[SPZ2-4754] Visual glitches on platform pipes that goes up/down layers. Leads to graphics driver cra

[nimble bolt]

When I look at a big platform pipe that change layer (1st layer to 2nd or reverse) some of the details on it start flashing random colors (always fully saturated colors that enters in bloom range).
If I keep looking at it for 10-60 seconds the game crashes and becomes unresponsive (does not close on it's own). The music does not stop.
On top of that, I get an error from my pc that one of my graphics card driver had a timeout error.

Useful information (maybe):

• My GPU is an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and all drivers are up to date.
• The exact version of the game is 0.0.1 | Windows 11 (10.0.26200) 64bit | Vulkan | Steam | 2025-06-23 12:37:33Z
• These trans-layer platform pipes are the only occurrence of this bug I found as of late (since I haven't finish the campaign and the last thing I unlocked was paint, I cannot say at 100% there's no other structure causing this)
• This bug happened to me 7 times in 4 days. It is getting quite frustrating because I lose some progress each time.

I'll happily provide any other information if needed, just @ me.

[modern crow]

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[serene roost]

Any issues if you use directx 11 instead?

[nimble bolt]

no

[modern crow]

✅ Thank you for providing further information, our team will have a look again!

[nimble bolt]

it really just is vulkan

[serene roost]

Then I recommend using directx11 instead.

And this I think is a duplicate of a few other reports on discord. One is about just the lights, and the other is about the lights and the crashes.

[modern crow]

[SPZ2-4754] Visual glitches on platform pipes that goes up/down layers. Leads to graphics driver cra