Game suddenly freezes -> returns to windows with "shadow of mordor.exe has stopped working''

[Monarch]

So i've already been playing like 20 hours of this game. But suddenly today, the game started randomly crashing.
First it happend when I was on my way to a story mission (the same spot everytime, like the game didn't want me to get to my destination), and 10 minutes ago when I loaded my save and jumped down a tower in a completely different spot than before.

Changing graphics didn't help, haven't messed with the files or anything.

Any help or people who have the same problem?

[Ruek]

Same Problem here. 10-30 mins in my game just crashes to desktop.. no error messages
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[Coqburn]

Same issue here, freezes entire pc after 10-20 mins of play at random times (not always after doing the same thing in game).

[papashimbers]

If you are running Windows 8 this might work for you.
I had the same exact issues with it freezing. I'm running a 3770k with gtx 680's in SLI.
Solution 2 in this link worked perfectly.
Right click shadowofmordor.exe choose "troubleshoot compatibility".
Click "try recommended setting's then click "test the program"

[Monarch]

i'm not running on 8, but on 7, so the compatibility doesn't really matter. Furthermore, i never changed OS or any other files. It started happening when I unlocked the ''Destroy the Dark Monument'' quest, and everytime I come near that starting point, it crashes. Getting pretty tired of this.. :(

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Same thing happens here. The game runs fine until I start a specific story mission, then it crashes.
Edit: On Windows 7, GTX 970, Nvidia 344.16 drivers, i5 2500K
Edit 2: It also happened on my R9 290 using 14.4 drivers, so it's not AMD/Nvidia specific.

[Monarch]

Windows 7 R9 280X here. All drivers up to date. I have no clue what it could be and can't find anything on Google..

[SupaSugoiBoi]

same problem... my game also runs perfectly well until i start the mission ''Destroy the Dark Monument'' where it instantly crashes when i meet up with the first camp with uruks.... also i lost my latest save yesterday totally random! the launch have been rubisshhhhhh. any ideas why this is occurring? #Failfish #Facepalm #Residentsleeper

[Cpt.Goose]

Exact same problem, started up last night. I played a bunch of missions and started getting into the story more and game crashed. Lost all progress, continues to crash after 20-30min.

I5 2500k, 16gb ram, MSI R9 290 4G, Win 7, latest drivers

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Just to update this, my game runs perfectly now. Previously it would crash as soon as I tried to begin the Gimub the Slaver mission.

SoM automatically validated the game files for some reason, then it re-downloaded 5GB of data. Ever since then, the game has been fine.

Verifying the integrity of the game cache might help some people.

Right click on Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor in your Steam library > Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game Cache

[Fire in the bowl!]

even though most of you may think your drivers are fully upto date i am willing to bet money that if you ran software such as http://store.steampowered.com/app/234820/ you would have over 20 out dated drivers.

i only say this cause i have the NEW X99 Chipset with 32GB DDR4 and the new i7-5960X processor i fully updated everything....i run driver fusion there was over 55 out dated drivers that was for my processor and many other devices.

[Cameron]

I had the same problem with 'The Dark Monument' Story mission. What I did to fix the problem was turn VSync ON and my graphics all the way down to the lowest. I can run the game fine, but I had to do this to get past the glitched mission.

[BRX01]

http://www.crashwiki.com/top-10-fixes-shadow-mordor-crashes-errors-wont-start-black-screen-config-nvidia-sli-dx11-support-hd-textures-slow-mouse/

You guys can refer to this one, please do post the result..