The crashing is a game issue, not sure if it is because i have Windows 10 that is the conflict, but after some looking into the bug report, i think it is a conflict with the game trying to access something that it should not. As i have many other games installed and this only started after the hot fix 31 patch, mind you i did a complete reinstall fresh no mods detected every thing all of it . and after that couldn't even load a new game, as the launcher starts and then just ends. I reverted to an older version patch 7, and loaded and was able to start a new game no problems, but the graphics and such were off, but it loaded, which means it was the patch hot fix. If nothing else, maybe let us load older versions before patched, so i can at least finish my current game.