Game crashing 80% of the time when accessing inventory / trading / upgrading in zalyssia (Initial hub)

[Matt]

Hello.

I basically have to shelve the game because it has gotten so bad that I crash 80% of the time. I have to restart the game 5 to 10 times to finish selling my stuff and store my items into the stash.

Is anyone else experiencing consistent crashes in this area?

It seems to be related to inventory somehow. I think some of the items that I have in my inventory or are incorrectly being indexed which causes memory violations, crashing the game.

The crashes have happened only in the hub so far and outside the game is relatively fine.

But being unable to trade, or stash my stuff without an almost guaranteed crash is unbearable.

For those wondering, Zalyssia is the village in the completely first zone where you get your safe house and stas

[Rabantha]

Specs? I get a few frame dips in certain areas of Zal but nothing major. As a whole I've had no issues or crashing. Is it only happening in the town? It's a pretty intense area so maybe try turning some things down? It may be your hardware is overloading. Can you open inventory / trade out in the open without issue?

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7700x
4070ti
42gb DDR5
m.2

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[Matt]

Originally posted by Rabantha:

Specs? I get a few frame dips in certain areas of Zal but nothing major. As a whole I've had no issues or crashing. Is it only happening in the town? It's a pretty intense area so maybe try turning some things down? It may be your hardware is overloading. Can you open inventory / trade out in the open without issue?

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7700x
4070ti
42gb DDR5
m.2

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Mate I am an SW dev.

This isn't a hardware performance issue - it's a crash, which is fundamentally different. My system specs are well above recommended and that's completely irrelevant here.

What I'm experiencing is a memory access violation - a software bug where the program tries to access memory it shouldn't. These crashes are:
1. Consistently reproducible in a specific location
2. Triggered by specific actions (inventory/trading)
3. Independent of graphics settings or system load

When software crashes this way, it's usually because:
- The program is trying to read/write to an invalid memory address
- There's a buffer overflow
- Memory has been freed but the program still tries to use it
- Array indices are out of bounds

This has nothing to do with hardware being "overloaded" - the game is literally hitting an illegal operation and Windows is terminating it. That's why it's a hard crash, not a performance dip or stutter.

The reason it might work fine for you is that memory-related bugs can manifest differently across systems due to:
- Operating system memory randomization (ASLR)
- Different memory allocation patterns
- System-specific memory padding

This is a software bug that needs patching, not a hardware issue that can be fixed by "turning things down."

I am just trying to identify what specifically is causing it and collect data from other people.

[Timmy]

Currently having the same issue, Every time I attempt to load my save I'm getting a memory access violation crash. Loading previous saves yields the same results, Hoping it gets sorted soon.

To add onto this I was able to progress quite a bit in the story to the next zone before the crashes started to occur, First problem I've come across in the game and it is now unplayable.

specs:
3090
R9 5900x
32gb ddr4 3600

[AgentGibbs]

I just want to share that I played the game for about 3 hours with no crashes. Then suddenly I encountered a forced close due to this same "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" error.

When I would load back into the game, it worked for about a minute. I discovered that the game crashes EVERY TIME I open my inventory. I believe there is a bug that can occur related to what items you may have in inventory.

THE SOLUTION: I loaded a previous save about an hour earlier and it's running fine again.

I hope this helps people. Be sure to create a NEW SAVE FILE every so often, so you can rollback your progress if needed.

[Baklavah]

For me, crashes when I mouse over anything in my stash. Instantly breaks and CTDs with the access violation error. :(

[ᴛᴀʟᴜ 🐦]

Yeah im crashing aswell when i open my inventory. After getting the scanner back in Clear Sky base, i keep getting crashes whenever i mess with my inventory :\

This is a script error, got nothing to do with pc spects etc. Crashes do not occour because of hardware, its a script problem.

[ᴛᴀʟᴜ 🐦]

Seems there are some bad blocks in Inventory grid. If you fill your inventory with items and hit Sort, some blocks will not be filled. If you manually try to put something there, the game instantly crashes.

[◥▶ ◀◤]

Same problem . After patch i open inv, try to scroll it down and get crash everytime. Tried different fast saves , but problem not solved. =(

[Baklavah]

Someone figured it out!

It's friggin MUTANT LOOT!

Originally posted by Flight85:

Mutant loot mod corrupted saves after patch. This empty slots is a Mutant pieces

[◥▶ ◀◤]

i cleared all mods and have no mutant loot , still crashing

[Baklavah]

Originally posted by ◥▶ ◀◤:

i cleared all mods and have no mutant loot , still crashing

The problem is Mutant Loot breaks at some point, leaving invisible mutant items in your inventory. These break the game at traders and the stash... corrupting your save. The only hope is that a patch will inventory wipe any entities that shouldn't exist, or the mod gets updated and we can use it to remove these items...

[fox]

Lol OP is some kind of developer and couldn't figure out his mod was crashing his game

[◥▶ ◀◤]

set new version of mutant loot aaaand. nothing xD still crash)

[zpc]

Originally posted by ◥▶ ◀◤:

set new version of mutant loot aaaand. nothing xD still crash)

A broken save due to mod usage stays broken - no matter if the mod is deactivated / deleted or updated.

Using mods in a game this close to its release has it's risks - as you now know...

[Kacc]

bcs of it DONT USE mods on new games with bugs