Arlathan Forest specific spot crash
This problem first occurred probably a couple of weeks after updating my AMD GPU driver to 25.5.1 last month during my fourth playthrough some time after the start of Act 2. Soon after I left the Veil Jumper base, I noticed some frame rate drops and as I traveled along the path to the docks, the game suddenly crashed. This has happened multiple times and sometimes I got lucky enough to reach the area near the docks (picture provided) before the game crashed again.
I had tried everything but none of the methods below worked.
- Repair the game by verifying game files integrity on Steam
- Downgrade the AMD GPU driver to a previous version (25.4.1)
- Reset shader cache on AMD Adrenalin
- Set graphics to "Low"
- Disable triple buffering
- Switch off all mods
Here are my PC specs:
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- Radeon RX 7800 XT
- 32GB RAM
Confusingly, the game didn't crash (but still suffering some frame rate drops) whenever I fast-travelled to areas away from the docks and the Veil Jumper base.
I like this game and I don't want my current fourth and future playthroughs ruined just because the game crashes every time I walk out of the Veil Jumper base and head to the docks.