Ara: History Untold, the historical strategy title from Oxide Games, is now available on PC through Steam and the Xbox app. This is a visually impressive title, but it hasn’t launched in the best state, with some performance issues holding it back. Thankfully, the developers have been active on Steam forums and have released a few hotfixes to address some of the problems. Here is how you may fix the Ara History Untold crash on PC if you’re trying to start a new game.
Fixing the Ara History Untold New Game Crash
Multiple users have reported running into a crash while trying to start a new game in Ara: History Untold after they pick a leader. This issue has now been addressed inhotfix 1.0.1.4, and we recommend updating the game to the latest version on both Steam and the Xbox app.
If you’re playing in offline mode for whatever reason, allow the game to update to the latest version.
If Ara: History Untold is still crashing for you, we recommend going through the following recommendations.
Verify Game Files
You can scan through the game files in both Steam, and the Xbox Store to redownload any broken or missing files.
Similarly, you can scan the files in the Xbox App as well.
Ara History Untold Vsync Issue Addressed
If you were having framerate issues with the vsync setting enabled, we can now confirm that the developers have addressed that in a patch as well. It’s safe to enable Vsync in-game now.
Generic Troubleshooting
Apart from that, you can try the following generic troubleshooting suggestions.
We’re glad that the developers have caught this issue early and deployed the appropriate fix. For the most part, Ara: History Untold isn’t a very demanding title, especially if you turn down settings like Shadow Quality and the MSAA.
Ali Hashmi
Ali has been writing about video games for the past six years and is always on the lookout for the next indie game to obsess over and recommend to everyone in sight. When he isn’t spending an unhealthy amount of time in Slay the Spire, he’s probably trying out yet another retro-shooter or playing Dark Souls for the 50th time.
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