High on Life

You may encounter a lot of slow down or choppiness when playing High on Life on your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S. To see how you get this first-person shooter to run better on your Microsoft game console, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech. 

1. For the first step, you can try quitting to the main menu and then loading back into your save file. 

You can do so by pressing the Menu button on the Xbox controller to bring up the Paused menu. From here, make sure to select the Quit to Menu option. Afterwards, continue your game from the main menu to see if the frame rate problems have gone away.  

2. You can also try quitting the game completely.  

To do so, you first need to press the Xbox button on the controller to bring up the Guide menu. From there, hover over the High on Life icon and then press the Menu button. In the small window, you can then select Quit. 

After you closed the first-person shooting game, open it again to see if a fresh reboot helps with improving the frame rate. 

3. Restarting your console may also help, especially if you have been using Sleep Mode instead of completely turning it off.  

To restart, press and hold the Xbox button. From the “What do you want to do?” menu, you should select the Restart Console option. 

4. If your television set or computer monitor support Variable Refresh Rate, then make sure that you have it enabled on the screen settings.  

Afterwards, go to the Settings menu of your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S and then select General > TV & display options > Video mode.

From the General – Video Modes menu, make sure that the Allow Variable refresh Rate box is enabled.  

VRR should help smooth over the choppiness in High on Life as it is mostly likely caused by the inconsistent frame rate.  

5. If none of the aforementioned solutions helped, then you need to wait for a new patch that should, hopefully, fix the frame rate problems.  

To see if there is a new title update available, hover over the game’s icon from the home screen menu of your Series X or Series S and then press the Menu button. Afterwards, you should select the Manage Game and Add-on option.  

After getting to the Manage- High on Life menu, select Updates to see if there is a new patch that you can download. Hopefully, the developer will add a performance mode that focuses on retaining a high frame rate.

6. It is also a good idea to keep the system software of your Xbox Series X or S updated as well. In order to do so, make sure the console is connected to the internet and then go to Settings > System > Updates. If there is a new firmware, make sure you have it downloaded and installed.

When playing High on Life on your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, you may notice that the sound may get occasionally cut off or turned down in volume. To see how you can potentially fix these audio problems, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech. 

1. For the first step, we recommend taking a look at your audio setup. There is currently an issue with how this game works with Dolby Atmos.  

One of the ways you can potentially fix this is to fresh Dolby Atmos by taking the following steps:  

• Press the Xbox button on your controller and then the R1 button to navigate over to the Profile and System tab in the quick menu. 
• From there, select Settings. 
• Inside the Settings menu, select General on the left column and then Volume & Audio Output on the right side.  
• After getting to the Volume & Audio Output menu, select Headset Format. 
• Change the Headset Format to something other than Dolby Atmos for Headphones. 
• Afterwards, select Headset Format again and then re-select Dolby Atmos for Headphones. 
• Try playing the game to see if the sound output errors are still occurring. 

2. If refreshing Dolby Atmos did not work on your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, then you can try disabling this format altogether by using a different one from the Settings > General > Volume & Audio Output > Headset Format menu.  

3. Moreover, you can try adjusting the audio from the game by doing the following: 

• Bring up the Paused screen by pressing the Menu button of the controller while playing High on Life. 
• From there, select Settings.  
• Inside, the game’s Settings menu, select Audio. 
• In the Audio section, you will be able to adjust the Master, SFX, Music and Voice Volumes.  

4. You can also try restarting High on Life to see if doing so will get the sound to playback normally again. 

To restart, you can press the Menu button on the controller while playing the game and then selecting the Quit to Menu option in the Paused Screen. 

If that doesn’t work, you can try hard resetting the game by pressing the Xbox button on your controller to being up the Xbox Guide menu. From there, move the cursor over to the High on Life icon and then press the Menu button on the controller. Afterwards, select the Quit option. 

5. If restarting the game does not work, then you can try restarting your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S. To do so, press and hold the Xbox button to bring up the “What do you want to do?” screen. From there, you can select the Restart Console option. 

6. If none of the potential solutions are working, then you need to wait until the development team at Squanch Games fixes High on Life with a new patch. 

To see if there is a new update available, press the Xbox button and then move the cursor over to the game’s icon. With the game highlighted, press the Menu button and then select the Manage Game and Add-ons option. Afterwards, select Updates from the Manage – High on Life menu.