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I've seen this mentioned in a few places, but none of the solutions offered have alleviated my problem.

I've a Steam (EDIT: *and* a GOG) copy of D:OS:EE that I've played for ~20 hours, perhaps four months ago, on the same computer upon which I'm attempting to play again now:

- i7 7700k
- 2x8GBs Corsair DDR4 PC 3000 RAM
- nVidia GTX1080/8GBs (390.65 drivers)
- Samsung 960 Pro, 1TB
- Windows 10x64 Pro

All current, official, WHQL drivers;
No overclocking/overvolting.

I erased all my old save games (including quick saves, deliberate saves and auto saves) in the hopes of starting a fresh campaign.

Two new characters, "start new game"...but the game freezes after each and every auto save or quick save.

I have attempted:

1. Steam/GOG Galaxy File Verification (both successful),
2. delete contents of LevelCache folder,
3. delete entire Larian Studios folder from my Documents folder,
4. Create different in-game profile(s),
5. Uninstall game(s) entirely, delete install folders, run reg-cleaner, restart computer and reinstall game(s) fresh from Steam/GOG.

Game still freezes on all attempts to save.

Any ideas, y'all?

UPDATE: I installed the game on my old rig (specs below) to see if the problem was hardware specific; it is *not* - the same problem cropped up.

Spun up the game, jumped into an old save game, walked around a bit, talked to a few characters, hit the Quicksave button and...FREEZE.

Restarted the game, deleted all old saves, started two new characters/new campaign, jumped into the game, Autosave and...FREEZE.

Reload (the new, autosave) save game, walked around a bit, got into a fight, hit Quicksave and...FREEZE.

Specifications of old rig:

- i7 4790k
- 2x8GBs GSkill DDR3 2100
- nVidia GTX980/8GBs (390.65 drivers)
- Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB
- Windows 10x64 Pro

All current, official, WHQL drivers;
No overclocking/overvolting.

Any ideas?

P.S.

I tried both the GOG and Steam versions on this rig, as well.

So...no ideas?

I am now approximately 100 hours into D:OS 2, but I *still* cannot play D:OS Enhanced.

(Obviously) I'm enjoying 2, but I *sincerely* want to play/enjoy 1, as well.