[quote]So my best guess is that the game has some sort of issue with CPU/RAM usage. I've got i7 7700 HQ and 16 GB of RAM, so there shouldn't be any problems, my load on both isn't very high when playing (around 30-60% on both). The game clearly can be handled by my laptop, but some sort of issue is maybe cause mishandling of RAM and this leads to the crash? It's pretty telling because if I use the PC for a bit, or already crashed, I cannot load Wilderness map anymore even when using very low settings.[/quote]
I think this may be my problem right here, my game runs perfectly on ultra with no problems or lag whatsoever, and then it will crash randomly like clockwork every 10 or so minutes. It didn't crash at all in the beginning of the game (on the ship), and then started crashing when I got to the larger wilderness map. It will crash at literally any time, during cutscenes, combat, or even on one occasion while I was just standing there checking a text message. My computer is working harder to run it than it does some games but I shouldn't be having as many crashes as I am, so I think it's an issue with the game processing.
