Screen goes white, forcing me to ctrl alt dlt in order to close the game.

onyx779​  If you have an HP gaming laptop (Victus or Omen) with an Intel processor, this is a known issue.  There are a few workarounds:

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• Disable the Intel iGPU
• Put the laptop in night mode

None of these works for everyone, but something almost always does, so keep trying the workarounds until you find one that lets you play.

If these don't help, or you have a different computer, please provide a dxdiag.  Click Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop.  From there, you can attach it to a reply using the paper clip (Attachment) icon included with the other formatting buttons.