The first launch went fine. The second time the game freezes. There are no error messages, just a black screen. The same situation with Episode 9.

2 X I've had the game crash and then upon restart, a crash again when choosing Customize. I've verified files. 1st time uninstall/reinstall. The game will start and play, it's just when I attempt customize that crash occurs. A pop up appears and states... "Assertion failed: Pair != nullptr [File:C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.3\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Containers\Map.h] [Line: 671] 0x00007ff7d4d52c0c PMPatreon.exe!UnknownFunction 0x00007ff7d4d53bd5 PMPatreon.exe!UnknownFunction 0x00007ff...

After the update, I tried to run the game and it got stuck on the "PuppetMaster" logo, "welp, no problem, it happens to the best of us", I thought. I closed it and tried again. It didn't work the second time either, but it did work the third time. It was a little sluggish loading textures, but well, nothing to problematic. I played a little with the new customization options, take a quick peek at the new poses and leave to do other things. The problem is that, after a whilke when I managed to get free and ...

i7-6700K + RTX 2070, which is a medium system, but above requirements, if all is on epic, the GPU cooling is working at max constantly (73-75 degrees which is bad on an Asus). Downgraded shadow, foliage, PP, Visual FX on high, visual distance at low, and it's bearable on some maps, with ugly grains all over, and maps with a lot of light sources, it's still too demanding. Still need more optimization. As for the models...many, many angles, it's pretty bad....

The first launch of the game went fine, but when I want to launch the game again, my startup stops responding. The task dispatcher shows that PMPatreon (is not responding). What can I do to fix this??