Insurgency Sandstorm: How to Fix Freezing - Ultimate Guide

We keep talking about bugs and this time they are related to Insurgency Sandstorm allowing us to tell you how to fix the freeze.

What is freezing in Insurgency Sandstorm?

 This is nothing more than an inconvenience that is usually related to the crash and usually occurs both on the PC and on the console, so that it is necessary to know how to fix the freeze, this because it is usually affecting both solo players and with friends, for our good fortune there are different solutions that we can well apply and to give you the necessary indications we are here.

How to fix freezing in Insurgency Sandstorm?

 The game was first released on PC and then moved to the PS4 and Xbox One, which means that the error is usually reflected on all platforms, in this order of ideas we are going to leave you the solutions that you can apply, and they are:

 Run Insurgency Sandstorm as administrator: this is a fix that usually works quite well when the game tends to freeze, it is a fairly simple task that can be done like this:

 

•  We must go to Steam in order to go to the library.
• After them, we must look for Insurgency Sandstorm.
• Then we right-click on the game to locate Properties.
• Then we must click on the Browse button and then click on the game.
• We proceed to do in Binaries and then in Win64.
• Next, we must right-click on InsurgencyClient-Win64-Shipping.exe.
• Then we click on Properties to proceed, click on Compatibility.
• We must check the box Run this program as administrator, to finish we click OK.

 Choose to restart the console or PC: this is another action to execute to find out how to fix the freeze and is that many times most of the errors are usually solved by just executing a restart.

 Check the Windows Firewall: this is another solution about how to fix the freeze and for this we must:
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• Press Windows R simultaneously so that a Run dialog box can open.
• Next, we must write "firewall.cpl" and click OK.
• Next we will see a list of games where it is necessary to search and click on Insurgency Sandstorm.
• We proceed to change the settings and locate Allow another application.
• In the next window that opens on the screen, we must click on Browse and then on Steam.
• We must click on Common and then on Sandstorm.
• We proceed to select the InsurgencyEAC.exe application and click open.
• We must click on Network types to check the Private box, and we choose to click OK.
• To finish we must restart the game and that's it.

 

 Verify the integrity of the file: this is another solution that can be applied, especially considering that corrupt files can cause us to show errors and Insurgency Sandstorm is not different, in this case we must:

 

•  Go to Library in order to find Insurgency Sandstorm and choose to right-click to select Properties.
• Next, we must go to the local files to click on Verify the integrity of the game files.
• This scan may take some time and when the process is complete it will only be enough to restart the game and that's it.

 

 

 Uninstall the game and install it again: We continue to provide solutions on how to fix the freeze and for this we should consider uninstalling the game and reinstalling it one more time and then re-launching the game as usual.

 Choose to change the resolution: this is another applicable solution which makes it necessary that in case of playing in 4K we must modify it to 1080p, thus preventing the game from crashing.

 Update the graphics driver: we continue to provide solutions on how to fix the freeze, and it is vital to have updated graphics drivers because these can be one of the main causes why games tend to throw us problems, it is ideal to have the most recent version.

 Now that you know it is time to apply some of these solutions to continue progressing in Insurgency Sandstorm.