Cannot Confirm Random Freezes

[Joer]

Since two weeks or so I've been experienced some sudden freezes while playing Beta 4.1. The freezes are especially annoying because they freeze up my entire PC. Nothing works and I have to do a hard reboot to get it to work again. The Freezes are also unpredictable because they can happen anytime, sometimes after just 30 min of playtime or sometimes after 3 hours and everything in between.

When it first started I thought a clean reinstall would do the trick. It didn't. The issue is still present and very annoying. If it helps, I play as said before on Beta 4.1 on Windows 7 64bit, 8 gigs of RAM and a GTX 970 gfx card. I do not encounter this issue on any other game/application.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Do you have any details in the game's .log files after it happened?
When and where does it occur?

Does it seem in any way similar to these reports?
Cannot Confirm - Game freezes (but not crashes) on open sea (sometimes in other locations). | PiratesAhoy!
Confirmed Bug - Build 14 Beta 4.0: Game crashes on worldmap almost instantly after loading | PiratesAhoy!

When it happens, does anything respond to such buttons as Alt+Tab and/or Ctrl+Alt+Del?
Also, do you run the game in fullscreen or windowed mode?

 

[Joer]

I play in windowed mode. And no, nothing works on my keyboard. Even pressing something like Capslock is not detected by my PC when it happens. I don't think it's the same as the other two issues, since they seem to be able to close the game with the task manager, which I can't.

These are the files, which I think are the ones you need.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Looks like it happened basically right after entering 3D Sailing Mode.
Did you come from shore, worldmap, ship deck or a boarding scene?
If shore or worldmap, do you have a savegame from which you can try again? Does the problem replicate itself?

 

[Joer]

I had just set sail from Kingston Harbor. Now that you mention it, it does usually happen while out at sea. I can try and see if the issue comes back, I have had it on several save files already.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Do you have a save in that port? If it happens every time from the same save, maybe something could be done about it.

 

[Joer]

A delayed update. After extensive testing, I have not encountered the issue again. Very weird. But oh well. I'll keep everyone posted if it returns.