Fixed in the 17.11.20 hot fix patch 1.68.156.1220
I currently have the same problem. Totally unplayable. tried all of the normal fixes and it has not changed anything.
Yes. I did try the audio workaround. It worked for about 20 minutes, (which is longer than it did before) but it eventually froze instead of crashed. It would not unfreeze so I had to force quit the application.
@sweettweetyb13 I have that problem, too. Try running on low-medium settings with extras turned off. That's a different bug... that's been plaguing me for a LONG time. But it stopped freezing after I moved to low-medium default settings.
I'm on a 2020 MacBook Air and also had all the crashing happen, anywhere from five to 30 minutes of game play. I've added in the -nosound stuff and managed to play a solid two hours (frantically saving every couple of minutes) without any freezing or crashing. All my settings are on low graphics, etc. I have all the packs and expansions and am even trying it out with my mods and CC in it, and it's still working! Fingers crossed it'll stay that way until they come out with a fix.
Update: I have been playing for 7 hours on ultra with extras, online is on.
Life is good. I have been playing for 7 hours.
(I got a half day off work today.)
But 7 hours!! without a crash!!
