Game freezes, unrecoverable when mob activates any special effect.

I"ve been playing since 2012, with very few problems. After patch 53 the game is now unplayable. When I encounter a low level mob such as the skeles in the soltown catacombs combat proceeds normally. When I go deeper in the catacombs and encounter blood skeles, either archers or mages, once combat starts, the game freezes. I'm not able to do a /bug report, this happens every time I encounter a mob with some kind of special graphic effect on their attack, either melee or range.
I cannot play the game in its current state, I can walk around the overworld map, I can tele, I can recall, I can enter towns from the map, fast travel etc. Its only when I encounter mobs with graphic effects to their attacks. I guess 6 years is just gone.

 

Can you at least go into the game do /bug and paste that info into this one?

 

6/16/2018 9:21 PM
Title:
Reproduction Rate:
Blocker?
Details:
Steps to Reproduce:
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: AMD A6-5400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (2) System RAM: 8135
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti GPU RAM: 2007
SotA.Win.64.791.Date.06.06.18
Area: Novia_R6_Volcanic01_01
Area Display Name: Sunless Barrens
Loc: (-237.4, 51.1, -15.2)
Debug: Tm92aWFfUjZfVm9sY2FuaWMwMV8wMXx8KC0yMzcuMzcsIDUxLjA5MywgLTE1LjIzMil8KDAsIDAuMTkyLCAwLCAwLjk4MSl8MjIuMTQ3NzR8MTB8MTAuODU=

 

Updated to newest nvidia drivers with a clean install of the driver.
As soon as a bloodborne footman casts what looks like some type of fire spell the game freezes.
I was able to battle successfully the bloodborne mages, but the footman froze the game.
new /bug report:

6/16/2018 10:04 PM
Title:
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker?
Details:
Steps to Reproduce: fight with bloodborne footman in soltown catacombs
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: AMD A6-5400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (2) System RAM: 8135
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti GPU RAM: 2007
SotA.Win.64.791.Date.06.06.18
Area: Soltown Sewers
Area Display Name: Soltown Catacombs
Loc: (-196.0, 20.0, 31.6)
Debug: U29sdG93biBTZXdlcnN8fCgtMTk1Ljk4NCwgMjAsIDMxLjU3OSl8KDAsIC0wLjc0LCAwLCAwLjY3Myl8LTk1LjE3MTU5fDIyLjM0NDcxfDEwLjg1

 

You are close to minimum spec, when it freezes, it could be worth checking if you are out of memory or at max gpu

 

I'm going to install the
EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SC GAMING, 4GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card
do you think that will help?

 

This card will be an ok upgrade. But I think you will benefit more with a RAM upgrade, at lesst the double of what you have now.

As the game at boot up already allocates 10+GB of virtual mem. And about 6 to 8 actual MEM

 

Try disabling some of the advanced display settings in video options - such as DOF, Camera Effects, Bloom, etc.

Also make sure peripheral lighting is disabled unless you’re using a keyboard that supports that - it’s not a video option IMHO and should be moved to controls or interface menu / since people usually flip on all the options in the video menu thinking they will make the quality better.

 

I'll look at the video settings but I believe I have everything turned off. I installed the nvidia 1050 Ti 4gb last night. the exact same thing happened. I don't want to dump a bunch of money into a computer that ran the game just fine before the summer update. The issues started immediately following the update. I did uninstall and reinstall the game also. No different.

 

Tried disabling your AV on-access scanning / excluding the SOTA folder and sub-folders?

 

6/22/2018 7:43 PM
Title:
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker?
Details:
Steps to Reproduce:
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: AMD A6-5400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (2) System RAM: 16327
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GPU RAM: 4018
SotA.Win.64.791.Date.06.06.18
Area: Soltown Sewers
Area Display Name: Soltown Catacombs
Loc: (-183.2, 20.0, 20.2)
Debug: U29sdG93biBTZXdlcnN8fCgtMTgzLjIxOCwgMjAuMDIyLCAyMC4xNTMpfCgwLCAtMC43OTYsIDAsIDAuNjA1KXwyNTQuNjQ4fDQxLjEwMDA2fDA=


I added the sota directory to my AVG antivirus exceptions list. we shall see if that helps, also added more RAM

 

it appears to run fine now. The game has not frozen when I engage the bloodbone footman.
Thanks for all ya'lls help. going into the solania mines now, it used to freeze there too.