Game crashing (shader error) with 'Alignment' Support + Rain of Arrows

Hi GGG team,

I've encountered a consistent crash related to the "Alignment" Support Gem when it's linked to Rain of Arrows. The game freezes briefly and then closes entirely without any error message. This issue only occurs when the gem is equipped – removing the gem resolves the crash completely.

Importantly, this crash only happens in the map I was in (Burial Bog) – testing the same skill setup in my hideout does not cause a crash, even after multiple uses.

Below is the relevant excerpt from the Client.txt log:

2025/05/01 01:31:37 361890 91c6cc8 [INFO Client 4628] Connecting to instance server at 203.23.179.177:21360
2025/05/01 01:31:37 361906 91c69a8 [DEBUG Client 4628] Connect time to instance server was 16ms
2025/05/01 01:31:37 361921 2caa1651 [DEBUG Client 4628] Client-Safe Instance ID = 6793349
2025/05/01 01:31:37 361921 2caa1adf [DEBUG Client 4628] Generating level 65 area "MapBurialBog_NoBoss" with seed 3207612881
2025/05/01 01:31:38 363187 f0c29dd4 [INFO Client 4628] Tile hash: 20452248
2025/05/01 01:31:38 363187 f0c29dd7 [INFO Client 4628] Doodad hash: 3817936168
2025/05/01 01:31:38 363312 775aec31 [INFO Client 4628] [SCENE] Set Source [Burial Bog]
2025/05/01 01:31:38 363312 4228f822 [INFO Client 4628] [ENTITY] Wipe static entities
2025/05/01 01:31:38 363343 99240e15 [DEBUG Client 4628] [SCENE] Height Map Texture: 1020 x 750
2025/05/01 01:31:38 363578 4228f7e2 [INFO Client 4628] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities
2025/05/01 01:31:39 364562 d7c737f0 [CRIT Client 4628] Unable to load steam stats. Achievements will not work. Error: 2
2025/05/01 01:31:39 364625 1a61e9c1 [DEBUG Client 4628] InstanceClientSetSelfPartyInvitationSecurityCode = 0
2025/05/01 01:31:45 370406 2627f120 [INFO Client 4628] [ENGINE] Loading state active: FALSE
2025/05/01 01:31:45 370406 e2ea37c6 [INFO Client 4628] [SHADER] Delay: ON
2025/05/01 01:31:45 370593 bf08f150 [INFO Client 4628] [Item Filter] Preparing to download online filter O0RKPoSE
2025/05/01 01:31:45 370593 bf08f1b1 [INFO Client 4628] [Item Filter] Hash for online filter O0RKPoSE is: cf878e181d06c97e690d55796cdfd403
2025/05/01 01:31:46 370859 bf08f194 [INFO Client 4628] [Item Filter] Online item filter O0RKPoSE returned status: 304
2025/05/01 01:31:46 370859 bf08f19f [DEBUG Client 4628] [Item Filter] Online item filter request resolved to: 104.16.16.243
2025/05/01 01:31:46 370859 ddd27d75 [INFO Client 4628] [Item Filter] Finished reloading online filter O0RKPoSE. Result: true. Hash: cf878e181d06c97e690d55796cdfd403. Type: Normal. Message:
2025/05/01 01:31:46 371718 93b1b552 [CRIT Client 4628] [RENDER] Shader uses incorrect vertex layout (shader: 0x00000218 mesh: 0x00000208)
Signature: "Metadata/EngineGraphs/base.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/render_default.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/Conversion/render_downscale.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/Conversion/lock_mode.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/Conversion/render_gravity.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/Conversion/face_camera.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/render_transform.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/render_flip_normal.fxgraph" "Metadata/Effects/Graphs/General/BasicColour.fxgraph" "Metadata/Effects/Graphs/General/Ambient.fxgraph" "Metadata/Effects/Graphs/General/FlipbookOld.fxgraph" "Metadata/Effects/Graphs/General/DarkenTex.fxgraph"


System details:

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Renderer: DirectX 12, DirectX 11 and Vulkan (I've tried all of them)

Clean driver install & shader cache reset performed

Crash is reproducible by simply socketing the gem and using the skill once or twice.

Let me know if you'd like a full client log or further info. Happy to help.

Thanks in advance,
randomguy

My shaders stopped crashing when I removed Alignment from Rain of Arrows. Act 3 cruel.



Thank you omg.