Game freeze / Crash only in certain maps with bandits

Every single map that has bandits, I usually get the following error message either zoning into the map, or within the map, usually after about 10-15 seconds.

An exception dialog box pops open and only says:

"Art/Models/MONSTERS/Bandits/rig.ast": failed to uncompress animation 27

I have cycled through all video options (dx11/dx12/vulkan) and they all have the same issue. My drivers are current 560.70 - NVidia GeFroce RTX 3080 Ti.

Just had another crash with a similar dialog box with skeletons instead of bandits...

Completing my atlas has become much harder when every other map is not able to be completed