Early Access Bug Reports - Game crashes to desktop when casting Hollow Form + Whirling Assault - Forum

System Specifications CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT RAM: 64GB DDR4 OS: Windows 11 Version 25H2 Driver Version: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 In-game Renderer: DirectX 12 & Vulkan (Both tested) Issue Description The game frequently crashes straight to the desktop without any error messages when casting skills during gameplay. This issue has been occurring consistently since the campaign chapters. On average, I am forced to restart the game 3 to 5 times per map. Skills Used: Hollow Form + Whirling Assault Troubleshooting Attempted All in-game graphics settings have been lowered to the absolute minimum. Tested on both DirectX 12 and Vulkan renderers. Cleared the shader cache. (Despite these steps, the crashes persist identical to before.) Additional Context My system was able to run a CoC (Cast on Critical Strike) Comet build perfectly fine back in version 0.4.0 without any performance issues. Given this, I suspect there might be a specific performance or optimization issue triggered by the combination of Hollow Form + Whirling Assault. Last bumped on Jun 1, 2026, 6:32:43 AM	Posted by vv19950429#8234 on May 31, 2026, 11:54:40 AM Quote this Post
I have the exact same problem. respect to hollow form / Whirling Assault earlier today and started to have client crashes every other map. Had been playing only Whirling Assault most of the day yesterday without any problems Im on Atch linux, kernel 7.0.5-arch1-1, proton experimental, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, AMD ATI NITRO+ RX 7900 XTX I do not see any error logs from my gpu here are the last logs in my LatestClient.txt with globalchat msg removed. the last global chat msg happened 2026/05/31 17:50:03 1543580941 3ef23347 [INFO Client 312] " 2026/05/31 17:48:55 1543512783 7fbd1225 [INFO Client 312] [SCENE] Set Source [(null)] 2026/05/31 17:48:55 1543512814 7fbd1225 [INFO Client 312] [SCENE] Set Source [Shoreline Hideout] 2026/05/31 17:48:58 1543515944 2d8e64f3 [DEBUG Client 312] Got Instance Details from login server 2026/05/31 17:48:58 1543515948 91c6ccf [INFO Client 312] Connecting to instance server at 109.200.195.28:21360 2026/05/31 17:48:58 1543515979 91c63c0 [DEBUG Client 312] Connect time to instance server was 2ms 2026/05/31 17:48:58 1543516008 2caa1e77 [DEBUG Client 312] Client-Safe Instance ID = 3023042331 2026/05/31 17:48:58 1543516008 2caa233f [DEBUG Client 312] Generating level 67 area "MapHiddenGrotto" with seed 2699875047 2026/05/31 17:48:59 1543516657 f0c29df1 [INFO Client 312] Tile hash: 983160084 2026/05/31 17:48:59 1543516657 f0c29df2 [INFO Client 312] Doodad hash: 986060521 2026/05/31 17:48:59 1543516683 7fbd1225 [INFO Client 312] [SCENE] Set Source [(null)] 2026/05/31 17:48:59 1543516687 7fbd1225 [INFO Client 312] [SCENE] Set Source [Hidden Grotto] 2026/05/31 17:48:59 1543517021 1a62036d [DEBUG Client 312] InstanceClientSetSelfPartyInvitationSecurityCode = 0	Posted by linusno#1748 on May 31, 2026, 12:13:14 PM Quote this Post
I have exactly the same. All the time. Once every 20 minutes. It helped a bit to change from 5 power charges to 3, but not much. It really discourages from continuing to play. It seems to be happening once I cast lots on consecutive hollow forms, but not always, sometimes happen after just a few casted one by one. Playing on Vulkan, Nvidia 1660 Super. Same issues it seems: https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1ttkpwq/performance_issues_this_league_which_nvidia/ https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3938263 https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1tswc23/hollow_form_whirling_assault_constantly_crashes/ Last edited by Vaeryn#7151 on Jun 1, 2026, 3:58:38 AM	Posted by Vaeryn#7151 on Jun 1, 2026, 3:52:47 AM Quote this Post
Same issue here, with some new logs " 2026/06/01 16:45:35 20758328 ff7494ae [CRIT Client 4124] Tried to get position height while only location height was explicitly set. 2026/06/01 16:45:35 20758343 ff7494ae [CRIT Client 4124] Tried to get position height while only location height was explicitly set. 2026/06/01 16:45:35 20758359 ff7494ae [CRIT Client 4124] Tried to get position height while only location height was explicitly set. 2026/06/01 16:45:35 20758375 ff7494ae [CRIT Client 4124] Tried to get position height while only location height was explicitly set. 2026/06/01 16:45:36 20759437 ff7494ae [CRIT Client 4124] Tried to get position height while only location height was explicitly set. 2026/06/01 16:45:36 20759453 ff7494ae [CRIT Client 4124] Tried to get position height while only location height was explicitly set. 2026/06/01 16:45:36 20759468 ff7494ae [CRIT Client 4124] Tried to get position height while only location height was explicitly set. 2026/06/01 16:45:36 20759484 ff7494ae [CRIT Client 4124] Tried to get position height while only location height was explicitly set. Multiple rows of the CRIT error show up in log when i use the skill Playing on RTX 2080 super with 32GB ram, AMD R9 3950X. Win 10.	Posted by RinKamimiya#2797 on Jun 1, 2026, 4:51:32 AM Quote this Post
Same issue here. Sometimes every other map, but I just had a map where I crashed 5 times...	Posted by Nekratul#6639 on Jun 1, 2026, 5:01:53 AM Quote this Post
Spoiler Same issue here. Sometimes every other map, but I just had a map where I crashed 5 times... Same problem..	Posted by Prokaznik12#6197 on Jun 1, 2026, 5:11:38 AM Quote this Post
Still a problem, constant crashing.	Posted by Dunedain503#9045 on Jun 1, 2026, 5:16:07 AM Quote this Post
Same here. I’m having exactly the same issue. I played Twister before and it never happened, but after switching to this build, the game crashes a lot.	Posted by Night10969#6479 on Jun 1, 2026, 5:50:17 AM Quote this Post
Same here. These crashes come on top of the "too many actions" kick I get every 5 minutes because I dare to play Hollow Form with mouse instead of WASD.	Posted by Mecielle#3021 on Jun 1, 2026, 6:27:06 AM Quote this Post
Same. Never had a single crash since 0.1 but with this I now have 4 crashes	Posted by AlbelV#3352 on Jun 1, 2026, 6:32:43 AM Quote this Post