Hi there!
So, I have been playing the DirectX11 version of this game on my PC on GOG and Steam (GOG as download, Steam as boxed version that sits on my shelf) since August without any problems or crashes; up until last Sunday that is. Somehow I had the idea to update my graphics card driver and also update the game, and ever since then, the game crashes every few minutes to the desktop, without error message or blue screen. At this point, troubleshooting BG3 feels almost like testing luck in a casino, where you try one option after another hoping something finally works. I even caught myself reading about alternative payment methods like
paysafecard vásárlás sms el telekom while taking breaks from debugging, just to clear my head before trying the next fix. This happens for the DirectX11 version as well as for the Vulkan version, it happens whether I use the GOG launcher or Steam launcher or start bg3.exe or bg3_dx11.exe directly. There is no error message at the moment of the crash, no log entry in the bg3\bin folder after the crash, no entry in windows event log at that point in time.
What I already tried in order to fix the issue:- I reverted back to both, the previous graphics driver and the previous version of the game => crash still happening. I used AMD's cleanup utility but apparently it does not in fact fully clean up any remains of the driver, some remnants in the registry remained
- I then used DDU to -again- uninstall the graphics driver, the reinstalled it again => crash still happening
- Then I found a restoration point from last week before the update and restored to that point => crash still happening. Apparently the issue seems to persist even through the loading of a restoration point
- I then noticed that there was a TPM-WMI error reported in my event log, regarding a certificate that had been updated but not yet applied. Since October. After some research I found a way to have that update successfully applied (
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/how-t...ted-two-methods.42366/page-6#post-680898) => crash still happening though, so that wasn't the culprit either
- I lowered the BG3 graphics setting to low and disabled VSYNC => crash still happening
- I uninstalled BG3 completely (including the Larian sub folders at %appdata%\local) and tested if the issue presisted in a new game installation, in a new game, without any mods installed => crash still happening
- At one point since Sunday I suspected AMD Adrenaline to be the culprit so I left it uninstalled the last time of driver installations around (used ASUS driver hub for driver installation instead of the Adrenaline installer) => crash still happening
- Since nothing else presented itself as possible reason for my issue, I visited
https://larian.com/support/faqs/crashes-during-gameplay-pc_61 and tried out each and every one of the suggested fixes => crash still happening.
- I physically checked the graphics card as well as other components in my computer case; no issues there.
- I can play other games without any issues: E.G. Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 and 2, SWTOR, X4 Foundations, Skyrim, Pillars Of Eternity, Fallout 4, etc. The only game showing these CTD's is BG3.
Now I am at my wits end and am strongly considering to reset my Windows completely and hope for the best that this will hopefully purge any underlying hidden issue that causes these CTD's in BG3.
If I find a way to attach files to this post/thread, I can also provide a dxdiag report as well as network.2025-12-19T22-05-58-663968.log.
I apologize for this wall of text, but I really hope to find a solution for this issue here in the forums, since I absolutely love this game as well as all its predecessors and have still so many romance and other options to try out!
I really wish that using a skin texture or similar mod wouldn't disable achievements. Those who mod their games heavily can install mods that allow achievements with mods. I believe there are other ways around this limitation if you just want the achievements and don't care whether they form a record of things you've actually tried and accomplished, but it seems to me the player who just wants to use a few mods is left without the choice to make minor adjustments without having to sacrifice the ability to earn achievements. I don't know what rules consoles enforce on their platforms, but on PC I'd prefer that players were allowed to earn achievements while sporting a modded hairstyle. Actually, given all the ways around the no-mods requirement, it seems to me to make the most sense just to stop requiring their absence altogether.