Freezing on first loading screen

[Carlton BEaEnkEs, no E]

So ever since I got to the first Vestige (rest spot) in the game (I quit/reloaded to troubleshoot), the game just freezes on the first loading screen after the "Press Any Button" prompt.

[Carlton BEaEnkEs, no E]

bump

[Valhallen]

It's a 4-core CPU problem. Your best bet is to use BES to limit the games CPU usage by -10% (90% cpu max). However, it's not a 100% fix, as the game has a chance to randomly freeze when loading regardless of cpu limits, but it does make it possible to actually play to some degree.

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Same problem here...

[marten1974]

https://www.nexusmods.com/lordsofthefallen2023/mods/6

fixed my problem with it. still crashes but very rarely now

[76561199354429874]

Hey everyone,

Do you get a specific error message pop up when the game freezes, or does it hang indefinitely?

Cheers,

[marten1974]

there is one sometimes i will post it when i get it again. thanks for trying to fix this fast.

[76561199354429874]

No worries Marten, please do send an image as it helps in our reporting.

[Mannikins]

The same issue happens to my partner, where it does not happen to me.
The irony being we both have nearly the same identical rig, and his' is slightly better in fact. After playing co-op for less than an hour, I died to the archers in the first area. My dying made him crash, after which trying to boot the game freezes it on the main menu loading screen.
This can be initially adverted by many loops and hoops, like the fix on Nexus, reinstalling, etc, which brings you at least back to the main menu after the first loading screen.

However trying to load the game or start a new game makes it freeze at 70% loading, after which the game goes into "not responding" without a crash. It stays there forever, (have tested to wait up to 30 minutes), forcing you to manually shut it down through Task Manager.
After booting the game again following the above situation, the game will again not load past the intro cut scene. It can then be repeated on a loop. Reinstall, get into menu, load, freeze at 70%, unable to access menu.

As there is never an actual crash where the game closes itself, it simply stays open forever, there is no means to send any bug reports either.

[Brambo]

Same thing happen to me. It used to freeze after the character creation screen like 70% load then it freezes. I have to restart my whole computer every try. After a few tries I got to play and exited when I encountered my first bonfire. Now It just freezes on the first loading screen.

[Carlton BEaEnkEs, no E]

Originally posted by CIG_Shikallum:

Hey everyone,

Do you get a specific error message pop up when the game freezes, or does it hang indefinitely?

Cheers,

It hanged indefinitely on release, now after 2 minutes I get this:

LoginId:f8dababf4554181205e8ba97f4b5db95
EpicAccountId:

Fatal error: [File:Unknown] [Line: 1273] GameThread timed out waiting for RenderThread after 120.00 secs

LOTF2_Win64_Shipping
LOTF2_Win64_Shipping
LOTF2_Win64_Shipping
LOTF2_Win64_Shipping
LOTF2_Win64_Shipping
LOTF2_Win64_Shipping
LOTF2_Win64_Shipping
LOTF2_Win64_Shipping
kernel32
ntdll

[stage]

Originally posted by CIG_Shikallum:

Hey everyone,

Do you get a specific error message pop up when the game freezes, or does it hang indefinitely?

Cheers,

Just hangs indefinitely. (speaking for my friend, not for me)

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1501750/discussions/0/6644556627471481296/?ctp=2#c6644556627476583881

[Evrir]

Originally posted by CIG_Shikallum:

No worries Marten, please do send an image as it helps in our reporting.

GameThread timed out waiting for RenderThread after 120.00 secs


0x00007ff785b0a000 LOTF2-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff785b181f0 LOTF2-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff782703866 LOTF2-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff78270d680 LOTF2-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff78270d6fa LOTF2-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff78270e5bc LOTF2-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff782717984 LOTF2-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff787719e72 LOTF2-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ffefcbc7344 KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ffefe7a26b1 ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction []

For me it just hangs on a loading screen and seems entirely random on when it does it. Eventually it does crash and nets this error but I've been sending it every chance I get.

[Uraboy]

Same here, no message just freeze

[formarkv]

Just came here to say I'm experiencing everything already described in this thread. Yes I think it's a 4 core issue. I think BES works as I got to the main screen at least but the steam version of the game likes to kick it out (probably due to anticheat). Pleaaaase devs. Just slow down cpu usage during loading so us 4 core plebs can play in 720p, low peace.

[Brambo]

My Steam deck runs it no problem though. Weird game.