture like this, try the following:

The game crashes after clicking "Play"

Launcher launched normally, but when you press the “Play” button it doesn’t start or the game client itself crashes? The following options are possible.

System requirements do not meet

Although WoT performs well on older PCs, there are minimum requirements, without which the game will not start. Only upgrading your computer will help.

Wrong graphics settings

Crashes are possible if you used graphics settings higher than the computer can handle. Difficulties can begin both during the battle and when the game itself starts.
To resolve this, select more modest graphics settings, starting with the recommended settings.

Rights and Compatibility Issues

Security systems in new operating systems(from Vista and newer) do not always provide games with comfortable conditions for launching. Try running Tanki with administrator rights and in compatibility mode.

1. Right-click on the WoT shortcut and select “Properties”.
2. Go to the “Compatibility” tab.
3. We set the level of rights and check various compatibility modes.

Drivers for video card are not suitable

To run the game correctly and ensure good performance, be sure to install drivers on your video card.

1. Visit the NVIDIA or AMD/ATI website to find a driver for your device.
2. Select your video card model from the list on the website.
3. Download the full installer (we do not recommend using the update).
4. Install the drivers.

Windows system components are missing

For correct operation of Tanks, quite a lot of auxiliary programs are required. If they are not on your computer, you will not be able to launch World of Tanks. Let's briefly go through the components necessary for launch. link).

Individual case

If all the above recommendations do not help, you should contact the Wargaming.net support forum to resolve the issue. To get an accurate decision, be as informative as possible when preparing your application.

• PC configuration;
• under what circumstances does the game crash?
• what have you already tried to solve;

We hope that these methods will allow you to resolve the issue of client crashes and help you enjoy the game of Tanks. full program. If none of this helps, try deleting it and again, or write in the comments, we will try to help you.

Every player has experienced World of Tanks crashing during battle. This is one of those situations that you wouldn’t wish on even your opponent. There may be just a few reasons, or there may be a whole set of reasons.

In any case, it's worth taking proactive steps to troubleshoot and fix issues that are causing your game to crash as soon as possible

Systematic ignoring of these factors can serve as a wake-up call and mean that the computer will stop working and will no longer be destined to win.

All reasons can be divided into just a few categories:

Problems that can be resolved by the player himself.
problems that are caused by factors beyond the player's control.

The most important among the first is the factor of unstable Internet connection. Possible “symptoms” - the game starts, continues until a certain point, then the picture suddenly stops or goes into a loop.

And therefore the fastest methods for checking:
1) Disable any antivirus programs. Or switching them to game mode very often helps solve the problem.
2) Opened the launcher with the game World of Tanks. Go to settings and select - support - check and restore the integrity of the game . The integrity check and game update and reinstallation will begin. Problem solved.
3) Update all drivers (primarily for the video card) Wargaming also always recommends for NVIDIA video cards disable the required NVIDIA PhysX (installed by default).

There is no need to panic, it is better to immediately begin to solve this problem

Make sure that your personal account in the provider’s personal account has sufficient funds to pay for the period of Internet use. If at the moment you don’t have the required amount, but you need to finish the match, you can use a temporary trust top-up; many providers now provide this service. If you can't even log in personal account- then it is obvious that the problem is in the cable.

The above methods should help solve the problem, it definitely helped us, if you find out any other method, write in the comments.

The second group of factors should include situations where all equipment is working properly, but World of Tanks still crashes during the battle. The reason may be maintenance work on the server. As a rule, the administration notifies each player and, as an apology, gives small compensatory gifts. All that remains is to wait until the server starts working again.

The game World of Tanks has long gained enormous popularity, spreading literally throughout the world. This game is available to almost everyone, but, like all applications, it has its own minimum requirements.

If your equipment does not comply with them, then you, like many others, will ask a simple question: “the world of tanks game freezes, what should I do?”

It is impossible to give a definite answer here, since everyone has individual problems. But, basically, all the problems are based on the fact that your PC simply does not meet some of the requirements.

The game uses an engine called Big World. Although he has the most beautiful server part, which, thanks to its structure, is capable of withstanding enormous loads, while excluding dishonest users from using cheat codes, but the client part of the engine is a little lame. Especially in those issues that relate to the optimization, use and distribution of resources on computers with a large number of cores, as well as in matters of graphics. And here the question is raised again: “hangs world game of tanks what should I do?

Of course, first of all, you need to identify the essence of your problem and figure out why you feel uncomfortable playing.

Basically, the game freezes and slows down due to a banal lack of system resources or the equipment you use

If you have enough money in your wallet, then, of course, the ideal is to purchase a new powerful PC, or at least replace parts such as a processor, RAM and video card on an old device. These parts are responsible for all the main performance.

The processor is the so-called “head” of your equipment.
RAM is the place where the necessary temporary files and important data are stored.
The video card is what is responsible for the graphics component of games.

If at least one of the listed components falls short, then this will already be a reason for the poor performance of the game.

If it is not possible to purchase and upgrade a PC, then you can, of course, try to fix the problems from the inside. First, you should check your game settings and try lowering them. Yes, the game will not look so aesthetically pleasing, but it will still work fine. You can also try clearing the cache. And also - free up more space on the game disk if there is little of it.