[GAME BUG]: God of War III Remastered crashes immediately after intro (heap corruption / 0xC0000374) - RTX 5070

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• I have searched for a similar issue in this repository and did not find one.
• I am using an official build obtained from releases or updated one of those builds using its in-app updater.
• I have re-dumped the game and performed a clean install without mods and the issue is still present.
• I have disabled all patches and cheats and the issue is still present.
• I have all the required system modules installed.

Describe the Bug

Summary

God of War III Remastered always crashes immediately after the intro videos.

The emulator exits silently to the desktop.

There is:

• No Fatal error in the log
• No Access Violation
• No crash dump generated
• No Windows "stopped working" dialog

Only Windows Event Viewer reports a crash.

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shadPS4 versions tested

• Official v0.12.0
• Official latest main/nightly
• Shadlix v0.16.1 WIP (cda7f71)

All versions behave exactly the same.

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System

CPU:
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

GPU:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12GB

Driver:
610.74

RAM:
32 GB

OS:
Windows 10 22H2

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Game

God of War III Remastered

Tested with:

• CUSA01715
• CUSA01623

Both versions crash at exactly the same point.

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What happens

Game boots normally.

Sony logo → Santa Monica logo → intro videos

After the intro finishes, the emulator starts loading the main game resources.

The log shows files such as:

• BOOT1.GNF closes successfully
• R_FX.WAD
• R_PERM.WAD
• R_LANG_*.WAD

Immediately after that, the emulator exits to desktop.

The black screen lasts less than one second.

The game never reaches the "Press Any Button" screen.

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Things already tested

• Different game dumps
• PKG installation
• Extracted game folder
• Different firmware
• Fresh AppData
• Fresh config
• Deleted shader cache
• Deleted pipeline cache
• Copy GPU Buffers ON
• Readback Linear Images ON
• Accurate Readback
• DMA OFF
• FIFO Present Mode
• Mailbox Present Mode
• FSR OFF
• Verified sys_modules

Other games work correctly.

Only God of War III has this issue.

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Windows Event Viewer

Application:
shadPS4.exe

Faulting module:
ntdll.dll

Exception code:
0xC0000374 (STATUS_HEAP_CORRUPTION)

Fault offset:
0x00000000000ff489

No crash dump is generated.

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Additional information

The log never reaches a Fatal error.

The emulator exits immediately after loading the first main game resources.

If needed, I can test custom builds or provide additional logs.

shad_log.txt this official 0.16.0

CUSA01715.log and this 0.16.1 DMC diegolix29/Shadlix cda7f71

Reproduction Steps

1. Launch shadPS4.
2. Boot God of War III Remastered (tested with CUSA01715 and CUSA01623).
3. Let the Sony and Santa Monica intro videos play.
4. Wait for the intro to finish.
5. The emulator starts loading the game resources.
6. The emulator immediately exits to the desktop before reaching the "Press Any Button" screen.
7. No Fatal error or crash dump is generated. Windows Event Viewer reports 0xC0000374 (STATUS_HEAP_CORRUPTION).

Specify OS Version

Windows 10 22H2

CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

GPU

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Amount of RAM in GB

31

Amount of VRAM in GB

12

Log File

CUSA01715.log
shad_log.txt