So I just started playing the patch 7 update, made a new character. I can make it all the way through prologue. Once I get into the fight at the nautilus helm, things get weird. I was trying to kill the demon and get his sword. Reloading when things didnt go my way. After a certain point in the fight, my new saves are corrupted. I can load a corrupted save, and it will crash to desktop once the loading bar fills up. When loading the save before the corruption (cannot pinpoint the exact moment corruption happens), I am able to load it and saves before it. I then decided to ignore the demon xp and the sword, and rush straight to the transponder. When it tries to transition to act 1 (loading screen) I crash.

I uninstalled, reinstalled, and still have the same issue. Maybe worth pointing out, both characters I created were barbarians, although idk if that is relevant.

I tried dropping my graphics settings all the way to low, that didnt make a difference, which is what I expected.

Anyone else experience this issue?

I would assume a sync issue if you have cross-saves enabled... if so disable it for that battle or any other time you want to save scum the quick saves

as always lower the gpu options if your system can't handle the load

p.s, your saves are now stored in C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles

so have a look if old saves from patch 6 are still in there and delete them... that will also be a cause of file corpution in auto or quick saves

thank you for your time in replying.

cross-save was already disabled.

no saves from patch 6, i had deleted the game a while ago waiting on a new patch, and have since done a fresh install of windows.

so that leaves graphics issue i guess?

yes load whatever save works or start again... downgrade the settings for the helm battle and see if that gets you onto the beach

I got through that part fine with the latest patch--all new saves, like you mentioned. Only difference is that I Ignore the two large demons fighting and simply get to the transponder as rapidly as possible. No problems. Highest graphics possible, with HDR on. D3d12 version--the Vulcan version seems really buggy to me--plus it does not yet support HDR.