How to fix stuck and infinite loading screens in Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2‘s early access launch has been pretty positive, with plenty of players joining the party, but it has been a buggy affair so far. Some players have already encountered scenarios of an infinite loading screen where the game never starts.

Instead, the loading simply continues and crashes back to your desktop. Incidentally, I have encountered this a few times already, and the same had happened when I started playing Path of Exile. Based on the official gameplay forum, I am certainly not the only one suffering from it, and here are a few steps you can take to manage the problem.

How to solve infinite loading screen bug on Path of Exile 2

The bug seems to be completely random. Even if you have managed to play without any problem once, the next session might have the game crash directly from the loading screen. There are a few reports that players have encountered hard crashes (where the system resets on its own), and this can be problematic.

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As of writing, GGG is yet to acknowledge the problem. Thankfully, the method I tried (as suggested on the forum) helped me to solve the issue. It appears that the only solution for now is to disable multi-threading. This becomes almost mandatory right now if you’re running on the Windows 24H2 version. It’s likely a result of poor optimization.

Disabling multi-threading has its penalties, and you will dislike the limited FPS. The game will feel choppy (it has happened to me with Path of Exile), but at least you’ll be able to play and clear the content.

Additionally, it’s better to avoid playing co-op for the time being. Yes, playing with your buddies is fun, and clearing the content together makes things a lot simpler. But there are numerous instances of players encountering an infinite loading screen in between a quest when they’re playing in a party. If any one of you or your friend’s game gets stuck, the entire session will have to be cut short.

Hopefully, the issue at hand will be solved quickly, as GGG has been busy acknowledging other bugs like the missing Tinkerer’s Tool. There is another workaround that might work, but I won’t advise it. Downgrading to the 23H2 could solve the problem potentially, but I will avoid it personally. Downgrading your Windows has its own share of issues, and the process is pretty complex.

Make sure that overclocking is disabled as well. If there are optimization issues, overclocking your system can also lead to crashes. If you use overclocking, make sure to turn it off from the BIOS settings till the infinite loading screen issue gets fixed.

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