This is a concise, practical guide to resolve the "failed to allocate from state pool" crash in Call of Duty: Black Ops II on PC. Follow steps in order; test the game after each change.
| Error Message | Most Likely Fix | | --- | --- | | "Failed to allocate from state pool 128" | Fix #1 – Increase to 512 or 1024 | | "Failed to allocate from state pool 314" | Fix #4 – Apply 4GB patch | | "Not enough free tiles" | Fix #1 + Fix #2 (lower texture quality) | | Crash during custom zombies map load | Fix #5 (Plutonium args) + delete shader cache | | Crash 5 minutes into multiplayer | Fix #6 (Disable SysMain) + Fix #7 (DXVK) | This is a concise, practical guide to resolve