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During this OOO period from the GGG team, I was very hyped to play, even though I'm having the worst time crashing my new PC with the Multithreading issue.
So in hopes of mitigating hardware damage due to crashing and resetting the PC, I found some workarounds that mitigate severely, at least for me, the crashing issue.
Diagnosis: after much testing on the nature of such crashes, I could narrow down to the operation of "Loading a map", especifically around new Atlas Maps that I did not load out before when I last logged in. My CPU temps reach ludicrous numbers when such operation starts and I can feel it tingles the system.
My rig: R7 7800x3d + 4080 SUPER + 32 GB 6000MHz RAM - OS Windows 11 24H2
So what do I do:
1) On "X:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\My Games\Path of Exile 2\poe2_production_Config.ini" I edit the engine_multithreading_mode line on the [GENERAL] section to "disabled". This is the same as going on Ingame Options and turning Engine Multithreading OFF. With that option OFF I have 0 issues but also game is not crispy as I desire.
Why do I do that? Because if it's on, my PC crashes before logging in.
2) Once the game is on, Task Manager -> Details -> look for Path of Exile exe, right-click, set affinity and untick CPUs 0 and 1.
That is a fail-safe for when I play the game with Multithreading ON and forget to turn it OFF before loading Hideout/Maps, the crash will be handled by the system, and only PoE2 will be shut down.
3) Before every loading into Hideout or Map, turn Engine Multithreading OFF. Turn it ON when it's go-time.
4) If the crash occurs, and you still wanna play the game, repeat from step 1.
Hope it helps for those struggling. I know that there are a number of variables that cause such crashes. For me it was all around loading with Multithreading ON.
Other workarounds I tested and FOR ME it did not work but I hope it does for you:
- Compatibility set to Windows 7 or 8
- Use Vulcan as renderer
- Mods that does practically what I instructed above
All this just to temporarily buy time in the game is crazy.
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Posted byVulkeg#3693on Jan 7, 2025, 2:39:03 PM
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Email GGG support. Request a refund. They won't fulfil it, but at least they'll know this issue is still a problem. It's pretty obvious they haven't even looked at this thread since 11/10.
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Posted byVulkeg#3693on Jan 7, 2025, 2:47:26 PM
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Are the people who are crashing with overclocked CPUs btw? Is there anyone getting the freeze / force restart who doesn't have an OCed CPU?
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Posted byVasoka#6435on Jan 7, 2025, 3:05:48 PM
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I don't have OC cpu and am getting the freeze.
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Posted byPaCaTa#3712on Jan 7, 2025, 3:08:23 PM
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have this, probably bcs of demonform:  |
Posted byJebenafaca#6204on Jan 7, 2025, 3:35:57 PM
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I don't have OC cpu and am getting the freeze.
Idem/same
Last edited by drx#8804 on Jan 7, 2025, 3:42:43 PM
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Posted bydrx#8804on Jan 7, 2025, 3:42:31 PM
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It's very sad that ı'm not able to play my favorite game because of this issue. Hoping we can get a fix sometime soon
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No OC here, still locks up.
3 lockups within an hour.
Changing the CPU affinity for the exe atleast just crashed the game and not the entire PC.
When will i be able to test the game for a full session?.......
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Posted byRenegader#2899on Jan 7, 2025, 3:48:34 PM
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Bump to wake the Devs up - hopefully.
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Posted byWellgosh#3093on Jan 7, 2025, 3:51:17 PM
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The truly terrifying part is that while the people here try millions of methods and struggle to solve the problem on their own, not a single official even responds. Despite loving the game, this has really made me disgusted with the company.
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