Danger, darkness, dwarves. Deep Rock Galactic is well on its way to establishing itself in the gaming landscape for a long time. But the little nugget of Ghost Ship Games can sometimes be capricious. We give you a helping hand.
Deep Rock Galactic is a project that started from nothing, from a small Danish development studio with the support of its publisher Coffee Stain Studios. Only, it looks like the coffee-stain publisher has a flair for little prodigies, because just like Valheim, Deep Rock has established itself as an essential in your gaming library. This little game has quickly become big, offering today an experience worthy of the biggest service games. But, sometimes, the very simple architecture of this co-op mining adventure game can be more…complex. To help you with your problems, we list some tips for running Deep Rock Galactic well.
Check game files
This is an essential step for all games launched from Steam. Valve’s gaming platform can sometimes play tricks on you, especially when simultaneously downloading and installing the game. There is always a possibility that your title was not installed correctly. To check the installation of your game on Steam, nothing could be simpler:
- Go to your game library
- Right click on Deep Rock Galactic
- Click on “Properties” then on “Local Files”
- Click “Verify integrity of game files”
Install and update DirectX
DirectX is kind of the backbone of gaming on Windows computers. This is a software suite necessary for the proper functioning of an astronomical amount of programs. Usually installed together with a third-party game, it may disappear from your computer if formatted completely. However, to launch Deep Rock Galactic, you will also need DirectX. You can download DirectX directly from this page. Once downloaded, install DirectX and you will be able to launch most current games, including Deep Rock. When launching the game, feel free to use DirectX 11, which is older and more stable than DirectX 12.
Update your graphics card drivers
Almost all video games require your computer’s graphics card to work properly. However, the latter needs up-to-date drivers to work effectively. Although Deep Rock is not the most demanding of all the games available, it still requires a healthy graphics card to run efficiently. If you are unable to launch the game, or if you notice large drops in framerate while playing (the frames per second in game are very low), you absolutely need to update your graphics card drivers. Handling is different whether your CG is Nvidia or AMD branded.
To know your graphics card, nothing could be simpler, go to your computer’s Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) then to the Performance tab. You will find the name of your Graphics Card in the GPU 0 tab. Once you know the brand of your Graphics Card, go to one of the two addresses below to update your graphics drivers:
- AMD: go to this page and download the Adrenaline software. Once installed, it will offer you the opportunity to update your drivers.
- Nvidia: go to this page and choose your graphics card from the list provided. You can then install the latest driver and GeForce Experience so you don’t have to repeat the operation later.