So I've been playing the game since release with honestly no problems until now. I haven't had a crash or anything weird going on.

But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, during my newest mission (an assassination one), I can fire any other weapon type at any enemy on the map *except* ballistic ones. I've restarted the game and reloaded the save and even went back an hour to a past save to try bringing different mechs into the same mission, and it still does it. The moment I fire any autocannon from any of my mechs it crashes to the desktop. No warning message. No "send a report" option. Just boom, desktop instantly and the game is closed.

I tried firing AC/10s on my Jagermech. An AC/5 on my Shadowhawk. An AC/20 on both a Hunchback and a Centurion. It happens for every single one of these examples. I've also tried firing their other weapons and skipping the autocannon, and all the energy and missile weaps fire just fine on all of them. It only triggers the moment I try firing an autocannon. I turned off and on the UI during attacks. Happens either way. Vsync has always been on. It just specifically hates autocannons after a week of play suddenly.

Has anyone gotten such a specific bug like this yet? Are they making any progress on patching the game? Last I heard it was in the works but nothing solid.

I guess technically I could take only energy/missile builds as a short term fix...or something. Maybe I can cancel the contract and move on to a different mission and see if it happens. Or check if it does it in a skirmish match next.