POE 3.20.2d is crashing repeatedly after today's patch

Hello,

I am logging into and out of several characters on standard and I am crashing after installing today's build.

I also crashed on the first map I tried to run as well.

No error message, just a crash to desktop. I relaunch the game and after logging into and out of several characters, I crash again. Thus, I would call this repeatable.

Normally never have any issues with crashing and my computer is operating within norms.

Update 1: Tested several other games, no issues whatsoever. I am using the Steam POE Client.

Update 2: Seems to be related to an NVIDIA driver for me. I am running Windows 11 with NVIDIA latest Driver 531.41.

I'm having the same issue. My game is crashing at a consistently inconsistent period of 10 minutes.

Event viewer logs:

Originally I thought it was because of my overclocks or outdated drivers - but I turned off all my settings and updated my entire system + graphics drivers and the issue still occurs.

Hello, you screen freezes and black? (mb y set TDR on registry)
try to off antivirus and win defender

Same for me.

Yesterday all was ok.

Today constant crushes whatever I do ater 5-10 mins in game.

Screen freezes for 1 sec > desktop.

Still crashing on my home desktop computer as of April 14th. I have the lastest NVIDIA driver installed. Also performed a clean driver install.

I seem to crash when Crucible mobs spawn or appear on the screen twice so far.

I did delete cache files and verified the game in Steam.


From Event Viewer (Windows 11 - latest update)

Faulting application name: PathOfExileSteam.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x64377a57
Faulting module name: nvwgf2umx.dll, version: 31.0.15.3161, time stamp: 0x64310aa6
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000930fa1
Faulting process id: 0x0x35A8
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D96EFE21F050B9
Faulting application path: \SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Path of Exile\PathOfExileSteam.exe
Faulting module path: \Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_fa77e19594721328\nvwgf2umx.dll
Report Id: 34449216-00d4-4d2b-9ee6-e05683c162b2
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Update: same as patch 3.20.2d as with 3.21.0c.

I am crashing when loading a new map or loading zone within a map and now when spawning a crucible. No improvement with:


1) Deleteing shaders, cache for POE
2) Verifying Steam game files
3) Clean reinstall of NVIDIA Drivers
4) I set my BIOS to defaults and rebooted my computer, no change. No overclocking, etc. GPU, CPU, Memory, Drives, are all operating at very safe temps
5) SSDS pass Samsung health check
7) I sat in my hideout for almost 2 hours with no crashes.
8) No other games are crashing on my system, nor benchmarks. This is conclusively a POE issue, and only since the 3.20.2D patch. I had no crashes issues in Sanctum league whatsoever on the same PC.

Same crashing to login screen AMD video card with current drivers.
Update: Possible intermittent internet problem could be the cause of my troubles.

Having the exact same problem. Have tried many different things with no results. It wont even launch the game anymore.

Started crashing today after I lasted logged in (around 2pm cst today). Getting the following error in Window Event Viewer.

I tried to open the game as normal and get a black screen and crash before seeing the login screen. Uninstalled the game, updated graphic driver and installed game through Steam and tried again with no success. This is the error I am seeing. All other games still work, seems to be isolated to this game.

```
Faulting application name: PathOfExileSteam.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x64377a57
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.22621.1555, time stamp: 0x235a45d0
Exception code: 0xe0000001
Fault offset: 0x000000000008fdec
Faulting process id: 0x0x6668
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D96F3B2C9691D1
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Path of Exile\PathOfExileSteam.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: c037460d-d419-4126-b6d8-b0ee90a217a8
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
```

Motherboard: Z690 AORUS MASTER
CPU: i9-12990k
GPU: RTX 2070 Super

So far, I have started crashing less with by uninstalling the game completely and reinstalling (both Steam).

I think there was some sort of corruption or issue with POE patch 3.20.2d and a clean install of the game fixed it.