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Hi,

I’m experiencing a critical issue with Baldur’s Gate 3 after reinstalling the game.

-The game launches and loads normally
-It reaches 100% loading
-I can hear menu sounds and music
-But the screen stays stuck on the loading screen (no visual update)

Important context:

-I previously played ~200 hours on the same PC with no issues
-This started only after reinstalling the game recently
-All other games run perfectly

What I already tried:

-Clean GPU driver reinstall using DDU
-Deleted NVIDIA shader cache (DXCache / GLCache)
-Reset BG3 config folder in AppData
-Disabled overlays (Steam, NVIDIA, Discord, Xbox Game Bar)
-Forced windowed mode and DPI overrides
-Reset NVIDIA Control Panel settings
-Tested different refresh rates and resolutions
-Tried launching with both DirectX 11 and Vulkan

Nothing changed.

System:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
GPU: RTX 2070
RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows 10
Drivers: latest NVIDIA Game Ready

At this point it feels like a rendering/presentation issue (audio works but frame is not displayed).

I have to be honest: this is extremely frustrating.
After 200+ hours of gameplay, it’s very disappointing to reinstall the game and find it completely unplayable, despite a fully functional system and extensive troubleshooting.

This doesn’t seem like a user-side issue anymore, but rather a serious compatibility or rendering bug.

Has anyone experienced this after recent patches?

Thanks.

I played for about 20 hours on PS5, but the game never really clicked for me with the controller.
I’d like to start another play through and wanted to check if there is any chance of PS5 ever getting mouse support before I buy the game on Steam - and most likely a more powerful PC to play it.
Thanks!

In February, they released a hotfix that made the game unplayable on my machine, and the machines of many other people. They have said they are "aware" of the problem in private responses to bug reports, but they haven't made any public announcements or given any indication on when it will be fixed. Like I explained just a few posts above the one you clearly read?

I had to go to GOG and buy the game again so I could choose to only install up to the previous hotfix, in order to start a new game and play it again.

Hardware/Software:

MacBook Pro M4 Pro (Mac16,8), 14 cores, 24GB
macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 (25D2128)
BG3 v4.1.1.7151330 (latest as of March 2026)
External 4K monitor, lid closed (clamshell mode)
Xbox controller + PS4 controller
Problem:

Local split-screen crashes every ~5 minutes in the Underdark. Single-player does not crash. Act 1 wilderness in split-screen was stable for hours — the crashes started once we progressed to the Underdark.

What I've tried (none helped):

Visual settings reduced to Medium
Disabled cloud sync
Disabled Game Mode
Stopped all background processes
Verified file integrity
Crash analysis (6 reports, all identical pattern):

All six crashes are EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) / KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS on Thread 0 (main thread). The faulting address is different every time (wild/garbage pointers), which points to a use-after-free or dangling pointer rather than a consistent null dereference.

Crashing call stack (consistent across all 6):

AGXMetalG16X ComputeContext<...>::setBuffer_impl<AGXBuffer>() + 68
Baldur's Gate 3 rf::RendererCommandBuffer::Submit() + 160
Baldur's Gate 3 ls::GameRenderView::FinishRecording() + 88
Baldur's Gate 3 rf::RenderFrame::FinishRecording() + 144
Baldur's Gate 3 ls::RenderThread::Update() + 4268

I can provide the full crash reports if helpful.

Recently started a new vanilla playthrough with my friend, been a while since i played. Got to act 2, using the armor of braccus rex set just for fun on my sebille (not my main charc, companion). When i try to equip the set on my main (Fane), the curse just stays, plus the fact is i can wear the pants without the curse activating, and i can wear the whole set minus the pants on sebille for the curse to dissapate. Would like some help with this issue if possible.

Well, it happened again.
And though I have Wyll's approval rating dropping to zero again, this time I'm playing an oath of tha ancients palladin Tav, and it has no effect on my Palladin oath (luckily)

So glad to receive your reply! Thanks for the compliment.
I wrote this because I was genuinely contemplating how to perceive the coupling between a druid and a chimera. Then, I saw that look of sheer hurt on Gale’s face when he’s asked—at Halsin’s invitation—if he’d be open to a threesome. I thought, why not speak in Gale’s voice? Even though this is absolutely the fault of Tav/The Dark Urge, he’s just a desperate wizard blinded by love and panic. So, lol, it ended up being written this way.

Somewhere someone claims they pulled the Githyanki patrol to Waukeen's Rest, and they got scragged by the flaming fist there.

I ran away from a fight with the patrol, one guy followed me, after a while I thought I'd lure him into Waukeen's since I was almost there. He totaled the place.

YMMV

I’ve been there with games that just randomly crash out of nowhere. From what you’ve described, it really seems like it’s something weirdly specific to BG3 on your setup since other games run fine, so probably not a hardware issue. I’d personally try a couple things before wiping Windows completely: make sure Windows itself is fully updated, then maybe try running the game in a completely clean Windows user profile, disable any background apps like overlays, Discord, Radeon software, or even antivirus temporarily, and test. Another thing that helped me with stubborn CTDs in other games was forcing the game to run in DirectX11 instead of Vulkan, or vice versa, with a clean GPU driver install using DDU (which you did, but sometimes doing it fresh without touching Adrenaline at all helps). Also, I’d check the BG3 config files in Documents/Larian Studios for anything corrupted—sometimes deleting those and letting the game remake them fixes CTDs. If none of that works, yeah, a full Windows reinstall might be the nuclear option, but I’d at least try creating a brand new user and clean install first since that’s faster.

Can confirm on ps5 as well. Started a new play through with all the mods i had installed about two weeks ago, game was running completely fine & smooth at first until reaching the emerald grove.

The game became more unstable the more i played it until i got to act 2, & now my save crashes as soon as it hits 100% upon loading.

went back to an unmodded act 3 save that was concluded, and was still experiencing lag & stutters, not as bad as modded but 100% wasn’t there before the update (2/16).

@ldo58: They didn’t change the ending — I used the Gale solution at the end of Act 3; you were talking about using Gale at the end of Act 2. I would assume the latter doesn’t count as completing Honour Mode, as you’re skipping all of Act 3.

I installed the GOG version of Beyond Divinity and for some reason the config tool can't find the slash1.dll, even though it's present in the game folder. When I try to launch the game regardless, it won't run. Clicking the desktop icon a second time, brings up a window saying the configuration should be reset but no matter what I choose, the game never launches. I even tried installing my old CD copy of the game and update it to 1.4.9 but it still wouldn't launch. Does anyone know what I could do? I'd really like to play the game.