PoE 2 has issues with Windows 11 24h2

[Bambule]

I was playing on windows 10 the whole time and experienced like 1 crash in about 45 hours of playtime. Game ran basically very smooth.

3 Days ago i installed Windows 11 24H2.
Till now I crashed 16 times + even had 4 hard freezes that required a PC reset (that i never experienced before on my rig).
The CPU priority fix via task manager worked on the hard freezes,, still crashes quite often now tho.
The game is now on Windows 11 24h2 pretty unstable at zoning, loading or switching skills/gems in game.

considering going back to windows 10 for now, but this needs work ASAP and should have 1st priority since a lot of people experience this. And i bet the most of you are on windows 11 24h2 like me now.....

update: i've resetted win11 yesterday and updated again. Ran smooth in a marathon of 5+ hrs without any crash + good fps / no lags.

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CW From Detroit:

I have over 300 hours in Poe2 on Windows 11 without ever crashing.

13700K, 96GB of DDR5-6400, Asus TUF 4090, on a Samsung G9 Neo at 5120X1440.

Never. Once.

Seems to be an issue with your specifics. You should check what nonsense you have starting up as a service and running in the background. Then narrow it to essential tasks, verify no crash, then add services you deem necessary one by one, checking for crashes.

Also, check your event log for APPCRASH. There's information there that can sometimes be useful, including a crash dump (If configured as such) which you can pull into Visual Studio and see where the crash took place (In some cases).

This is not a poe issue its a windows issue.... Upon updating to 24h2 i began having immediate issues such as system completely locking up when loading into new areas, forcing a hard reset. I tried to roll back updates didn't resolve my issue. Only and i repeat ONLY when i decided reluctantly to go back to windows 10 did all my issues become resolved.... so for anyone who went back to windows 11 23h2 and it didnt resolve the issues i suggest to go all the way back to windows 10. Someone had mentioned that with 24h2 microsoft decided to implement a cpu scheduling update that retroactively applied to 23h2 as well.

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von PhishMarket:

GGG just doesnt care, they wont even communicate with us about it.

GGG isn't the problem... crazy i know right? The fact that GGG literally has shown nothing but transparency when it comes to updates and has even shown they listen to community feedback when necessary and implemented changes that were community driven unless they were suggestions that changed the core philosophy of POE show that, yet in every comment section the community has utter disdain for a company that has went above and beyond for the player base better than most other companies in industry... **BLIZZARD COUGH COUGH**. Its baffling that despite all of this and the game being in early access and players knowing this and still complaining about things that were by definition of (EARLY ACCESS) going to be there, still whine like little girls and when something like freezing occurs and isn't a GGG problem but a windows issue everyone still focuses on GGG. lmao what a joke of a community

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Paroe:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von XxAiDsTaRxX:

all these people saying poe2 has never crashed is full of ♥♥♥♥, I have state of the art pc with everything you can think of including custom water cooling with RTX 4090 14900kf 128gig 6k ram etc and this game does crash from time to time, whether it is windows or Direct x 12 or someother bs. clocking in at 578 hours so far.

"I HAVE STATE OF THE ART IT COULD NEVER BE A ME PROBLEM"

Except... In most cases - it is.

Newest patch has some major stability issues though, my game has crashed a few times already when before i had maybe one crash. Although rather than blaming the game and its developers, my crashes are likely due to the gateway being poor than anything else. California gateway, yay...

... the fact that you don't understand this isn't a localized issue is astonishing despite the fact that thousands upon thousands of windows users playing this game have stated they're having the very same issue and all the same symptoms so it most definitely a windows issue not a user issue. despite how many idiots want to comment and say otherwise because they're keyboard warriors with nothing else going on in there life's so they attack people having issues to feel important.

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Shajirr:

Its very funny when people install a defective update, complain about its defects,
then say "I'm not rolling back ♥♥♥♥" when they are advised to uninstall the defective update to avoid the issues it brings.

its very funny when microsoft makes it so that if you missed the opportunity to roll back the update it fundamentally breaks you pc from ever doing so again with a 10 day window to roll back updates, or my favorite one when they forcefully install broken update on the pc despite windows update settings configured to not allow them to. so your intelligence is showing and not in a very good light.

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ◬ illumiTriX ◬:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CHAO$$$:

So its working perfectly fine on a bunch of different operating systems (including console) and versions except that one patch version by microsoft on that one microsoft OS and its gggs fault?

lmao

yea when its the only game that has this problem seems so... i can play 2 games at the same time and dont get this problem only poe2 is able to do so

just because you can play 2 other games doesn't imply its POE as i have had issues with several other titles other than POE. GOD of War, Naraka just to name a few. I rolled back updates on 24h2 back to 23h2 still had same problem. I reluctantly went back to windows 10 and poof problem solved no crashes no stuttering nothing and I've put several hundred hours on Poe since installing windows 10

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ◬ illumiTriX ◬:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CHAO$$$:

that is also a lie
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/some-games-not-working-on-windows-11-24h2/04c7d172-5cdb-4c2d-8bcd-e55d2b4bd6d3

dont know any of this games only avatar so cant say can also be a problem on his end but okay when one person says its the windows update it musst be like that...

not one person saying this... blatant lie. you sound like a microsoft share holder, bill gates cuck sucker and its showing.

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CHAO$$$:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ◬ illumiTriX ◬:

no pls listen i am REALLY REALLY SMART REALLY LISTEN TO MEEEEE

UNREAL DUDE
I CANT
THIS GUY
freaking winner of the olympics in mental gymnastics

my bad wrong person im being hostile towards. apparently I'm an idiot and should've focused my attention to the loser who went from typing in perfect English then looking like a total idiot decided to reply in German? I'm assuming, not quite sure so I apologize sir.

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ◬ illumiTriX ◬:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Caldrin:

Haha clearly someone has never worked with Microsoft before ;0

so for you again the windows update was released on 01.10.2024 and the problem with the freeze is since the last poe2 update on 16.01.25 for me how can it be the windows update alone tell me? when the game worked before on the same windows version?

How about trying to install windows 10 and see if it fixes the issue then you don't have to wonder wether or not its a windows or a poe problem... I initially thought it was poe problem as well until i decided to install windows 10 when rolling my system back to windows 11 23h2 didn't resolve my issue and low and behold I've put 200 hours plus in and no crashes to report or stuttering etc... so if you rolled your system back to 23h2 and it didn't work i suggest installing windows 10 and updating manually. I read that microsoft changed something with cpu scheduling with the 24h2 update that retroactively applied to 23h2 update as well which would explain why going back to 23h2 didn't fix the crashes for a lot of people resulting in them stating its a GGG issue and not a microsoft issue

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Caldrin:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ◬ illumiTriX ◬:

so for you again the windows update was released on 01.10.2024 and the problem with the freeze is since the last poe2 update on 16.01.24 for me how can it be the windows update alone tell me? when the game worked before on the same windows version?

No there has been issues with Win 11 24H2 since it was release and POE 2 has had issues with it since EA started..

its not the only game or application to have issues with 24H2 as well... its been well documented already..

Devs have even said its a known issue but they need to work with 3rd parties like Microsoft and Nvidia to try and resolve.. From experience I can tell you Microsoft are slow at doing anything..

GGG acknowledged the issue because the player base automatically assumed it was GGG and not a windows update issue that caused the problem and they did this because microsoft would never acknowledge the problem and even when they did so they put it in plain writing that some "ubisoft" games are having problems and also stating auto hdr was causing the issue then went on to say that the issue is resolved as stated on there website with the latest update not sure where its at currently because i went to windows 10 resolving my issues. They never explicitly say anything regarding this specific issue, almost as if its an open and shut case and only with ubisoft titles as that's what they listed on there website. Microsoft has no initiative to fix there Os because the alternatives are arguably worse than what there product is despite how ever many linux fan boys want to say otherwise. I would love to have a Linux based os that when i install it it just works for every single triple A title i want to play or not triple A but that isn't the case atm with Linux and arguably not with microsoft either ironically lmao, but more often then not when you install windows 10 or 11 it 90% of the time just works and you cant say that for linux when focusing on gaming.

[PhishMarket]

HOW IN THE ♥♥♥♥ HAS THIS NOT BEEN FIXED STILL? I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY THIS GAME AT ALL BECAUSE GGG IS LAZY

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ◬ illumiTriX ◬:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Caldrin:

No there has been issues with Win 11 24H2 since it was release and POE 2 has had issues with it since EA started..

its not the only game or application to have issues with 24H2 as well... its been well documented already..

Devs have even said its a known issue but they need to work with 3rd parties like Microsoft and Nvidia to try and resolve.. From experience I can tell you Microsoft are slow at doing anything..

okay i will say it clear again.

i also use the windows update 24H2 since release and i know there are other players that have this freeze trouble since release of poe2 but i have it since the last update of the game and could play fine before so it can not only be a problem on windows end do you understand it now?

No i don't understand it now because again have you tried installing windows 10 and seeing if the issue has been fixed if you just uninstalled the updates that isn't enough as microsoft with 24h2 update changed something with cpu scheduling which retroactively applied it to 23h2 as well and that would explain why when going back to 23h2 for alot of people didn't fix the issue myself included, but upon installing windows 10 fresh all issues were resolved for me of course i had to update windows 10 so a few little minor things could be fixed with the os but games just worked an no stutters and no crashes

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von God Loves You:

Play the game long enough, and u will get many crashes.. iv just had this happen 3 times in a row on trial of the sekhams when entering the end Cache room. resulting in no cache, the whole reason iv just spent 5 hours running !!! until they fix what is a clear issue the game is unplayable for certain parts

doing a fresh install of windows 10 fixed all my crashing issues

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Terminus Est:

I tried every fix. POE2 uncrasher worked for a little while, then I crashed so often in one day I gave up. And no, I can't rollback - this is a new pc, 24h2 was the only version of windows it was ever given.

install windows 10 using media creation tool this resolved all my crashing issues.

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von PhishMarket:

HOW IN THE ♥♥♥♥ HAS THIS NOT BEEN FIXED STILL? I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY THIS GAME AT ALL BECAUSE GGG IS LAZY

not a POE issue, and judging by your comment you lack understanding of how complex an issue like this can be in regards to a fix even if it was a GGG problem which it is not it would likely take weeks if not months to fix. That being said i recommend installing windows 10 and waiting for a fix from microsoft for windows 11. I tried all methods in regards to a fix to no avail and the issue started happening as soon as I updated to 24h2 i initially thought it was the patch POE released but i soon realized it was the windows update and when i rolled back the update it didn't resolve the issue so upon installing windows 10 reluctantly it resolved my issues and everything even runs better than on 11

[Optic_Massacre]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von _Greg:

Apparently the Windows 24H2 is now rolling out to absolutely all PCs. I bet GGG will now magically start caring when people start making ten times more topics about this lol

ITS NOT A GGG PROBLEM despite popular belief among the low IQ reddit and steam comments, GGG did ackowledge the issue but only because there COMMUNITY automatically blamed them for the problem and not Microsoft which says a lot about the company, while Microsoft still failed to acknowledge this issue specifically the only issue they acknowledged was with auto HDR and that some Ubisoft titles were having problems.