DirectX Error

I've answered a lot of this in my replies above, but compiling it here with extra files: 

EA ID: JennyCross34
Which client are you on? EA App (PC)
EA app Error ID Number: a2ad0915-5e0e-4969-a6c2-016f233783a7
Does this happen at a specific point while playing, or after a certain time playing? A bit of both.

The error first occurred in Character Creation, whenever I went to the Inquisitor section. I was able to get past this by disabling strand hair. (I'm also one of the people with an RX 7900 XTX affected by graphical artifacting.) By disabling this, I was able to enter the game and play, though I experienced several crashes, and this time there was no common factor. 

I only tracked the most recent 21 crashes, over the course of 13ish hours of play and troubleshooting on Saturday and Sunday: 
• 7 were in cutscenes
• 1 was in combat
• 1 was in a vendor window
• 1 was while reading a codex
• 1 was during the shader business before the game properly loaded
• 10 were running around in the world (1 Ossuary, 1 Crossroads, 1 Arlathan, 2 Treviso, and *5 Dock Town)

Six of these crashes also crashed the EA App with the game. One was violent enough it locked up Windows for a bit.

*The final five "running around the world" crashes were in a very specific area of Dock Town. Attaching images for reference. (I also got this weird black rain/smoke/eyes stuff, which happened 2-3 times before. Reloading usually fixes it, but this time it didn't--so I'm attaching the pic just in case it's somehow related.) I've been stuck at this point, unable to progress, ever since. When the patch dropped today, I tried again--but I can't even load into the game before it crashes now. It crashes on the black loading screen. Loading any of the auto-saves results in the same.

Hope some of this helps.

Update: November 13, 2024
I updated Windows last night and saw Veilguard Patch 2 happened this morning. I know the patch notes were small and specific, and did not include this issue, but I tried anyway for science. No change.

Update: November 22, 2024
A little late due to internet outage, but I have applied Patch 3, made sure everything else was up-to-date, etc. No change. 

• EA ID (PSN ID/Gamertag): Carot44
• Which client are you on? Steam (PC)
• Does this happen at a specific point while playing, or after a certain time playing? It happens immediately when I launch the game.
• If possible share your save file (or a zip or download link to your save file) I haven't been able to play the game so I don't have a save file
• If possible, share a Screenshot or Clip... See attached below a screenshot of the error message. Other than that it's just a black screen with a windows border and the taskbar.
• If on PC, please share a DxDiag file and an EA app Error ID Number See below. I'm launching the game through Steam, and not using the EA app so I don't have an Error ID Number.

Hope you are able to fix it!

EA ID: Erenyin
Which client are you on? Steam (PC)
Does this happen at a specific point while playing, or after a certain time playing? Various. Some fixes have worked for a while and then stopped helping. Behaviour that has been fine one day has changed in the next. Turning off strand hair has fixed instances of specific crashes detailed below, but I haven't run the game for long enough with it off to confirm if it fixes the random instances too.

Some specific instances always seem to trigger a crash, of those I remember:
- entering the eluvian room in the Lighthouse
- the start of the cutscene waking up in the infirmary after the introductory sequence
- the start of every dream/meditation cutscene with Solas in the Fade that I've had 
- the start of the cutscene with Bellara repairing the eluvian
- using the mirror of transformation for a second time (the first time seems to work, at least if it's quick)

However, there have also been seemingly random instances unrelated to specific events or played time:
- while the game was paused and I was out of the room (ESC pause menu, not skills/party/etc)
- while viewing the companion menu and switching between characters
- others that I'm not remembering

I've applied the patch and re-tested those that I can with available save files, with no improvement from the pre-patch version.

DxDiag is attached.

• EA ID (PSN ID/Gamertag): Yaslana
  
• Which client are you on? Steam
  
• Does this happen at a specific point while playing, or after a certain time playing? 
  Completly random. Some of the "fixes" here on the tread seems to have lengthend the time until it happens but when I stopped time it happened every 1 to 3,5 hours. Last patch did not help. Completly random. Mostly in cutscenes but also while in the menu, reading a letter/codex, running around, in fight, etc. Once the crash happens the gamesound continiues to play for a minute or two. 
• If possible share your save file (or a zip or download link to your save file)
• If possible, share a Screenshot or Clip...
• If on PC, please share a DxDiag file and an EA app Error ID NumberNo EA App so no EA Error ID - DxDiag and latest savegame is attached.

Hi, still having this issue. I have enabled Strand Hair again after having it off for a day and didn't notice crashing while disabled.

• EA ID (PSN ID/Gamertag): FadePetrichor
• Which client are you on? PC Steam
• Does this happen at a specific point while playing, or after a certain time playing?
• This happened within a minute or two of loading into Dock Town Beacon, wasn't able to exit the safehouse. However, has often happened while running around the map.
• If possible share your save file (or a zip or download link to your save file) - attached
  
• If possible, share a Screenshot or Clip... - see below
• If on PC, please share a DxDiag file (attached) and an EA app Error ID Number (game not connected to EA app)

Having this issue myself and I can't play for more than 5 minutes without the game shutting down on me, it's rendered it completely unplayable. 

Edit (November 13, 2024): As of tonight's simultaneous Patch 2 from Bioware and update to Nvidia's GeForce Game Ready Driver (Version 566.14), I am now completely unable to start the game. It crashes before I even get into the main menu, a few seconds after pressing the "play"-button on Steam. Great job, guys. 

Edit (November 16, 2024): Tentatively, I think there's FINALLY something approaching a fix to this. I've been keeping up with everything regarding DirectX and Veilguard on the internet for this past week and half a day ago, this was posted to reddit. I tried it myself and for the first time in about a week, I've had more than 30 minutes of uninterrupted gameplay. If you're still encountering this issue, try removing your settings folder and then starting your game - you'll have to reset any customized settings and key mappings, but for me, this SEEMS to have resolved the crashing issue, for the time being. It's entirely possible it'll start up again eventually and that I'll have to remove my settings folder again though. Will update if anything changes. 

Edit (November 16, 2024): Well, it was nice while it lasted, I got about 5 1/2 hours' worth of playtime out of this fix before it ceased to work. My game is now back to crashing approximately 3 minutes after starting it. 

• EA ID (PSN ID/Gamertag): SuperSinse10
• Which client are you on? PC Steam
• Does this happen at a specific point while playing, or after a certain time playing? It seems completely random, happens both in and out of combat, during gameplay and in cutscenes, with no rhyme or reason - the only constant is that it happens very quickly, within 5 minutes of playing. 
• If possible share your save file (or a zip or download link to your save file) See attached files. 
• If possible, share a Screenshot or Clip...
• If on PC, please share a DxDiag file and an EA app Error ID Number (game not played via EA app)