Game Crashes Causing Laptop to Shut Down

[edmartin54]

After about 15 minutes or so playing a campaign, the game shuts my laptop down. I've tried 2 different suggestions to resolve the issue: 1) set .exe to run as administrator and 2) downloaded vcruntime140_1.zip and extracted it to the PC2 folder. This is extremely annoying to say the least and Steam won't refund my money.

[dalfrede]

Sounds like a heat problem.

GPU is running at 100% all the time

Running the game at 100% GPU load can lead to random crashes, overheating and even shutting down the PC. Even if the game itself is stable, reducing the load on your video card can be a good idea. Most controls which can help with this are located in Options -> Video.

The most efficient methods to reduce the load on the GPU are:

- Target FPS rate. Tick the checkbox and adjust the slider to the minimum level which is still comfortable to play.

- Tessellation level. Use the lowest setting which is still acceptable for you. The most drastic effect from this setting is on minor rivers, so check how they look when you tweak this setting.

- Shadows Quality. Once again, use the minimum setting which still looks acceptable.

- Resolution. If other options don't help, reducing your screen resolution to the minimum comfortable level can also be a good idea.

[VPaulus]

Heat problem. Make sure that fans and the heat sinkers are fee of dust.
If after having cleaned these, the issue still persists you should try the suggestions offered by dalfrede.