vk::Device::waitForFences: ErrorDeviceLost

after entering a map, keeps crashing with this error.
mutliple validation of game files did not fix the problem, it keeps crashing

2025/04/16 16:08:50 [CRIT Client 296] [EXCEPTION] vk::Device::waitForFences: ErrorDeviceLost

running game on linux mint with steam/proton - proton experimental.
os is uptodate, so is proton.


is there anything i can do to fix the problem?

about the occurence of the crashes: they happen after a few minutes in the map, probably because of failing to load an asset or smth (afaik this crash occurs when a file or an asset can not be found, maybe i am wrong on this tho. had the crash in an earlier update, where it said it couldnt find a file or failed to load the file. validating helped to fix this problem then. but todays crashes keep occuring after each validation of files)

also this error showed up:

2025/04/16 16:35:06 [CRIT Client 296] File Not Found: Metadata/Effects/StatusAilments/monsters/champions/light_blue/light_blue.epk. Using fallback EPK file

maybe got smth to do with it.

so far it keeps crashing not more than one minute into the session (2 characters trying to clear the same map)

sry for spamming.

got following update if someone has the same issues or crashes.

i figured from the status messages right before the error message that item filter was the problem. the filter is loading correctly but somewhere in setting the color schemes etc. from the filter to the corresponding item hash tables the original error would occur. i am guessing smth with its own color scheme could lead to problems. disabling the item filter completely solved the problem and crashes for me.