# Access violation crash

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/access-violation-crash/127081>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** acknowledged\
**Created:** [November 1, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/access-violation-crash/127081 "2026-11-01T01:55:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sinephase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@sinephase](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/sinephase)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/access-violation-crash/127081/1 "2026-11-01T01:55:57Z")

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### Issue Type (Required):

Crash - on Launch

### Issue Description (Required):

Out of nowhere getting this crash on startup, not sure what it could be

9800X3D  
64GB DDR5  
5070ti  
windows 11

## GUID: 7d0982a0-64b1-45c4-abcc-003901f9ae1e Log File: Info Type:

## [Engine Error]: Access violation (0xc0000005) in build d8a1132565cafd95d51ea776dbc8ee82c1b88a69 accessing address 0000000000000000 from 0000000000000000

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**Author:** ![sinephase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@sinephase](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/sinephase)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/access-violation-crash/127081/2 "2026-11-01T19:24:08Z")

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I think it was my fault, I added a DX12 core DLL that I guess isn’t working for this version of the game anymore, either that or a file I deleted/redownloaded was corrupted and replacing it fixed it!

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**Author:** ![FatsharkLev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/fatsharklev/32/119491_2.png) [@FatsharkLev](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FatsharkLev)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/access-violation-crash/127081/3 "2026-11-02T12:11:57Z")

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@sinephase glad to hear you were able to resolve it!