Almost every time I boot up this game it takes an incredibly long time to even start doing anything.

 

I click the icon.  The game boots with the obsidian logo.  I escape or click on the screen and it goes to the load screen.

Here is where the issues starts.

I load a game and the splash screen pops up and it just hangs with no cursor or anything.

I press my mouse it informs me the game has the error apphangb1 and would I like to wait.

I wait then I get the hand icon on screen and the splash screen text drops out of frame.

Again if I click the mouse I get the apphangb1 error and I wait.

Finally I am in game...

It can take up to 2 minutes or more for this process.

I have only 5 saves and auto saves disabled.

I am only in act 2.

My loads can be obscenely long or just normal.

 

Occasionally there is some remedy that occurs when I alt tab at a certain time and then for some reason the program gains proper access and I do not get apphangb1 or long load times.  However I am unable to figure out what I do that forces the program to take control of the processes and load properly.

I have the GoG version.

SInce I can get both normal load times and incredibly long load times (with the same data) this is not a problem with my machine.

 

Is there a solution to this problem?

Hello sapientNode,

 

I apologize for the inconvenience, could you please upload a save file, an output log and your system specs? To find the locations of those files, just click on the link in my signature.

 

Thank you for your support.

Sorry a little delay in responding.

I just had a few sessions where it did not happen.

The logs have a lot of bad map errors but I am not sure if that is the cause.

 

Here is the link to the rar of the 3 files requested.

https://dropbox.com/s/qvtmf3w84qio70w/appHangB1_error_info.rar?dl=0

 

Hey SapientNode,

 

Have you tried verifying the game cache in gog? Give that a whirl and see what comes up there. Also, if you have not done so already, make sure that your video card drivers have the latest drivers installed. Let me know how that works out for you.

 

Thanks a bunch!

GOG does not have a "verify game cache" option, only Steam does.

 

Given the number of file corruption errors reported in the log, I'd be inclined to suspect a faulty download. Try downloading a new version from GOG then uninstalling and reinstalling PoE (it should be possible to keep a backup copy of the savegame files, but I'd suggest starting afresh since it is possible they might have corrupted data which could affect future installations).

Hey everyone,

 

If you are using GOG Galaxy Beta client, you can perform a "repair install" which is the equivalent of a "verify game cache" from Steam. Doing AstralWanderer suggestion might be a good option as well.

 

Thanks!