Game crashes on start-up

After the 0.2 update the game started crashing every time. I can't even reach character selection
Last bumped on Apr 5, 2025, 1:17:59 PM
Same here. Steam version. Open the game. I see the ingame cursor and then it just throws me out. No error.
I have the same situation,

Start game > Cursor appears > game closes.

I tried
-start game as admin

- File integrity verification on Steam

- restart computer after update

Is there any launch settings we can use to verify if it's DX/ Vulkan making the game crash on start?
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VictorGT#4136 wrote:
I have the same situation,

Start game > Cursor appears > game closes.

I tried
-start game as admin

- File integrity verification on Steam

- restart computer after update

Is there any launch settings we can use to verify if it's DX/ Vulkan making the game crash on start?


I had the same thought. My logs are filled with [VULKAN] entries. Wish I can swap to DX to test...

EDIT: Fixed.
Go to
Documents -> My Games -> Path of Exile 2

Edit the production_Config.ini and change renderer_type=Vulkan to renderer_type=DirectX12

GL
Last edited by AlisVeritas#3919 on Apr 4, 2025, 3:56:42 PM
I got in and played 5 min. then froze and kicked me.
I can start the game and login, but when I hit "play" I crash after briefly showing the loading screen.
I got in and played 5 min. then froze and kicked me.
Same, i cant enter fkin town because of it. instance crashes
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VictorGT#4136 wrote:
I have the same situation,

Start game > Cursor appears > game closes.

I tried
-start game as admin

- File integrity verification on Steam

- restart computer after update

Is there any launch settings we can use to verify if it's DX/ Vulkan making the game crash on start?


I had the same thought. My logs are filled with [VULKAN] entries. Wish I can swap to DX to test...

EDIT: Fixed.
Go to
Documents -> My Games -> Path of Exile 2

Edit the production_Config.ini and change renderer_type=Vulkan to renderer_type=DirectX12

GL




Yes confirmed, this worked for me too.
I checked on the game logs and all the [VULKAN] errors where there.

Thank you GG
My production_Config.ini renderer_type was always directx=12 and I cannot get to the selection screen after numerous tries

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