D2R crash after killing Shenk

3070Ti, framerate drops at Shenk when the fire animation is played and sometimes crashes. Worse when using the Sorceress with the blizzard skill and when there are other imp casters in the area

still crashes, i cant go near him when killed,
spec
3090
i9

Just had this exact same crash occur to me on my literally BRAND NEW purchased this week 3090ti 64gb Corsair Dominator Platinum, i5 12600K 12th gen 16 CPUS 3.7Ghz, Windows 11. This system has had no issues with any other game yet, I’m not sure how this is acceptable given the game has been out a year now, can we look into fixing this perhaps? Or am I to just not do Shenk?..

I was using blizzard spell. This should be a higher priority on your list of things to address than adding sunder charms and stuff like that, this is a very serious problem, you’re literally destroying peoples brand new hardware…

3080 TI here, tried all previous mentioned solutions, still crashes frequently with Shenk upon his death. Have to loot and tele away before death animation happens or i crash to desktop every time.

Same here with a 3090.

Happens about 90% of the time @ Shenk.

It seems to be a pattern: whenever “many” sprites are generated, the game engine seems to be brought to its knees. For example, there are similar frame drops for me when killing the blood raven or radament. But since the effects are not “that rich” there, no crash happens.

What helps for me: kill Shenk - port away quickly bevore all those effects start to happen so that these arent displayed on your screen - wait a few seconds - get loot.

But it’s very annoying.

(Whats also annoying: playing in 32:9 at full screen: game renders the WHOLE screen and sucks up resources, but half the screen is blacked out artifically to avoid players seeing “to far” on their widescreens - but thats another story)

Win 10 (21H2)
Nvidia drivers 526.86

Ryzen 5900X (no OC)
32GB RAM
RTX 3080 12GB (no OC)

After a year this is still happening. Only helps running quickly from falling bombs to avoid crash.
Also I running with DLSS Quality.

Happy New Year!

It’s still happening.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900
32GB RAM
RTX 3080ti Drivers 527.56
Windows 10

Happens to me too. Intel core i7 12700k
Every time😑

Same issue…very common, not always, but quite often.
RTX3060Ti, latest windows version, nvidia drivers.
AMD cpu, 32Gb ram (corsair).

Issue still isnt fixed.
Happends almost every time.

RTX 3090, Ryzen 7 5800X, 32Gb Corsair.

How is this still an issue! I literally cannot MF this guy because it crashes my pc!!!

5800x3d
4090
32gb ram
980 pro 2tb

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CAN U PLS FIX THIS BLIZZARD ??? Always crash on Shenk if i dont move away instantly after killing him

Because there is ONE developer dedicated to the entire game, most likely, and accountants started to influence their work apparently, must have been big cuts in this department.

Hey there,

I experienced the same issue - until I wondered that my VFX Quality was only Set on “High” - I get those Crashes after Killing Schenk as I set it to Ultra… and googled that issue, the temporary workaround is just to set it Low/Middle or High… my System only crashes on Ultra VFX Lighting…

Amd Ryzen 9 5950X
Ballistix 64 GB DDR4 3200 CL16
Asus Rog Dark Hero 8
MSI Suprim X RTX 3080 TI
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB

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…I found, that visual effect of ice armor buff on my mercenary fortitude in some way conflict with dlss…

Habe das selbe Problem-allerdings erst seit ich den aktuellen Grafiktreiber für die RTX 3070 aufgespielt habe. Nach dem Schenk tot ist gehe ich kurz zur Treppe zurück und warte die Animation ab. Dann gibt es keinen Absturz. Alternativ könnte man etwas an den Grafikeinstellungen ändern.

Same issue here, when it starts raining fire etc., fps drop significantly and finally the game crashes.
i5-12600k + RTX 3060ti

13900KS, 32GB DDR5, RTX 3090, still crashes, DDU-ed and installed the latest driver, still crashes. It’s been 2 years, how is this not fixed yet?

same here the only way i can avoid crash at Shenk is to move at least a screen away while the fire effects wear off

Hey there,

Please do not resurrect old posts, this original post was from September 2021 and it appears every few months someone comes in and resurrects it.

The core issue that this original post was about was addressed back in 2021. Anyone currently experiencing issues here have a separate issue. If you cannot find a currently active thread with your issue, please create a new post with the issue in the title and the details in the body of the post.