With the release of Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, players are already in the midst of chaos. Due to the heavy requirements of the game, players are welcomed with Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Crashing on Startup and Loading Screen oftentimes, getting in the way of consistent gameplay. Here in this guide, we will share with you the reasons and how to fix it.
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora from Ubisoft is a fresh take on the popular Avatar series where distant futuristic humans search for an Earth-like planet “Pandora” and succeed.
But, it already is a shelter for massive blue-colored species known as “Na’vi”. They are quite like cavemen who utilize the natural resources of their planet and sustain their peak physical attributes like agility, strength, focus, and so on.
Just like Earth, Pandora also has unique things and one of them involves consciousness change, teleporting one’s consciousness from the Human body to the Na’vi body, and so on.
The Avatar Frontiers of Pandora takes us into the same concept where humans with their technology are trying to take over Pandora, but Na’vi – residents of Pandora and its natural habitats get in the way, defending themselves and the planet.
Now, let’s discuss reasons and fixes for Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Crashing on Startup, and Loading Screen.
Why is Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Crashing?
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora is a demanding game and due to the requirements, you might be often greeted with game crashes, often at the time of starting or loading the game.
Furthermore, there are times when your system has the potential, but you have the settings done in a way that the game isn’t able to run efficiently.
It is called optimization and matters a lot, especially in a demanding game like Avatar Frontiers of Pandora.
So, the core reasons are System Requirements, Optimization, and other times it is also related to the game files.
When game files are not installed correctly, or get corrupted, it results in the game crashes.
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Fix for Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Crashing on Startup, Loading Screen
Check Game’s Requirements
Check back on the requirements of the game, whether your system can even run it or not. Here are the Avatar Frontiers of Pandora System Requirements.
| Accessory | Minimum | Recommended |
| GPU | AMD RX 5700 (8 GB), Intel Arc A750 (8 GB, with ReBAR on), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB), or better | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB), or better |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz, Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70 GHz, or better | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X @ 3.7 GHz, Intel Core i5-11600K @ 3.9 GHz, or better |
| RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB or 16 GB Dual Channel |
| ROM | 90 GB | 90 GB (SSD) |
Select Performance Mode
If you have a Nvidia GPU, you can head over to the Nvidia Control panel by right-clicking on the desktop. Then, from there, you can go to the 3D Game Options, and select Avatar Frontiers of Pandora from there.
After the game is selected, you can proceed down, and find the settings that allow you to change the performance. Select the “Prefer Maximum Performance” to enable the Performance Mode for the game.
Lock FPS to 60 Frames Per Second
If you are looking to Fix Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Crashing on Startup and loading Screen, you might want to limit the FPS to 60, or even 45. Here’s how to do it.
- Right-click on Desktop
- Click on the Nvidia Control Panel
- Select Manage 3D Settings
- Select Avatar Frontiers of Pandora in Custom Programs
- In the Scrollable Window below, Lock FPS to 60 or 30
Besides that AMD Adrenaline is a great option for AMD GPU Users or you can also download AMD Radeon Chill. If you don’t want to use both, there is a third-party option as well. You use Rivatuner Statistics Server to lock FPS in the Avatar Frontiers of Pandora.
Verify Game Files
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora is available exclusively on Epic Game Launcher and Ubisoft Connect. Fortunately, the Avatar Frontiers of Pandora allows you to verify and repair game files:
- Open Epic Games Launcher
- Go to the Games Library
- Search for Avatar Frontiers of Pandora
- Click on the three dots on the right
- Click on Manage
- Press “Verify” to start the validation process
Update GPU Drivers
This one is rare in the scenario but could be the culprit. When your system hasn’t had a GPU Driver update in a while, it can also result in the Game Crashing on Startup, Loading Screen.
- For Nvidia, you can download the Drivers from Nvidia Experience.
- For AMD, you can download the Drivers from AMD Adrenaline or through the manual method.
- Search “Updates” on Windows and let it load up all the latest updates available.
Close and Restart the Game/Launcher
Epic Games is always running in the background, even if you close it on the screen. Whenever a game is launched on Epic, you will have to close and restart it. Right-click on the taskbar, below, on your Windows, and then select Task Manager.
Here, you need to find an Epic Launcher or Ubisoft Launcher and close everything that is related to them. Then, restart your system once, and when you are back, you need to start the launcher.
Start Avatar Frontiers of Pandora and you won’t have the issue of the game Crashing on Startup, Loading Screen
Disable Antivirus and Firewall Protection
Antivirus takes all the measures to stop the malware and virus-flagged files. While it is perfect in doing so, it is not perfect in flagging files. Sometimes the Antivirus will flag your in-game files and software as potential viruses and malware as well.
Ultimately, it will stop the files from accessing the system completely, and not running as a result. In this case, disabling the Antivirus will fix Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Crashing on Startup and loading Screen.
Also, as an extra, you might want to head over to Windows Firewall settings and add Avatar Frontiers of Pandora. It will disable the Firewall Protection for the game.
Reinstall Game
As a final measure, you might want to simply Reinstall the Game after properly uninstalling it either through the Epic Launcher or Ubisoft Launcher.
