Just seen another poster saying that when he turns v-sync off in the graphics settings the loading screen hang goes away. I’ve just turned mine off to see if that makes a difference.
Ok, turning off V-sync works for me: the sticking during map-loading and the texture problems have stopped—at least from what I can see. Thanks!
Encountered the same bug: stuck on loading screens (and need to Ctrl-alt-delete to desktop in order to load the map), textures absent. Started happening after I dl’d today’s (Dec. 3) patch. Running GeForce GTX 970M (dr ver. 359.06)
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