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. 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.
I want to point out that I had this new PC built for me from scratch in a store back in August, with the following specifications:- OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (Version 10.0.26200 Build 26200)
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor, 4400 Mhz, 12 Core(s), 24 Logical Processor(s)
- BIOS Version/Date: American Megatrends Inc. 1087, 19.09.2025
- Mainboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B850-A GAMING WIFI
- Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 9070
- Cooling System: 360mm - be quiet! Silent Loop 3
- RAM: 64 GB
- SSD: 4 TB
- The graphics card is running with standard settings, no overclocking or anything like that happening; it's fast enough as it is
- Average temperature of the GPU when BG3 is running and under Adrenaline stress test: ~40°C/~104F
Here's the last gold log from the time around the crash with no mention of any problem though.
gold.2025-12-19T22-05-58-664819.log:
[19-12-2025 21:05:59:142][D:\Jenkins\workspace\Repo\FW4\Release\Stable\LSProjects\Framework\Code\DiscordBinding\DiscordAPIManager.cpp 71 dsc::DiscordAPIManager::Init]: Failed to initialize discord core: 4
[19-12-2025 21:06:00:366][D:\Jenkins\workspace\Repo\FW4\Release\Stable\LSProjects\Framework\Code\RenderFramework\vk\API.cpp 1354 rf::vk::API::CreateVkDevice]: Driver info:
ID: AMD_PROPRIETARY
Name: AMD proprietary driver
Info: 24.30.66 (LLPC)
[19-12-2025 21:06:00:702][D:\Jenkins\workspace\Repo\FW4\Release\Stable\LSProjects\Framework\Code\RenderFramework\vk\RenderFrame.cpp 540 rf::vk::RenderFrame::CreateSwapChain]: SwapChain: created
[19-12-2025 21:06:10:699][D:\Jenkins\workspace\Repo\FW4\Release\Stable\LSProjects\Apps\Gustav\Code\EoCClient\Client\GameStateThreaded.cpp 32 ecl::GameStateThreaded::GameStateWorker::DoWork]: Client Thread start: ClientInit
[19-12-2025 21:06:11:526][D:\Jenkins\workspace\Repo\FW4\Release\Stable\LSProjects\Apps\Gustav\Code\EoCClient\Client\GameStateThreaded.cpp 54 ecl::GameStateThreaded::GameStateWorker::DoWork]: Client Thread ended: ClientInit
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!
