I’ve not had those problems but it makes my computer overheat really bad. No other game makes it overheat as badly as ESO does.

I do have random loading glitches, quite often in between login screen and character select the game just stops responding(I notice it because the oroborus stops spinning), to clear that I have to kill the game with Task Manager, interestingly the next load is always very fast.

As for exiting the game, well I've been getting a black screen on exit for many, many months, waaay before Solstice! Typically takes 10-ish seconds to return to my desktop but it always does, it doesn't lock up my PC.

Oh in the first case(on log in) when I kill the game via Task Manager, I always get the "Game Crash detected" message, advising me to try repairing my game..... Trust me repairing does nothing in this situation, I have repaired a LOT!!

Been known for years to only use the launcher to patch your client, then just close it. Then you use a shortcut to the exe for your actual launches.

Fullscreen for whatever reason screws with my monitors/other screens. I've changed my display mode to Windowed (Fullscreen) and haven't had any issues afterwards.

freespirit wrote: »

I do have random loading glitches, quite often in between login screen and character select the game just stops responding(I notice it because the oroborus stops spinning), to clear that I have to kill the game with Task Manager, interestingly the next load is always very fast.

As for exiting the game, well I've been getting a black screen on exit for many, many months, waaay before Solstice! Typically takes 10-ish seconds to return to my desktop but it always does, it doesn't lock up my PC.

Oh in the first case(on log in) when I kill the game via Task Manager, I always get the "Game Crash detected" message, advising me to try repairing my game..... Trust me repairing does nothing in this situation, I have repaired a LOT!!

Ooohhh I remember this! I used to have this problem. It has since been replaced with just a freeze though lool

" I do have random loading glitches, quite often in between login screen and character select the game just stops responding(I notice it because the oroborus stops spinning), to clear that I have to kill the game with Task Manager, interestingly the next load is always very fast."

^^^ This. The same thing happens to me almost every other time I try to log on. Alt-Ctrl-Del > End Task. Try again, and the login is fast and without hitch.

I keep hoping the next patch will solve the problem. But so far, no luck. :-(

scrappy1342 wrote: »

have some similar issues. when i stopped playing and started just logging in for daily bonuses/endeavors/event tickets, i uninstalled from the desktop and put eso on the laptop. STILL having issues on the desktop after uninstalling. mine were coming from steam. if i start up task manager and shut down steam, everything fixes itself. i'm not even playing any games on there currently, so i probably need to just figure out how to take it off of the startup dealie

Start - Settings - Apps - Startup - Steam Off

JeroenB wrote: »

Ilumia wrote: »

Soarora wrote: »

I’ve not had those problems but it makes my computer overheat really bad. No other game makes it overheat as badly as ESO does.

Yep, mine too. Also the launcher heats up my pc quite a lot, no idea why.

I've noticed that sometimes when starting the launcher it immediately starts using ~10% CPU (presumably one full core) with "Very high Power usage" and continues like that indefinitely (even while playing the game), with no associated network or disk activity, and irrespective of being windowed or minimised to System tray. On closing and restarting it often behaves properly, so I've started checking in Task manager whenever starting the launcher.

I only noticed this a few weeks ago when something was blocking another game installer at the MS VC redistributable stage -- looking in Task manager I noticed the (minimised to System tray) ESO launcher stuck at ~10% CPU, and as soon as I closed the ESO launcher the other game continued installing without issue.

Yes, this is very true.

I've started shutting down the launcher after starting the game.

I just wanted to update on the login issues I had been having....... the freezing between password screen and character screen.

Since Update 47 hit I have been having horrible issues with my addons *looking at you Master Merchant!!

Anyway after several days of trying many, many suggested fixes, yesterday I wiped EVERY trace of EVERY addon from my PC. My reasoning by that point was that something old and no longer used might be causing my issues, I hated losing some of the information but hey I can collect it all again!

Long story short, I have so far managed to get MM working(still throwing the odd error when collecting History) and I have re-installed another five addons(one by one)..... it's still early days but I have not had ANY login issues in the past 24hrs!!

So is the login issue I have been experiencing addon related or is it pure coincidence, anyone not using addons having the login issue I described?

Will update if it returns!

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

I'm not having the logging-in or shutting-down problems described, and I do not use any addons. I also have the game set to Windowed (Fullscreen).

Note, I do launch the game through Steam, although Steam launches the ESO launcher/updater-- but I don't know whether it's the same version of the ESO launcher that non-Steam players use.

The ESO launcher does usually take several seconds to shut down after I exit the game, but nothing like what others have said about taking several minutes to shut down, or even freezing completely.

It was the login issues specifically that seemed to have gone after my addon purge, I'm still getting the black screen on logout.

Oh and also I use Fullscreen not Windowed Fullscreen and I don't have any overheating issues.

I always use the Launcher and don't seem to have any problems if I leave it running whilst playing, I just forget to shut it.

I remember over 10 years ago when I first installed the game and realized right away that somehow my computer didn't have enough cooling ability to run the game. I had to modify my case by cutting a big hole in the top so my water cooler could blow the heat right out the top of the case.

It's a fact. There is something about ESO that makes computers run much hotter than other games.

It sounds like you and your may need to run a repair, your hardware is very outdated, or there is hardware dying of age. I haven't had any crashes really in months. Pretty much anytime I am having many crashes a repair will fix it. I was having issues for a bit on my older PC and it turned out to be a faulty SATA cable.

LadyGP wrote: »

The engine being near 20 years old.

ZOS has claimed that they upgraded and changed the engine when they created ESO. Take that for whatever you think it's worth.

Last night when I logged out of PCNA, the launcher was ready to be closed less than 1 second after I exited the game. I like to click on the launcher settings and select the option to remove outdated files the next time the launcher is opened, and it often takes several seconds after exiting before "play" turns green and I can access the launcher settings, so it was very noticeable that "play" turned green literally a fraction of a second after I exited the game.

And this afternoon I just logged out of PCEU, and once again the launcher was ready to be closed almost immediately after I exited the game.

I'm not sure why other people are having so much trouble with it, but I hope someone can figure out the cause(s) and come up with a solution soon.

MincMincMinc wrote: »

Keep in mind that microsoft had some bad patches recently, supposedly relating to multithreading and AI written code. Granted the ai banter might just be conspiracy theory banter.

True, there is a Windows 11 specific issue messing up ssds. It might be worth looking into, but that is os and not a games fault.