I know some people have had crash issues, but I haven't seen any reports of crashes quite like mine. I had a similar issue with both Wasteland 2 and Diablo 3. 

 

The game starts off fine, I get through the intro with no problem. Once I am in the game, it runs with no issues. For about 5 minutes. Once the five minute mark is hit there is a loud, electronic tearing noise which is accompanied by a complete graphics shut down. My graphics continue to be out of whack in everything until I restart my computer. I recently installed a new video card, and was really not expecting to have an issue with Pillars.

 

Here is the Error Event from the viewer:

 

  Log Name:      Application

Source:        Application Error

Date:          3/28/2015 9:08:09 PM

Event ID:      1000

Task Category: (100)

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      TheTardis

Description:

Faulting application name: PillarsOfEternity.exe, version: 4.6.1.54401, time stamp: 0x54931539

Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.18247, time stamp: 0x521ea8e7

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x000222d2

Faulting process id: 0x10a8

Faulting application start time: 0x01d069bc8e869f5f

Faulting application path: E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Pillars of Eternity\PillarsOfEternity.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll

Report Id: 0fed8f28-d5b0-11e4-86a8-b72f87c46c4e

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Application Error" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>100</Task>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-03-29T01:08:09.000000000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>3194</EventRecordID>

    <Channel>Application</Channel>

    <Computer>TheTardis</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data>PillarsOfEternity.exe</Data>

    <Data>4.6.1.54401</Data>

    <Data>54931539</Data>

    <Data>ntdll.dll</Data>

    <Data>6.1.7601.18247</Data>

    <Data>521ea8e7</Data>

    <Data>c0000005</Data>

    <Data>000222d2</Data>

    <Data>10a8</Data>

    <Data>01d069bc8e869f5f</Data>

    <Data>E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Pillars of Eternity\PillarsOfEternity.exe</Data>

    <Data>C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll</Data>

    <Data>0fed8f28-d5b0-11e4-86a8-b72f87c46c4e</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

 

I have tried all of the recommended fixes from running as an administrator to playing around with the font folder. I really want to play this game, so I beg, NAY PLEAD!, that someone help me figure this out.

 

Thanks so much.

I don't know if it's cool to bump your own thread, but please. I need me some help.

Sounds hardware -ish, what temps are you getting ? Have you tried your old card  ?

It must be a bug for sure. Same problem here, and same problem with blackguards 2. Gameplay crashed randomly in blackguards 2 always in the same stage, sometimes in the turn 2, sometimes in the turn 5, but always in the same stage. And after crash, graphics keep corrupted for other aplications until restart. This happened with my old gtx 460 and with my new 960, but the last patch for BG2 fixes the problem for me completely. So i think it will be fixed in the next patch.