Combination of "Rain" and "Maximum" Shadows hangs my system

Title: Combination of "Rain" and "Maximum" Shadows hangs my system
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker? Noish
Details:

• If I have "Shadows" set to "Maximum", my app-session enters an unending "Max CPU" state upon entering a scene where it is raining
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• Restarting the application and then turning off the "Shadows" corrected the issue.
• Waiting until the rain stopped also corrected the issue.
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• I was able to reproduce this issue successfully, over half-a-dozen tests.
• Possibly related to the other lighting issues being reported ?

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Set your graphics settings to "Beautiful" (which also sets "Shadows" to "Maximum")
2. Restart your application
   • This one is important, since simply changing the "Shadows" mid-session does not appear to induce the error.
3. Enter a scene where it is raining
4. Observe how the application ceases to respond.

User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8) System RAM: 8110
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU RAM: 4007
SotA.EarlyAccess.Win.64.392.Date.09.14.16
Area: OwlsHead
Loc: (104.9, 63.7, -231.8)

 

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