As I said before, playing this game is the only time this whole system lockup occurs.
It happens approximately 95% of each time I log into the game and as it continues, I am less and less inclined to continue playing this game.
It happens randomly and it doesn’t matter where I am on the map.
But one thing is consistent and other players have reported it: is the lack of NPCs spawning in their assigned areas (consistent with being within LOD rendering range) that hints at a loading priority issue.
MP and official servers seem to be exempt from this since they are up 24/7 most of the time unless those servers crash. The reasons for their going offline is chiefly “unknown”, subject to speculation and guesswork which is inconsistent.
Believe me, I’ve checked as many possible sources for answers as I possibly could.
IF it were a power supply problem, it would not matter what I’m doing on this PC.
IF it were an overtemp problem, it would have shown up during the other games and apps but it does not.
IF it were a GPU problem, it would have shown up during other games and apps, but it does not.
IF it were a CPU problem, it would have shown up during other games and apps, but it does not.
IF it were a Motherboard problem, it would have shown up during other games and apps, but it does not.
It is NOT a hardware issue.
This issue must be something with the game that is causing this.
There isn’t any other way I can be more clear about this.