Crashing before the game even loads.

Every time I try to start the game it crashes, I tried to boot it earlier today and it worked fine, then I patched the game before release and since then I can no longer start the game, I simply get a black screen for 1-2 seconds then it closes.

I've checked my drives and they are up to date. I even reinstalled them.
I reinstalled the game.
I changed my renderer from Vulkan do DirectX11 in the config file and I get a error instead, "GetAdapterInfo:" and then it closes itself.

What can I do?

Getting exact same problems.
Also did all those steps : update drivers, check game integrity, reinstalled, change direct12 to 11 and 11 to vulcan.
Getting the same error as you in 11 and vulcan.

The game opens for a second, then it goes into windowed then crashes. Always on a blackscreen.
Tried forcing game via cfg to stay maximized, it did but still crashed.

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I'm seeing similar behavior.

I successfully played for a few hours right after updating to 3.26.0, but after closing the game for dinner I have been unable to reopen it. Launching the game results in a black screen for a handful of seconds before it closes. If the window has focus, I get a little popup window containing "[VULKAN] Failed to allocate texture [Shadow Atlas]", which is somewhat strange because I'm not using the Vulkan renderer, I'm using DX12.

As with the other commenters, changing the renderer mode via production_config.ini doesn't seem to do anything, and I'm pretty sure that it isn't a driver issue or some hardware change, because (1) I haven't made any changes to either of them, and (2) POE2 still launches and is playable.

In any case, I'm attaching a copy of the logs from an attempted launch below, in case there's any useful information in them. They might look a bit funny, because I'm running the windows version of POE on a Macbook using Kegworks, as per https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Guide:Path_of_Exile_on_Mac_using_Windows_Client#POE_1_Setup_options.

2025/06/13 21:39:43 ***** LOG FILE OPENING *****
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740417 f2498ee7 [INFO Client 200] [JOB] Irrecoverable Exception Callback: SET
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740440 f95431e6 [INFO Client 200] [HTTP2] User agent: PoE release/tags/3.26.0 Windows x64
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740440 f95431e5 [INFO Client 200] [HTTP2] Using backend: cURL
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740874 587dd846 [INFO Client 200] Send patching protocol version 7
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740920 587ddcc6 [INFO Client 200] Web root: https://patch.poecdn.com/3.26.0.1.3/
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740920 587ddcc7 [INFO Client 200] Backup Web root: https://patch.poecdn.com/3.26.0.1.3/
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2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740952 587ddce5 [INFO Client 200] Got file list for "" 0
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740966 587de485 [INFO Client 200] Requesting folder D3D12 1
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740966 587de485 [INFO Client 200] Requesting folder Redist 2
2025/06/13 21:39:43 1740966 587de485 [INFO Client 200] Requesting folder Streamline 3
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2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_deferred_host_operations
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_device_group
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_driver_properties
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_external_fence
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_external_memory
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_external_semaphore
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_fragment_shader_barycentric
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_image_format_list
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_incremental_present
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_maintenance1
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_maintenance2
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_maintenance3
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_map_memory2
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_multiview
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_push_descriptor
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_shader_float_controls
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_spirv_1_4
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_swapchain
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_synchronization2
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_KHR_variable_pointers
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_4444_formats
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_buffer_device_address
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_calibrated_timestamps
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_debug_marker
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_external_memory_host
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_hdr_metadata
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_host_image_copy
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_host_query_reset
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_image_robustness
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_memory_budget
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_post_depth_coverage
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_private_data
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_robustness2
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_sample_locations
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_vote
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_hdr
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_EXT_transform_feedback
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_AMD_negative_viewport_height
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_AMD_shader_image_load_store_lod
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_IMG_format_pvrtc
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_INTEL_shader_integer_functions2
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_NV_fragment_shader_barycentric
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcdc69 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported device extension: VK_NV_glsl_shader
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcd7e8 [DEBUG Client 200] [VULKAN] Requesting device extension: VK_KHR_swapchain
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754921 e9bcd7e8 [DEBUG Client 200] [VULKAN] Requesting device extension: VK_EXT_memory_budget
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 b40be87 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][Reflex]: Loaded version 2.4.10 (NGX: 0.0.0)
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 b40be87 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][PCL]: Loaded version 2.4.10 (NGX: 0.0.0)
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 b40bec2 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][NIS]: Loaded proxy version
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 b40bec2 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][FSR]: Loaded proxy version
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 b40bec2 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][XeSS]: Loaded proxy version
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 b40bec2 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][PSSR]: Loaded proxy version
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 819521e [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][Reflex] Reflex Low Latency: OFF
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 819521d [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][Reflex] Reflex Flash Indicator: OFF
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 b40be27 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][Reflex] Enabled: false
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754983 b40be27 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][PCL] Enabled: true
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754999 b40be27 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][NIS] Enabled: true
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754999 b40be28 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][FSR] Enabled: true
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754999 b40be28 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][XeSS] Enabled: false
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1754999 b40be28 [INFO Client 200] [STREAMLINE][PSSR] Enabled: false
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1755024 e9bcc284 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Init SwapChain = 1280x800
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1755034 5d3af98f [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported present mode = Fifo
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1755034 5d3af98f [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported present mode = Immediate
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1755034 a952d1c [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Min Image Count = 3
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1755034 a952d1d [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Present mode = Fifo
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1755034 a952d70 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] SwapChain = 1280x775
2025/06/13 21:39:57 1755034 577e695c [DEBUG Client 200] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceCreate
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755074 577e69fd [DEBUG Client 200] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceReset
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 2158d7d3 [DEBUG Client 200] [VULKAN] ResizeBuffers
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 e9bcc1c7 [DEBUG Client 200] [VULKAN] ReinitSwapChain
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 e9bcc284 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Init SwapChain = 1280x800
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 5d3af98f [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported present mode = Fifo
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 5d3af98f [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Supported present mode = Immediate
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 a952d1c [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Min Image Count = 3
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 a952d1d [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] Present mode = Fifo
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 a952d70 [INFO Client 200] [VULKAN] SwapChain = 1280x800
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755107 577e69fd [DEBUG Client 200] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceReset
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755108 665e1f88 [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] Device in 0.985539 seconds
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755108 665e1faf [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] Tencent Start
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755108 665e1f88 [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] Tencent in 2.5e-05 seconds
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755108 665e1faf [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] Loading Start
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755144 665e1f88 [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] Loading in 0.035111 seconds
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755144 665e1faf [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] DebugGUI Start
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755144 665e1f88 [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] DebugGUI in 2.2e-05 seconds
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1755144 665e1faf [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] Registration Start
2025/06/13 21:39:58 1756043 665e1f88 [INFO Client 200] [STARTUP] Registration in 0.906748 seconds
2025/06/13 21:39:59 1756124 14affbcf [CRIT Client 200] [VULKAN] [VULKAN] Failed to allocate texture [Shadow Atlas]
2025/06/13 21:40:23 1780229 f2498ee3 [CRIT Client 200] [EXCEPTION] [VULKAN] Failed to allocate texture [Shadow Atlas]

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sorvakehn#0962 wrote:

I'm seeing similar behavior.

I successfully played for a few hours right after updating to 3.26.0, but after closing the game for dinner I have been unable to reopen it. Launching the game results in a black screen for a handful of seconds before it closes. If the window has focus, I get a little popup window containing "[VULKAN] Failed to allocate texture [Shadow Atlas]", which is somewhat strange because I'm not using the Vulkan renderer, I'm using DX12.

As with the other commenters, changing the renderer mode via production_config.ini doesn't seem to do anything, and I'm pretty sure that it isn't a driver issue or some hardware change, because (1) I haven't made any changes to either of them, and (2) POE2 still launches and is playable.

In any case, I'm attaching a copy of the logs from an attempted launch below, in case there's any useful information in them. They might look a bit funny, because I'm running the windows version of POE on a Macbook using Kegworks

I am in the exact same boat as you, right down to getting it to work for a little while after 3.26, taking a break for food, and coming back to it broken again. Exact same log file contents as you, right up to and including the final line.

Same problem here. Played for a few hours. Quit the game for a bit. Came back and it hangs on a black screen for a bit before giving up.

Also seeing the same error in my client logs:

[CRIT Client 200] [VULKAN] [VULKAN] Failed to allocate texture [Shadow Atlas]

Not sure if this is relevant, but I diffed my production_Config.ini file and they are adding:

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device_type=Vulkan

If I remove it, and clear the cache, it is added back in.

Meanwhile I still have this set correctly:

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renderer_type=DirectX12

Okay ya'll I was having a similar issue, but I think I found a fix. Running the game via crossover on an M1 Mac.

Started the league no problem today, but after taking a dinner break, ran into this error upon trying to launch the game:

[VULKAN] Failed to allocate texture [Shadow Atlas], along a black screen.

It seems like the game is auto-defaulting to Vulcan, maybe that happened with the hotfix 3 they pushed, I'm not sure.

There's probably a more efficient way to fix this but, here's what I did:

1. open up the production_config.ini in text edit

2. go to format-> select "make rich text"

3. Save

4. Undo what you just did, I think its something like "plain text"

5. Launch the game

6. At this point it will crash, and generate a new Config file in your documents, delete the old one you had modified

7. Regardless of what your previous settings were, you'll notice this config file is set to "device_type=Vulcan", Change this to "device_type=DirectX12" and boom should be good to go.

(P.S) I just stumbled upon this, its probably as simple as deleting the config file and letting the game generate a new one, rather than the format thing, but figured I'd replicate here what I did.

Quick update - AldyOne#4308's fix works.

Diagnosis:

It looks like they changed the production_config.ini setting that controls the renderer, from renderer_type to device_type, and have the engine default to Vulcan if the new setting doesn't exist in the file. For whatever reason, POE doesn't properly migrate renderer_type to device_type when loading production_config.ini, and loading a file with the old option can crash your game before any mechanisms for graceful migration (like changing the renderer setting in the settings menu and then saving) can come into play on systems where Vulcan rendering is segfault-to-desktop level broken.

Generating a new production config ini by renaming my old one and manually changing the device_type field to DirectX12 was enough to get me back in game, although I will have to re-build most of my keybindings...