Hi. Same problem here. No mods and no HD DLC. I think i managed to solve the problem for me: I changed my Graphic Settings from “Borderless Fullscreen” to “Fullscreen”. I also deactivated the ingame FPS Counter. If you already have “Fullscreen” maybe try the other mode. Just registered here to write this in hope to help anyone else with this problem.
Didn’t work in my case. Tried different screen modes((
I am also getting CTD when I try to enter Straws’ house after talking to the guy in charge there, I forget his name.
I’m running no mods Ver 1.4.1 with the HD Textures Pack and HD Audio English
They have said they are aware of the bug, and a patch to fix it is pending. let’s all hope it is soon 
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Hope it really is)
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Unfortunately changing my graphic settings just fixed the Crash at the “stroh” cutscene. After Talking to the bandit, game still crashes. So… hope there is a fix soon. 
I have circumvented the crash. Knock the guard by the prisoner out. Pick the lock and pickpocket the prisoner. THEN start the pestilence quest. Help with burying the body and the will. Do not go into straw’s house. Go to Sassau and then complete the mission.When you get the prompt to ‘come back later’, finish questions and answers. To circumvent another crash, sleep and wait at the camp for about 2 days. Then finish pestilence. There is then no need to interrogate the prisoner and hence the second crash is also avoided. Make sure you save after handing in questions and answers. I had a few crashes here near marjhoed when going back and am uncertain if they are linked.
Come now, be reasonable, all games should ship 100% bug-free and having a single major bug is proof that the devs are lazy and evil. I completely agree with Quarter.Cask. This is completely unaccpetable. The devs should be banned for life for ever touching a computer. Obviously any dev studio, no matter how new or tiny or cash-strapped, should be able to afford enough game testers to smash all bugs that pop up. I’m offended that this game even exists! There’s literally no middle ground between “This game is perfect and I love it” and “This shouldn’t be allowed” such as “This is a great game and I love it but it’s really disappointing how many bugs there are, but I’m going to continue to support this development studio because this is their very first game and they were virtually out of money when they were forced to ship this game”
Honestly, there’s NO middle ground. If anyone defends this affront to basic humanity then they too are evil and should be thrown in jail and never allowed to touch a computer in their lives.
Poe’s Law aside, I too am currently stuck because of this bug (I’ve literally done ALL the side missions already so I am legitimately stuck, you HAVE to go into Straw’s house), but since I’m a grown-up and this isn’t my first videogame, I’ll be patient and wait.
That’s one helluva work-around!
Just tried it and the workaround works, thanks Hex99 !
Same crash here. Any news about this? This is the main quest!
Same crash for me, got up to this point today. Definitely something the devs need to fix ASAP
I was able to complete Both quests using a similar work around to HEX, only problem was I would crash after 24 hours. Was able to fix it following the workaround from Phenom in this thread: Pestilence / Questions and Answers - Cutscene Crash to Desktop after 1.4.1 Hope it works for you as well, I created this account just to tell others about the workaround, as i was so annoyed by the bug for days.
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I, like so many, was struggling with this quest as well. Tried the workarounds that didn’t involve modifying files to no avail. Finally, I tried removing the HD-texture pack: didn’t work. So in desperation I removed all the HD-DLC, and suddenly the cutscene triggered normally and I was able to complete both quests with no issues. I was still using mods at the time as well. I’ve no idea if it was the HD-sounds or HD-voices that was causing the bug for me, though, or if it was all of the DLC-packs. I’m not going to go back and test this. Hope this works for some, if not all of you, though.
Unfortunately disabling all DLC didn’t work for me, I even tried going back to my save from before 1.4 and playing through “Baptism of fire” again before progressing to “Questions and answers” and still got a CTD. Thanks anyway for the suggestion.
NO NO NO adnd NO again, it doesn’t matter wether they are a small or big studio, THEY have made a product that they want to sell, and that we have bought, we would have no right to complain if it was a free game, but it’s not it cost 50 euro. It’s a product that is not finished and not polished. People might say “there will always be bugs in game” but game breaking bugs should not exist, it’s not up to the consumer to provide data to the seller, it’s the producers job to have testet these things again and again before being put on market
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Here’s a solution that worked for me (detailed description in the thread):
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If you’re dissatisfied, ask for a refund, if that’s possible, and don’t ever buy anything from them again. That is your right, just spare us of this whining. There are realities in making hugely complex open world games which are immutable: it is hard and it involves a lot of trial and error. I am willing to forgive an ambitious young team (Warhorse) some missteps.
This was the very first crash during the whole time I played the game. Before, I only saw minor graphical glitches, pop-in (but my system is not as powerful as that of some other people here, so I won’t complain) and once I had to reload because henry got glitched during archery contest with Capon. Oh, and Theresa is unfortunately bugged and I can’t get the third date. Well, it’s not great, but it doesn’t make the game “literally unplayable”. I enjoy it a lot.
Now when the game is a commercial success (I hope) and Warhorse has secured a source of income, they can continue polishing the game. That’s how it is: first you have to succeed and release the game (I guess you would have preferred if they declared bankruptcy and never released the game at all because “it’s not polished enough”), then you can worry about ironing out all the bugs and glitches, adding some cut features in the game, ensuring mod compatibility, etc. They’re trying and I appreciate it.
So go play Skyrim (years old, re-released multiple times and still full of bugs) if you’re so angry and leave us be.
This is a thread to discuss the Pestilence CTD and possible solutions. There are hundreds of other threads for you two to go and bitch at each other in, or ideally you can take it to private messages. How about YOU spare US the sanctimonious preaching that serves no function in this thread and keep to the topic at hand.
And I offered a link to a solution to the bug which worked for me, so go play a mod somewhere else.