Shooting a fox crashes the game (and even OS sometimes)

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Shooting a fox crashes the game (and even OS sometimes)

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Bug Report
Game Mode: SP (did not try MP)

Description:
A game crashes a second after a shot directed to red fox on a distance 20-30 m.
Map: Bushrangers Run
Weapon: 12 GA Single Shot Shotgun
Player position: prone on a stone. Dog is nearby, also laying on a ground.

Steps to Reproduce:
The issue happens randomly and is not 100% reproducible. Happened three times for me during last 24h, while I was able to harvest 8 foxes without any issue, and also missed 2 or 3 times without any issue. Also no issue when shooting rabbits with birdshot, etc. The issue ony happens with foxes and buckshot, and when the target is hit.

So the best repro sequence that I can suggest is:
1. Move any direction until you hear a voice of a fox.
2. Use a caller.
3. Move to a stone nearby and lay down. Switch to the shotgun.
4. When a fox is at ~20-25 m, aim and fire.
==> with a probability of ~3/8, game crashes within a second.

Additional Information:
In the best case the game just crashes and I receive an error message. Will add the text or a screenshot if it arises once more.
In the worst case, PC hangs with black screen and does not even react to Ctrl-Alt-Del.

There are some strange messages in debug.log, but they seem to be recorded ~5 min before the crash.

[0113/154305:ERROR:cache_util_win.cc(43)] Unable to move the cache: 5
[0113/154305:ERROR:backend_impl.cc(134)] Unable to move cache folder [homedir]\AppData\Roaming\theHunter\cache to [homedir]\AppData\Roaming\theHunter\old_cache_000
[0113/154305:ERROR:backend_impl.cc(221)] Unable to create cache

Hardware data:
i3-4160, RAM 8 GB. First happened on GTX 650, now on integrated HD 4400 (GTX has failed today so I switched to internal video; the issue happened on both).
Win7 x64, antivirus: Zillya

What kind of additional diag data could be useful?

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Re: Shooting a fox crashes the game (and even OS sometimes)

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Reproduced again and captured some screenshots

1. Identified a call
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2. Calling
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3. Laying down a dog
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4. Aiming and shooting
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5. A second after
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As there were some messages in debug.log related to cache, I deleted [homedir]\AppData\Roaming\theHunter and [homedir]\AppData\Roaming\theHunterSteam entirely.
This did not help. During a test game, I harvested 2 foxes and 8 rabbits, wounded 2 more foxes, but the next fox crashed the game.
So, is there any option for verbose logging?

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I've not been able to replicate this by following your step by step process. So far all foxes that I've killed and harvested have not generated this problem. Could you try switching your language to the default(English) one and try this again? I'll continue to investigate.
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I switched the language to English and the issue seems to gone. On the last session, I was able to harvest 8 foxes with buckshot, wounded one more, and also one picked up with .17 rifle.

I however suppose that there is one more correlation. When the issue was happening, I had "Playing along" mission activated with 1st step completed. And the issue did not allow me to complete the mission normally. Later I was able to complete the mission in Val-des-bois reserve with .17 rifle, so another fox mission is active currently. Could this play a role?

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Re: Shooting a fox crashes the game (and even OS sometimes)

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Update on this.
It does not seem to relate on active mission.
I switched the language back to Russian and reproduced the issue again, though I'm two fox missions ahead now.
So, by now, foxes on BR are not compatible with a shotgun if your language is Russian. :)

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