Well, see, I'd have thought so too but it kept happening \: And I've tried like 12 other things in the past 48 hours and nothing is working (including going back to DirectX9, because then instead of Fatal Errors I just visual freezes which also render the game unplayable). I'm sure there's some connection between the issues, and also frankly I think trying to run this game and whatever the issue is is the reason my graphics card is beginning to have issues (as the only times is has happened have been connected to Blue Screens triggered by the game), so... idk I'm just stuck.

Even, temporarily, completely uninstalled my specific virus protector but that hasn't mended it so yeah 0 this isn't just getting, it's been ridiculous! It looks like this issue has been years long for some people. ):