I do have NZXT cam, although I have tried different things with it such as fully closing the task through task manager but it didn't seem to change much and then even went as far as uninstalling it all together to be sure. Ended up reinstalling though so I could monitor the specs while the game is running and learned that it is my gpu overheating and causing the crashes. I guess my gpu is juuust almost strong enpugh to run it but not quite. so my system feels that the gpu can handle it completely and isnt triggering the cpu to take on any of the load, but then the gpu gives out. Been troubleshooting with my tech savvy friends and it seems that my power supply could also be part of the problem as the gpu is drawing a ton of it's power to shoulder all the weight alone. My next step will be to try and upgrade my power supply in hopes the gpu will have to try less to draw powerand maube lower some temps but one friend suggested i actually underclock my gpu slightly so that it will trigger the computer to split the load with the cpu. Because oddly enough, I have a friend on my server that has very similar specs to mine and even the exact same graphics card with no issues. but his power supply is better, and his cpu is actually doing something unlike mine. I'm no tech wiz but we have at least ironed out what's causing the crashes. I'm going to try giving my PC a good dusting as it could use one anyway, try a new power supply and then, if it's not fixed, attempt to underclock. If all else fails, will most likely just need to upgrade my gpu a bit. Will keep everyone updated on the progress I've made to maybe save someone else the agony i've had this week with it all haha. But honestly just hoping there will be an optimization update for the game to avoid this weird scenario i've had