PS5 & PC | Exit to Character Select freezes game PoE2 0.1.1g

On PS5 PoE2 0.1.1g

- Login with any character
- Open the Game Menu then select Exit to Character Selection
- Game freezes at Entering Character Select. Happens about 1 in 3 times.

Characters in town still move around. All controls are non-responsive. The only way to get control back is to force close the game.
Last edited by Hex#8241 on Mar 28, 2025, 2:20:00 PM
Last bumped on Apr 4, 2025, 10:40:16 PM
Happening to me on PC
Also happening on PS5 pro, happened 3 out of 4 times for me since the latest update.
This is also happening to me on PC for the last 2 days.
Happening after running awhile.

Exit to character select crashes the game.

PC + Vulken
While the snow remains,
veiled in the haze of evening,
a cold leafless branch.
Flowers are only flowers because they fall,
but thankfully the Wind.
For the above people commenting on the crash using windows, is the error the same as what i got below? (via event log)

Press Windows key > Search "event viewer" > go to logs

Faulting application name: PathOfExileSteam.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x67e4f0de
Faulting module name: PathOfExileSteam.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x67e4f0de
Exception code: 0xc0000005
While the snow remains,
veiled in the haze of evening,
a cold leafless branch.
Flowers are only flowers because they fall,
but thankfully the Wind.
On PC. Since latest patch the game crashes every time I enter a portal once a zone is completed. (Yes, I've also reinstalled the game).

@Skajuice - Yes, I got the same error.

Faulting application name: PathOfExileSteam.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x67e4f0de
Faulting module name: PathOfExileSteam.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x67e4f0de
Exception code: 0xc0000005
My game also "soft freezes" on pressing exit to character selection on PC (steam). Happens pretty much every time I try it
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Valarius#1419 wrote:
On PC. Since latest patch the game crashes every time I enter a portal once a zone is completed. (Yes, I've also reinstalled the game).

@Skajuice - Yes, I got the same error.

Faulting application name: PathOfExileSteam.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x67e4f0de
Faulting module name: PathOfExileSteam.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x67e4f0de
Exception code: 0xc0000005


Do not get this crash when entering a portal (yet)

To avoid this potential CTD i'm seriously contemplating just "exit Path OF Exile" from the Menu instead, and relaunch.
While the snow remains,
veiled in the haze of evening,
a cold leafless branch.
Flowers are only flowers because they fall,
but thankfully the Wind.
I am experiencing this same error on PS5. Every time I click exit to character screen the game freezes completely. Happens consistently.

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