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Try single core.

Unfortunately disabling dual core doesn't fix the problem.

I can't reproduce this on NVIDIA graphics, so it might be related to AMD graphics somehow.

Edit your user config for the game and adding the following, then see if you still get the error.

[Graphics.GameSpecific] PerfQueriesEnable = False

Do not keep this setting, however, as disabling perf queries breaks Scrubbing Sirena Beach (mission completes instantly because the game can't read where the goop is, though I guess that could be a good thing haha).

I've been playing for a while and it seems like this fixes the problem without causing any further issues.

Yeah, I guess our Vulkan implementation of perf queries is broken on AMD. Like I said, disabling them breaks the Scrubbing Sirena Beach episode, so just use a different backend for now.

I also remember that Super Mario Sunshine used to work without problems, but it seems like it stopped working after a driver update.
Back then I thought if I waited long enough the issue would 'fix itself'.

Thank you very much for your help.

Jabasgo2 wrote:

I also remember that Super Mario Sunshine used to work without problems, but it seems like it stopped working after a driver update.
Back then I thought if I waited long enough the issue would 'fix itself'.

Do you happen to know both old (where it worked) and new (where it broke) driver versions?

No I don't. It's already been months since it last worked.

Worked to 18.3.2
Broken After 18.3.3

It corresponds to Vulkan 1.1 in 18.3.3