Reproducible: Can't create game with existing characters anymore. Game crashes. Hideout bugged?

Hi,

some hours ago I was perfectly able to play POE2 with my Huntress character in Dawn of the Hunt League.

Right now I do experience reproducible crashes when trying to create a game with that character. Same for my chronomancer character, now in POE2 standard league.
So all my POE2 character, two in total, are unplayable right now.


I was able to reproduce what seems to trigger the bug.

I did create a new character, walk it into Clearfell Encampment, exit POE2 and restart POE2 with that character reloading perfectly well.


But when I then tried to enter my existing hideout with the 'newly created' character, the game crashed during hideout loading. And the 'newly created' character is 'locked out' now, too, as trying to load a game with it results in a game crash.

I did create / edit my Felled Hideout before the start of the current league.

Please take note of the double appearance of "Set Source" in the log snippet below:

2025/04/13 15:05:38 [..] [SCENE] Set Source [(null)]
2025/04/13 15:05:38 [..] [SCENE] Set Source [Felled Hideout]

Must I assume that my Hideout became bugged and unloadable?

Can I further assist in resolving the issue?

Is the hideout configuration data synced via Steam Cloud or stored locally, so that I possible might try to erase that configuration to have characters start with an empty hideout?

I assume all my characters to be 'trapped' in the Hideout bug right now.

Thanks in advance for your help!


Log excerpt reads:

== snip ==
2025/04/13 15:01:08 7119890 775aec31 [INFO Client 6992] [SCENE] Set Source [Clearfell Encampment]
2025/04/13 15:01:08 7119890 4228f822 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Wipe static entities
2025/04/13 15:01:08 7119921 99240e15 [DEBUG Client 6992] [SCENE] Height Map Texture: 330 x 300
2025/04/13 15:01:08 7119921 4228f7e2 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities
2025/04/13 15:01:10 7121343 1a61ee23 [DEBUG Client 6992] Joined guild named Stratum0 with 5 members
2025/04/13 15:01:10 7121375 1a61e9a6 [DEBUG Client 6992] InstanceClientSetSelfPartyInvitationSecurityCode = 0
2025/04/13 15:01:42 7154078 2627f120 [INFO Client 6992] [ENGINE] Loading state active: FALSE
2025/04/13 15:01:42 7154078 e2ea37c6 [INFO Client 6992] [SHADER] Delay: ON
2025/04/13 15:02:17 7188703 62cf86ba [INFO Client 6992] [DXC] Successfully loaded "dxcompiler.dll"
2025/04/13 15:05:22 7373234 775aec31 [INFO Client 6992] [SCENE] Set Source [Act 1]
2025/04/13 15:05:22 7373234 4228f822 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Wipe static entities
2025/04/13 15:05:22 7373281 99240e15 [DEBUG Client 6992] [SCENE] Height Map Texture: 705 x 465
2025/04/13 15:05:22 7373421 4228f7e2 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387281 2d8e89d3 [DEBUG Client 6992] Got Instance Details from login server
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387281 2627f120 [INFO Client 6992] [ENGINE] Loading state active: TRUE
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387281 e2ea37c6 [INFO Client 6992] [SHADER] Delay: OFF
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387281 91c6cc8 [INFO Client 6992] Connecting to instance server at 94.242.197.107:21360
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387328 91c69a8 [DEBUG Client 6992] Connect time to instance server was 15ms
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387359 2caa1651 [DEBUG Client 6992] Client-Safe Instance ID = 2919460363
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387359 2caa1adf [DEBUG Client 6992] Generating level 65 area "HideoutFelled" with seed 1
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387718 f0c29dd4 [INFO Client 6992] Tile hash: 208683925
2025/04/13 15:05:36 7387718 f0c29dd7 [INFO Client 6992] Doodad hash: 0
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389546 775aec31 [INFO Client 6992] [SCENE] Set Source [(null)]
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389546 4228f822 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Wipe static entities
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389546 4228f7e2 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389546 775aec31 [INFO Client 6992] [SCENE] Set Source [Felled Hideout]
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389546 4228f822 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Wipe static entities
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389578 99240e15 [DEBUG Client 6992] [SCENE] Height Map Texture: 300 x 420
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389609 4228f7e2 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389656 1a61ee23 [DEBUG Client 6992] Joined guild named Stratum0 with 5 members
2025/04/13 15:05:38 7389671 1a61e9a6 [DEBUG Client 6992] InstanceClientSetSelfPartyInvitationSecurityCode = 0
2025/04/13 15:05:41 7392921 84b53094 [CRIT Client 6992] [EXCEPTION] Unexpected EOF
2025/04/13 15:05:41 7392953 3ef23365 [INFO Client 6992] : Your bug report reference number is 126.070.919.
2025/04/13 15:05:41 7392953 923448f [INFO Client 6992] Abnormal disconnect: Disconnected from server.
2025/04/13 15:05:41 7392953 2627f120 [INFO Client 6992] [ENGINE] Loading state active: FALSE
2025/04/13 15:05:41 7392968 775aec31 [INFO Client 6992] [SCENE] Set Source [(null)]
2025/04/13 15:05:41 7392968 4228f822 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Wipe static entities
2025/04/13 15:05:41 7392968 4228f7e2 [INFO Client 6992] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities
= D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Path of Exile 2\logs\LatestClient.txt =


= snip =
Steam Beta Branch: Stable Client
Steam Version: 1743554648
Steam Client Build Date: Wed, Apr 2 03:26 UTC -08:00
Steam Web Build Date: Wed, Apr 2 02:34 UTC -08:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient022
= Steam Help =

I am able to log in with my characters again after having switched to Vulkan renderer.