Cities: Skylines Crash Fix

In thisarticle, we tried to solve theproblem of theplayers encountering the crashproblem when opening the game in Cities: Skylines. If youare facing suchaproblem, you can reach the solutionbyperforming the followingactions.

Cities: Skylines Why Am I Encountering the Crash Issue?

Cities: Skylinesplayers'access to the game is restrictedby encounteringacrashproblem while opening the game or in-game. If youare facing suchaproblem, you can findasolutionby following the suggestionsbelow.

Cities: SkylinesHow To Fix Crash Issue

One of the main causes of the crash is file corruption. If the in-game filesare damaged or corrupt, wearelikely to encounter suchaproblem. Theantivirus system, which is one of the other reasons, canblock the files in the game. For this, we may need to turn off theantivirus systemagainst the game.

1-) Update Graphics Card Driver

In such continuityproblems, we may encounteran update error in the graphics card. For this, we will need to update the graphics card. If you're ready, let's get started.

For Users with Nvidia Graphics Card;

• First ofall, Nvidia company's Geforce Experience .
• After completing the downloadand installationprocess, we open ourprogramand open the Drivers menuabove.
• Download our updateby clicking the Download button thatappearsabove.
• After our download is complete, let'sperform the installationprocessby clicking the quick installationbutton.
• Restart your computerafter thisprocess is finished.

For Users with AMD Graphics Card;

• AMD's AMD Radeon Software .
• Afterperforming the downloadand installationprocess, we open ourprogramand click the Check for Updatesbutton under the driverand software menu on the right,and check whether our video card is up to date.
• You can restart your computerbyperforming the update.

After updating our graphics driverand restarting our computer, we can try to open the Cities: Skylines game.

2-) Verify Game File Integrity

We will verify the game file integrity, scanand downloadany missing or incorrect files. 

1. Steam .
2. Library menu.
3. Right click on the  Cities: Skylinesgame on the leftand open the Properties tab .
4. Open the Local Filesmenu on the left side of the screen that opens.
5. Click on the Verify integrity of game files button in the Local Files Encountered menu.

After thisprocess, the download willbeperformedby scanning the damaged game files. After theprocess is finished, try to open the gameagain.

3-) Turn off Antivirus Program

Disableanyantivirusprogram you use, or delete it completely from your computer. If youare using Windows Defender, disable it. For this;

• Type "virusand threatprotection" into the start search screenand open it.
• Then click on "Manage settings".
• Real-timeprotection to "Off".

After this, let's turn off other ransomwareprotection.

• Open the start search screen.
• Open the search screenby typing Windows security settings.
• Click on Virusand Threat Protection on the screen that opens.
• Click on the Ransomware Protection option in the menu.
• Turn off Controlled Folder Access in the screen that opens.

Afterperforming this operation, we will need toadd the Cities: Skylines game filesasan exception.

• Type "virusand threatprotection" into the start search screenand open it.
• Virusand threatprotection settingsManage settingsand then Exclusions select Add or remove exclusions.
• Addan exclusionand thenCities: Skylines saved to your disk select the folder.

After thisprocess, close Cities: Skylines completely with the help ofatask managerand try running Cities: Skylinesagain. If theproblempersists, let's move on to our next suggestion.

4-) Reload the Game

If this error you encounter continues, you can tryagainby removing the game completely from the computer. The modpackage you installed in the game files may have damaged the game files.