Co-op crashes on ASUS ROG Strix Scar with RTX 5090

Wicked Bug Reporting
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Subject: Co-op crashes on ASUS ROG Strix Scar with RTX 5090 — logs and files attached

Dear Support,I’m describing the issue with crashes and freezes in No Rest for the Wicked (NRFTW) in cooperative mode. Both players have identical laptops: ASUS ROG Strix Scar (RTX 5090 Mobile). The host (world creator) works stably. The client (second player) experiences periodic or constant crashes when entering the world:

  • Graphical artifacts: white/gray screen with multicolored pixels, noise (rain), then black screen.
  • Task Manager shows NRFTW.exe “Not Responding”, game crash.
  • Sometimes requires forced reboot with the power button.

Checked and ruled out:

  • GPU/CPU temperatures normal (monitoring via NVIDIA Overlay/MSI Afterburner).
  • No throttling or hardware defects: FurMark/OCCT pass without errors.
  • Other games (including demanding ones) work without issues.
  • NVIDIA drivers up-to-date (Not using DDU, just a manual install from the official site).
  • Windows Game Mode on/off — no effect.
  • Graphics experiments (DX11/DX12, low settings, VSync off in NVIDIA CP, launch options), but does not help.

Suspected cause: desynchronization in co-op (client tries to load world changes — crash).

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Afterwards there may be: ripples, a black screen and a crash
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Logs and files:**

  • Google Drive link:

    Google disk

    Attached screenshots of artifacts (photos, as screenshots impossible on frozen screen).

Please help investigate and fix. I provide dxdiag, additional logs, or tests.

Thank you!

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Something terrible wrong there, I will escalate this towards Moon, thank you Shoin!

Silas