Possible Fix Infinite Loading for Character (PC)

I recently had a character bricked and stuck loading into a zone. There is a log folder in Path of exile 2, if you try and load a bricked character the log folder will show what happened. Mine was:

2024/12/24 08:06:13 2159421 93b1acf4 [CRIT Client 9132] [RENDER] Shader uses incorrect vertex layout (expecting 0x28)
2024/12/24 08:06:13 2159437 57b74770 [CRIT Client 9132] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80070057)
2024/12/24 08:06:13 2159437 93b1a057 [CRIT Client 9132] [RENDER] Pipeline generation failed. (Signature: "Metadata/EngineGraphs/base.fxgraph"

for me it was a Direct x12 issue. Switched to dx11 and character was able to load. I just ported to town, relogged. Switched back to dx12 and reset the instance. Been playing since.

Not sure if people have the exact same issue but the logs helped me find the issue.

Hope this helps!