Stuck at Loading Screen when Entering a Zone

i got same problem..

Same thing is happening to me. Ive tried different clients and uninstalling and reinstalling and nothing is working

For those who had this problem, it occured to me when I tried to mess up with the graphic options:

1/ Wanted to turn shadow OFF

2/ Was in DirectX11, so switched to 9 first

3/ Once in directX9 Mode, I trie dto turn the shadows OFF

4/ Game got stuck, windows asked me to close it

5/ Relaunched the game, STUCK at "loading Screen" after login on my char

6/ Was in borderless window mode, I was unable to close the game or even got to windows. Alt+F4 didn't work. CTRL-ALT+DEL to open the Task Manager didn't work either. Neither ALT+ESC or CTRL+ESC.

7/ Had to reset my PC, which I hate to do because it can hurt the HDDs...

What did I do to get out of this mess:

1/ Went to "My documents/my Games/poe

2/ Deleted my_production.ini (Once done, it means it resets the players options + login details. Meaning the game will launch in 800*600 as if newly installed.

3/ Turned graphic mode to "DirectX9 EX" this time

4/ Turned shadows OFF. it WORKED.


Hope it can help if some people are stuck like I was. Maybe your problem is not the same tho. But if you're in "DirectX9" mode it might be that.


Still, not being able to turn shadows OFF in DirectX11 Mode is kind of a WTF moment. We're in 2016, and they can't even develop a D11 mode that can do that? For real?

Sorry but i'm really annoyed. Get your shit together devs, please.

To help understand the two issues at hand.

We have a 5 PC setup at our home and are experiencing 2 problems which have a different cause/fix.

First:

Two PCs with about 3Gb RAM. We need to preload maps several times, because the game cannot load the Data fast enough into the Ram. If we do that twice we can run these maps without problem 100 times. The first two times the game will crash in loading screen and send us back to login.

Second:

This might apply to the first problem, too.
The lagout in the loadingscreen appears every 3-5 maps and is happening even in small empty areas like the personal hideout. 15ping, 16G Ram, Lowest settings, Steamclient, SSD, no jitter and 125Gbit of broadband connectivity. So it seems it is a problem with either the local software or steam. Since people are experiencing this issue on standalone, too (even though its a fix for some)im guessing its the game or one of the drivers.

Anyways. Ram allocation is a serious problem right now and might be responsible for the second problem, too. Pleas fix this guys. With 5 people we have spend several hundred bucks and for a game that is hyped like a AAA title you should approach hotfixes alot more aggressive.

Keep up the good work and kick those bugs in the nuts.

Game stuck on loading zones with about 1/4 chance. See ya in next patch, hoping it gets fixed.