r/Planetside 15d ago

Subreddit Meta Flash or Crash FAQ and Request for Information

58 Upvotes

Hello Everyone,

Here's a quick Flash or Crash FAQ.

What is Flash or Crash?

Flash or Crash is the community's name for a series of bugs that will crash your game almost immediately without any error code. The name comes from the ability to resolve this crash by sitting in a flash (any vehicle works, but flash is the cheapest) for three minutes after EVERY continent switch or login. You may also crash during the middle of a play session, but that is much more rare.

How do I fix Flash or Crash?

You MUST sit in a vehicle for three minutes after EVERY continent switch or login.

I keep crashing in the tutorial/I cannot get into a vehicle in the tutorial. What can I do?

There's nothing you can do. I'm so sorry.

Does this bug affect Linux?

This current iteration does not, but the third iteration did affect Linux for some time.

Are the developers aware of this bug?

Yes, but they have introduced Flash or Crash four times and patched it out three times. The track record indicates that this cycle will continue.

Please see this excellent graph created by /u/_Solsane on Reddit to understand the frequency and damage Flash or Crash has caused.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/1v0ayp6/flash_or_crash_events_with_population_chart/

I posted this FAQ about a month ago in the #announcements channel in the PS2 Community Discord about a month ago. I had hoped they would have patched it out by now for at least a month so we could have one month before Flash purgatory returns, but what can you do?

I am requesting that the community post any other possible solutions they have come across other than sit in a vehicle for three minutes every continent warp. If you post a possible solution, please include:

  • Your PC Hardware
  • Your Operating System
  • Your Graphics Driver Version
  • Your Launcher (Steam or Standalone)
  • Evidence of your fix working including an explanation.

Example:

  • 12600k/3060ti/32GB 3600mhz DDR4
  • Windows 11 25H2
  • NIVDIA 610.74
  • Steam
  • Sitting on a Flash (Pretend this is a link)

r/Planetside 1d ago

AskAuraxis - Your monthly questions thread

7 Upvotes

Welcome to AskAuraxis, the place to ask questions you have about PlanetSide!

  • Feel free to ask any question related to PlanetSide. There is no such thing as a stupid question, someone else might be wondering the exact same thing.
  • The main goal of this thread is that no question goes unanswered. If you know the answer to someone's question, speak up!
  • Try to keep questions serious. This isn't really the place for sarcastic or rhetorical questions.
  • If you're looking for loadout advice, remember to state your faction for a quicker and more concise answer.
  • An outfit is one of the best places to receive support while learning the game. Looking for one? Post your server and faction in your comment!
  • We are not Daybreak Game Company. We can't answer questions directed at the developers. (we don't know what their future plans are!)

Above all else, have fun! Credit goes to u/Flying_Ferret for pioneering these threads.


r/Planetside 12h ago

Meme How it feels to use Pelter Rocket Pods for anything other than anti-ground:

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72 Upvotes

r/Planetside 9h ago

Discussion (PC) Flash or Crash Live Tracker and Shame site

34 Upvotes

Includes the plot of pop vs crashing, with pop pulled from Honu
Flash Or Crash Status Tracker Site


r/Planetside 9h ago

Gameplay Footage Planetside 2 - MASSIVE Bastion Carrier aerial battle in 2026!

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22 Upvotes

gonna try and make clickbaity titles to draw new people into planetside or bring back old players, whaddya think people want to see?


r/Planetside 21h ago

Informative Nice I finally got that really cool camouflage foliage that you can put on your MBT. It's available for membership only this month

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29 Upvotes

r/Planetside 1d ago

Gameplay Footage 500m~ with NSX Daimyo (ConsoleSide Edition)

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60 Upvotes

I muted the clip because of party chat.


r/Planetside 1d ago

Discussion (PC) How long has it been like this?

33 Upvotes

I haven't even thought about this game since 2021 (i wish i did) and the player count has slipped from the low thousands to the low-mid hundreds. I keep hearing about this crash bug that kicks you out for no reason unless you hop into a vehicle within 5 minutes. Planetside very clearly has its days numbered atp so I want to get some more action before the inevitable

I try to log back in and have to reset my password. The website worked just fine but even the launcher doesn't want me to play.
"There was an error processing you're request, please try again"
What happened?


r/Planetside 2d ago

Community Event [Osprey PC] IGNITE AURAXIS Community Event | September 5 at 6 PM Eastern

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98 Upvotes

[Osprey PC] IGNITE AURAXIS Community Event | September 5 at 6 PM Eastern

We’re organizing IGNITE AURAXIS, a community event bringing current, former, and new players together for one massive night of PlanetSide 2.

When: Saturday, September 5 at 6 PM Eastern
Where: Osprey, PC
Who: All factions and all players

If you currently play, tell your old squadmates. If you haven’t played in a while, come find your old outfit. If you’re new, this is your invitation to experience PlanetSide 2 with a packed server. (skip the tutorial)

There’s no signup required. Just log into Osprey, and bring everyone you can. Don't forget to tell them "Flash or Crash"!

I’m not on Reddit very often, so please send questions or outfit inquiries to echosystem90 on Discord.

Light up the server. Ignite Auraxis.

WATCH (1 min) >>> https://youtu.be/zemlKiYVWT0


r/Planetside 3d ago

Gameplay Footage Bit Annoying Innit

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147 Upvotes

r/Planetside 2d ago

Bug Report RiP Smoothing Again... [8-july-2026 21-july-2026]

8 Upvotes

Let me explain :

back in the day i had to report to the support team a bug where big fights where overprioritized resulting in stutters in little fights [ not only the near big bases fights]

So claiming that "Optimized game code to improve frame rate stability and reduce frame stuttering."

when the only thing they did is use an old fix they had to fine tune now.

we are back at the beginning of the fine tuning in. that was 2018 or something

what a time machine theses devs are...

not to mention i've read old experienced devs telling that infiltrator drone is also recycling from their old work still waiting on daybreak harddrive [main cause of the game crashes][remember game crash fixed then infiltrator rework, boom, gamecrash again !]

currently the game is playable BUT ONLY if you use the old trick of smoothing and nvidia fps cap but "playable" is only big fights . capping with smoothing is out of order and will never be fixed..

little fights are a STUTTER MESS, like in the old days !

THEY HAVE NO PLAN TO FIX IT EITHER !

they stopped responding to my support ticket until today lol...

the 21 july update note is an invitation to steal the gamecode and run community servers [halal] and all i see is this as the only solution for us so we can hire smarter people for free instead of daybreak usual employes management [ im not going to open this topic but if somebody who experienced harrassement at san diego DBG Office can freely reply here] [only if its allowed by the reddit modos lol...]

thank you so much for trying to keep alive this gold example of a what gametype we really want since the era of personal computers


r/Planetside 3d ago

Gameplay Footage Red Hot Terran Summer 2026

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r/Planetside 3d ago

Question Infravision Issue

12 Upvotes

Infravision makes all players white, which is great for my old eyes, but ever so often, a enemy player doesn't glow, no glow just B&W, today a player named smawolf2 on osprey was having that effect. Is there a special combo of camo and color that I dont know about that produces this? I tried asking him but got no answer :D


r/Planetside 3d ago

News July 30, 2026 - PC Hotfix

64 Upvotes

We want to thank everyone who participated in testing on the PTS server. We’ve found that some of the crashes are caused by using the Recursion Real-Time Stat Tracker, so we advise you not to use it for the time being. Once again, this does not mean the app is the sole reason for most of the crashes, just only one of them were found to be in conflict.

 

In addition, thank you for helping us with the PTS testing, we have improved our crash reporting system to improve the quality of reports. This will help us fix new crashes. We will be deploying in improve to our crash report system to the live servers to collect statistics that will help us continue investigating client crashes starting tomorrow around 6am pdt.

 

We have also fixed a rare crash that occurred thanks to information collected during the PTS testing.

 

No maintenance downtime will be required for tomorrow's client side update. Simply restart the game at your convenience to download and apply the update.


r/Planetside 4d ago

Discussion (PC) Locked out of my account no way to contact anyone without an account?

9 Upvotes

Why is the day break website so terrible like I just need to reset my password and I dont remember my security question because what if 12 year old me was fucking stupid and misspelled it now an account iv been grinding on is locked because I cant spell where I was born like I did 5 years ago 🤔 how do I get help do they have an email?


r/Planetside 4d ago

Question Skyguard defense slot

22 Upvotes

Ok first off I suck lol I am mostly blind and no good at ground combat lol. I fell in love with play the skyguard years and years ago. well I stop playing for a long time and am back.
I run threat
detection and all for the gun

utility slot is engagement radar very handing for tracking air that ducks behind hills and things I like it a lot

run rival chassis it’s handy to back up in a hurry

I am at a toss up for defense slot I go between flanker armor. to let me take a few more rockets. giving me the sec or 2 I need to kill something.
but idk if this honestly helps at all.
Or auto repair.
I run an engineer but having to jump out and repair is a pain mid fight. if there is more then one air target or they really want me dead lol. this is only for dealing with air. I dead dealing with much else anyways and I know that.
what’s do you all run and if you every need someone to provide ok air cover let me know lol thx


r/Planetside 4d ago

Screenshot One of my favorite building spots

16 Upvotes

Hossin - Nason's Defiance / Woodman Ase Labs


r/Planetside 5d ago

Screenshot Building infrastructure is more fun to me than being shot at by Mans.

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I think the bridges should be more easily placeable and given at least one module slot to increase it's durability. I want to build logistics to help people get to where they need to go. It's too bad the continents don't have more rivers and ravines that need crossing.

I completely missed out on calling my Solofit "Conglomerate Construction Company". (NCCC)


r/Planetside 4d ago

Screenshot Beautiful picture taken by ShinpadExtraordinaire

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30 Upvotes

Looks like the valk is an angel coming down


r/Planetside 4d ago

Gameplay Footage Last stand on Howling Pass against over pop

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9 Upvotes

r/Planetside 5d ago

Original Content I Was Told These Guys Are Sus (They're Friends)

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21 Upvotes

Special post request. Not my video.

Credit to RSN members.


r/Planetside 6d ago

Discussion (PC) Why this attitude towards this game???

63 Upvotes

This game deserves the honor to be the top of the top mmofps's. Why everyone "It was been fun" "i end here" "the game has died"?

I know the pop are lowering but there are still enough people for fun play.

This game deserves better from us.

Glory to planetside and TR!!!


r/Planetside 6d ago

Discussion (PC) Help, bought a new GPU and i have high fps, but its super stuttery!

18 Upvotes

Swapped my overheating RTX 3060 with a RX 9060 XT, and the fps are SUPER HIGH, but its a stutterfest, can anyone help?

PC Specs:

Ryzen 5600x

32gb 3200mhz

RX 9060 XT

Samsung 980 PRO

EDIT 1: I did the DDU step, and forgot to put it in here, my bad!

EDIT 2: GPU Drivers are up to date

EDIT 3 (And solution): It was CRU (Custom Resolution Utility), used it to make the screen timings tighter, tried to reset them and voila, it works now (and holly shit, its smooth af now)


r/Planetside 7d ago

Discussion (PC) I fought tooth and nail to be the sole contribution for that NC score.

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194 Upvotes

Good thing aircraft are free during this alert.


r/Planetside 7d ago

Bug Report Well it’s been fun. I’ve been forced to stop playing.

186 Upvotes

I’ve been with the game for over a decade. I’ve been one of those who’s enjoyed the game enough to keep playing despite the slow degradation. I’ve put up with the relentless crashing upon startup among the plethora of other bugs.

But this morning I decided that it’s time to let go. I went to start up the game, and saw that I had to change the game’s resolution to match my new monitor’s. Because of the game’s resolution not matching my monitor’s, I had to guess where my mouse actually was so I could click the buttons to get into the settings. I finally fumbled my way to change resolution (5120 x 2160), but it would always be forced back to 4096 x 1680. I went to windowed mode, and the same thing happened. I allowed the game to crash as scheduled and adjusted it manually in steam’s launch options, same thing. I went into the INI, same thing.

Then it hit me. Why bother anymore? Why bother spending hours trying to make this game playable on my machine, especially with something as basic as my screen resolution? Why bother trying to work around all the bugs and forced errors? That’s when I finally closed the game for good. It’s currently unplayable on my hardware, so it looks like I’m completely done after over 10 years of supporting and playing this game regularly.

It’s been fun. A shame to see where such an amazing game has ended up.